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IN MEMORIAM – CAPITALISM AND MASS MURDER IN AMERICA

I suspect that this latest tragedy in Connecticut – and all the other mass shootings, is the unavoidably inevitable result of a system that will steadfastly not  guarantee all it’s citizens a good free education, birth to death healthcare, and fails to maintain and build on its once great manufacturing base thereby losing work for its citizens, but instead continues to squander … Continue reading

The Ballad of the Republican Party Defined

To all of you who remain loyal  To the GOP family of “royals” And you’re not rich, or privileged, or fried, And your news isn’t all Fox-i-fied And you actually CAN think – and read Love your wife, and your children, and need A job, and some healthcare, and the knowledge That, if they wish, … Continue reading

The Ballad of What the Right-Wing Neocon Plutocrats Want – Really.

Best believe the far right majority Ain’t concerned with women, gays, or minorities Shit is all subterfuge All they want is a stooge To help loot us – their A1 priority   And part of the plan of these stoats Is to keep us at each other’s throats While weaseling more Of what they’re living … Continue reading

The Ballad of Republican Fuck-ups or: How to Lay Down a Good Smokescreen

Let’s start this thing With the tone-deaf right wing Holding their “hearing” on women An all male panel Of men who all channel A time when all life was still swimmin’   Then the cartoon – named Foster Freiss Says an “aspirin between the knees” Worked as birth control before – lot’s of luck He’s … Continue reading

A New Year’s Ballad To The Evangelical “Values” Voters of America – and the World

I don’t mind what you believe in ‘Cept the folks you back are thievin’ I don’t mind your faith in Jesus ­Jesus never tried to squeeze us I don’t care you wear religion Like a coat – don’t care a smidgeon ‘N if you wanna sin on Sunday Go to church and pray on Monday … Continue reading

The Ballad of the Koch Brothers or: A Line of This Koch Can Kill Ya

The Koch brothers, richer than Croesus “Never enough” is their thesis Their gold is behind The Republican mind In their ongoing efforts to fleece us Their biz ranks top ten in pollution Greed is their main attribution They bankroll their suitors The political polluters Who desecrate our Constitution     They’re cold money-grabbers for sure … Continue reading