Swift Moving Politics

Swift Moving Politics

Swift moving politics like breaker waves fast racing to the beach
Two hundred nineteen Democrats, the House, preparing to impeach
The White House memo on Zelensky’s call with Trump they did provide
The whistleblower’s full complaint-report has been declassified
And on the morrow, in the morning, it will be released
The breaking news keeps coming fast as though it will not cease
These truly are historic times, events outside convention
My message is that all of us should closely pay attention

9/25/19

A Sea Change

How mighty the whistling sounds of the blower
‘Though Trump tries to mute them the sounds still are heard
Throughout much of Congress Republicans cower
While Democrats rally around the “I” word

A sea change in politics Trump has unleashed
Extorting Zelensky, Pres. of the Ukraine
The ultimate act that will get Trump impeached
And render the Senate Democratic Again

It won’t be straightforward with bumps all along
The Senate Republicans fear Donald’s tweets
They will not convict him; his hold is too strong
As such, all those running are doomed to defeat

It’s risky, I know, to put forth these predictions
There‘re still many pitfalls until the election
My statements are fueled by an inner conviction
An ultimate faith in the public’s reactions

9/23/19

Leigh Scott’s Comment on “Global Climate Strike”

Author: Leigh Scott (IP address: 71.163.149.110, pool-71-163-149-110.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
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Comment:
Thanks for writing about this topic.  While there are many other pressing social-justice problems with which we must deal, none of that will matter if we don’t have a place to live. Perhaps you can write another post about how individual actions are needed just as much as political ones.  We are taking it seriously here in our house.  We traded the 18 mpg car for an electric vehicle; we are in the process of installing solar panels; we are now buying misfit produce that would otherwise generate methane in landfills; we are reducing our use of plastic by switching to toothpaste tablets, shampoo bars, and refillable containers of cleaning fluids; we are sending donations to plant trees when we travel; we are expanding our veggie garden and we compost our food waste; we don’t eat any meat — and there will be more to come.  The Pachamama Alliance offers information on 100 ways to combat climate change.  You can find it here:  https://connect.pachamama.org/ .  Let’s all get busy and stop doing business as usual! Real change is possible and it begins with each of us.
I, Sabba Rabba, would add that reducing meat consumption has the benefit of reducing methane gas in the atmosphere and reversing deforestation which clears land for growth of cattle feed.  I have read that sixty to eighty percent of farm land world wide goes to raising cattle-feed crops.

Global Climate Strike

Global Climate Strike

I am impressed with young Greta Thumberg
A Swedish teenager who stayed from her school
To sit out on strike ‘till her message was heard
The planet is warming we must stop the fuel

Soon others joined Greta; they, too, went on strike
The movement through media encompassed the globe
One fifty world nation’s today joined in strike
O’er four million protesters marched so to show

That words aren’t enough, action now must take place
To stop global warming before it’s too late
At risk at this juncture’s the whole human race
But President Trump acts in sheer retrograde

He canceled Obama-sourced climate-change standards
Reducing industrial dirty emissions
He stopped California from setting its standards
On future gas mileage and auto emissions

This move is to favor the oil producers
Ensuring they maintain their volume of sales
But car manufacturers, main oil users,
Clearly oppose Trump in hoping this fails

The rest of the world is becoming aware
That real climate change is now happening fast
And thanks to young Greta more people now care
Political action may happen at last

9/20/19

Whistleblower

 

Now that the Senate and part of the House
Are part of the White House executive branch
Trump knows he is free from all laws there about
No matter his actions there’re none that he can’t

Trump’s claimed exec privilege for all of his minions
All those who have ever with Trump been involved
That they’re not to testify, facts nor opinions
Before House committees. This Trump has resolved

The chairmen have challenged Trump, suing in court
Since oversight’s Congress’s specified role
But it all takes time for a judgement report
In the meantime Trump’s clearly achieving his goal

Of note, very recently, a whistleblower
Reported an incident of grave concern
To the IG of Intel who relayed it over
Direct to the DNI, we have learned

Who, within a week, was required by law
To inform the Congress’s Intel committee
Which he hasn’t done; the conclusion we draw:
The White House forbade him from doing his duty

The Post revealed some of the incident’s content
They told that a phone conversation occurred
Between Trump and some foreign listening agent
Where secretly Trump made a promise, his word

The whistleblower believed this was critical
And very urgent for Congress to know
But Trump squelched this message since it was inimical
Clear, now, it’s not where, next, Congress will go

9/18/19

Saudi Oilfield Attack

 

“Locked and loaded”, Trump is ready
Authorized? No! Doesn’t matter
With the Kingdom we’ve no treaty
But we’ll fight their hot-war battles

In response to drone attacks
Against the Saudi oil complex
Yemen claimed ‘Twas them, in fact
But Intel thinks Iran suspect

Now, MBS, Crown Saudi Prince
Is looking where to place the blame
Knowing he can then convince
Our President to play his game

And Trump was nearly incoherent
He’d meet Khomeini, sans conditions
When this news of his intent
Was aired he called it “fake” revision

It does appear that MBS
Will be dictating our reply
And where that leads, I’ll let you guess
He’ll fight ‘till our last soldier dies

10/16/19

My Latest Guess

My Latest Guess

The news from MSNBC we heard today
What Maddow and O’Donnell sadly had to say
What Trump has done, is doing, so to have his way
Is leaving me depressed

I’ve written much concerning Trump’s depravities
How toward our nation’s norms he lacks propriety
But what we learned today exceeds in gravity
His deeds which I’ve addressed

Ukraine, you know, has been, by Russia under threat
Obama started programs that the threat be met
But Trump is killing these with every chance he gets
With Putin he’s obsessed

The other bit of news that worries me a lot
Iran’s resuming research nuclear that’s hot
And building centrifuges, actions that Trump wrought
Their rate is now express

Now certain other nations of the Middle East
Will buy or build such weapons so to keep the pace
An arms-race nuclear is slated to take place
To Israel’s distress

This brings me to this sad but probable prediction
That Israel will begin a war of interdiction
Against Iran with Trump approving with conviction
This is my latest guess

9/6/19