A Holiday Video from Headzup
Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
A Clerihew about Max Baucus
Senator Max Baucus Admits That He Had Affair with Former Staffer When He Nominated Her For U.S. Attorney Position (Jonathan Turley blog, 12/5/2009)
“Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has admitted that he was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana. Baucus only recently separated from his second wife, Ty Matsdorf, and had a romantic relationship with his former staffer Melodee Hanes starting in the summer of 2008. He nominated her for the appointment in March but they later agreed to withdraw the nomination when they moved into the same house.”
You can read the rest of the post here.
Inspired by the Baucus story—I wrote the following:
A Clerihew about Max Baucus
Senator Max Baucus
Of the “slap and tickle” caucus
Considered Melodee Hanes
To be one of his Capitol gains.
“Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has admitted that he was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana. Baucus only recently separated from his second wife, Ty Matsdorf, and had a romantic relationship with his former staffer Melodee Hanes starting in the summer of 2008. He nominated her for the appointment in March but they later agreed to withdraw the nomination when they moved into the same house.”
You can read the rest of the post here.
Inspired by the Baucus story—I wrote the following:
A Clerihew about Max Baucus
Senator Max Baucus
Of the “slap and tickle” caucus
Considered Melodee Hanes
To be one of his Capitol gains.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Who's the Turkey?: A Poem about Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin Turkey Farm Interview
Who’s the Turkey?
Gobble, gobble, gobble,
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Who IS that talking turkey?
It’s the GOP’s new stah!
She blathers with a perky smile.
You betcha. Doncha know
That we should be like Sarah?
Rogue’s the ONLY way to go.
Headzup: Sarah Palin Explains the Turkey Interview
Who’s the Turkey?
Gobble, gobble, gobble,
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Who IS that talking turkey?
It’s the GOP’s new stah!
She blathers with a perky smile.
You betcha. Doncha know
That we should be like Sarah?
Rogue’s the ONLY way to go.
Headzup: Sarah Palin Explains the Turkey Interview
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving from Erik Prince & Blackwater
Some of you may find the following article that Jeremy Scahill wrote for The Nation interesting: Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan (November 23, 2009).
At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an investigation by The Nation has found. The Blackwater operatives also assist in gathering intelligence and help direct a secret US military drone bombing campaign that runs parallel to the well-documented CIA predator strikes, according to a well-placed source within the US military intelligence apparatus.
The source, who has worked on covert US military programs for years, including in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has direct knowledge of Blackwater's involvement. He spoke to The Nation on condition of anonymity because the program is classified. The source said that the program is so "compartmentalized" that senior figures within the Obama administration and the US military chain of command may not be aware of its existence.
You can read the rest of the article here.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Teabagger Tea Party Post
From ThinkProgress (11/17/2009)
‘Teabagger’ was an Oxford Word of the Year finalist.
In February, when conservatives began protesting against President Obama with tea parties, the Washington Independent’s Dave Weigel photographed a protester carrying a sign that declared, “tea bag the liberal Dems before they tea bag you!!” Soon after, the term “tea bagger” became a ubiquitous and often derogatory handle for right-wing protesters. Now, Mediaite reports that the term “teabagger” was a finalist in consideration to be the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year:
You can read the rest of the post here.
Tea Party Video with Benny Hill Theme
Ode to a Teabagger
by Atticus
(From a Democratic Underground Discussion Board, August 11, 2009)
Saliva dripping off your chin
Bulging eyes, maniacal grin
Handwritten misspelled sign in hand
Egged on by Rush, you “take a stand”.
As cameras roll, you scream and chant
Your sound-bite so the speaker can’t
Be heard at all. Your job is done
Didn’t even have to pull a gun.
You can read the rest of the poem here.
Here’s a link to a poem I wrote on the subject of teabagging last April: Teatime for Sean Hannity: A Double Dactyl
‘Teabagger’ was an Oxford Word of the Year finalist.
In February, when conservatives began protesting against President Obama with tea parties, the Washington Independent’s Dave Weigel photographed a protester carrying a sign that declared, “tea bag the liberal Dems before they tea bag you!!” Soon after, the term “tea bagger” became a ubiquitous and often derogatory handle for right-wing protesters. Now, Mediaite reports that the term “teabagger” was a finalist in consideration to be the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year:
You can read the rest of the post here.
Tea Party Video with Benny Hill Theme
Ode to a Teabagger
by Atticus
(From a Democratic Underground Discussion Board, August 11, 2009)
Saliva dripping off your chin
Bulging eyes, maniacal grin
Handwritten misspelled sign in hand
Egged on by Rush, you “take a stand”.
As cameras roll, you scream and chant
Your sound-bite so the speaker can’t
Be heard at all. Your job is done
Didn’t even have to pull a gun.
You can read the rest of the poem here.
Here’s a link to a poem I wrote on the subject of teabagging last April: Teatime for Sean Hannity: A Double Dactyl
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Making the Grade
From Jonathan Turley’s blog (11/12/2009): Alma Market: North Carolina School Ordered to Stop Selling Grades as Fundraiser
Educators at the Rosewood Middle School had struggled with raising money. Candy and other traditional items did not generate much money for the Goldsboro, North Carolina school. Then they found a commodity that the public was hankering for: they started to sell grades. Until, that is, a bunch of do gooders stepped in and objected.
You can read the rest of the post here.
From newsobserver.com (11/12/2009): District nixes cash-for-grades fundraiser
I found this story hard to believe. Still, it inspired me to write the following little poem:
Making the Grade
Hip hip hooray!
I got an A
On my science test today.
In history
I got a B—
Thanks to Mom and Dad. You see…
I made the grade
Because they paid.
I love their new financial aid!
Educators at the Rosewood Middle School had struggled with raising money. Candy and other traditional items did not generate much money for the Goldsboro, North Carolina school. Then they found a commodity that the public was hankering for: they started to sell grades. Until, that is, a bunch of do gooders stepped in and objected.
You can read the rest of the post here.
From newsobserver.com (11/12/2009): District nixes cash-for-grades fundraiser
I found this story hard to believe. Still, it inspired me to write the following little poem:
Making the Grade
Hip hip hooray!
I got an A
On my science test today.
In history
I got a B—
Thanks to Mom and Dad. You see…
I made the grade
Because they paid.
I love their new financial aid!
A Dead Rabbit Toss Competition Poem
New Zealand Cancels Dead Rabbit Toss Competition
From Jonathan Turley’s blog (11/10/2009)
It appears that you have missed your chance to participate in the annual Dead Rabbit Throw competition in New Zealand. Animal welfare activists seem to have found it somehow distasteful to have families try to throw dead rabbits the farthest.
The annual “Rabbit Throw” was held in the town of Waiau but was cancelled after a concerted campaign by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Organiser Jo Moriarty claims banning the bunny contest is “political correctness gone mad”.
You can read the rest of the article here.
Here's the poem I was inpsired to write about the bunny tossing competition:
Rabbits here,
Rabbits there,
Rabbits sailing through the air.
Projectile bunnies
Tossed for sport—
That’s entertainment of ANOTHER sort.
Grab a leg
Or grab an ear
And fling a bunny outta here.
Join us in
A fine tradition:
The dead hare tossing competition.
From Jonathan Turley’s blog (11/10/2009)
It appears that you have missed your chance to participate in the annual Dead Rabbit Throw competition in New Zealand. Animal welfare activists seem to have found it somehow distasteful to have families try to throw dead rabbits the farthest.
The annual “Rabbit Throw” was held in the town of Waiau but was cancelled after a concerted campaign by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Organiser Jo Moriarty claims banning the bunny contest is “political correctness gone mad”.
You can read the rest of the article here.
Here's the poem I was inpsired to write about the bunny tossing competition:
Rabbits here,
Rabbits there,
Rabbits sailing through the air.
Projectile bunnies
Tossed for sport—
That’s entertainment of ANOTHER sort.
Grab a leg
Or grab an ear
And fling a bunny outta here.
Join us in
A fine tradition:
The dead hare tossing competition.
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