Give me your tired,
your poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
Carson on amateurs & professionals
Carson tweeted to the effect his lack of experience was OK because the Titanic was built by professionals, the Ark by amateurs:
Is brain surgery
Something to be attempted
By an amateur?
Is brain surgery
Something to be attempted
By an amateur?
Friday, November 6, 2015
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Truth? What truth?
Romney seems to think
That facts don't really matter
Just repeat the lies
He keeps insisting
That Obama has relaxed
Work rules for welfare
But this is not true
The rules have not changed at all
But Mitt keeps it up
When the press challenge
Romney, he says they're biased
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Doesn't Romney get it?
Why won't Romney let
Us see his old tax returns
What's he got to hide?
Back in '94
He challenged Ted Kennedy
To release his own
Kennedy refused
So did Mitt, which was their right
Kept their privacy
But ten years ago
He ran for Mass. governor
He claimed he lived there
Although he mostly
Seemed to be out in Utah
Tax returns give proof?
Romney insisted
He was a Mass resident
Taxes should prove it
But he would not let
Anybody check them out
"Take my word for it?"
The press discovered
later that he'd had to file
to amend his tax
He incorrectly
had not filed residency
in Massachusetts
Still he refused to
Release his returns to us
But asked us to trust
How can we depend
On his statements about them
When he lied before?
Running for office
Sometimes means you sacrifice
Your own privacy
If he wants us to
Trust him he must prove to us
That we can do so
A wise man once said
On a much different subject
"Trust but verify."
Us see his old tax returns
What's he got to hide?
Back in '94
He challenged Ted Kennedy
To release his own
Kennedy refused
So did Mitt, which was their right
Kept their privacy
But ten years ago
He ran for Mass. governor
He claimed he lived there
Although he mostly
Seemed to be out in Utah
Tax returns give proof?
Romney insisted
He was a Mass resident
Taxes should prove it
But he would not let
Anybody check them out
"Take my word for it?"
The press discovered
later that he'd had to file
to amend his tax
He incorrectly
had not filed residency
in Massachusetts
Still he refused to
Release his returns to us
But asked us to trust
How can we depend
On his statements about them
When he lied before?
Running for office
Sometimes means you sacrifice
Your own privacy
If he wants us to
Trust him he must prove to us
That we can do so
A wise man once said
On a much different subject
"Trust but verify."
Friday, March 30, 2012
Mitt's IRA "problem"
Romney's IRA
one hundred million dollars
Taxed like salaries
This includes money
Which would be taxed much lower
If not in IRA
So he pays more tax
Because he used IRA
He should have just saved
People who struggle
To put food on the table
Might like this problem.
one hundred million dollars
Taxed like salaries
This includes money
Which would be taxed much lower
If not in IRA
So he pays more tax
Because he used IRA
He should have just saved
People who struggle
To put food on the table
Might like this problem.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Click Clack Moo
Useful idiots
According to the right wing
Indoctrinate kids
Deep thinkers, they say Click Clack Moo
Is union propaganda
Sneaking into schools
Not only that, but they
Charge that the book is against
Creationism
Why? Because the cows
Are portrayed as equals of
The human beings
I think these great minds
Talking about this on air
Need to get a life
According to the right wing
Indoctrinate kids
Deep thinkers, they say Click Clack Moo
Is union propaganda
Sneaking into schools
Not only that, but they
Charge that the book is against
Creationism
Why? Because the cows
Are portrayed as equals of
The human beings
I think these great minds
Talking about this on air
Need to get a life
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
In America, they haven't spoken it for years
In Puerto Rico
Rick Santorum visited
For the primary
Spoke with reporters
About possible statehood
For Puerto Rico
Rick is all for it
But only if they adopt
English officially
He seems to believe
That the law forces each state
To speak just English
This is not the case
And besides, if that were true
What about Texas
Rick Santorum visited
For the primary
Spoke with reporters
About possible statehood
For Puerto Rico
Rick is all for it
But only if they adopt
English officially
He seems to believe
That the law forces each state
To speak just English
This is not the case
And besides, if that were true
What about Texas
Friday, March 9, 2012
Climate Change denial based on Genesis?
Senator Inhofe
A climate change denier
Based on Genesis?
He argues simply
Genesis eight, twenty-two
Guarantees climate
"While the earth remains
Seedtime, harvest, cold and heat,
Seasons, days and night"
Will not ever cease"
Inhofe thinks this guarantees
That climate won't change
He ignores context
In this passage of Scripture
The flood has ended
God is promising
Not to destroy the whole earth
Complete with rainbow
There is no promise
That we cannot screw it up
And change the seasons
Even Inhofe must
Recognize bad stuff happens
Even in Scripture
In one case, Jacob
And his entire family
Must go to Egypt
A drought in the land
Changes their local climate
The result? Famine
Such cases abound
Even though God made an oath
After the rainbow
A climate change denier
Based on Genesis?
He argues simply
Genesis eight, twenty-two
Guarantees climate
"While the earth remains
Seedtime, harvest, cold and heat,
Seasons, days and night"
Will not ever cease"
Inhofe thinks this guarantees
That climate won't change
He ignores context
In this passage of Scripture
The flood has ended
God is promising
Not to destroy the whole earth
Complete with rainbow
There is no promise
That we cannot screw it up
And change the seasons
Even Inhofe must
Recognize bad stuff happens
Even in Scripture
In one case, Jacob
And his entire family
Must go to Egypt
A drought in the land
Changes their local climate
The result? Famine
Such cases abound
Even though God made an oath
After the rainbow
Monday, March 5, 2012
Lesson in Contraception
According to Rush
If you use contraception
It's by the sex act
So in other words
Only a "slut" needs as much
as Sandra Fluke claimed
Apparently Rush
And his ilk have yet to learn
Just how The Pill works
Listen carefully
You must take The Pill each day
Even celibate
Perhaps he only
Knows about prophylactics
Or he's ignorant
How can people still
Still let an ignoramus
Influence their thoughts?
He has no children
He has been married four times
Total impotence?
If you use contraception
It's by the sex act
So in other words
Only a "slut" needs as much
as Sandra Fluke claimed
Apparently Rush
And his ilk have yet to learn
Just how The Pill works
Listen carefully
You must take The Pill each day
Even celibate
Perhaps he only
Knows about prophylactics
Or he's ignorant
How can people still
Still let an ignoramus
Influence their thoughts?
He has no children
He has been married four times
Total impotence?
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The First Amendment
Congress shall make no law
Abridging freedom of speech
Or faith or the press
With an exception
Secret Service protection
Means no protesting
If this becomes law
If protesters don't realize
A bigwig is there
They can be punished
For peaceably assembling
Where the bigwig is
Are politicians
Really so frightened of us
The people they serve?
Abridging freedom of speech
Or faith or the press
With an exception
Secret Service protection
Means no protesting
If this becomes law
If protesters don't realize
A bigwig is there
They can be punished
For peaceably assembling
Where the bigwig is
Are politicians
Really so frightened of us
The people they serve?
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Congress shall make no law...
JFK believed
In church-state separation
in the Bill of Rights
Santorum says this
Just makes him want to vomit
As he makes me, too
In church-state separation
in the Bill of Rights
Santorum says this
Just makes him want to vomit
As he makes me, too
Constitutional Supremacy Clause
The Constitution
Makes Federal law supreme
Over all the states
Some don't remember
And want to nullify laws
That they do not like
Haven't we done this
Back before the Civil War?
War destroyed Dixie
Nullification
Is a path to disunion
And then to chaos
Makes Federal law supreme
Over all the states
Some don't remember
And want to nullify laws
That they do not like
Haven't we done this
Back before the Civil War?
War destroyed Dixie
Nullification
Is a path to disunion
And then to chaos
Friday, February 24, 2012
higher education--a left wing strategy?
Is college a plot
Rick Santorum says it is
left-wing brainwashing
Was the GI Bill
Intended as a means to
Secularism?
Or maybe college
Gives us productive workers
Not fooled by Rick's lies
No wonder Rick's scared
With better education
He'd be out of work!
Rick Santorum says it is
left-wing brainwashing
Was the GI Bill
Intended as a means to
Secularism?
Or maybe college
Gives us productive workers
Not fooled by Rick's lies
No wonder Rick's scared
With better education
He'd be out of work!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Liar Liar Pants on Fire
Politicians lie
On a regular basis
GOP debate
In Arizona
Romney, Gingrich, Santorum
Vied for the biggest
Obamacare won't
As Santorum claimed last night
Boost the deficit
Romney suggested
Government workers make more
Than private sector
Research says this is false
Private sector employees
Make more than public
Romney is also
Running from his own record
On contraception
The national press
Has been down on Obama
Liberal press much?
On a regular basis
GOP debate
In Arizona
Romney, Gingrich, Santorum
Vied for the biggest
Obamacare won't
As Santorum claimed last night
Boost the deficit
Romney suggested
Government workers make more
Than private sector
Research says this is false
Private sector employees
Make more than public
Romney is also
Running from his own record
On contraception
The national press
Has been down on Obama
Liberal press much?
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Santorum and the Constitution
The oath of office
requires that the President
protect and defend
the Constitution
including the amendments
and the bill of rights
Is Rick Santorum
qualified to take the oath
since he seems to think
"God's" law overrides
the protection provided
by the amendments?
This is frightening
Unless "protect and defend"
really means "ignore"
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
stupidity
Santorum argues
Prenatal testing is bad
Immoral parents
He must not know that
Sarah Palin's last baby
Has a birth defect
Trig has Down Syndrome
Palin had prenatal tests
And knew in advance
She was like most moms
Not having an abortion
She prepared instead
Sarah Palin as
An argument against fools
An oxymoron
If Rick Santorum
Receives the GOP nod
Who will vote for him?
Only bigger fools,
Bigots, misogynists,
I sincerely hope
His conception of
The American voter
Has just miscarried
Prenatal testing is bad
Immoral parents
He must not know that
Sarah Palin's last baby
Has a birth defect
Trig has Down Syndrome
Palin had prenatal tests
And knew in advance
She was like most moms
Not having an abortion
She prepared instead
Sarah Palin as
An argument against fools
An oxymoron
If Rick Santorum
Receives the GOP nod
Who will vote for him?
Only bigger fools,
Bigots, misogynists,
I sincerely hope
His conception of
The American voter
Has just miscarried
Friday, February 17, 2012
Contraception wars
Congressman Issa
Heard expert testimony
On contraception
The "experts" were male
Issa allowed only them
An all male hearing
Women excluded
Just like a secret clubhouse
When we were all kids
"Plays well with others"
A kindergarten watchword
But not for Issa
"No girls are allowed"
In Issa's secret clubhouse
He gets to make laws?
Democrats walked out
Removing themselves from an
Abomination
Heard expert testimony
On contraception
The "experts" were male
Issa allowed only them
An all male hearing
Women excluded
Just like a secret clubhouse
When we were all kids
"Plays well with others"
A kindergarten watchword
But not for Issa
"No girls are allowed"
In Issa's secret clubhouse
He gets to make laws?
Democrats walked out
Removing themselves from an
Abomination
Thursday, February 16, 2012
quick hits
Santorum paid tax
On nearly one million bucks
Man of the people
---------------
When Newt was Speaker
He was investigated
And had to resign
Now he refuses
To release the documents
From that period
He claims "wild goose chase"
Even though he paid a fine
And had to resign
Cleared by IRS
But unethical actions
Might still be legal
------------
Is Mitt in trouble
With Rick's surge in Michigan
Some favorite son
On nearly one million bucks
Man of the people
---------------
When Newt was Speaker
He was investigated
And had to resign
Now he refuses
To release the documents
From that period
He claims "wild goose chase"
Even though he paid a fine
And had to resign
Cleared by IRS
But unethical actions
Might still be legal
------------
Is Mitt in trouble
With Rick's surge in Michigan
Some favorite son
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Romney's dog
Dogs against Romney
A real animal rights group
Or some kind of front
Apparently Mitt
Kept his dog on the car roof
For twelve poop-filled hours
Fido got distressed
Mitt sprayed a hose to cool him
Life can be a b*tch
Mitt Romney gets little love from mutts
A real animal rights group
Or some kind of front
Apparently Mitt
Kept his dog on the car roof
For twelve poop-filled hours
Fido got distressed
Mitt sprayed a hose to cool him
Life can be a b*tch
Mitt Romney gets little love from mutts
Monday, February 13, 2012
Santorum Surge?
Polls now indicate
Santorum threatens Romney
Just don't Google him.
Can Rick beat Barack?
Can Romney beat Santorum?
Does Gingrich matter?
The GOP race
Seems like a soap opera
Tune in tomorrow!
Santorum threatens Romney
Just don't Google him.
Can Rick beat Barack?
Can Romney beat Santorum?
Does Gingrich matter?
The GOP race
Seems like a soap opera
Tune in tomorrow!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Obama "designer" fundraising items
Obama campaign
Selling designer handbags
GOP cries foul
Items underpriced
Might mean gift violation
From corporations
With super-pac bucks
And negative ads its a
Drop in the tea pot
Selling designer handbags
GOP cries foul
Items underpriced
Might mean gift violation
From corporations
With super-pac bucks
And negative ads its a
Drop in the tea pot
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Appeals court rules against Prop 8.
Homophobes beware
State must permit gay marriage
Federal Court rules
Proposition 8
Anti-gay religious groups
Pushed California
They won at the polls
But law by referendum
Must have some limits
Circuit Appeals court
Enhanced human dignity
By ruling this way
State must permit gay marriage
Federal Court rules
Proposition 8
Anti-gay religious groups
Pushed California
They won at the polls
But law by referendum
Must have some limits
Circuit Appeals court
Enhanced human dignity
By ruling this way
Monday, February 6, 2012
Ron Paul on rape, abortion
Ron Paul would allow
Abortions in rape cases
But a caveat
"Rape" means "honest rape"
Whatever "honest rape" means
And who gets to judge
I want to explain
Just how outrageous this is
Metaphor fails me
Ron Paul tells Piers Morgan about "honest rape"
Abortions in rape cases
But a caveat
"Rape" means "honest rape"
Whatever "honest rape" means
And who gets to judge
I want to explain
Just how outrageous this is
Metaphor fails me
Ron Paul tells Piers Morgan about "honest rape"
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Romney wins Nevada
Mitt won Nevada
By a very large margin
Did he beat the spread?
The delegate to
Noise ratio up to now
Remains very low (In spite of multiple wins, Romney only has about 80 delegates, for example)
By a very large margin
Did he beat the spread?
The delegate to
Noise ratio up to now
Remains very low (In spite of multiple wins, Romney only has about 80 delegates, for example)
Friday, February 3, 2012
Short takes
A Gingrich staffer
"polished" wiki pages on
Callista Gingrich
The edits reframe
negative info about
Callista and Newt
Going back three years
Unabashed image upgrades
Conflict of interest?
Newt Gingrich's Communications Director Polished Callista's Wikipedia Page 23 Times
Romney says the poor
not his first priority
Maybe he's tone deaf?
Who Cares about the Poor?
Politics is all
About public perception
These guys don't get it
"polished" wiki pages on
Callista Gingrich
The edits reframe
negative info about
Callista and Newt
Going back three years
Unabashed image upgrades
Conflict of interest?
Newt Gingrich's Communications Director Polished Callista's Wikipedia Page 23 Times
Romney says the poor
not his first priority
Maybe he's tone deaf?
Who Cares about the Poor?
Politics is all
About public perception
These guys don't get it
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Teacher pay
'Bama lawmaker
Has strong opinions on pay
Say the news reports:
Teachers must be called
Not attracted by higher pay
Or quality falls
But legislators
Must be paid highly enough
So bribes don't tempt them
Clearly his teachers
Were paid insufficiently
Darn Republicans
See article here
Has strong opinions on pay
Say the news reports:
Teachers must be called
Not attracted by higher pay
Or quality falls
But legislators
Must be paid highly enough
So bribes don't tempt them
Clearly his teachers
Were paid insufficiently
Darn Republicans
See article here
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Florida results
Mitt wins Florida
Nearly a majority
Pretty impressive
Other candidates
Gingrich, Paul, and Santorum
Claim to be uncowed
Will they all survive
The whole primary process
Or will they drop out?
Next we get a lull
A few caucuses and then
it's Super Tuesday
Nearly a majority
Pretty impressive
Other candidates
Gingrich, Paul, and Santorum
Claim to be uncowed
Will they all survive
The whole primary process
Or will they drop out?
Next we get a lull
A few caucuses and then
it's Super Tuesday
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Just a quick roundup
Florida today
Will they ever finish this?
Hell must be like this
Frontrunner Romney
Will he beat the predictions?
High expectations
After Florida
We go to five caucus states
Mitt's favored in all
The happiest news?
The next GOP debate
Not for a whole month!
Will they ever finish this?
Hell must be like this
Frontrunner Romney
Will he beat the predictions?
High expectations
After Florida
We go to five caucus states
Mitt's favored in all
The happiest news?
The next GOP debate
Not for a whole month!
Monday, January 30, 2012
It's somebody else's fault
Newt's declining polls
In Florida make him mad
"They're attacking me"
Not an insider
He insists. Establishment
Party is at fault
Who does Gingrich blame
Everybody but himself
Is Gingrich paranoid?
Palin claims party
using Stalinesque tactics
against Newt Gingrich
Will he disappear?
Perhaps he'll get a show trial
Then darkness at Newt.
Gingrich lashes out at Romney, Establishment
In Florida make him mad
"They're attacking me"
Not an insider
He insists. Establishment
Party is at fault
Who does Gingrich blame
Everybody but himself
Is Gingrich paranoid?
Palin claims party
using Stalinesque tactics
against Newt Gingrich
Will he disappear?
Perhaps he'll get a show trial
Then darkness at Newt.
Gingrich lashes out at Romney, Establishment
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