THE MIDDLE EAST SAND TRAP

 

The Middle East
Wow! What a place
Lawrence of Arabia
Thought he understood it
But he departed without leaving
Much of a trace
 
The Orange Hoax
Gave it a try
But the Saudi guy
Stuck a finger
In the Hoax’s eye

AFGHANISTAN, LESSONS LEARNED

 

So Afghanistan is mostly over
What have we learned?
That restructuring a Middle Age country
Can get you burned
 
A second lesson should be
If it’s force you’re gonna rely upon
Don’t piddle around
Use more than enough

To get the job done

GIVE US A BREAK

 

An ex-President who won’t leave the stage
A hurricane, Afghanistan, covid
And the West is on fire
Give us a break, Oh Great Spirit
The situation is pretty dire

SENATORS LEAP TO POLITICIZE

 

Senators Hawley and Blackburn
Want Biden gone quickly
So Republicans are playing political games
Rather than contributing to national unity
 
Someday the GOP
Maybe should explain
How party before country
Doesn’t lead to national pain

IVERMECTIN

 

Tucker Carlson
Thinks his listeners are livestock
He wants them to take ivermectin
He says it’s no crock
 
Tucker got his medical training
At the University of Make Believe
He majored in disinformation
Before he was asked to leave

RUDY SHAVES

 

Rudy Giuliani
Shaved his face
In an airport restaurant
Hope he didn’t drop whiskers
On his croissant

SUPREME COURT GROWLS

 

The Supreme Court seems to think
It is a policy-making body
Maybe a third level of Congress
Or a supra-Executive Branch
Giving the House, Senate, and President
A run for their money
 
A Court order called
“arbitrary and capricious”
The Biden Administration cancellation
Of the Trump-era’s Remain in Mexico effort
To halt immigration
 
So policy disputes between
Incoming and outgoing Administrations
Are fodder for the Supreme Court’s
Judicial examinations?

AFGHAN QUANDRY

 

Joe seems to be recovering
From his initial Afghan blunder
But the operation’s not over
There still could be thunder
 
When the Americans are gone
What becomes of the country?
Will it return to the Middle Ages
Or remain in the 21st Century?
 
The prognosis is not good
Western values are not advancing
Cultural and religious obstacles
Are local intolerance enhancing

NEIGHBORHOOD RANSOMWARE

 

If a neighbor annoys you
Say, by continually planting new stuff
You might consider ransomware
As a way to get rough
 
Send an anonymous note saying
Your plantings will only survive
If you leave ten grand in bitcoins
At the end of your drive

QUIBBLING

 

Biden supporters and those of
The Odious Orange Outrage
Are quibbling over who
Set the messy Afghan stage
 
The bottom line is
Both those guys are at fault
The Orange Hoax was just
Generally incompetent
And Joe had a temporary
Serious lack of judgement
 
Hopefully Joe
Can bounce back
The Hoax, however
Is hopelessly out of whack

ALWAYS SOMETHING

 

Back to school
Is now underway
Much to the enjoyment of
Those with a lot to say
 
About covid, masks
Vaccines, the proper pronoun
For a transgender kid
The proper approach
To a disgruntled id
 
There’s always something
To complain about
Take me for instance
I’ve got gout

SCHOOLS, VACCINES, MASKS

 

Schools, vaccines, masks
The nation plows ahead
Hoping for some clarity
Other than a hospital bed
 
Many politicians certainly
Aren’t helping the matter
They’re catering to the fringes
With nonsensical chatter

AMERICA IS BACK?

 

America is back
Was what Joe once said
Many might now respond
Yeah, back in bed
 
Joe’s unilateral action
Doesn’t show much respect
For our allies who
We’re seeming to reject
 
The Orange Hoax acted haphazardly
But Joe, you’re better than that
A competent leader does some preparation
Before going to bat

JOE DIGS HOLE DEEPER

 

Joe, you’re digging your hole deeper
Saying to ABC there was
No way to withdraw troops
“Without chaos ensuing”
Is just a flat overstating
And doesn’t justify your lack of planning
 
Accept that you screwed up
Withdrawal might well be
The correct decision
But that doesn’t make
Your implementation
The only possible version
 
Stop defending chaos
Admit the planning was poor
Focus on what’s ahead and not
What’s already out the door

IS THE WORST OVER?

 

Is the worst over in Afghanistan?
The Taliban seems willing
To give America a little room
To extract itself without fighting
 
The next couple of weeks
Will certainly be tense
But we may luck out
And then can play politics
On our own turf
As we yell and shout

WHO WROTE THE EXIT PLAN?

 

Joe said the buck stopped with him
But he certainly spread some blame
The way the operation is unfolding
Leaves a lot with shame
 
The exit “plan” most likely
Did not contemplate
Hundreds of Afghans chasing
A C-17 as it left the gate

BOO!

 

How come our Afghans
Lacked the will to fight?
All the Taliban had to do
Was say a quick little “Boo”

A REPUBLICAN MENTAL GIANT

 

This Governor in Florida
DeSantis is his name
Thinks public health
Is just a political game
 
He’s aiming for the Presidency
But he will have to contend
With another mental giant whose
Public health policy was just pretend

AFGHANISTAN

 

Getting back to politics as usual
Democrats want to spend money
Republicans want to cut taxes
The debt limit needs to be raised
Or the Government collapses
 
Meanwhile Afghanistan
Is not looking good
Biden will get some blame
But Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld
Own the real shame

WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE

 

Is American democracy deteriorating from
“Here’s my position
Now let’s hear
The merits of your position”
 
To “I don’t like your position
And I know who you are
And where you live”
With the implication being
Some unpleasant retribution?

KICKED OFF YOUTUBE

 

Rand Paul and
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Have been temporarily suspended
From YouTube for bad-mouthing
Masking and the vaccine
 
Too bad they weren’t
Suspended from Congress
That body could use fewer
Dingbats with brain fungus

MASKING AND THE AMERICAN PSYCHE

 

How did masking get to be
Such a disputed activity?
Is it something in the American psyche that
Makes mountains out of molehills indiscriminately?
 
You would think political leaders
Could avoid characterizing the masking matter
As a choice between freedom now
Or live with tyranny forever

ELECTION WHEELING AND DEALING

 

The Orange Hoax treated the election results
Like a real estate deal going bad
Instead of accepting the outcome
He wanted to continue negotiating a tad
 
Keep throwing up obstacles
Wear the opponent down
You just might get lucky
And then you’re a happy clown
 
Same thing with Cuomo
Don’t think you have to leave town
Just be obstinate
And maintain your perplexed frown

FOXNEWS GERBIL IN HUNGARY

 FoxNews Gerbil Tucker Carlson

Has been in Hungary

Who knows why

Maybe he’s on a world tour

Seeking autocrats

He can adore

GOP VERSUS DEMOCRACY

 

Many in the Grand Old Party
Are tired of this democracy crap
They want to put voters
In an autocracy trap
 
No more “getting out the vote”
Suppression is their objective
Limit the franchise to those
Whose reactionary vote is reflexive

50TH ANNIVERSARY!

 

Who would’a thunk it?
A half century ago
They did not comprehend
How far they had to go
 
A Vietnam Vet
An anti-war protestor
No way would this
Last a semester
 
But fifty years went by
Multiple dogs, many cars
A Chevy pickup named YUB
And oh yes
Two daughters who are stars
 
It started in C’ville
Followed by Micronesia
Then back to Virginia
First Chesapeake
Then Williamsburg
And finally Alexandria
 
So Happy Fiftieth!
I’ll try to keep toothpaste goo
Outta the sink
If you do some dusting
Maybe once a week
And keep plenty of prune juice
Around for me to drink

WHERE’S THE WHISKEY, MIKE?

 

Former SecState Mike Pompeo
Can’t remember who may have downed
A fifty eight hundred dollar bottle of whiskey
Before he left town
 
The whiskey was a gift
From the nation of Japan
It wasn’t for you personally, Mike
It wasn’t part of your pension plan
 
About par for the course
From one of the Hoax’s team
Many of them still living
In the election fraud daydream

KISSY-FACE POLITICIANS

 

The days of kissy-face politicians
Are rounding the final bend
New York’s Andrew Cuomo
Might well be the end
 
Hope Joe Biden is tuned in
From time to time he’s been
A little too hands-on with women

Even a bit creepy now and then

ADVICE FOR CUOMO

 

New York Governor Cuomo
Needs some advice
On rebutting charges of sexual conduct
That wasn’t nice
 
Well, he ought to go
To the all-time expert
The Odious Orange Outrage
Whose strategy is don’t deny

Just brag from the stage

THE OLYMPICS DISTRACTION

 

The Olympics are distracting
From the pandemic and politics
We can’t focus on covid and the Hoax
While watching skate boarding tricks
 
Speaking of the Hoax
According to Mark Meadows
The Hoax has been regularly
Meeting with his “cabinet”
To which the only response is “really?”

THE PARTY THAT LOST ITS WAY

 

Remember when the GOP
Was an authentic organization
Not the clown show
That is its current incarnation?
 
Is the party’s decline
All the Orange Hoax’s responsibility
Or was the stage set
By three decades of incompetency
Stretching back to Newt Gingrich
And his anti-government obstinacy?