Archive for the ‘Political’ Category

Take That!

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The Kentucky Senate, with authority,
Passed with much more than majority,
A bill ‘gainst Rand Paul –
That ironically called –
Out his views as part of a “minority!”

You’ll never believe this. Work… yes actual employment, has re-entered my life and quite simply got in the way of keeping on track. I realize 7 days have passed between the June 1 entry and this one for June 2. As in the past, I shall make up this gap by leaps and bounds. Thank you for your patience, humble readers.

A word about how to read my limericks: If I end a phrase with a dash (“-”) it means that the line is meant to be read as if it were attached to the next line. Normally, for instance, there is a pause between lines in a limerick. When I use a comma at the end of a line, one should allow for the rhythmic rest, as it were. With a dash, the first syllable of the next line takes the place of that rhythmic pause. Try it out with the last three lines above — don’t take a breath and don’t “rest” or pause. You’ll see that the rhythm picks up speed and drives towards the final line.

Cloud 9-11 Lifting?

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Their patriotic fervor ebbin‘,
GOP dough’s lost it’s leaven,
So screw first responders,
As senators pondered,
Seems they’re finally over nine-’leven.

Southern Drawl

Monday, May 24th, 2010

I’m implying that he’s a recidivist,
Since his views underlying will just persist,
To cast a long pall…
That’s Dr. Rand Paul,
Now endorsed by a big white supremacist!

Directionless

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Like a strong punch to my solar plexus,
Felt their actions no matter how feckless,
When regards education,
It’s an aberration,
What they can call textbooks in Texas.

Call me a Prude, or…

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

It’s true that via your computer,
You can access all manner of lewd or –
Salacious stories,
Like those inventoried,
Involving ex-Congressman Souder!

Paul-itics

Friday, May 21st, 2010

It stretches all bounds of credulity,
In fact descends into hostilities,
That “doctor” Rand Paul,
Has nerves and the gall,
T’oppose people with disabilities!

Stuffed

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

If there is a lone defining theme,
Of the Democrats’ bill-passing stream,
From Healthcare to Finance,
It’s more than just slim chance,
They pass over pie for the cream!

Meaning they don’t pass anything really meaningful… Mandated health insurance without an affordable public option… Financial Reform without the Volcker Amendment… How do we get corporate influence out of government?

Saul

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

To me the thing that casts a pall,
On this primary day rather small,
Is not Arlen Specter,
That party defector,
But the fact that Kentucky chose Paul.

Appetite for Destruction

Monday, May 17th, 2010

If you want a very big taste,
Of Government spending disgraced,
No, not social security,
Or medicare surety,
But big bites of Pentagon waste.

Well Spent or Down the Well?

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

If there’s any deserve less cache,
It’s the banks that have made us their prey,
They left us the bill,
Then bought out the Hill,
For 1.4 million a day!

Repeating Itself

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

A politician name of Goehring,
Thought it funny to advocate warring,
“Thin the lib’ral herd!”
That’s exact to the word.
With his name it’s hist’ry he’s ignoring.

Written by the Winners?

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

It isn’t that great of a mystery…
The things that do make Charlie Crist hurry,
To scrub his whole website,
However it ebbs, might -
This not be thought rewriting history?

Charlie Crist,

Where’s the Party?

Monday, May 10th, 2010

I’m by no means a psychic projector,
But seeing woes of Arlen Specter,
The wrinkled old prune,
Chose course opportune,
Which made him a party defector!

Without a T-race

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

The tea party’s linkage with racism,
Might really be closer to a schism,
‘Tween what folks believe,
and others perceive,
But the truth is they do view through a prism.