He’s Thinking Outside the Box

That's why he's a leader.

John Boehner is going to get rough

Suing Obama for trying to do stuff

Boehner wants no disruption

Of total obstruction,

Killing bills just isn’t enough.

Summer,  and Welcome to Maine

One small group of local residents eagerly awaits the influx of summer folk - a.k.a. fresh blood.

As summer comes to Downeast

Most of the locals are pleased

When the tourists arrive

Their business will thrive - 

The mosquitoes prepare for their feast.

Why do people often say "got him" when they slap a mosquito?

It’s a well know biological fact

When a mosquito lands and gets whacked

If you got bit

It’s not him or it

It’s the female that always gets smacked.

Male mosquitoes are only good for one thing, and most of us would be happy if they failed at that.

There are many examples that show

The ineffectiveness of males, I know,

I understand, I sympathize

Why feminists don’t emphasize

The role of the female mosquito.

More on Weeds

By the side of the road I can see

Pretty leaves stretching out to caress me

It doesn’t take much

Just a very light touch

To feel how much Poison Ivy loves me.

Speaking of Poison Ivy

Dick Cheney has plenty of nerve

In the 60’s he was too busy to serve.

Despite the Iraqi blood fest 

And a new heart in his chest

He’s maintained his warmongering verve.

Operation Iraqi Freedom - after Eleven Years

Remember the rosy predictions?

Under the Awe and the Shock

Stuck between Hard Place and Rock

In a sectarian fight

Between Sunni and Shi’ite

Is a Crisis known as Iraq.

In Iraq we imposed ‘democracy’

It's rife with corruption and anarchy

How do we address

This violent mess?

With more troops and more weaponry?

Weeding

These two started out as an essay that I still haven’t finished, so you will miss the logic that produced these observations, and the conclusion.  I haven’t settled on the conclusion.

I wondered as I was pulling up weeds

What are their hopes. dreams and needs?

A nice neighborhood

Where conditions are good

Where they can flower and bring up their seeds.

I realized early yesterday

If they establish strong roots they will stay.

You must get rid of the roots

Not just the shoots,

Some think we should treat immigrants that way.

A friend said I should let people comment on the blogs.   Well, it’s possible.  All you have to do is overcome the assumption that ‘no comments’ is just a statement of fact.  

I just thought my readers should know

Space to enter comments will show

(Which you can submit

And I get to edit)

If you click on ‘no comments’ below.

Comment from Anonymous:   I hope I get your logic. Loved the limerick anyway and it made perfect sense on many levels ... 

Primary Season - and the Livin' is Sleazy

Some of us think that Eric Cantor is pretty conservative, but we've just been told we are wrong. 

Eric Cantor did not expect that

He would fall in primary combat;

The majority leader

Became election conceder

Brought down by a little known Brat.

His district is "safe" so no one needed to move toward the center.

The district has been gerrymandered

And the Tea Party candidate pandered

Appealed to a fringe

And moderates cringe

As Virginia has now been deCantored.

So how did an unknown with very little money manage to beat a powerful incumbent with plenty of cash to spend on his campaign?

Brat thanked  Ingraham for the support that she

Gave him in his stunning victory

But turnout was light

In reality he might

Also credit voter apathy.

Is Smut in the DNA of  all Limericks ?

There was a young [person] from [somewhere]

The hackneyed limerick starts there

And goes on to regale

In explicit detail

More information than most folks would share.

For example, there’s a man from Nantucket

Big boned, broad shouldered and rugged

Self absorbed, self satisfied,

His story’s glorified

In a limerick which may leave you disgusted.

One of Those Weeks When You Can't Even Find an Excuse

I’ve been a negligent host

It’s been a week or so since my last post 

I’ve skipped days before

But this week I missed more

In five months this week is the slow’st.

I apologize for my lack of profuseness

Analysis and explanation are useless

There’s no rhyme or reason

My attempts were unpleasin’

The gap, I’m afraid, is excuseless.