Open Limerick To The Anti-Government Crowd
It seems the “keep the government away from my Medicare” crowd is even larger and more confused than we thought:
A new study by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University shows that most Americans who say they want more limited government also call Social Security and Medicare “very important.” They want Washington to be involved in schools and to help reduce poverty. Nearly half want the government to maintain a role in regulating health care.
That brings me to my latest two-verse limerick:
Open Limerick To The Anti-Government Crowd
By Madeleine Begun Kane
You folks who cry out for less gov
Have lots of gov programs you love:
You think Medicare’s great
And you’d surely berate
Any pol who gave SS a shove.
You hate taxes for highways and schools,
But you don’t want your kids taught by fools.
And you’re quick to unload
When your bridges corrode.
Please wake up — don’t be Tea Party tools.
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That hits the nail on the head.
Two thumbs up!
MadK, I’m sorry if I’m overstepping my bounds here but I thought that I would share a poem that I wrote several months ago, in response to Beck’s DC tea-party. It touches on this current subject.
(ps-there are 3 different meters in this poem)
TEA STAINS
There’s a party going on on the White House lawn
That has caused a media sensation
The sheets have come off but the costumes are on
They are the voice of de-generation
It is fear they embrace, their paranoia in place
You are welcome to join if you are the right race
There’s a party going on on the White House lawn
Sponsored by a big corporation.
These fools all cry that we are under attack
Echoing the blather of some partisan hack
While the world’s moving forward they just wanna go back
To the time when they had control
When it was sheer blasphemy to utter a word
Against the one who deserted or the one who deferred
When the lines we were fed went beyond the absurd
And the lies that were all swallowed whole
Too blind to see the paradox
Of a call to arms from chicken hawks
Who stole the eggs and fed the FOX
As they marched us off to war
Unable to think for themselves
Subservient to God and wealth
Neglectful of their neighbor’s health
And what they should stand for
They thump their chests and pump their fists
Claim health care reform is socialist
But man they would get really pissed
If you touched their Medicare
But it is pointless to explain
To those who have but half a brain
That Medicare by another name
Is Socialist Healthcare
There’s a party goin on on the White House lawn
A fete of fundamental masturbation
The gloves have come off, the Constitution cum on
A spate of premature tea-jaculation
See them stammer and yell, their genitalia swell
They write their own signs but they can’t even spell
There’s a party goin on on the White House lawn
A most despicable demonstration
Great one! Remember the Tea Partier signs that read: “Government: Keep your hands off my Medicare!” People just don’t know WHAT they’re talking about anymore! The mainstream media has everyone so confused!
It’s the mainstream media news
All they do is misinform and confuse
Folks don’t know where to turn
They think, “What can I burn?”
When that starts, all of us lose.
I’ve not seen an election like this
It’s fixed but they think “hit or miss”
Don’t know why they can’t see it
The Repugs’ choice will be it
So, let’s say good night with a kiss
Hope I’m wrong, and you know that I do
But what I see, you do, too
For the Dems it seems slight
To hope for what’s right
We mean LEFT! “For the people,” that’s you!
I’ve been fighting for all of my life
I’m tired and I give up the strife
The kids need to stand up
And seriously band up
So together they make freedom THEIR life!
Thanks Scott and Veralynne! I enjoyed your verse.
Vera, never give up the strife. The kids WILL stand up and band up, if WE stand in front and lead the way.
Madeleine, you are such a gracious host. I aspire to someday reach your level of wit and wisdom.
And your pic does remind me of Bonnie Parker.
I envy Clyde…..
Thanks, Scott. Now you’ve gone and made me blush. :) As for Bonnie Parker, I sure hope you mean the movie Bonnie Parker and not the scary looking real life one. :)
Too funny. You look like Faye Dunaway and I feel like Worn-out Beatty
Question: how do you run a country of 350+ million people without government or taxes?
Answer: You don’t.
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