Why

If you don’t bother to take the time,
To express your thoughts in rhyme,
The chances are awfully good,
You’ve not thought as much as you should.
Rhymes are fun and set the stage right,
Like lovers undressing before a fight…


Source: Mitt Romney

If THIS guy can…

When the Lord created the term “white bread”

Mitt Romney was listed its figure head.

He ran a bad campaign for president

And who knows in what state he’s resident.

But, the guy gets how democracy works

And stands against all the self-serving jerks.


Source: Axios

Take a hike

It’s nice to know there are some simple ways

To juice the number and joy of our days.

For folks among us advancing in age

Walking every day should be all the rage…

Death risk drops by up to fifty percent!

So let’s lace up those shoes and represent.


Source: The New York Times

David or Goliath?

The Tar Heels advance to the Final Game!

(And Duke will never really be the same…)

What a great show for this Fairy Tale team

Delivering up a Chapel Hill dream.

Underdogs, yes, but with an alliance –

This team stands on the shoulders of giants.


Source: The Bulwark

“Likely”… Really?

However much I cannot stand the guy

It’s things like this that let him rise so high.

“Likely” is such an empty word to use

For a federal judge whose view will make news.

It says nothing at all and lacks gravitas

And mostly just makes the judge look like an ass.


Source: Corey Rakowsky

Contemplating Putin

We try to keep discourse pretty PG

Here at TTNR, as you can see.

But once in a while things come along,

Rougher than most but worth playing the song.

Putin: a pussy or a little bitch?

Of course he’s both – and find out which is which!


Source: The Washington Post

Bad news for Russia

I get that Putin can be a tough boss.

But have his advisors penciled the loss

That they will realize when it is found out

That a real victory is largely in doubt.

It’s a dangerous game these guys are playing

And maybe a sign Russia’s decaying.


Source: Yahoo News

Don’s burner phone

He says he’s never used a burner phone
Doesn’t know what one looks like, let alone
Using one to conduct affairs of state!
(Or planning a coup that’s been fueled by hate…)
But Bolton has now come and called him out.
He knows what a burner phone is about…


Source: Axios

Dr. Seuss makes a comeback

Dr. Seuss had such a creative brain
All those issues last year gave me great pain.
Tolerance was one of his major themes
In his characters’ lives and in their dreams.
So I’m glad the public has come to terms
And shunned the cancellers and their bad germs.


Source: The Economist

Heavy metal indeed

If not so tragic it would be funny
But not having enough arms or money
They got creative in how they would fight
And this clever advance is one they got right.
Jamming the signals with heavy metal!
Better than hot oil poured from a tar kettle.


Source: Mercury News

Hope that’s me

This dude is sailing a nineteen-foot boat

From San Fran to Japan, that’s quite a float.

Then add to the mix that he’s eighty-three,

Still clearly hearing the call of the sea.

At his age I hope to have the same spunk!

But a bigger boat… because I’m a punk.