Was it merely to improve their finance or,
Does Wellpoint owe us all an answer,
For seeking out patients,
Then losing their patience,
And dropping women with breast cancer?
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They’re Not Well…
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Greek Goddess of Victory
Friday, April 9th, 2010Tiger Woods did a new spot for Nike,
Which does kind of baffle the psyche,
To the parody versions,
Which reveal perversions,
I have nothing to say but, “me likey!”
Dis-Spirited
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010It’s ransom paid to a contrary don,
Or at the least a very scary con;
The plan of some airlines,
To increase unfair fines,
By charging passengers to carry-on!
Volkin’ Right.
Saturday, March 27th, 2010To put the wind back in our sail,
Congress continues to bail,
Water out from our hull,
The question I mull,
Is the U.S.A. too big to fail?
I Hate my Bank
Monday, March 1st, 2010Credit card phone activation,
Can lead to some bad perturbation,
One can’t get off the phone,
Sans giving all you own!
How dare they call this innovation!
Grow up.
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Top-ten most downloaded songs on iTunes,
Makes me feel I’ve joined the ranks of old prunes,
Of them all I own one!
Does that make me a nun?
Or just someone who’d rather play spoons?
Patriotic Anthem
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Anthem Blue Cross, a subsidiary of Wellpoint, recently announced that they were raising rates for individual health insurance policy holders in California by 39%, and similar double-digit rate increases in 11 other states. This despite the fact that the company spent $27 million dollars on Executive retreats in 2008, and made over $4 billion profit in 2009. Is there really any question anymore that we need a public option to compete with these thieves and rapists and truly bring costs down? Please call your Senator and ask them to support the public option. Today’s limerick:
When asked, the C.E.O. of Anthem,
Why her rates had such need to expand some,
Could not come to admit,
Her percentage gambit…
Is less like a fee than a ransom!
Valentine Lament
Thursday, February 11th, 2010A Big One
Thursday, February 4th, 2010As for stocks you’ll find I’m not an owner.
There’s a “John” watching out for a donor:
He is playing the game,
Living up to his name:
It’s Minority Leader John “Boehner!”
I know, it’s pronounced “Bay-nur.” Not the way I read it. He probably had to constantly repeat “Bay-nur” over an over to stop being teased by the bullies in elementary school. Perhaps that’s why he always looks so sad.
Thank the Supreme Court for this new interest in corporate money. At least the bloodsuckers are being honest and over-the-table about it now.
The Crooked Cook
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010It’s been brought to attention that Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee spent over $60,000 on copies of her own book. In England in the sixties, music producers knew that only 10 record shops in London were responsible for reporting sales to the charts, and would buy up their own records from those shops in order to create publicity. It was cheaper than actually, you know, hiring a publicist.
It’s sure to bring her second looks,
And perhaps accusations of “crooks,”
With new revelations,
And fresh allegations,
Congressman, Inc.
Monday, February 1st, 2010Sorry I’m a little bit later today. You got two-for-one yesterday… give me a break! By far the most bizarre outcome from last week’s supreme court ruling is that a corporation in Maryland has not only registered to vote, but plans to run for election to congress.
I admit it, I really do think,
That our country’s been pushed to the brink,
And even that hell’s come,
When we’ll soon say welcome,
To our new serving Congressman, Inc.
Double-Whammy!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010This story in today’s Huffington Post just had me inspired. Leading to the following, first-on-this-blog double-limerick commentary.
Forgive me for holding a pure grudge,
But I’d like to give more than a sure nudge,
To this corporation,
Still screwing our nation,
By walking away from its mortgage.
Whereas you or I not making payments,
Makes them see all of us as mere claimants…
Against all of those,
Who’d gladly take clothes,
And leave us with barrels for raiments.
Human Holiday?
Monday, January 25th, 2010When it comes down to being a reformer,
This hotel chain is quite the performer,
But what kind of ending
Does one get from spending
The night with a human bed warmer?
BFFs
Friday, April 23rd, 2010The world’s big economy tanks,
The opposition party wanks,
With their lobbyist chums,
While we all eat crumbs,
It’s time that we broke up the banks!
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