July 23, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
I don’t know if USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vislack was the real culprit or someone higher up but this foul-up is inexcusable. Any manager worth his pay knows better than to jump to conclusions without the facts…especially regarding personnel decisions! The fact that Obama “‘instructed his staff to learn from this circumstance” does not speak highly of the quality of his staff. Someone should be fired or demoted for this and it’s not Shirley Sherrod.
Vislack they say jumped the gun
But the damage to Sherrod is done.
Apologies aside
It’s time to decide
If his tenure as leader’s undone.
July 16, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
So much for the much touted lawsuit against Goldman Sachs for questionable trading practices. These guys really do run the country. A few phone calls, some gentle public flogging, backdoor meetings and voila! A meager fine (based on what they earn) that changes nothing! You might as well close down the SEC. They are completely and utterly useless.
So Goldman gets away with a fine
And the SEC loses its spine.
Its more of the same,
They’re useless and lame
With no bite and a bark that’s benign.
May 26, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
Republicans are constantly proposing ‘magical’ ideas to solving our problems vs. more adult solutions. Things like: America is never wrong; you can defeat terrorism with the Army; lower taxes will somehow fix the deficit. It’s almost as if they avoid thinking. It’s easier to grab onto a phrase or colloquialism and apply it whenever the going gets tough. The real problem is their blatant self-interest. Their whole agenda revolves around keeping what they got by maintaining the status quo. Not a good prescription for progress.
Here’s a canny idea so bold
I’m hoping it starts to take hold.
GOP candidates
Must submit their birth dates
To prove that they’re not eight years old.
May 20, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
Arizona keeps getting heat for their misguided attempt to address their immigration issues. It’s typical of how conservatives try to solve complex problems with sticks and stones. Now the Arizona brain-trust has trotted out some useless commissioner to threaten LA by withholding Arizona generated electricity. It’s fun watching this play out. Stupid is as stupid does.
Arizonans are starting to foam
At the degree of distaste for their tome
On immigration law,
Which says to us all
There are lights on but no one is home.
May 18, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
This guy Blumenthal is a real piece of work. Lying about serving in Vietnam when he did his best to avoid it! There are too many like him in Congress who dodged the war in their youth only to wave the flag and send other parents kids into battle in Iraq. These kind of people disgust me. If you live in Connecticut please do us all a favor and send this guy packing.
First flag waving, apple pie and Mom
Then he lies about service in Nam.
Let’s get the name right
On his official web site,
Is it hypocrite or liar dot com?
May 13, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
The Oil company executives in front of Congress sounded just the Bankers a couple of months ago. It’s never anybody’s fault and they don’t know what happened. Of course, when things are going well they take all the credit and award themselves bonuses. Not a single one of these people deserves to be called a leader. They’re just over paid administrators. In an effort to help streamline these congressional inquiries, I’ve created a limerick that can be recited in response to any and all questions. I’m sure Congress will thank me later.
I’ll admit there’s a function that we
Must have played in the mess that you see.
Though I don’t know the cause
There must have been flaws.
What I do know is it wasn’t me!
May 11, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
The EU keeps working on a plan to ‘rescue’ Greece but their credibility is getting strained. The bottom line is that no country wants to bail out the Greeks who they perceive as abusing their EU membership. They lied to get in and have loaded up on debt with generous pensions and assorted government subsidies. Eventually the ’shit will hit the fan’ as the cultures are just to disparate and the monies to large. It hasn’t happened yet but the shit’s still warm and the fan is still spinning.
The EU keeps working to bail
The Greeks from their debt-induced jail.
But their actions bespeak
They’re all talking Greek,
Which implies there’s a hole in their pail.
April 23, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 6:39 am
Obama gave a tongue lashing to our countries biggest bankers…again. He’s got to keep the pressure on. These guys are dyed-in-the-wool capitalists who will “sell you the rope to hang them with”. Government is our only protection against these behemoths. Free market concepts fail when a market is controlled by a handful of large companies. Checks and balances are needed. Ignorant conservatives call this socialism but they’re just being alarmist (as always). Unfettered capitalism is like a kid in a candy store…it’s all well and good until he pukes in your car!
There once was a Prez named Obama
Whose speeches were laden with drama.
But the bankers he’d poke
Were curmudgeonly folk
Whose response was a collective yo’ mama.
April 22, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
Seems every time I read the news, there is another politician trying to inject their particular religious views into the administration of the government. This time it’s trying to protect Coptic Christian women in Egypt from spousal abuse at the hands of Muslim men. Now I don’t condone spousal abuse in any way, shape or form but this is not an issue for our elected representatives. Is it our job now to protect every women on the planet from abusive husbands …or just Christian women? Sometimes the Lord has to step up and do his own work.
It’s a shame that even though blessed
Some Christians are getting distressed.
Though Reps may cajole
For expanding our role,
It’s to God they should take their request.
April 8, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
A U.S. Congressional panel has started it’s inquiry into the subprime debacle and the litany of players at it’s core. Of course, they were all innocent of any wrongdoing or fraud. That’s because it’s safer to plead ignorance. Admit to any culpability and the lawyers will descend like a pack of wild dogs. Which is how it needs to be. The courts can’t do anything about ignorance, hubris or greed but the lawyers usually find a way to extract a pound of flesh.
For those who set sub-prime aflame
Their claim of ‘not me’ is just lame.
So let’s give ‘em Bronx cheers
As truth disappears
While squirming to deflect the blame.
April 6, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
The Treasury is delaying a report on exchange rate policies to avoid a flap with China. They should never have been allowed to join the World Trade Organization. They’ll manipulate anything and everything to gain an advantage. I hope Obama starts applying some real pressure when he meets their Premier later this month. Their export based economy needs our markets more than we need them to buy Treasury bonds. They only respect strength and need to be reminded on a regular basis who’s the ‘big dog’ on the block.
There are reasons you should not cavort
With a country without the support
Of a tight rule of law.
No matter the draw,
Your end of the stick will be short.
March 30, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
Congressional investigators found the EnergyStar program to be rife with incompetence or outright fraud. They submitted and got approved a ‘gasoline powered alarm clock’. They also got approved an ‘air purifier’ that was a space heater with a feather duster glued to the top! The worst part is, the people in charge had nothing constructive in response other than to expound on the programs benefits and reiterate ‘you can trust us’. Sad…sad…sad. Why does no one ever get fired anymore? These people will probably get moved to another governmental department and promoted!
The EnergyStar label should say,
“In no way should this label convey
We’ve checked out as green
Or even have seen
The product you see on display”.
March 25, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
It was bad enough watching members of the GOP encourage the nutbags who were shouting racial epithets to exiting Congressmen. Now we have the makings of a temper tantrum by refusing to work past 2:00 pm. Who elected these people? I’m reminded of a quote from Elaine to Jerry Seinfeld that applies to these congressmen, “sometimes when I think you’re the shallowest men I’ve ever met, you somehow manage to drain a little more out of the pool.”
As the DEMS try to work in the dome
The GOP is out for a roam.
Their behavior today
Is like a child’s play,
“I’m gonna take all my toys and go home”.
March 24, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
I’m glad to see the Health Care bill pass. How it will affect people down the line is mostly unknown because there are too many variables for anyone to be able to predict with any certainty. What I do know is that something had to change. This is what the GOP fails to see and what will become evident in November when they don’t regain control of Congress.
The majority of the people wanted a change to the status quo. Conservatives are afraid of change (hence the name) and fight it at every turn. Yet, despite their wails of doom and gloom, life goes on. The wheels turn, progress is made and the sun rises to a new day that is just a little bit different from the last. You can fight it, but it’s ultimately a losing battle.
Health Care has come to fruition
Despite all the loud opposition.
The party of ‘no’
Gave it a go,
But ‘yes’ was the country’s volition.
March 12, 2010
Filed under: Politics — @ 3:00 am
This is a good example of our dysfunctional government. The two parties are arguing over new banking rules that will have no effect. By the time anything gets passed it’s so watered down as to be meaningless. Consumer financial protection is an oxymoron and banks will insure any new rules pertaining to them will be toothless and ineffective. Add to this the current batch of regulators who failed to do their jobs and there’s only one conclusion…you’re on your own people. With our form of capitalism, there’s no protection from greed or incompetence.
We’ve got Dodd and Corker who’re working
Because regulators were shirking
Their oversight role.
With greed in control,
Another contagion is lurking.
Check out this article on ‘Why Capitalism Fails‘ for an prescient look at what happened and what the future might hold.
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