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: The Dispatch

Communist Conservatism

So now we have nationalized US Steel.
Do conservatives think that’s a good deal?
Whatever happened to the limited role
That government should play, on the whole?
Can you imagine how this would be spun
If it were something Democrats had done?!


Source: The Wall Street Journal

A Globalist After All

As longtime readers of these rhymes know

My chief complaints with the Biden Show

Included our disgrace in Afghanistan

Withdrawing abruptly, no follow-up plan.

It helped lead Iran to this nuclear bet,

And I’m with Trump to end this threat.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Golden Fleece

Don’t expect the fleecing to ever stop

As we wait for Trump’s latest scam to drop.

Now they promise a new telcom era

But like all they do it’s a chimera.

Made in America! Perhaps Carolina…

Except that they’ll be imported from China.


Source: The Guardian

The America You Wanted?

It’s hard to imagine that this is true

But I’d ask my MAGA friends for their view

If in fact this is the law of the land

Does it reflect the type of world you had planned

When you voted for Trump and upheaval

Or is it instead just pretty evil?


Source: Wikimedia

Happy Father’s Day!

It’s the day to express huge gratitude

For all of Dad’s efforts and attitude.

The guy’s a provider, or at least he tries

And what he really wants are a few more ties.

Ties are fun! And send a message too…

We still got mouths to feed, your work’s not through!


Source: The New York Times

Just Like Most of Us

What a rich history gave birth to the Pope.

It’s the type of background that I would hope

Shows the world how complex we all are

From the most humble of us to this rising star.

If all his ancestors’ spirits flow through this man

I think they will help him make a good plan.


Source: The Economist

High Stakes

Iran poses an existential risk

So it’s hard to observe this and say “Tsk tsk…”

Israel has the right to defend itself

And has pulled brazen plans off the shelf.

The question that everyone else will fear

Is whether the conflict will spread to “here.”


Source: The Wall Street Journal

SCOTUS Offers Hope

An unexpected and welcome surprise…

As many foresee our nation’s demise

Pulled at the seams by competing factions

Executing their most extreme actions

It’s encouraging that some common ground

Is actually still out there and can still be found.


Source: The New York Post

Off Key

In a state that’s dealing with such disruption

It’s not hard to see why there’d be an eruption

When the governor’s wife goes on a shopping spree

Toting her spoils with the utmost glee.

LA is filled with signs of the musical clef…

How could she be so extremely tone deaf?


Source: The Financial Times

He Just Doesn’t Give a F#©k

We know flooding the zone is his game plan

And showing the world that he’s a strong man.

Executive Orders fly out all night

Who cares if they’re legal when oversight

Is simply swamped by the shit’s rapid growth…

At least these Vets still defend their oath.