One of the participants, Ken, suggested the following relevant Washington Post articles by authors: Jenna Johnson and Dana Milbank.
I wouldn’t claim Trumple ever offends-o
Nor would I mention his flaws without end-o
But, at one talent he needn’t pretend-o
He’s a past master at sly innuendo:
Kenya’s the country Obama loves staying
Mosques make him welcome for kneeling and praying
Secrets he’s hiding? Three words he’s not saying?
Me? I’m not questioning, simply conveying
6/14/16
Yesterday in Tucson we stood with the LGBT community, at an LGBT performance, for a Moment of Silence, honoring the Orlando victims and their loved ones. Today Representative Jim Hines (D, Connecticut) boycotted the House’s Moment of Silence. It was and is significantly symbolic.
We honor lost loved ones with prayers and obits
And when they are subjects of mass-killing fits
We honor such victims with Moments of Silence
But when will we honor them, voicing defiance?
All bills on war weapons go down to defeat
Our G O P reps maintain silence replete
Their Moments have stretched to forever, it’s clear
Their gun-lobby masters have dumbed them with fear
It’s time now to honor these victims, their ghosts
By voting said Congressmen out of their posts
And voting in worthies who’ll pass legislation
Restricting such war guns without hesitation
6/13/16
I originally intended this to be my main posting for today. But events in Orlando this morning overtook my sense of priority and captured my poelitical endeavors (See “AR-15 Assault Rifle”). Be that as it may, I seriously recommend Barbara Boxer’s book, “The Art of Tough”.
As politiholic, I read books political
Ups my systolic when some leave me critical
I’m hyperbolic with those hypocritical
Then there are those that are gems in the rough
And one of those writings is “The Art of Tough”
Senator Boxer’s new autobiography
Thoughtful reporting, historic photography
Poems political crafted delightfully
I recommend it; it’s full of great stuff
Five stars: Barbara Boxer’s book, “The Art of Tough”
6/12/16
We are sickened and saddened by the massacre that took place in Orlando early this morning. It apparently was both an act of hate against the LGBT community and an act of domestic terror for which ISIS claims credit. Prayers of condolence to the victim’s loved ones are in order, but that’s not enough. Vigilance against terror is necessary, but that’s not enough. Key associated culprits in this tragedy are the members of the House and Senate who have refused to ban such assault weapons as the AR-15 from being publicly available for purchase.
And why buy a weapon intended for murder?
Not hunting, not sporting, not defense, just death
And why do we sanction the sale of these guns?
Where are the rights of their victims to life?
A weapon designed for the Army to use
Should not be for people to buy as they choose
And who really needs thirty rounds in a clip?
Not to hunt, nor to sport, nor defend, just to kill
To kill just as many the killer can do
Mindlessly murdering all those in sight
A weapon designed for the Army to use
Should not be for people to buy as they choose
Don’t give me this claim about rights to bear arms
Obama won’t confiscate all of your guns
Go tell all your Congressmen you’ve had enough
If they’re too afraid, then just vote them all out
A weapon designed for the Army to use
Should not be for people to buy as they choose
6/12/16
A mindful conundrum
My having to choose
The facts and the falsehoods
Each day in the news
Are hard to distinguish
They all just confuse
I know my beliefs
But what are their views?
On each of the issues
I know where I stand
On Social, on finance,
Defense of the land,
On just immigration,
On women’s rights, and
On justice and freedom
My head’s not in sand
So which candidate
Is with me, most in sync?
And how can I measure
How close we both think?
My duty’s important
To vote I won’t shrink
The answer’s the internet
And here’s the link:
iSideWith
6/11/16
We’re down to the two main candidates running for President and the public perceptions about the two are sobering. This led me to draft this poelitic. My biases are obvious, but the voting public seems to be split almost evenly between the two candidates. Even so, I came across this new website detailing one of the candidate’s numerous prevarications.
Twenty one hopefuls all campaigned within
Their Party’s state primaries, vying to win
The coveted goal of these jousting events
To be Party Nominee for President
After ten months, or so, we’re down to two
The two most unpopular, in voters’ view
Both plagued by perceptions of deeds wrongly done
Each claiming the other is unfit to run
So how is a citizen smartly to choose
Between bad-mouth-bigot and sly-Email-ruse
Where one distorts history to meet his needs
And one ignores questioned accounts of past deeds?
The candidate choice is quite simple for me
I’ll choose the most qualified; ready to be
The President next of these United States
And that choice is Clinton, no room for debate
6/10/16
Do you remember the Cole Porter song, “Don’t Fence Me In” sung famously by Frankie Laine? The recent futile efforts of the Presumptive’s handlers to script his speeches recalled this song to me, somewhat altered.
Oh, give me space, lots of space when I’m shouting out my words
Don’t script my speech
Let me say what I may, doesn’t matter how absurd
Don’t script my speech
Let me say stinky things at my public rallies
And listen to the cheering of my verbal sallies
Censor me forever but I ask you, paly
Don’t script my speech
Just turn me loose, let me chatter ‘bout what matters
To my private enterprise
From my caboose let me slander my detractors
As the devil in disguise
I want to shoot from the hip when I lose my temper
While hoping for the time when none would dare to tamper
I hate my detractors and I can’t stand prompters
Don’t script my speech, oh no
Now palies don’t you script my speech
6/8/16
Trumple Dumple sat in his hall
Trumple Dumple had a great fall
All of his party and all of his men
Couldn’t put Trumple together again
Hillary Clinton was declared Presumptive Nominee for the Democratic Party on this date by the Press.
A date to remember when glass ceilings broke
This shattering matters to all kind of folk
To all the minorities throughout the land
Especially to women, as taller they stand
The Press made their tallies, what delegates told
And broadcast that Hillary crossed the threshold
To be the first woman throughout history
To be Nominee for the Presidency
We know it’s not over yet, more states will vote
We know that the Sanders campaign’s still afloat
We know that the big battle has just begun
But we toast the candidacy she has just won
6/6/16
Apologies to Westside Story
She’s a liiiier
Crooked liiiier
I can’t stand it, her speaking this way
I’m on fire
When she quotes the stupid things I always say
She is crooked
Oh so crooked
Do believe me; she belongs in a jail
She’s so stupid
That she didn’t even shred all that Email
See her standing there at the podium
So un-presidential is she
When she speaks it fills me with odium
Painting me so factually
She’s a liiiier
Crooked liiiier
I can’t stand it, her speaking this way
I’m on fire
When she quotes the stupid things I always say
6/5/16
