Nobody 860

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Nobody # 860

Nobody Asked Me But:

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.

Time to play ball cried the Umpire-In-Chief

As Giants and Bums broke the seal

No Giant at all

Looked exceptionally tall

But the Bums seemed to be the real deal

They say that to itch is contagious

If I see you scratch, I’ll scratch mine

Catching an itch

Is sort of a bitch

But scratching that itch is divine

Terry Jones has blood on his hands

A Koran-burning excuse for a preacher

This human disgrace

Is far out of place

Perhaps we should send in Jack Reacher

If Libya, then why not in Syria

Or is his new doctrine myth

He dances around

You can't pin him down

When cornered the Pres pleads the fifth

Wildcats and Dogs in the final

Or will it be Husky and Ram

The top seeds are through

Not one one or two

Those guys took their game on the lamb

So it's Bulldogs against Huskies for the NC

This dogfight is more than cliché

But I have a hunch

That this Butler bunch

Will be top dog at end of Monday

What name will we give to the small school

Since on larger one they put the clamp

Mid-major is in

But should Butler win

Just called their team national champ

When I was a boy playing sports

Our anthem was cheaters don’t win

Now coaches who cheat

Get to take a front seat

And proclaim they’re the leader of men

And isn’t the press just as bad

They honor these guys they know cheat

As long as they win

A lifetime of sin

Is ignored by the ones on the beat

Critics are taking dead aim

Reality questions on SAT

Yes, said test makers

To be movers and shakers

We must keep the SAT “where it’s at”

The name of the film is Game Change

In the end Senator John does not win

McCain says, won’t watch it

I won’t see me botch it

By choosing Momma Grizzly again

The poll shows the kids prefer Stanford

But for mom and dad Harvard’s the place

If you kids want your say

Then you pay the way

And we will gladly give you your space

The Donald has joined with the “birthers”

Does that really make it as news

His brainpower has slipped

He’s losing his grip

Or perhaps he’s just hitting the booze

The Newt says that he needs to win

As president he’d be a sensation

Only he keeps us from

Without him we become

An atheist, Islamic nation

Muslims and atheists together

This fantasy claims Newt as god

An atheist says no

To religion’s great show

While for Islam that’s grounds for Jihad

Antonin received his first ticket

Scalia rear-ended a car

The judge had a scare

That should make him beware

He was this close to crossing the bar

Michelle Rhee, in Washington D.C.

Claimed her methods the old ones would beat

But for all of her speech

What she really did teach

Was how principals and teachers could cheat

The box office receipts are in free fall

Those in the business aren’t happy

They cry out in despair

Why don’t people care

It’s ‘cause the films they make are just crappy

The Right told the voters in ‘10

We view Medicare with affection

Do you think we are nuts

We don’t want any cuts

Until after we win the election

Arizona has now gone too far

With them I will go to the mat

They can have their fun

With migrant and gun

But it’s wrong when they threaten my fat

BOOKS

Satori by Don Winslow - Because I remember greatly enjoying Trevanian’s political thriller, Shibum,i I was intrigued to learn that Don Winslow had, on request, written a prequel to that novel called Satori. So I connected my Kindle to Amazon, bought it, read it and liked it a lot.

It is the early 1950s. Nicholai Hei is released from a Japanese prison where he is serving a sentence for the “mercy” killing of his adopted father. The CIA obtains his release and promises him a new life if he will assassinate a Russian agent in China. He carries out his assignment only to be caught up in conspiracy piled on conspiracy involving the U.S., China, Russia and Viet Nam. Will Hei’s skills, sense of honor and knowledge of the game of GO, see him through these challenges? Will he end up with the French woman with whom he has fallen in love? And is this woman all tha

t she seems to be?

After a long wait, British writer, Kate Atkinson, is finally out with her fourth Jackson Brodie book, “Started Early, Took My Dog.” I love this line found early in the story – “The world's great novels are about 3 things - death, money and sex and occasionally a whale.”

TELEVISION

If I call it the best on TV

Please don’t think that I’ve lied

Just try it one time

And you’ll think it sublime

Your time spent will feel Justified