Nobody 856

Sunday, March 6, 2011
Nobody # 856

Nobody Asked Me But:

Read this and tell me there is justice in the world. I dare you! Barb and I were trying on clothes this past week with the intent of giving some away. One evening she tried on a vest that she had not worn in at least a dozen years, felt something in the pocket, investigated and pulled out $194. The next morning I also discovered money in the pocket of a sweat outfit - 45 cents.<<<

That Was The Week That Was – As always, each of these short verses is based on a news event that happened during the past week.

Some people might think it is rude
To be counseled by someone who’s nude
But for this psyche chick
Being naked’s her shtick
We hope that her license’s renewed

Medi-share is a Christian-based plan
Give you health care woes to the Lord
Just don’t get sick
Or they’ll drop you real quick ‘Cause compassion the Lord can’t afford

And speaking of God, will the world end real soon
Is May two-one really the day
If that is true I don’t know about you
I’m heading to Hawaii to play

The story’s not new, we’ve known it for years
But it still cuts conscience to quick
How some people died
Because our country lied
And deliberately made them all sick

The Duke of Flatbush out on strikes
“The Outlaw” girl’s gone away
Both earned great fame
Yet good was their game
Let’s give each our loudest hooray

I’m happy the king lost his stutter
To his problem I never was cold
So gladly I’ll hail
This monarch’s great tale
But he shouldn’t have taken the gold

Long live the King for coming in first
But happy is not now his look
He said I don’t care
But it’s really not fair
To be banned for my life from Face Book

A piece of advice for the Social Net bunch
Accept your loss and don’t panic
This Hollywood crew
Rarely knows what to do
They once gave BP to Titanic

Westboro creeps have freedom of speech
The Supreme Court ruled that was fair
Which means they’re allowed
To hate as a crowd
So families of dead vets beware

B Davis was kicked from their basketball team
He broke code was what BYU said
We Mormons agree
Neither coffee nor tea
And, especially, no girls in your bed

The Newter is courting Right Christians
He wants to get down in their pew
An occasional affair
A divorce here and there
Doesn’t mean I’m not one of you

As for the groups Newt is courting
Some are willing to swallow their pride
As long as he wins
They don’t care about sins
And they surely don’t mind if he lied

“They love me, they love me,” Kadafi still cries
“So why should I cut and run
The mobs don’t alarm me
Their bullets won’t harm me
They’re only shooting for fun”

But who’s really winning in Libya
Who’s ahead in the war
Kadafi says me
The rebels say we
Man it is hard keeping score

Mom proms sweeping the country
They are proving to be a great hit
It’s not just the dance
It gives moms a chance
To see if those dresses still fit

No union money for politics
We don’t want our reps to be bossed
But corporate is great
Let’s fill up our plate
And tell all the Dems to get lost

Boehner says he’ll fight gay marriage
On advice from the Big Gal above
Says marriage was made
For man and his maid
And has little to do with love

New Bible version drops booty
Says spoils was what the Lord meant
Shake your spoils seems quite strange
Even slightly deranged
Are they sure that was really God’s intent

If you think nullification a thing of the past
That went with Calhoun to his grave
Man, I don’t jive
It’s still alive
In ‘Zona it’s the latest rave

Sirhan Sirhan was up for parole
Once again he asked to go free
But the board said, to hell!
Put him back in his cell
And forever throw away the key

There’s a new group debating the budget
Their standard is Jesus, they say
What would He cut
What doors would He shut
Would tax cuts for rich be in play

Who gets the blame for a shutdown
The Repubs and Obama are tied
But the POTUS won’t lead
In word or in deed
He’d be way out in front if he’d tried

REVIEWS

I went to a private showing of “Unknown” a few days ago. Private because I was the only one in the theater – well, at least until the movie was about half over, when three ladies wandered in and sat close to the screen. The movie itself was very good for type, although there were a few huge holes in the plot. It was what I have always called a summer film – adventure and interesting Berlin scenery.

While listening to “Colonel,” the third volume of Edmund Morris’s excellent biography of Teddy Roosevelt and was struck by this contradiction. TR, who was probably the closest we ever had to a king and was a great man in many ways, fell far short in others. For example, he preached the virtues of civilization and of taking it to the heathens, but he loved war - one of man’s least civil acts.

Run, don’t walk to your nearest book store, (if you can find one) and buy Faithful Place by Tana French. It is very much an Irish Mystic River, where the investigation of a crime moves a story about love, pain and family. It is comparable to Mystic River in quality as well as theme, and I don’t write that about many books.

And finally - I love the Internet, but I am alarmed that it is the place where crazies meet crazies to breed.