Month: November 2018

Rachel Maddow announced that over 900 groups across the nation will be demonstrating against the Trump appointment of Matt Whitaker to AG after firing Jeff Sessions. These demonstrations are scheduled for 5:PM local time. I suggest that, if you are interested, contact your local Indivisible organization for details.

Popcorn and Beer

Popcorn and beer an election night treat
We gorged as we watched the returns coming in
We mentally cheered when the Dems. flipped a seat
By late in the evening we knew Dems. would win

They took back the House but then not quite the Senate
But held the Reps. winning to two extra seats
A wave in the House, the new thirty had won it
Pres. Trump had just witnessed a crushing defeat

Trump realized he had to do swiftly his plan
Before Democrats took control of the House
To get rid of Sessions and put in his man
As Acting AG who could kick Mueller out

Matt Whitaker, chosen as Acting AG
Is known to be strongly against the Trump probe
And probably pledged Trump his strong fealty
And knee cap the probe satisfying Trump’s hopes

It’s time now to demonstrate, time to be heard
Obstruction of justice we’ll not tolerate
By Matt or by Donald, let’s send them the word
Indictment, impeachment may thus be their fate

11/7/18

Tuesday coming up, the nation votes
All those who by now haven’t voted yet
‘Twill be a record turnout pollsters note
Of those that can, some half the polls may get

So why do voters stay away from polls?
Are they just lazy, maybe something else?
Perhaps indifference to the words and goals
Of running candidates in TV ads that yell

They recognize that they are uninformed
That ads are often stating lies as truths
That blatant party bias is the norm
They dread the act of entering the booth

They do not want to vote their ignorance
They wouldn’t know if they were wrong or right
Their vote is worse than being meaningless
It could do damage worsening some plight

But those of us familiar with the news
How much is our vote out of ignorance?
How much do we vote other people’s views?
How much do we reflect our prejudice?

It is a hard endeavor in our press
Of many tasks we daily want to do
To take the time to keep ourselves abreast
To vote our knowledge and our conscience too

11/4/18

 

Prejudice against the Jews has been their fate
It’s probably the oldest one around
That has survived millennial years of hate
Out-cropping when it’s fertile grounds abound

Its why’s and wherefore’s have been studied much
By scholarly historians in their hosts
Their reasons shift with shifting winds, as such
They’re easy prey, too powerful, scapegoats

The Arabs claim they are not anti-Jews
Their beef is with Israelis not with Jews
Israeli Subjects of their wrath are Jews
And were they not, theirs would be different views

The Jews in colleges are held responsible
For Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians
By ”progressive” students’ hatred palpable
Who claim the moral high ground’s their opinion

But what connects these prejudicial norms
From Cossack pogroms to the Tree of Life,
From holocausts to many simpler forms
That Jews endure throughout their daily lives?

I say it’s fear, unmitigated fear
Historically mysterious ethics people
Irrational, deep seated, psychic fear
Expressed against God’s firstly Chosen People

11/3/18