Katrina
The waters rose up
Burying the Big Easy
With ineptitude
Iraq
Premises are false
Intelligence was faulty
Too many were killed
Torture
With waterboarding
The Constitution was drowned
In Guantanamo
Taxes
The rich get richer
Everyone else pays for it
Bankrupts a nation
9-11
After the planes hit
We chased those who attacked us
But invaded Iraq
Entries from December 2008
December 30, 2008
The legacy of George W. Bush
December 28, 2008
Looking toward 2009 in haiku
January
Starts with a hangover
Then endless snow and cold temps
Winter never ends
February
Black History Month
The shortest month of the year
Who came up with that?
March
In like a lion
Then drinks a lot of green beer
Leaves like a lamb
April
The blossom of spring
Renewal brings hope for year
Tax Day takes it away
May
Time to mow the yard
Watch out for the dog poop, [...]
December 26, 2008
Inevitable signs that Christmas is over
The radio begins playing “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Kwanzaa.”
Same candy aisle but sign changes from Christmas to Valentine’s Day.
There is a buzz in the air about The Meineke Car Care Bowl game.
Shoppers pass each other on the streets, saying “Happy Boxing Day.”
Hallmark has a new line of “I know you’ll return this [...]
December 25, 2008
Top 10 Reasons Why Barack Obama Will Make a Better President Than I Would
10. Constitutional Law. He taught it. I’ve heard of it.
9. He can use a BlackBerry. I cannot figure out something as simple as how to answer a phone call on my wife’s “CrackBerry.”
8. His wife actually wants to be First Lady. My wife grew up the daughter of a politician and wants no part – [...]
December 21, 2008
She’ll be ready in a minute
I am impatient. That doesn’t dovetail well with the long lead time my wife needs to get ready to go out.
Does starting the car to let her hear my impatience work? Of course not. She can’t hear it over her hair dryer.
She’s beautiful and when she’s finished “putting on her face” she’s stunning. But I’m [...]
December 17, 2008
F1: scoring or boring?
Gold, silver and bronze are convenient ways to measure a single event. I think they are a lousy way to measure progress over an entire season.
The man who owns Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone, the little garden gnome hisself, wants to change the scoring system to determine a season-long champion from total points accumulated across all [...]
December 16, 2008
NO MORE CZAR or -GATES
An open letter, a plea and a firm admonition to all political journalists:
Next time someone is appointed to oversee a problem, please, please, please, please give them a nickname other than “czar.” It was first applied to the “Energy Czar” in the Nixon administration during the first energy crisis of the early 1970s. Czar or [...]
