This poor kid just can’t get a break…

He’s got the name, for heaven’s sake!

What more do they want, the GOP?

I mean why not Eric, or even Tiffany?!

Ivanka and Junior get all the glory…

But dynasties usually are a bad story.

So even the Pope can get a little testy

But he rectified the issue like a bestie.

Of course it helps to have a direct line

To the God of All, the Savior Divine.

But even then you must have the desire

To say “I’m sorry” without being a liar.

TR is a legend and my favorite of men,

And did what was right again and again.

He said walk lightly but with a big stick

Pretty much the opposite of being a

Brash and loud tool making demands…

The behavior of a guy with small hands.

When you first hear it you think it’s a prank

A journalist spinning the metaphor crank.

Wily predators in search of weak prey

Swarm Donnie’s golf course, every day!

But no, in fact, these coyotes are real…

And they seem to get the Art of the Deal.

Let’s start the decade with some good news!

The UK has decided to take some of its cues

From experts in science who think it’s smart

To diversify energy as a reasonable start

Towards solving the crisis of global warming

And avoiding the catastrophe that is forming.

Another year, another decade, in the books

With progress and setbacks and a few crooks.

The human project continues, good or bad

And the weight of it all can make you mad.

But if you want to lighten the load you carry

Then read this article by Dave Barry!

In many ways it’s a privilege to feel depressed

About politics and leaders who aren’t the best.

Our first world problems are so far removed

From the lives of billions that have improved

By marginal amounts, just a slight breadth,

Making the difference between life and death.

The thing which is really most disturbing

Is the success that Donnie has had in curbing

The independent thinking of his political base

Which wants to believe him whatever the case.

He successfully manipulates what people think –

Like Obama’s a foreigner or defense agencies stink.

It rarely seems that economists are right

Their forecasts infrequently shed any light
On the major events that take us by surprise

Or the predictions which fail to materialize.

So what do we do with this latest read?

Hope for the best and guzzle some mead!

I have to agree that this move is a joke
And sends the wrong message to our young folk.
Protest in democracy is totally vital
But comes at a cost and is not time idyll.
Part of the value is in breaking a rule
Not being given a day off from school.