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Indicted Trump was, yes, in spite of the nonsense
Surrounding the act, though historically first
That a now former president
No longer a resident
Of the White House
Neither he, nor his spouse
When the channel-news burst
His response was intense

Blame the courts, blame the judge
Blame the black prosecutor
It is unconstitutional
Grossly political
Justice upending
All this Trump’s contending
Though none really matters
The jury won’t budge

What’s really the nonsense are stupid responses
We hear from Republicans sticking with Trump
Deliberately blind
To Trump’s manifold crimes
Defying the law
What their eyes truly saw
‘Twas their chance him to dump
But they fear to take chances

I might guess it’s their fate
Trump to be candidate
While residing in jail
His election will fail
And the message it sends
The Trump era then ends

4/1/2023

Observations 3/23

Pres. Trump’s on a rampage with walls caving in
He knew that he just couldn’t outrun the law
He would be indicted, which scared him within
With death and destruction he threatened us all

He called on his MAGA supporters to rally
All over the nation to take up the fight
‘Twould happen on Tuesday, indicted he’d be
But nothing took place; no supporters in sight

Nothing but garbage comes out of Trump’s mouth
No Rep. condemnations there on the House floor
A bad situation, Rep. ethics gone south
But something else really concerns me much more

A dangerous trend’s taking hold in some states
It’s the banning of books in the state’s public schools
Books that reveal true historical fates
Of non-white minorities under white rule

Teachers can really be sentenced to jail
For saying some words that are being prohibited
Words such as gay, when referring to males
How can one teach, being thusly inhibited?

The problem, I fear, this is just the beginning
Politics governing school education
It is the beginning of fascism winning
Controlling red politics throughout the nation

3/24/2023

Instructive it is about Fox Lying -News
They cater to followers pushing false views
On all things political stoking Dem. fears
And telling Trump diehards what they want to hear

Because of Dominion who filed legal suit
Against Fox with evidence they can’t refute
We know Tucker knowingly broadcast sheer lies
And Rupert permitted them, lies in disguise

This raises deep questions about cable news
The Second Amendment says say what you choose
The truth doesn’t matter; that free speech prevails
Except where illegal type acts are entailed

The fact of Fox fibbing is well known throughout
But not by Fox viewers; they harbor no doubts
That anything broadcast by Fox must be true
And Fox is the only news channel they view

Though almost a third of adult population,
These MAGA Republicans throughout the nation
Have managed to capture red-state legislatures
And caused them legislate counter to nature

So, what can be done about Fox, what solution
That punishes but meets with our Constitution?
For one thing, Dominion, on winning in court,
Could force Fox to truth tell, a public report

In prime time on Fox News admitting their lies
Although MAGA viewers, such news, they won’t buy
With Trump as their savior,they surely won’t part
Be that as it may it would be a good start

3/9/2023

Elizabeth Wilkerson wrote the book, Caste
Of all of the volumes I’ve read in the past
This one tops the list in importance, I feel
I learned many things unaware they were real

The author, a black, taught how caste permeates
Our essence of being, our innermost state
It thrives on adversity upper o’er lower
No matter achievements, we’re better than they are

The book windows slavery, for four hundred years
Inhuman brutalities, lives lived in fear
Though Lincoln had freed them; our costliest war,
The South re-enslaved them, worse off than before

Where lynching a nigger was great entertainment
Large crowds would all gather to watch his denouement
And lynch-picture postcards were made there and then
And sold to the crowd to recall what they’d seen

The book compares caste systems, Indian with ours
And Arians o’er Jews as the Nazis gained power
They have much in common, one must feel superior
Above those less human, innately inferior

Perhaps the most relevant to the now, here
Is caste’s role in politics throughout the years
Republican whites know that they’re upper caste
All others beneath them with blacks being last

But in twenty-forty-two whites then will be
In the minority; that’s bad, you see!
Must outlaw abortions; make black births decrease
And limit their access to vote as they please

White caste’s been in power for nearly four centuries
Keeping that power trumps even democracy
Attitudes held by most right-wing Republicans
Fraudulence claimed, never ceding elections

Wilkerson’s book is like one in a million
Her writing, her insights are not short of brilliant
I thank her sincerely for all she has done
Revealing caste’s shadows within everyone

2/23/2023

A bone to pick I have with commentators
Those talking heads who give their views on news
The label they confer on proclaimed haters
On haters of all democrats and RINOs too

Conservatives, they’re labeled, way far right
So tell me, what’s conservative in what they preach?
They want to strip away all women’s rights
Remove entitlements; it’s what they seek

It used to be Conservatives conserved
Where recent history served as precedent
The way things are, they wanted to preserve
Today Conservatives appear hell bent

On just conserving power for themselves
Ignore the law; Ignore the Constitution
Toward people problems, put them on the shelf
Toward Democrats, revenge and retribution

So commentators, please stop labeling
These radicals as though respectable
Conservatives. It’s them enabling –
Continuing to act in ways despicable.

2/10/2023

Joe Biden said our Union’s strong
His speech as powerful as long
Describing his accomplishments
Unique o’er prior presidents

In atmospheres political
Where jointness was inimical
Great bills he passed bipartisan
Politically an artisan

It’s clear the country’s better off
A President who plays no golf
Nor lies, nor wallows in corruption
He runs a government that functions

So why are Biden’s ratings low?
The populous cares not to know
They. mostly get their news from Fox
Or have their head stuck in a box

I hope the populous tuned in
And learned the shape the country’s in
Is better than before by far
Because of Biden, here we are

2/7/2023

A pyrrhic victory McCarthy won
Took fifteen rounds once voting had begun
And, yes, he gave his power all away
Behoved to extremists come what may

Not just emasculate his Speakership
Commitments made he secretly, to wit
Concerning funding government and debts
Such bills up for a vote, he would not let

The ceiling on our debt will soon be reached
Just days away, although funds can be stretched
‘Till early June, Sec. Treas. J. Yellon said
Beyond then U.S. credit will be dead

And interest will soar, employment dive
Financial pain and hardship to survive
A worldwide deep recession and much more
Inflation like we’ve rarely seen before

The Dems. with some Republicans on board
Can try to out flank Kevin and his horde
Discharging a petition so a bill
Can reach the floor for voting, if they will

McCarthy and extreme Republicans
Are not just plain and simple charlatans
A clear and present danger, that they be
To all of us and to democracy

1/13/2023

McCarthy’s chance as Speaker now seems slim
A dozen Reps. said they won’t vote for him
It takes two eighteen votes for him to win
But no one else has tossed his name there in

What happens if a Speaker’s not elected?
We learned from Rachel Maddow what’s expected
Without a Speaker no one gets sworn in
No business by the House proceeds within

It’s been a hundred years since this occurred
For two whole months House business was deferred
Consider what would happen sans a Speaker
Defaults on debt; gov. funding in the freezer

My guess is that McCarthy will cave in
And promise radicals their every whim
In order that The Speaker he’d become
A Pyrrhic victory he will have won

1/2/2023

The year that was, gross politics galore
From Justices who Iie – to insurrection
But Democrats did win throughout the nation
Now Donald Trump’s
Back on the stump
Though twice impeached
Won’t buy defeat
I wonder what the New Year has in store

Unique among events there on the Hill
The January-Six select committee
A monumental job they have completed
They showed throughout
Without a doubt
Trump’s many lies
His multi-tries
To stay in place despite the voters’ will

For sure ex-Pres. Don Trump will be indicted
On many counts both federal and some states
The D.O.J. can’t look the other way
The evidence
Plus precedent
Just won’t allow
Ignoring now
That’s not to say that he will be convicted

The New Year finds the G.O.P. a mess
With such a very slim majority
McCarthy’s number one priority
Is being Speaker
Long time seeker
He’ll likely win
By caving in
The Party’s future one can only guess

One thing I do expect this coming year
When House control becomes Republican
They’ll gorge themselves on hearings ‘cause they can
In retribution
Sans solutions
Done in haste
A total waste
And little legislation will appear

To all of you, my readers dear
I wish a happy, fruitful year

12/27/2022

So, Kevin as Speaker, it’s what I desire
House Speaker McCarthy, someone to admire
For many a year to that post I’ve aspired
And now is my time, though my chances seem dire

The problem, you know, is: the Democrats won
Two-thirteen House seats when vote-counting was done
Leaving two-twenty-two that Republicans won
Getting two-eighteen votes won’t be easy or fun

So, whatever my caucus desires, I’ll agree
So what, if it’s touting false conspiracies
And impeaching whom the real powers that be
Decide to impeach. I’ll agree; you will see

I’ll be second in line for the presidency
I don’t know, happenstance, what the future might be
There’s a lot of unrest, brewing conspiracies
Now, POTUS McCarthy- that sounds great to me!

12/14/2022