Archive for the ‘Military Humor’ Category
Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
Headline: “Trump says it was just ‘bravado’ when he claimed having Iran attack plan in caught-on-tape Bedminster meeting”
Caught on tape, Trump’s exposure is dire,
So he seems to have taken a flyer
On a novel defense
For admissions immense:
He just labels himself a big liar.
Tags: ClassifiedDocuments, Crime, Donald Trump, Iran, Trump, Trump Indictment, Trump Lies
Posted in Crime, Donald Trump, Justice Department, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Trump | Comments Off on Trump’s “Bravado” Defense
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
Donald Trump breaches
separation of powers–
Republicans shrug.
*****
How To Lose A Case:
1. Declare national emergency.
2. Say “I didn’t need to do this,” as your lawyers tear their remaining hair out.
3. Stand by for courts to agree that you, indeed, “didn’t need to do this.”
*****
Unpersuadable,
Impervious to the facts–
That’s Donald Trump’s base.
*****
Today, Lindsey Graham defended Trump’s unconstitutional “national emergency” declaration:
“Let’s just say for a moment that he took some money out of the military construction budget,” Graham said. “I would say it’s better for the middle-school kids in Kentucky to have a secure border. We’ll get them the school they need. But right now we’ve got a national emergency on our hands.
What’s next for Lindsey Graham? Any day now, we just might be hearing this:
“Let’s just say for a moment that the President executed Nancy Pelosi, the person most responsible for blocking his wall.
“Yes, that would be unfortunate. But I would say it’s better for middle-school kids and all Americans to have a secure border. We’ll get them the new House Speaker they need. But right now we’ve got a national emergency on our hands.”
*****
DONALD TRUMP: “We will have a national emergency and we will then be sued and they will sue us in the 9th circuit, even though it shouldn’t be there…”
Hey Donald, if you don’t want cases to go to the 9th Circuit, stop screwing California.
*****
Tags: Abuse of Executive Power, Balance of Power, Border Wall, FEMA, Military, Money, National Security, Pentagon Humor
Posted in Donald Trump, Fiscal Policy, GOP Humor, Military Humor, National Security Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Sundry National Emergency Humor
Friday, February 15th, 2019
A fake crisis; Trump seizes more power,
As obsequious ass-kissers cower.
He raids Pentagon cash
And a FEMA funds stash,
And democracy dies by the hour.
Tags: Abuse of Executive Power, Balance of Power, Border Wall, FEMA, Military, Money, National Security, Pentagon Humor
Posted in Donald Trump, Fiscal Policy, GOP Humor, Military Humor, National Security Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 4 Comments »
Friday, December 28th, 2018
Audio Player
Headline: Trump Lies to Troops’ Faces About Pay Raise He Gave Them
Trump must think that our troops are all dumb.
What else could explain why that bum
Would visit their base
And lie to their face
Re their raises? The Donald is scum!
Tags: Donald Trump, Iraq, Military, Troops, Trump Lies
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 27th, 2018
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My dear Trump, were you raised in an alley?
Cuz a visit with troops ain’t a rally.
Your political speech
In that setting’s a breach…
And pally, we’re keeping a tally.
Tags: Donald Trump, Iraq War Humor, Military, Political Rally, Troops
Posted in Campaign Humor, Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Iraq War Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trump Tries To “Rally” The Troops (Limerick)
Thursday, December 27th, 2018
Audio Player
Headline: “Trump Brags To Troops About A Fictional Giant Pay Raise He Got Them”
Dear Donald, by lying to troops,
You dishonor and treat them like dupes.
Your “regime” is a mess,
And you menace the press…
Though you DO provide plenty of scoops.
*****
Covert deployment
has been revealed by Donald
who can’t be trusted.
Tags: Donald Trump, Journalists, Media, Press, Troops
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Media Satire, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Our Oval Menace (Limerick)
Friday, October 19th, 2018
Headline: “Trump says he hasn’t visited troops overseas because he’s ‘very busy’”
Why not visit our troops overseas?
Donald’s terribly “busy” – can’t squeeze
In a trip of that kind.
Playing golf’s quite the grind!
Then there’s lying and shooting the breeze.
Tags: Donald Trump, Golf Humor, GOP Lies, Military, Troops, Trump Lies
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trump’s So “Loves” Our Military (Limerick)
Friday, August 17th, 2018
No parade for the Donald! How SAD!
And needless to say, the man’s mad;
He’d looked forward to riding
A tank and presiding
In autocrat fashion … like Vlad.
Tags: Autocrat Humor, DC Parade, Donald Trump, Military, Military Parade, Parade Cancelled
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trump Won’t Get To Reign In His Parade (Limerick)
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
“Grand” Parade — Donald’s latest crusade,
Where our milit’ry might is displayed.
It’s to “honor the troops,”
He claims. Oh, but OOPS!”
It’s a TRUMP-Ego-BOOSTING charade.
Tags: Donald Trump, Military, Military Parade
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trump’s Ego On Parade (Limerick)
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
Making service-death phone calls is tough
And, alas, Donald lacks the right stuff.
So although I believed
He should call the bereaved,
Never mind. They have suffered enough!
Tags: Bereavement Calls, Dead Soldiers, Military, Military Deaths, Trump
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Those Military Bereavement Calls (Limerick)
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Limerick Ode To Ben Carson
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Carson’s soft-spoken drone is misleading.
To extremists, there’s nothing he’s ceding:
As prez he would order
Drone strikes at our border.
My prescription? Ben’s brain could use treating.
Tags: Ben Carson, Campaign Satire, Election Humor, Immigrants, Immigration Humor, Immigration Reform, Mexico Humor, Military, Weapon Humor
Posted in Ben Carson, Campaign Humor, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Immigration Reform, Mexico Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, War & Antiwar Poems, White House | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Ben Carson
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Have you ever wondered how police departments ended up looking like military units? An excellent Mother Jones article explains the method behind the madness, which I’ve tried to summarize in this limerick:
Surplus Madness (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Here’s why cops appear ready for war,
Stocked with Pentagon loaners galore:
Lend your surplus to cops,
And your storage cost drops.
Then make give-backs an arduous chore.
Tags: Combat Gear, Federal Budget, Military, Military Gear, Military Surplus, Pentagon Humor, Police Humor
Posted in Crime, Military Humor, Political Limericks | Comments Off on Surplus Madness (Limerick)
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
I do not support U.S. military intervention in Syria — seriously!
War Weary Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Though I’m constantly knocking and mocking
The Republican habit of blocking
The President’s moves,
I think it behooves
Both parties to thwart his war hawking.
Tags: Military, Military Intervention, Syria, War Hawks, War Powers Act
Posted in Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, War & Antiwar Poems, Washington, White House | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Limerick Ode To The Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Hooray! “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has ended.
Civil liberties lovers say, “Splendid!”
But it’s mourned by some jerks
Who think killed-at-war “perks”
Should only to “straights” be extended.
Tags: Civil Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, Legislation Humor, Military, War
Posted in Don't Ask Don't Tell Humor, Gay Rights, Iraq War Humor, Legislation Humor, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, War & Antiwar Poems | 3 Comments »
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Limerick Ode To Bin Laden’s Death
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Republicans had a great plan:
Make Barack seem an alien man.
So bin Laden’s demise
(A stunning surprise)
Turns their plot to a flash in the pan.
Tags: Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Bin Laden's Death, Birthers, Osama Bin Laden, Republicans Humor, Terrorism, Terrorists, Usama Bin Laden
Posted in 44 Humor, Barack Obama, Birther Humor, GOP Humor, Military Humor, National Security Humor, Terrorism | 6 Comments »
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
If John McCain hadn’t done quite so much damage to our nation, I could almost feel sorry for him. After all, it’s hard not to pity a man who’s turned into a pathetic shell of a human being.
McCain’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal temper tantrum is only the latest example of the sad, ugly person that McCain’s become:
A Tragic Limerick Ode To John McCain
By Madeleine Begun Kane
John McCain seems embittered and mean,
Acting worse than a badly raised teen.
His convictions? No more!
Just conniptions galore.
He’s lost heart, and he’s left with just spleen.
Tags: DADT, John McCain, Military, Republicans Humor, U.S. Senate
Posted in Don't Ask Don't Tell Humor, Gay Rights, John McCain, Legislation Humor, Military Humor, National Security Humor, Political Commentary, Political Limericks, Publicity Hounds, Republicans Humor, Senate Satire | 7 Comments »
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Okay, so we have two Senatorial candidates who’ve pumped up their military records — Republican Mark Kirk of Illinois and Democrat Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. We also have the horrified Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, who’s hatched the upright-sounding Stolen Valor Act. Just one problem: According to Hatch, it would criminalize Blumenthal’s behavior but (surprise, surprise) not Kirk’s.
Hatching Hypocrisy (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
When a pol says he fought for our land
And exaggerates, bolst’ring his brand,
That’s a crime, says Sen Hatch.
But of course there’s a catch:
Only Dems need obey this command.
Update: One of my few Republican Facebook friends, Rob Hood, posted a limerick response in Facebook asserting that I engage in anti-GOP gloating. Here’s my limerick rejoinder:
I’m a Dem, but I’m surely not gloating.
There’s no reason for happy emoting.
Though the GOP’s worse
Than the Dems, here’s our curse:
Most pols do not merit our voting.
Tags: Campaign Satire, Election Humor, Mark Kirk, Military Record, Orrin Hatch, Republican Hypocrisy, Republicans Humor, Richard Blumenthal, Senate Humor, Stolen Valor Act
Posted in Campaign Humor, Election Satire, Legislation Humor, Mark Kirk, Military Humor, Orrin Hatch, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Senate Satire | 3 Comments »
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
It’s bad enough to write an anti-Obama column packed with falsehoods about President Obama’s national security policy. But Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana has managed to go way beyond that. He essentially and casually accuses Obama of being a traitor:
Simply put, President Obama is disadvantaging the United States one step at a time and undermining this country’s national defense on purpose.
Rep. Fleming, you’ve earned yourself a limerick:
Inflammatory Fleming
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Rep. Fleming, your piece packed with lies
About nukes and Obama — unwise!
For political reason
You charge him with treason.
The traitor is you, I surmise.
Tags: Defense Poem, GOP Lies, House Republican, John Fleming, Louisiana, National Security, Nuclear Limerick, Obama Verse, Traitors, Treason
Posted in Congress Humor, Foreign Policy, Military Humor, National Security Humor, Nuclear Weapons, Political Commentary, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Republicans Humor | 6 Comments »
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell. Just Sign! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Obama, our nation can’t wait.
Please stop ousting the folks who ain’t straight.
Yes, we know your plate’s full,
But I’m sorry — that’s bull!
Sign a “stop-loss.” How long can it take?
Tags: DADT, Gays, Limericks, Military, Obama, Stop-Loss
Posted in Barack Obama, Don't Ask Don't Tell Humor, Gay Rights, Law Satire, Legal Limericks, Military Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire | 3 Comments »
A Tragic Limerick Ode To John McCain
Sunday, December 19th, 2010If John McCain hadn’t done quite so much damage to our nation, I could almost feel sorry for him. After all, it’s hard not to pity a man who’s turned into a pathetic shell of a human being.
McCain’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal temper tantrum is only the latest example of the sad, ugly person that McCain’s become:
A Tragic Limerick Ode To John McCain
By Madeleine Begun Kane
John McCain seems embittered and mean,
Acting worse than a badly raised teen.
His convictions? No more!
Just conniptions galore.
He’s lost heart, and he’s left with just spleen.
Tags: DADT, John McCain, Military, Republicans Humor, U.S. Senate
Posted in Don't Ask Don't Tell Humor, Gay Rights, John McCain, Legislation Humor, Military Humor, National Security Humor, Political Commentary, Political Limericks, Publicity Hounds, Republicans Humor, Senate Satire | 7 Comments »