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All content (c) 2009-2010 Elaine Magliaro. All rights reserved.Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-83125778208452857122011-05-06T09:04:00.001-04:002011-05-06T09:04:21.469-04:00POP-UPS: A Poem by J.Patrick Lewis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg654_2gn2KMHN8nAuwFvDZ4ri-EbQn1zV-wYjbDTMFNpCUDb7uA6E5GrbL57gjkMVgBHROiFcJ6oxBV3lWi9ga_aMoQv3a0Jii5Q8cHUfU-ANhlF-8bazDQJ2e524Jz2sSINfcEJTAzgI/s1600/PoetryFridayButton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg654_2gn2KMHN8nAuwFvDZ4ri-EbQn1zV-wYjbDTMFNpCUDb7uA6E5GrbL57gjkMVgBHROiFcJ6oxBV3lWi9ga_aMoQv3a0Jii5Q8cHUfU-ANhlF-8bazDQJ2e524Jz2sSINfcEJTAzgI/s1600/PoetryFridayButton.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><span style="color: black;">My friend <a href="http://www.jpatricklewis.com/"><strong>J. Patrick Lewis</strong></a> was kind enough to send me this poem he wrote to share with you on <strong>Poetry Friday</strong>.</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Pop-ups</span></em></strong><br />
<br />
By J. Patrick Lewis<br />
<br />
“The best minds of my generation <br />
are thinking about how to make <br />
people click ads.”<br />
<em>Bloomsburg Business Week</em><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">I was reading <em>The Atlantic</em>—</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">“What's Pedantic? What's Semantic?”—</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">When the screen began its frantic</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> Blinking, and it wouldn’t stop. </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Something mindless—<em>Would I like a</em></span><br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;">Lesson on a balalaika?</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;">Granite, laminate, formica—</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;"> Your Home Depot, where to shop.</span></em><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">So I found myself star-gazing </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">At <em>New Yorker</em> verse—amazing,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">That impenetrable phrasing,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> When it started up again:</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Monitor beamed up more folly,</span><br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;">Try a Taco Bell tamale.</span></em><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">In the toolbar, <em>Hello, Dolly</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> (Dolly’s a Parisienne).</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span><br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;">Potash—wonder cure for cancer.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;">Morgan Stanley has the answer.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;">Find your inner belly dancer—</span></em><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> Click on Rock and Roll, <em>and scroll.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Oh, if only some inventor</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Could defeat this shopping center</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">With a Pop-ups Dare Not Enter</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"> Virtual Finger Whack-a-Mole.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">© J. Patrick Lewis. All rights reserved</span></span></div>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-733208146643632262011-04-15T12:54:00.004-04:002011-04-15T12:59:00.025-04:00Guess Where Our Money Goes?: A Song Parody about the Fed Bailout for the Wealthy<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> 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mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height:115%;Times New Roman","serif"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Last week, I wrote a post for Jonathan Turley’s law blog titled <a href="http://jonathanturley.org/2011/04/09/fed-up-a-post-about-ben-bernanke-senator-bernie-sanders-and-the-bailout%e2%80%a6with-a-song-parody/">FED UP!: A Post about Ben Bernanke, Senator Bernie Sanders, and the Bailout…with a Song Parody</a>. 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roman;font-size:100%;" ><b><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";">. </span></b></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Pat is generous </span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >about sharing his poetry with us bloggers.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";" ><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";" ><br /></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >TLC by TSA at LAX</span></span><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:boldfont-family:";font-size:100%;" >By <a href="http://www.jpatricklewis.com/">J. Patrick Lewis</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >His wand wends its way under my arms,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >legs and back. At my groin, it suddenly </span><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >keens like a crazed buzzard about to eviscerate</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >a gazelle. 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But even after the belt’s gone, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >the wand won’t let up.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";" >Beow, beow, beow, beow.</span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >I’m ordered into a sunglassed chamber, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >asked to lower my Fruit-of-the-Looms.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Oh, babe, here’s where it gets good.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >You would have been so proud of me </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >when I showed them just how little </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >a threat I am to national security.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Palatino","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >If only you had been there, darling,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:100%;" >you could have assured them </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=" Times New Roman","serif";font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">they needn’t have bothered.</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal"><br /><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" ></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0pt;" ></span></p>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-85020130127408746852011-03-18T09:43:00.000-04:002011-03-18T09:44:24.205-04:00Scott and Dot: A Feminist Nursery Rhyme by J.Patrick LewisAward-winning poet <strong><span style="color:#009900;">J. Patrick Lewis</span></strong> was kind enough to let me post a “feminist nursery rhyme” that he wrote at Political Verses.<br /><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Scott and Dot</span></em></strong></div><div>by J. Patrick Lewis<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Scott and Dot ran up the hill<br />as fast as they could go.<br />Dot ran downhill very fast<br />and Scott ran very slow.<br /><br />Scott said he was being nice.<br />He wanted Dot to win<br />“because she’s just a girl.”<br />Dot said, “Okay, let’s go again.”<br /><br />Dot ran up the hill and down,<br />and said there was no joy<br />in running twice as fast as Scott<br />“because he’s just a boy.”</span></strong><br /><br /></div><br /><div>And here’s a parody of a nursery rhyme I wrote. It was included in the poetry anthology <strong><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">My Cat is in Love with the Goldfish and Other Loopy Love Poems</span></em></strong>:<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Jack and June</span></em></strong></div><div>by Elaine Magliaro<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Jack and June went to the moon,<br />Crash-landed in a crater.<br />Jack broke his nose and seven toes.<br />(He’s a crummy navigator.)<br /><br />Jack cried in pain. June tried in vain<br />To soothe her injured mate.<br />She bound his toes and kissed his nose<br />And asked him for a date.<br /><br />Jack and June began to swoon…<br />Fell mad in love and they<br />Returned to earth, their place of birth…<br />And wed the very next day. </span></strong></div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 307px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585414662823928434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJv4DhOP0ZPwFpURE8swBfqr153oH5zIUygCx12L5HrmAnXPBtQzBkeo0D6p3kJ0XLonYwcsinHvjfJH8M0RsYxmWbiCJbn7mjjXbQTQbuIJABNZXiX5zR2xE82CjIMc_LzRY0luVuIg/s320/MyCatIsinLovewiththeGoldfish.bmp" />Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-66273501849092218222010-12-25T10:19:00.000-05:002010-12-25T10:22:40.089-05:00Merry Christmas!I'm sorry that I've neglected this blog for several months. I hope to get back to writing political verses again in 2011. 2010 was a very busy year for me.<br /><br />Happy Holidyas!<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCmYq_2lqE0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCmYq_2lqE0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-2383562499957511602010-10-30T11:50:00.000-04:002010-10-30T11:53:50.154-04:00Giles Corey: An Iron Man Who Was a Victim of the Salem Witch HysteriaMy first guest blogger post is now up over at Jonathan Turley's blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://jonathanturley.org/2010/10/30/giles-corey-an-iron-man-who-was-a-victim-of-the-salem-witch-hysteria/"><strong>Giles Corey: An Iron Man Who Was a Victim of the Salem Witch Hysteria</strong></a>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-9738971430208285362010-10-25T12:05:00.000-04:002010-10-25T12:09:06.552-04:00Some NewsFYI: I've been asked to be a guest blogger on <a href="http://jonathanturley.org/">Jonathan Turley's law blog</a> next week.<br /><br />In his post, <strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">Introducing Our New Guest Bloggers</span></em></strong>, today, Professor Turley wrote the following:<br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><em>I am happy to report we will be implementing another one of your suggestions for improving the blog. Various people suggested a year ago that we have guest blogging to allow regulars a chance to make entries on the blog. With my upcoming speech in France, I thought it would be a great time to try this out for a week from October 31st to November 6th. I have selected three of our best known and most respected regulars: David Drumm (aka Nal), Elaine Magliaro (aka Elaine M) and Mark Esposito (aka Mespo).</em></span><br /><br />You can read the rest of Professor Turley's post <a href="http://jonathanturley.org/2010/10/25/introducing-our-new-guest-bloggers/">here</a>.<br /><br />You can read Jonathan Turley's biography <a href="http://jonathanturley.org/about/">here</a>.Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-47546382266753485052010-09-01T09:12:00.000-04:002010-09-01T09:13:10.361-04:00Lewis Black on Glenn Beck and His Terrible AfflictionGlenn Beck has been in the news a lot lately because of his “Restoring Honor” rally that was held last weekend in Washington, D.C. I couldn’t resist posting a video of one of the funniest <strong><em>Back in Black</em></strong> segments that I’ve ever seen on <em><strong>The Daily Show</strong></em>. In the segment, Lewis Black claims that Glenn Beck has Nazi Tourette’s Syndrome.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i1s4fj-5zlk?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i1s4fj-5zlk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />And here’s a Countdown video in which Keith Olbermann fact checks a tale Glenn Beck told about the Washington Monument at his “Restoring Honor” rally:<br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b2m5lWSNigI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b2m5lWSNigI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">A Little Glenn Beck Couplet</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">The blather of Beck<br />Is nothing but drek!</span></strong>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-24877240108378015382010-07-23T08:24:00.000-04:002010-07-23T08:30:43.704-04:00Sarah Palin's Geography Song: Fifty Nifty StatesI know I've been neglecting my Political Verses blog in recent months. There have been lots of things going on in my life--including my daughter's recent wedding.<br /><br />I came upon the following Sarah Palin's Fifty Nifty States video that was a segment on Jimmy Kimmel's show. I thought people might enjoy watching it.<br /><br /><br />Fifty Nifty States<br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HRENP2D55LQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HRENP2D55LQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-8709204933689686852010-04-23T12:06:00.000-04:002010-04-23T12:07:14.725-04:00A Chicken for a Checkup: A Poem about Sue LowdenI'm sorry that I've been neglecting my <strong><span style="color:#006600;">Political Verses</span></strong> blog lately. I've been working on other writing projects. Sometimes...a news story cries out to me--and I can't ignore it. I just get inspired and <strong>HAVE</strong> to write a verse about it. Such is the story of <strong>Sue Lowden</strong> who is running against Harry Reid in the Nevada senate race.<br /><br />Lowden, a former beauty queen, thinks SHE knows how to solve the problem of rising healthcare costs: BARTERING for doctor's services. Some folks call her idea "chickens for checkups." Here's a segment on Lowden from a recent Rachel Maddow Show:<br /> <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cbRnQ3rAJXE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cbRnQ3rAJXE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">A Chicken for A Checkup: A Poem about Sue Lowden</span></em></strong><br /><span style="color:#000000;">by Elaine Magliaro</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;"></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#009900;">“Drat!”said the doctor.<br />“Drat!”said the nurse.<br />“Our healthcare problems keep getting worse!”<br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">“Oy!” said the doctor.<br />“Oy!” said the nurse.<br />“Here comes that lady with a chicken in her purse!”<br /><br />“A chicken for a checkup?<br />Sue’s a nincompoop!<br />Does she <span style="color:#003300;">REALLY</span> think that <span style="color:#009900;">I'm</span> C. Everett Coop???”<br /></span></strong><br /><strong>More on Sue Lowden and Chickens for Checkups<br /></strong><br />From Daily Kos<br /><em><strong>Lowden: Let them Barter with Chickens, or Let them Eat Cake?</strong></em><br />by mcjoan (April 23, 2010)<br /><br />Does Sue Lowden really think that a system of barter can really replace the complex healthcare fee system in the U.S.? That doctors who accept chickens or house painting as a form of payment can pay their office staff, or their rent, or their utilities, or for the medical equipment they need through bartering with vendors? We don't know, because she hasn't been asked that. But chances are, she really doesn't have a particular depth of knowledge in how the healthcare system works and what the deep-seated problems within it are if she can glibly offer up bartering as a remedy.<br /><br />Read the rest of the article here:<br /><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/22/859713/-Lowden:-Let-them-Barter-with-Chickens,-or-Let-them-Eat-Cake">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/22/859713/-Lowden:-Let-them-Barter-with-Chickens,-or-Let-them-Eat-Cake</a><br /><br /><br />From Huffington Post<br /><strong><em>Chickens For Checkups? Democrats' New Website Mocks Sue Lowden For Barter-For-Health-Care Proposal</em></strong> (4/21/2010)<br /><br />Sue Lowden, a Republican candidate challenging Majority Leader Harry Reid for his Nevada Senate seat is refusing to back down from an earlier suggestion that America consider a medical barter system as an alternative to current health care solutions.<br /><br />On Monday Lowden took the idea one step further.<br /><br />"Before we all started having health care, in the olden days, our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor," Lowden told a local news station. "They would say I'll paint your house."<br /><br />Now, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has launched a new website to ridicule Lowden for her support of the bartering proposal.<br /><br />The website, Chickens for Checkups, calls Lowden's health care barter system "an old-timey solution for a modern problem," and says that such a program would ask Americans to "barter with their doctors for health care with things like chickens and house painting," items she referenced on a local news program.<br /><br />Read the rest of the article here:<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/chickens-for-checkups-dem_n_546762.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/chickens-for-checkups-dem_n_546762.html</a><br /><br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.dscc.org/chickens">Chickens for Checkups</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Bring a Chicken to the Doctor</strong><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQwUJCihgtk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQwUJCihgtk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Chicken Song & Dance</strong><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qZezfjWox5s&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qZezfjWox5s&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-84699337471472563912010-03-07T11:17:00.000-05:002010-03-07T11:56:51.896-05:00Epitaph for John Edwards by J. Patrick Lewis<div align="left"><a href="http://www.jpatricklewis.com/"><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">J. Patrick Lewis</span></strong></a> is a master of writing light verse for both children and adults. I am always happy to post a "political" verse he sends along to me. Here's one he sent the other day:<br /></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">Epitaph for John Edwards</span></em></strong><br />(when the time comes)<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">But everyone kept telling me<br />to get Rielle!</span></strong><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">If you like that verse--you're sure to enjoy J. Patrick Lewis's book <span style="color:#990000;"><strong><em>Once Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses </em></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">(Candlewick, 2006)</span>. The large-format book includes "delightfully deadpan" color illustrations by <a href="http://www.arenaworks.com/Artists/thumbsSimonBartram.html://">Simon Bartram</a>--which complement the sly humor in Lewis's text.</span></div><div align="left"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnXmUQtvz2oxo3AcZtuzDn3_hi2rR5A-t6QDhhPVJDprjQSsYU8_6HxSwgW7dij0IzNU3H7KBQQZeGeY_zQ1s-Skg60IiZqJO5WTlUlz2SKvZTeenSg80GrI1ZAn_l0jmtXoUCe1FMuk/s1600-h/OnceUponaTomb.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445922203078803282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnXmUQtvz2oxo3AcZtuzDn3_hi2rR5A-t6QDhhPVJDprjQSsYU8_6HxSwgW7dij0IzNU3H7KBQQZeGeY_zQ1s-Skg60IiZqJO5WTlUlz2SKvZTeenSg80GrI1ZAn_l0jmtXoUCe1FMuk/s320/OnceUponaTomb.bmp" /> <p align="left"></a>The "gravely humorous verses" tell about the demise of a number of individuals who </p><br />earned their living in different lines of work/professions--including beautician, philosopher, soccer player, gravedigger, movie star, tattoo artist, and poet. <p></p><p align="left">One of my favorite poems in the book is <span style="color:#ff6600;"><em><strong>School Teacher</strong></em></span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">Knives can harm you, heaven forbid!</span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">Axes may disarm you kid.</span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">Guillotines are painful, but</span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">There's nothing like a paper cut.</span></strong></p><br />Click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0763618373/ref=dp_otherviews_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&img=1"><strong>here</strong></a> to view a double-page spread in <strong><em><span style="color:#990000;">Once Upon a Tomb</span></em></strong>.Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-81400009432457535762010-02-26T09:54:00.000-05:002010-02-26T09:55:40.067-05:00Two Rhyming Verses for CreationistsFrom <strong><em>The Texas Tribune</em></strong> (2/17/2010)<br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Meet the Flintstones<br /></span></strong>by Ross Ramsey<br /><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><em>Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species of animals, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.</em></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><em>The differences in beliefs about evolution and the length of time that living things have existed on earth are reflected in the political and religious preference of our respondents, who were asked four questions about biological history and God:</em></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><em>• 38 percent said human beings developed over millions of years with God guiding the process and another 12 percent said that development happened without God having any part of the process. Another 38 percent agreed with the statement "God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago."</em></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><em>• Asked about the origin and development of life on earth without injecting humans into the discussion, and 53 percent said it evolved over time, "with a guiding hand from God." They were joined by 15 percent who agreed on the evolution part, but "with no guidance from God." About a fifth — 22 percent — said life has existed in its present form since the beginning of time.</em></span><br /><br />You can read the rest of the article at the following link:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/feb/17/meet-flintstones/">http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/feb/17/meet-flintstones/</a><br /><br />********************<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">A Creation Quatrain</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">On the seventh day God said: "I did my best.<br />Now I'm going to take a rest!<br />I labored hard for six long days.<br />Now write me a hymn of thanks and praise."<br /></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">A Rah Rah Rhyme for Creationist Cheerleaders</span></em></strong><br /><em><br /></em><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Evolution? Nay! Nay! Nay!<br />Creationism? Yay! Yay! Yay!<br />Genesis tells us all we need to know.<br />Our world was created six thousand years ago.<br />Darwin got his science facts mangled and twisted.<br />Humans and dinosaurs co-existed!</span></strong>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-11452562050440907292010-02-09T15:43:00.000-05:002010-02-09T15:49:18.196-05:00Look at the Man: A Poem Explaining Why Women with Mates Gain Weight<strong>Study Says Women With Mates Get Heavier<br /></strong>By Nicholas Bakalar<br />New York Times (January 4, 2010)<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#009900;">It is widely known that women tend to gain weight after giving birth, but now a large study has found evidence that even among childless women, those who live with a mate put on more pounds than those who live without one.</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#009900;">The differences, the scientists found, were stark.</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#009900;">After adjusting for other variables, the 10-year weight gain for an average 140-pound woman was 20 pounds if she had a baby and a partner, 15 if she had a partner but no baby, and only 11 pounds if she was childless with no partner. The number of women with a baby but no partner was too small to draw statistically significant conclusions.</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#009900;">There is no reason to believe that having a partner causes metabolic changes, so the weight gain among childless women with partners was almost surely caused by altered behavior. Moreover, there was a steady weight gain among all women over the 10 years of the study.</span></em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05weight.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05weight.html</a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">********************</div><br />Here's a poem I wrote after reading this article:<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">Look at the Man: A Poem Explaining Why Women with Mates Gain Weight<br /></span></em></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Once upon a time he was a prince.<br />Now every time I look at him I wince.<br />That dashing fellow who once caught my fancy<br />Now sports big boobies like my old Aunt Nancy.<br />As I dream of wedded bliss…a life diviner--<br />He croaks out to me from his worn recliner,<br />“Honey, do me a favor—be a dear—<br />Would you go and fetch me another ice cold beer?<br />And while you’re at it, get a bag of chips!”<br />Those are the loving words that pass through his wan lips.<br />He never buys me flowers, takes me dancing.<br />My mate’s not into sweet talk and romancing.<br />He’s always in a couch potato mode—<br />That prince I married turned into a toad.</span></strong>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-70457345766984403442010-02-05T11:03:00.000-05:002010-02-05T11:12:01.502-05:00Who Dat Hangin' at da Laundromat?From Jonathan Turley’s blog: <a title="'Permanent" href="http://jonathanturley.org/2010/02/05/flashed-identified-by-his-pronounced-tooth/">Flasher Identified By His Pronounced . . . Tooth</a> (2/5/2010)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434790945816385954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDXAvTolsSYzEN_xrbIHcdUYs5kBIfuf7MKUwj-4aZt6bBazqY-lSDkOAtkr9R7Lu59ta95ECR5OSZM1Pd77YAlKb4jY9Kl2ttvC82iZARZhRaAVPKUpMTANzjn_ckaB6FG6Fqrbd6s4/s320/FlasherRottenTooth.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p><em><span style="color:#006600;">In what may be something of a disappointment for Ian Rushing, 27, women identified the Oregon man as the alleged “St. Helens Flasher” by his pronounced bad tooth.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color:#006600;">Rushing is accused of grabbing women and exposing himself at the Cascade Cleaners in St. Helens. He also won the coveted award for “The Mugshot Most Likely To Be A Flasher.” </span></em></p><p><em><span style="color:#006600;">He is charged with public indecency, 3rd-degree sexual abuse and violating his probation.<br /></span></em><br />You’ll find links to articles with more information <a href="http://jonathanturley.org/2010/02/05/flashed-identified-by-his-pronounced-tooth">here</a>.</p><p align="center">********************<br /></p><p align="left">The story about the “St. Helens Flasher” inspired me to write the following <em>Who Dat?</em> verse for two voices:</p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">Who Dat Hangin' at da Laundromat</span></em></strong><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Who dat hangin’ at da laundromat?<br />WHO dat? WHO dat?<br />Who dat rotten-toothed creepy cat?<br />WHO dat? WHO dat?<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#33cc00;">DAT man? DAT man?<br />Dat’s a pervert with no dental plan.<br />Dat’s da flasher with the silver van!<br />Dat man’s going to da county can.</span></strong></p><p align="left"> </p>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-54532968803814796522010-01-31T15:05:00.000-05:002010-01-31T15:11:06.185-05:00How to Report the News: A Satirical Video by Charlie BrookerI know I haven't been posting many new verses in the past couple of months. I've had a case of writer's block lately.<br /><br />Here's a funny video I came across today. It was made by Charlie Brooker. Brooker is a British journalist and comic. He is known in England for his satire.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Charlie Brooker—How to Report the News<br /></span></strong><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtGSXMuWMR4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtGSXMuWMR4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />You can find out about Charlie Brooker <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charliebrooker">here</a>.Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-72759443252652637432010-01-23T18:44:00.000-05:002010-01-23T18:46:49.633-05:00One Law Professor's Perspective on the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on Corporate Campaign Spending<strong><span style="color:#000099;">Jamin Raskin</span></strong> on <strong>Democracy Now</strong> (1/22/2010)<br />(Note: Jamin Raskin is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Law and Government Program at American University’s Washington College of Law)<br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>In Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling, Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate Campaign Spending</strong></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G2gshu8nnco&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G2gshu8nnco&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-9007226046767988552010-01-19T16:36:00.000-05:002010-01-19T16:40:35.064-05:00Senator Centerfold<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">One thing I NEVER want to behold:</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><br /><span style="color:#009900;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Senator Scott Centerfold!</span></strong></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428568302220324498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 318px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduYuSRymAtqZ9s9Q1wYdbGxnlmsJLe1o12OcMyOppVb9TF-pjaZTdyrX9Lo3_nbgM_hVk4a-wIRIY2u9PjOFoZ-e1ZlU2qZhgoRSogmPGC4OyEildc64HNix9z8mXqNxLhRuXGVt5e64/s320/Senator+Centerfold.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p> </p><p> </p>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-84224248082994148862010-01-15T11:12:00.000-05:002010-01-15T11:16:45.356-05:00Craig Ferguson on Haiti & Rush LimbaughI think Craig Ferguson is the funniest fellow on television. He cracks me up. That's why I like him so much. He's on the list of My Favorite Men in the World.<br /><br />Here's another reason why I like Ferguson, who is a naturalized US citizen, so much:<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4501zHejiRw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4501zHejiRw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-26146004285107453802009-12-28T13:11:00.000-05:002009-12-28T14:45:45.215-05:002009: The Year in Review<strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">JibJab's Year in Review: 2009</span></strong><br /><div><div><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eKYe1KiwywE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eKYe1KiwywE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">Happy New Year!!!</span></strong></div>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-5347544894400079622009-12-25T11:02:00.000-05:002009-12-25T11:03:19.823-05:00A Little John Lennon: So This Is Christmas<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">So This Is Christmas (War Is Over)</span></strong><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ax9ekyUy5gg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ax9ekyUy5gg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-30310211635914038982009-12-19T12:01:00.000-05:002009-12-19T12:08:20.320-05:00Healthcare Joe: A Clerihew about Joe Lieberman<strong>Lieberman Socks (MoveOn.org)</strong><br /><object style="WIDTH: 522px; HEIGHT: 323px" height="323" width="522"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8vS6kIbJu64&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8vS6kIbJu64&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Healthcare Joe</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">As for Lieberman, Joe?<br />That guy’s GOTTA go!<br />I need health insurance quick<br />Cuz Joe is making ME sick.</span></strong><br /><br />Poet <strong>Julie Larios</strong> has clerihews about Senators Joe Lieberman and Al Franken at her blog <strong><em>The Drift Record</em></strong>. Click <a href="http://julielarios.blogspot.com/2009/12/poetry-friday-true-believers-and.html">here</a> to read them.<br /><br /><strong>From Headzup: Joe Lieberman Sees No Reason for Health Care Reform</strong><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_0dz1e-Wo88&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_0dz1e-Wo88&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>From Headzup: Obama Quits, Cedes Presidency to Joe Lieberman<br /></strong><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRqXyaCATu4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRqXyaCATu4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-55118057232920709472009-12-17T08:58:00.000-05:002009-12-17T08:58:47.233-05:00Stand for Christmas: A Song Parody & a Poem<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYCgR4e2a57slT100MWqwUitiM0nK1fzajvx7PNTq9z15W1CqLEyhTtYSjtGz16XksUPgbWXWBC-JMQfySLIq6b0gq_qI-9l-TQVWKepBp2-ziRP5C3E6L75_uBWonD4b0GDRqn32Fnk/s1600-h/christmastreeborder.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416201244767561666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYCgR4e2a57slT100MWqwUitiM0nK1fzajvx7PNTq9z15W1CqLEyhTtYSjtGz16XksUPgbWXWBC-JMQfySLIq6b0gq_qI-9l-TQVWKepBp2-ziRP5C3E6L75_uBWonD4b0GDRqn32Fnk/s320/christmastreeborder.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a title="'Permanent" href="http://jonathanturley.org/2009/12/08/the-naughty-list-christians-organize-blacklist-of-businesses-failing-to-wish-customers-merry-christmas/">The Naughty List: Christians Organize Blacklist of Businesses Failing To Wish Customers “Merry Christmas”</a> (From Jonathan Turley’s blog, 12/8/2008)<br /></div><div>Excerpt:</div><div><br /><em>Christians are now organizing a boycott against businesses that fail to wish everyone “Merry Christmas” or use that offensive greeting “Happy Holidays.” Stores are being monitored and blacklisted for just wishing everyone “Happy Holidays” instead of referencing Christmas specifically.</em></div><div><br /><em>The site </em><a href="http://standforchristmas.com/files/Apologetic_ver4.pdf"><em>www.standforchristmas.com </em></a><em>is listing businesses on whether they are naughty or nice on using Christmas in greetings.</em></div><div><br /><em>The group </em><a href="http://standforchristmas.com/"><em>listed companies</em></a><em> by whether they are “friendly,” “negligent,” or “offensive” in the use of such terms as Happy Holidays or Season’s Greetings instead of Merry Christmas.</em><br /><br />Click <a href="http://jonathanturley.org/2009/12/08/the-naughty-list-christians-organize-blacklist-of-businesses-failing-to-wish-customers-merry-christmas">here</a> to read the rest of Turley’s post.</div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>************<br /></strong></span><br /></div><div align="left">Inspired by the story, I wrote a song parody of <em><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Santa Claus Is Coming to Town</span></strong></em>:<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Stand for Christmas is Coming to Town</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">You better watch out,<br />You better not cry<br />“Happy Holidays”<br />In your store. Here’s why:<br />Stand for Christmas<br />Is coming to town.<br /><br />They’re making a blacklist,<br />Checking it twice,<br />Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice.<br />Stand for Christmas<br />Is coming to town.<br /><br />They’ll see you when they’re shopping.<br />They’ll check you out online.<br />If you're saying Merry Christmas,<br />They'll rate your store just fine.<br /><br />You better watch out,<br />You better not cry<br />Happy Holidays<br />In your store. Here’s why:<br />Stand for Christmas<br />Is coming to town.<br /></span></strong><br /></div><div align="left">Here’s another poem I wrote. It isn’t meant to be disrespectful. It’s meant to speak to the commercialization of Christmas…and to the folks who waste countless hours monitoring and rating stores in regard to their “Christmas” spirit.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Now Mary buys at Wal-Mart…<br />Joseph at J. C. Penney.<br />The Child is just a little babe—<br />He doesn’t shop at any.<br /><br />The Magi frequent Target.<br />The shepherds like Lands’ End.<br />Thank heavens Stand for Christmas<br />Has some stores to recommend.<br /></span></strong><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091215/us_time/08599194759000"><strong>Christian Group Launches New Attack on Christmas Commercialism</strong></a> (Time)<br /><em>By Amy Sullivan/Washington – Tue Dec 15, 3:10 am ET</em></div><div align="left"><br /><em>If it's December, then there must be frost in the air, gingerbread in the oven, and ... right on time, Bill O'Reilly and the other defenders of Christmas bemoaning the prevalence of "Happy Holidays" - rather than "Merry Christmas" - greetings.</em></div><div align="left"><br /><em>There's a war on Christmas, O'Reilly recently reminded viewers, driven by those who "loathe the baby Jesus." This season, a holiday-dÉcor company is marketing the CHRIST-mas Tree, a bushy artificial tree with a giant cross where the trunk should be. And the Colorado-based Focus on the Family is continuing its Stand for Christmas campaign to highlight the offenses of Christmas-denying retailers. The campaign was launched, according to its website, because "citizens across the nation were growing dissatisfied with the tendency of corporations to omit references to Christmas from holiday promotions." </em><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/08599194759000/34430852/SIG=11veba54s/*http:/www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1944094,00.html" target="_blank"><em>(See TIME's photoessay "Have a Very Ridiculous Christmas.")</em></a></div><div align="left"><br /><em><strong>But to a growing group of Christians, this focus on the commercial aspect of Christmas is itself the greatest threat to one of Christianity's holiest days. "It's the shopping, the going into debt, the worrying that if I don't spend enough money, someone will think I don't love them," says Portland pastor Rick McKinley. "Christians get all bent out of shape over the fact that someone didn't say 'Merry Christmas' when I walked into the store. But why are we expecting the store to tell our story? That's just ridiculous."</strong></em></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65oVBicKKUm6PDYhpBWcGuxpdrbrd8tUjqVjGaHMPyYoUdVYKGBhUxaw4WVGy9MgO1iFYhdwAIshWDVz-NvQtnx8N6Re0lRsZcfLc6NJdRah5Jt6k0e6cruwQp-FjpQGhgDw1HFg_0qs/s1600-h/christmastreeborder.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416201170151570306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 27px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65oVBicKKUm6PDYhpBWcGuxpdrbrd8tUjqVjGaHMPyYoUdVYKGBhUxaw4WVGy9MgO1iFYhdwAIshWDVz-NvQtnx8N6Re0lRsZcfLc6NJdRah5Jt6k0e6cruwQp-FjpQGhgDw1HFg_0qs/s320/christmastreeborder.png" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Merry Christmas!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">Happy New Year!</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Happy Holidays!</span></strong><br /></div><div align="center"></div>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-28825138553448427852009-12-14T10:22:00.000-05:002009-12-14T10:23:34.631-05:00A Very Cheney ChristmasA Holiday Video from Headzup<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8G7lvW66H80&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8G7lvW66H80&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927643462378647950.post-28645380773475642122009-12-05T12:37:00.000-05:002009-12-05T12:41:06.924-05:00A Clerihew about Max Baucus<a title="'Permanent" href="http://jonathanturley.org/2009/12/05/senator-max-baucus-admits-that-he-had-affair-with-former-staffer-when-he-nominated-her-for-u-s-attorney-position/">Senator Max Baucus Admits That He Had Affair with Former Staffer When He Nominated Her For U.S. Attorney Position</a> (Jonathan Turley blog, 12/5/2009)<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>“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.”</em></span><br /><br />You can read the rest of the post <a href="http://jonathanturley.org/2009/12/05/senator-max-baucus-admits-that-he-had-affair-with-former-staffer-when-he-nominated-her-for-u-s-attorney-position/">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />Inspired by the Baucus story—I wrote the following:<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">A Clerihew about Max Baucus<br /></span></em></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Senator Max Baucus<br />Of the “slap and tickle” caucus<br />Considered Melodee Hanes<br />To be one of his Capitol gains.</span></strong>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2