Author: Sabba Rabba

(To the tune of The Lowland Sea)

There is a ship that sails all on South China Sea
And the Bowditch is its name doing research carefully
Deploying mini drones that are research submarines
And they gather sea data
Carefully
Research data from South China Sea

Then up came a Chinese boat, it came most stealthily
And it drew along side of the Bowditch on the sea
They snatched a drone aboard and sailed off most hastily
They sailed off with the drone sub
Hastily
They sailed off there on South China Sea

Then our people at State soon complained most formally
They demanded of China to cease this thievery
And return to us our drone; stop behaving childishly
Trump is not President yet
Can’t you see
You’ve retaliated stupidly

12/18/16

With Trump, Lynch and Tillerman manning the helm
The Three Stooges sailing our grand ship of state
Their followers celebrate throughout the realm
The rest of us wondering as to our fate

Our erstwhile allies are wondering too
Although not our enemies, they’re making plans
While Trump has his properties there, it is true
It makes him a target; they’ll blackmail the man

Among adversaries there’s one that stands out
It’s Tillerman’s friend, Vladimir is his name
But does Putin view him as friend? That I doubt
A gullible puppet like Trump, both the same

A window, has Putin of four years at least
To take territories by force of attack
To see Russian land and dominion increase
While Trump plays  along, getting richer, in fact

We’re practically naked because of these three
With Trump, Lynch and Tillerman calling the plays
We’re vulnerable places we ought not to be
While Trump’s eyes are blind. These are dangerous days

12/17/16

The last word in yesterday’s poelitic was: treasure.

Today, at a loss, I myself am for words
I know, for a poet, that this seems absurd
Be that as it may, I will not be deterred
My comments on happenings won’t be deferred

Obama, today, in his news conference long
Discussed his accomplishments and what went wrong
Toward Putin on hacking there’ll be actions strong
He told his successor: keep calm all along

Trump rallied again on his grand thank-you tour
It took all my patience, his words to endure
His audience loved it, but why I’m not sure
I sought to describe it; my word was manure

The Chinese responded to Trump’s provocations
By stealing an undersea probe innovation
And also by arming an isle in negation
Of promises, scaring some South Asian nations

In times of transition some nations grow bolder
And do things to measure the new office holder
How well he will manage the job that he’s shouldered
Let’s pray Trump improves as his tenure grows older

12/16/16

Apparently Trump has decided to tell
The public of what his plan’s been all along
That he’ll not divest of his holdings at all
In spite of his earlier claims, which were wrong
And all of his conflicts of interest as well

Senator Warren submitted a bill
Requiring divestiture by Presidents
Of realty properties so to forestall
Untoward appearances so evident
As conflicts of interest as clearly Trump’s will

When Trump, the emoluments clause violates
Since, now it is certain he surely will do
By not having sold off his holdings at all
He would be impeachable. I’m of the view
Trump acts like he’s regent of these Trumple States

But would the Republicans pass Warren’s measure
And would they impeach Trump for clear violations
Or will they allow him to run with it all
To build his own profits while running the nation
Against Constitutional laws that we treasure

12/15/16

Pres. Obama may be a great President
His approval high ratings are evident
But it’s my observation
That regarding one nation
His inaction, masses dying is consequent

The country I’m referring to is Syria
When Assad’s lethal gassing caused hysteria
He had crossed the red line
That Obama defined
As his use-of-our-forces criteria

‘Though Obama stopped the gassing by diplomacy
Rebel forces then suffered some despondency
They were promised support
Of a physical sort
And we’re stunned by Obama’s inconsistency

Realizing he could act with impunity
Putin bombed rebel forces incessantly
Now Aleppo’s defeated
Rubblized and depleted
Its inhabitants facing calamity

12/14/16

Newsweek featured an article about Trumps overseas business interests and their associated conflicts.  It definitely is worth reading.  These limericks are a fun break from a pretty heavy last few days.

There is now a new President Elect
Who for progress has little respect
Nominating to chair
Agencies with no care
Ones whose Agency’s views they reject

Donald Trump soon will be President
In the White House he’ll be resident
But he’ll spend most his hours
Back in New York’s Trump Towers
Where his preferences are evident

Trump has much of his holdings o’er seas
Many conflicts of interest in these
Violating with cause
The emoluments clause
And exposure to blackmail with ease

Limericks such as these are much fun
Knowing not where they’ll end when begun
So, my challenge to you
Write a limerick new
About Trump and submit it when done

12/13/16

This planet turns and twists in diverse ways
Each second there’s a new world under skies
Changes by the trillions every day –
Then, which are deemed important, too, and why?

Assessments such as these require much work
By many thousands all around the globe
Analyses to ferret out the quirks
Of subtle hints requiring further probes

Results each day are boiled down to few
The most significant for Presidents to see
To set the context for each day anew
For him to choose ones for activities

Our agencies that do intelligence
As trained professionals, work day and night
Some risk their lives to gather evidence
For facts in morning briefings to be right

When Trump decides to skip the morning brief
And claims they’re too redundant, he’s so smart,
He undermines our safety and brings grief
To those whose work he spurns, who’ve done their part

Trump’s attitude so cavalier might be
He can’t recall the details of the brief
From day to day they sound identically
And bore our future idiot-in-chief

12/12/16

Trump Haiku

I’M so very smart!
Who needs Intelligence?
They should consult ME

The Wizard of Con

In campaign addresses Trump claimed that he favors
The strong, noble worker who earns by his labor
And even in rallies now post the election
He shouts “Hire American”, gaining affection

But meanwhile his businesses aren’t hiring locals
Most come from abroad as green-card holding yokels
Who under bid citizens, taking low wages
The Trump is a con wizard, best of such “sages”

Trump claimed he’s the savior of working-class people
They voted for him thinking that he’d be truthful
Trump’s Cabinet choices are generals and billionaires
What do they know about working-class people’s cares?

On Social Security and Medicare
On climate control and on Obama Care
On minimum wages and feminine rights
Finance regulations and consumer rights

Trump’s crop of appointees are down on them all
The working class, seeing this, should be appalled
The future’s not knowable, time takes its course
But were I a worker, it’s buyer’s remorse!

12/11/16

Many the sources of un-factual news
Conspiracy theorist wax woefully wrong
Some News commentators spread rumors along
While foul politicians claim lies in their spews

Some live in an un-factual world of their own
They listen to only what they want to hear
Conversing when mutual agreement is clear
By tweets and retweets on their smart pads and phones

New polls that were publicized by PPP
Compared the beliefs among voters in terms
Of whom they had voted for, whom did they spurn
Supporters of Trump were unique, you will see

Statistically others’ beliefs matched the news
But Trumpees were opposite in what they thought
Trump’s propaganda they surely have bought
They live in a world of upside down views

Over the Obama Presidency
Stock markets had risen but they think it fell
They think that employment diminished as well
And millions had cast their votes illegally

From forty to sixty percent held these views
As well, many other beliefs they got wrong
We vote our beliefs, our beliefs we hold strong
It matters that people believe the fake news

12/10/16

November first I wrote on “Putin’s Bears”
How Russia intervened in our election
(Based on Malcolm Nance’s written fears)
Specifically to favor Trump’s selection

Tonight a CIA report was leaked
And published in the Post from Washington
That verified what Nance’s words did speak
Revealing, too, acts un-American

The gang of seven, leaders on the Hill
Back in September learned this secret news
Obama pushed to make it public, still
Republicans were “doubtful” it was true

Don’t doubt that if ’twas Hillary not Trump
Whom Russia favored with their meddling
Republicans would literally jump
To buy that leaks were Russian pedalings

It goes against the Nation’s sanctity
For politicians clearly just for gain
To sanction foreign nation’s piracy
Behavior truly un-American

12/9/16