Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts

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
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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?


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Friday, January 27, 2012

Last GOP Florida debate

USA Today
Fact checks candidates
Florida debate

Newt really wanted
To mandate health insurance
Until quite recently

Mitt accused Barack
Of not denouncing Hamas
Attacks with rockets

Santorum used false
Massachusetts health care stats
To attack Romney

He also insisted
Islamic terrorists want
Cuban missile base

Clearly they choose "facts"
That they can bend to their will
Or else they're fibbers

Fact Check: Florida GOP debate

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Welcome!

I was sitting at lunch, thinking randomly, as I often do, and I thought it might be fun to start posting political commentary in the form of haiku.  In all honesty, my haiku undoubtedly do violence to the proper Japanese form, but it's still a fun way to make a point.

I look forward to seeing your responses!
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