Posts Tagged ‘Health Humor’
Monday, July 12th, 2021
Fox Newsers may cause the demise
Of their viewers with anti-vax cries.
“It’s my body,” they whine.
“It’s my choice!” Yet they’re fine
With abortion rights cut down to size.
Tags: Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion Rhetoric, Anti-Vaxers, Choice, Covid Vaccine, COVID-19, Feminism, Fox News, Fox News Satire, GOP Hypocrisy, Health Humor, Media Humor, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Reproductive Health Humor, Reproductive Rights, Republican Hypocrisy, Republican Hypocrites
Posted in Abortion Rights, Feminism Humor, Fox News Humor, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Hypocrisy Humor, Media Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | Comments Off on Fox Hypocrisy (Limerick)
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Headline: “Trump Calls His Illness ‘a Blessing From God’”
Getting Covid’s a “Blessing From God?”
Methinks that Trump’s reasoning’s flawed.
Donald’s just-pretend piety
Merits dubiety.
As with most things, re God Trump’s a fraud.
Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Humor, Pandemic, Religious Humor, Religious Hypocrisy, Trump
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Religious Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Covid’s A “Blessing From God?” (Limerick)
Saturday, March 7th, 2020
Empty bluster, denial, subversion,
Specious happy-talk, falsehood immersion;
Ev’ry Trumpy technique
For a crisis seems weak
When applied to a viral incursion.
Tags: CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Epidemic, Epidemics Limerick, Health Humor, Pandemic, Test Kits
Posted in Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 6th, 2020
Headline: “‘BROKEN’ CORONAVIRUS TESTING PROCESS IN U.S. COULD HAVE ENABLED COVID-19 TO SPREAD ‘SILENTLY’ FOR WEEKS, EXPERTS WARN”
U.S. testing for COVID-19
Is so lacking, the number’s obscene.
Tests promised by Feds
Never come. Virus spreads!
But to Trump, things are great! Peachy keen!
Tags: CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Epidemic, Epidemics Limerick, Health Humor, Pandemic, Test Kits, Testing, WHO
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 5th, 2020
Headline: “Trump floats his own coronavirus hunches on ‘Hannity’ The president contradicts public health experts statements on death rate, contagion.”
The Donald’s profusion of lies
Has gone viral, so death could arise
From confusion he sows,
Contradicting the pros.
A worse plan one could never devise.
Tags: CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Epidemic, Epidemics Limerick, Health Humor, Pandemic, WHO
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 1 Comment »
Saturday, February 29th, 2020
Headline: “Trump Identifies the Real Coronavirus Victim: His Presidency”
There’s a virus whose spread causes dread.
It began in a land once called “Red.”
Though its victim counts stun,
To Trump there’s just one:
It is Trump — reelection hopes dead.
Tags: CDC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Epidemic, Epidemics Limerick, Health Humor, Pandemic, WHO
Posted in Donald Trump, Election Satire, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Victim-In-Chief (Limerick)
Sunday, March 10th, 2019
You’ve decided it’s time to commit
To golfing. Your goal? Getting fit.
But is golf the right fix?
Take a look at Trump pics.
I suspect playing golf isn’t it.
Tags: Donald Trump, Golf Humor, Health, Health Humor
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
A headline like this one demands a limerick: “Donald Trump thinks exercise will kill you.”
Will exercise kill you? The guy
In the Oval believes it. That’s why
Donald looks like he looks.
(I’d been blaming his cooks.)
This explains why to VEEP Pence said “AYE!”
Tags: Donald Trump, Exercise Humor, Health Humor, President Trump
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trump Exercises His Right Not To Exercise (Limerick)
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
On healthcare, Trump gives up the store.
But the wingnuts say “No!” They want more!
Donald throws up his hands
At their endless demands;
It’s golf-time. This feels like a chore.
Tags: Health Care, Health Humor, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Paul Ryan, RyanCare, Tea Party, Tea Party Members, Trump, TrumpCare, Wingnuts
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Paul Ryan, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Tea Parties, White House | Comments Off on Trump’s Frustration (Limerick)
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
You think healthcare expenses are rough?
Wait till RyanCare’s passed. It’s so tough
On folks who ain’t rich,
You’ll say, “Life is a bitch!”
Yet some holdouts claim: “NOT mean enough!”
Tags: Health Care, Health Humor, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Paul Ryan, RyanCare, Trump, TrumpCare
Posted in Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Insurance Humor, Paul Ryan, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Republican Cruelty (Limerick)
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Limerick Ode To Science Disbelievers
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The Republican problem with science
Is their members respond with defiance
To facts that are proved.
(Have their brains been removed?)
They spread lies to excuse non-compliance.
*****
Refusing vaccines,
Don’t-Tell-Me-What-To-Doers
now infect us all.
*****
Exodus of thought–
an exodus of science–
the GOP way.
*****
Misinformation
delib’rately spread by Fox–
blindly accepted.
*****
Republican pols–
implacable enemy
of fairness and facts.
******
The truth-challenged pols
have taken over Congress–
therein LIES the rub.
*****
Tags: Anti-Science, Climate Change, Climate Science, Congress Humor, Fox News, Global Warming, GOP, Health Humor, Media Humor, Political Haiku & Senryu, Republicans Humor, Science Haiku, Science Humor, Science Senryu, Vaccine Humor
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Health Satire, Media Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Science Verse | Comments Off on Limerick Ode to Science Disbelievers plus Sundry Haiku
Friday, March 21st, 2014
While discussing Obamacare and the Healthcare.gov roll-out, Biden said Obama deserves sainthood. Now this strikes me as a trifle excessive. On the other hand, Joe Biden is a humorist’s godsend.
A Heavenly Quote (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Veep Biden, your lack of restraint
Is often amusing and quaint.
But you’ve gone overboard
(Don’t you think — Oh my lord!)
In calling Obama a saint.
Tags: Barack Obama, Health Humor, HealthCare.gov, Joe Biden, Obamacare, Sainthood Humor
Posted in Barack Obama, Health Satire, Insurance Humor, Joe Biden, Political Limericks | Comments Off on A Heavenly Quote (Limerick)
Thursday, March 20th, 2014
Obama’s highly qualified Surgeon General nominee, Vivek Murthy, is in limbo. Why? Because Murthy supports an assault weapons ban and believes guns are a health care issue.
Our Unhealthy Nomination Process (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The move against Murthy ain’t stealth
Cuz gun fans are using their wealth.
Seems his Surgeon Gen. quest
Failed the NRA test:
He thinks guns can be bad for your health.
Tags: Assault Weapons, Firearms, Gun Control, Gun Humor, Gun Laws, Health Humor, Law Satire, Legal Verse, NRA, Obama, Second Amendment, Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy
Posted in Barack Obama, Firearms & Guns Humor, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Public Safety, Republicans Humor | Comments Off on Our Unhealthy Nomination Process (Limerick)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
Bill O’Reilly is outraged, once again, at Barack Obama. What is it this time? The president had the audacity to go where the twenty-somethings are, in order to plug the Affordable Care Act and HealthCare.gov; he gamely appeared on Funny Or Die’s “Between Two Ferns,” for an interview with Zach Galifianakis.
Barack & Zach
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Obama’s appearance with Zach
Has inspired O’Reilly’s attack:
A strong prez would not go
On a comedy show
To plug HealthCare.gov and just yak.
It seems Bill is a psychic. Oh my!
He’s an all-knowing, soothsaying guy,
Who swears Lincoln would never
Have gone on (not ever!!!)
A show done by Funny Or Die.
Tags: Abe Lincoln, Barack Obama, Between Two Ferns, Bill O'Reilly, Funny Or Die, Health Humor, HealthCare.gov, Media Humor, Obama, Zach Galifianakis
Posted in Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Health Satire, Media Satire, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | 4 Comments »
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s been catching some flack lately over his traffic-safety initiative. It seems he doesn’t practice what he preaches.
Trafficking In Hypocrisy (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Bill de Blasio warns New York folk
To drive carefully. Safety’s no joke.
Yet the rules take a hike
In Bill’s auto. Did Mike
Ever guzzle a giant-sized Coke?
Note from Mad Kane: For those who don’t follow New York City politics, former Mayor Mike Bloomberg (whom de Blasio criticizes at every opportunity) is famous/infamous for banning super-sized sodas.
Tags: Automobiles, Bill de Blasio, Cars, Driving Humor, Food Regulations, Giant Soda Ban, Health Humor, Hypocrisy, Mike Bloomberg, New York City, Soda, Soft Drinks, Traffic Safety
Posted in Automobiles Satire, Bill de Blasio Humor, Driving Humor, Health Satire, Hypocrisy Humor, Mike Bloomberg, New York Mayors, New York Politics, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Public Safety | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Karen Handel has resigned from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity. And Handel, a major architect of Komen’s stop-funding-Planned-Parenthood PR disaster, didn’t go sotto voce:
Karen Handel’s Dissonant Departure From Komen (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Sweet music — Ms. Handel’s resigned,
While wailing that SHE’s been maligned:
Blaming HER’s prejudicial,
The ousted official
Complained, leaving bedlam behind.
Tags: Abortion Rights, Breast Cancer, Charity Satire, Family Planning, Health Humor, Karen Handel, Planned Parenthood, Republicans Humor, Resignation, Susan G Komen, Women's Health
Posted in Abortion Rights, Family Values Humor, Feminism Humor, Gender Politics, Health Satire, Political Limericks, Wingnuts | Comments Off on Karen Handel’s Dissonant Departure From Komen (Limerick)
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
As Paul Krugman puts it so concisely, “Politifact, R.I.P.” No, Politifact isn’t going out of business, though after its latest credibility-destroying move, it should:
This is really awful. Politifact, which is supposed to police false claims in politics, has announced its Lie of the Year — and it’s a statement that happens to be true, the claim that Republicans have voted to end Medicare.
Steve Benen in the link above explains it, but let me just repeat the basics. Republicans voted to replace Medicare with a voucher system to buy private insurance — and not just that, a voucher system in which the value of the vouchers would systematically lag the cost of health care, so that there was no guarantee that seniors would even be able to afford private insurance.
PolitiFiction Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Politifact’s “Lie of the Year”
Is really the truth, cuz it’s clear
That the GOP plan
Would end Medicare. Man!
There’s no cov’rage — just coupons! Bronx cheer!
Tags: Health Care Reform, Health Humor, Insurance Reform, Lie Of The Year, Media Humor, Medicare Satire, Paul Krugman, Political Limerick, Politifact, Republicans Humor
Posted in GOP Humor, Health Satire, Insurance Humor, Legislation Humor, Media Satire, Medicare Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Just when you thought it was safe to take a shower, here’s a health scare that would make Alfred Hitchcock turn pale:
Bathing In Bad News (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Are health reports making you glower?
Is the swine flu bug making you cower?
Then get ready to frown
At the new scare in town:
Deadly germs in the head of your shower.
Tags: Bacteria, Disease, Health Humor, Immune Systems, Mycobacterium Avium, Shower Safety, Showerheads, Swine Flu
Posted in Health Satire, Scary News, Science Verse | 4 Comments »
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
New Hampshire’s Senator Judd Gregg, a big “majority rules” fan back when Republicans held the majority, has suddenly become a minority rights advocate. I just can’t imagine why.
Way back when, Gregg was enthused about using filibuster-proof reconciliation rules to pass ANWR drilling legislation:
… “The point, of course, is this: If you have 51 votes for your position, you win,” Gregg told his Senate colleagues on the floor.
He added, “Reconciliation is a rule of the Senate (that) has been used before for purposes exactly like this on numerous occasions… Is there something wrong with majority rules? I don’t think so.”
Responding to the argument that it’s wrong to use reconciliation on a domestic oil drilling measure, Gregg concluded, “We are using the rules of the Senate as they are set up to be used, and that happens to be the rule of the Senate.”
Of course now that there’s a Democratic majority, Gregg has a rather different opinion and is leading the Republican fight against passing health care reform under reconciliation rules:
Sen. Judd Gregg has hundreds of procedural objections ready for a healthcare plan Democrats leaders want to speed through the Senate.
Gregg (N.H.), the senior Republican on the Budget Committee, told the Hill in a recent interview that Republicans will wage a vicious fight if Democrats try to circumvent Senate rules and use a budget maneuver to pass a trillion dollar healthcare plan with a simple majority. […]
Gregg said that Republicans could file “hundreds” of points of order objections to the bill, each one requiring 60 votes to waive.
“We are very much engaged in taking a hard look at our rights under reconciliation,” Gregg said. “It would be very contentious.”
And that brings me to my latest limerick:
Ode To Senator Judd “Majority Rules, Except When It Doesn’t” Gregg
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“Majority rule is just great,”
Said Gregg in the drilling debate.
“You’ve got 51 votes,
Then you win.” Check his quotes.
Yet 51 Dem votes don’t rate.
Related Posts: Open Limerick To President Obama; Republicans Were For “Death Panels” Before They Were Against Them; Tantrum Politics; and Waterloo Lies
Tags: ANWR Oil Drilling, Filibusters, Health Care Reform, Health Humor, Judd Gregg, Legislation Humor, Majority Rules, Minority Rights, Republican Hypocrisy
Posted in Filibuster Humor, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Hypocrisy Humor, Judd Gregg, Legislation Humor, Political Commentary, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Senate Satire | 2 Comments »
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Republican hypocrisy is stunning. Almost everyone who’s been throwing around the “death panel” epithet used to have a very different opinion of end-of-life-care planning:
1) Back in her half-term as Alaska governor, Sarah Palin spoke out for advance healthcare directives in her 2008 Healthcare Decision Day Proclamation.
2) Rush Limbaugh enthusiastically read ad copy championing LegalZoom.com, whose services include do-it-yourself living wills.
3) Newt Gingrich recently advocated for advance directives (end-of-life planning) in his July 2nd Washington Post column.
4) Most Senate and House Republicans voted to fund counseling for end-of-life issues and care in George W. Bush’s 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill.
And that brings me to my latest limerick:
Republicans Were For “Death Panels” Before They Were Against Them
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Sarah and Limbaugh and Newt,
Put your “death panel” nonsense on mute.
Cuz you once were big fans
Of end-of-life plans.
Were they “death panels” too? Now please scoot!
Related Posts: An Open Limerick To President Obama; Tantrum Politics; and Waterloo Lies
Tags: Death Panels, End-of-Life Care, Health Care Reform, Health Humor, Healthcare Directives, Living Wills, Medicare Satire, Newt Gingrich, Republican Hypocrisy, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin Limerick
Posted in GOP Humor, Health Satire, Hypocrisy Humor, Insurance Humor, Legislation Humor, Newt Gingrich Humor, Political Commentary, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin | 3 Comments »
Ode To Senator Judd “Majority Rules, Except When It Doesn’t” Gregg
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009New Hampshire’s Senator Judd Gregg, a big “majority rules” fan back when Republicans held the majority, has suddenly become a minority rights advocate. I just can’t imagine why.
Way back when, Gregg was enthused about using filibuster-proof reconciliation rules to pass ANWR drilling legislation:
Of course now that there’s a Democratic majority, Gregg has a rather different opinion and is leading the Republican fight against passing health care reform under reconciliation rules:
And that brings me to my latest limerick:
Ode To Senator Judd “Majority Rules, Except When It Doesn’t” Gregg
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“Majority rule is just great,”
Said Gregg in the drilling debate.
“You’ve got 51 votes,
Then you win.” Check his quotes.
Yet 51 Dem votes don’t rate.
Related Posts: Open Limerick To President Obama; Republicans Were For “Death Panels” Before They Were Against Them; Tantrum Politics; and Waterloo Lies
Tags: ANWR Oil Drilling, Filibusters, Health Care Reform, Health Humor, Judd Gregg, Legislation Humor, Majority Rules, Minority Rights, Republican Hypocrisy
Posted in Filibuster Humor, GOP Humor, Health Satire, Hypocrisy Humor, Judd Gregg, Legislation Humor, Political Commentary, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Senate Satire | 2 Comments »