We were so impressed with these two well thought of articles posted on the opposition site and with our thoughts would like to share it with others. The first comments has been deleted and could it be that Driti is now ashamed of the poem he wrote and had published in the Fiji Times because it was all about power. It was a solid piece of work and not difficult to work out what he was trying to say. “Powerful Eagle” according to Driti “powerful” in that the USA had control over others and the ability to exercise control and authority with strength or force exerted. It takes one to know one and this sounds all too familiar to all of us because of the way in which they themselves have obtained power. His poem is one we would not like to remember. His yearning for “power” and not realizing that the eagle is the national emblem of the US and is used to symbolize “freedom” not “power” was a big mistake because he exposed himself as a power hungry military man. As illustrated by Maude M. Grant the eagle was used to symbolize “freedom” and not “power.” On the backs of our gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings. On the Great Seal of the US and in many places which are exponents of our nation’s authority we see the same emblem. The eagle represents freedom. Living as he does on the tops of lofty mountains, amid the solitary grandeur of Nature, he has unlimited freedom, whether with strong pinions he sweeps into the valleys below, or upward into the boundless spaces beyond. It is said the eagle was used as a national emblem because, at one of the first battles of the Revolution ( which occurred early in the morning ) the noise of the struggle awoke the sleeping eagles on the heights and they flew from their nests and circled about over the heads of the fighting men, all the while giving vent to their raucous cries. “They are shrieking for Freedom,” said the patriots. Thus the eagle, full of the boundless spirit of freedom, living above the valleys, strong and powerful in his might, has become the national emblem of a country that offers freedom in word and thought and an opportunity for a full and free expansion into the boundless space of the future. It seems to us that the opposition site was ordered by Driti to delete the posting below. Like the poster said; “it is a shame that Driti had to associate the majestic eagle with his version of “power” and not “freedom.” fiji4all “Driti for someone that had the intellect to write such a poem and have it published in the Fiji Times you have no common sense and it is now no surprise that those fancy words used in that stupid poem was those of a person with a higher IQ than yours. To say that oversea’s people do not have any idea of the situation in Fiji in the 21st century with all its modern technology of communication is nonsensical and must be a joke!You wanted what you think is your macho image portrayed in public when that stupid poem was published.Your writer should have done more research when you decided you wanted to use the eagle, the national emblem of the United States to show the public the powers you have obtained from the barrel of the gun!Most often poems about birds we as readers learn some of the poet’s personal conditions and how he uses it to symbolize his thoughts. It wasn’t too difficult to work out what was in that corrupt head of yours.In case you haven’t worked it out, US have used the eagle as their national emblem to symbolize “freedom” something you have robbed the people of Fiji.How you must all wish you could turn Fiji into a powerful nation like the USA! In your dreams! I am wasting my time in here to try and change the mindset of those that still think you and your dictator are moving Fiji forward.Powerful EagleOh USA the powerful “Eagle” to you democracy is fair and the answer to life’s quandaries.Oh USA the powerful “Eagle” to invade Iraq and the present daily loss of lives is fair.Your own young lives wasted in the battle field of a foreign land and with the innocent, die everyday.Perhaps for democracy or perhaps for oil.Oh USA the powerful “Eagle” only you can invade another sovereign nation.But it is for democracy you the big powerful “Eagle” are always quick to declare.To an eagle there are no boundaries;To hunt is the eagle for whatever the spoil;For the nest is important and as for the oil.Oh USA the powerful “Eagle” you rule the skies and beyond the horizon are your dreams.The whole world to rule as the eagle spreads its wings.Oh USA who then are we, the nations, to dare?God Bless Fiji! Should be more like Please God Help Me! The eagle has its place on this planet and how dare you use it for your ego!” “In an interview with FijiLive this morning, Colonel Driti said no one is above the law.”Yeah right! “no one is above the law except them!”Driti you should write more poems on the magnificent eagle but this time in that it symbolizes “freedom” not “power” These poems may help you because after reading them it gave me an inner peace and a sense of freedom so if I am lucky it may just do the same for you and your supporters and allow us the joyous shout of liberty!Below are lines from the splendid poems. The brilliant poets have used the eagle to represent freedom, living on the tops of lofty mountains, amid the solitary grandeur of Nature, the magnificent bird has unlimited freedom.
The Eagle A Fragment by Alfred Tennyson -”He watches from his mountain wall”The American Eagle by C.W. Thompson -“The joyous shout of liberty”The Eagle of Freedom by Alfred B. Street – “O, the Eagle of Freedom”The Eagle by James Gates Percival – “Thy home is high in heaven”The Bald Eagle by Don R. Wilkins – “A symbol for the strong and free I fly with no regret”From An Eagle’s View by Stacy Smith – “Have you ever wondered to fly free”Majestic Dreams by Stacy Smith – “Our national emblem gracing the sky”
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