Limerick Ode To Republican Schadenfreude
Limerick Ode To Republican Schadenfreude By Madeleine Begun Kane Watch Republicans feign being sad When employment news comes, and it’s bad. How they try not to grin— They’re more likely to win! If you...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Republican Hostage-Takers
Limerick Ode To Republican Hostage-Takers By Madeleine Begun Kane “Fail to meet our demands? Then we’ll shoot. Any deaths will be YOUR fault, to boot.” That’s the GOP path On their road laced with...
View Article“Party First” Politics (3-Verse Limerick)
“Party First” Politics (3-Verse Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane When the government runs out of cash And shuts down, then just who will you bash? If you’re paying attention, The party you’ll mention...
View ArticleDiscredit Where Discredit Is Due (Limerick)
Bad news from the Republican-controlled House: House Republicans will vote to pass a one-year delay of Obamacare in exchange for funding the government, a plan that drastically increases the chances of...
View ArticleOpen Limerick To “Speaker” Boehner
Open Limerick To “Speaker” Boehner By Madeleine Begun Kane Dear Boehner, while reading the news, I’m bewildered — it tends to confuse: Either somebody stole Your Speakership role, Or you gave it to...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To The Government Shutdown
Limerick Ode To The Government Shutdown By Madeleine Begun Kane A government shutdown’s arrived– An avoidable crisis contrived By the wingnutty House, Who blackmail and grouse Over battles they’ve lost...
View ArticleClean Messaging (Limerick)
In President Obama’s October 8 news conference about the current budget and debt ceiling stalemate with Republicans, Obama said: “We can’t make extortion routine as part of our democracy.” Clean...
View ArticleDoomed Limerick
The federal government’s reopened and the debt ceiling crisis was averted at the last minute. So the question now is, will this happen again? Alas, many experts believe we’re doomed to have yet another...
View ArticleThe “Overrun” Speaker (Limerick)
How does John Boehner explain away and excuse his role in the government shutdown? “I got overrun, that’s what happened.” The “Overrun” Speaker (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane What is Boehner’s...
View ArticleSurplus Madness (Limerick)
Have you ever wondered how police departments ended up looking like military units? An excellent Mother Jones article explains the method behind the madness, which I’ve tried to summarize in this...
View ArticleUndoing Undue Optimism (4-Verse Limerick)
Most press coverage about the “cleaning the barn” two-year “budget deal,” negotiated by Boehner as he was handing off his Speaker gig to Paul Ryan, is unduly optimistic. It tends to lull us into...
View ArticleIs Trump Plastered?
Trump claims that he never drinks alcohol. But proposing to spend one billion dollars on 62 miles of wall is surely proof he’s plastered: This ludicrous price won’t draw smiles: One billion for...
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