Character Matters

I sometimes wonder what my limericks reveal about me, so I decided to try to write a couple from a different point of view.

An investor was heard to opine

”I guess that limericks are fine.

I don’t really care

What content is there

But I do like a good bottom line.”

There was a young sprinter named Dan

Who wrote the same way that he ran

He’d start off in a burst

And he’d finish first.

My thought for the day before the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate. - Thomas Jefferson.

An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people - Thomas Jefferson

Unfortunately he did not say anything about the necessity for informed candidates.

Encore Performance

This was attached to my last post.  Here it is again as the featured content:

To Music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc6CBIwXBWI

Text Alone:

I Alone

I don’t need no policy experts to make this country great

I’m my own best advisor and win when I negotiate

I just use my common sense, I decide and I act

And I don’t let my judgement get clouded by fact.

I'll make America great once again

I’ll solve it’s problems with the stroke of my pen

All along the border I will build a wall

And I will make Mexico pay for it all.

USA’s the greatest brand in modern history

We’ll license the name for a huge, huge fee

Like I did with the steaks and the University

I, alone, can guarantee our prosperity,

I’ll make America great once again

We’ll make a profit while I am President

I’ll cut your taxes and we’ll be debt free

No one handles debt better than me.

Those losers who got drafted thought that war was rough

At home I fought battles that were twice as tough

They were dodging bullets fired by Vietnamese

While I was dodging taxes and venereal disease.

I’ll make America great once again

I’ll make it safe for rich old white men

I’ll deport every Muslim and Mexican

And all the women who are less than a ten.

People call me misogynistic, I’m absolutely not

I love and respect broads, as long as they're hot

They work hard for me when I give them a shot

And the best of it is, I don't pay them a lot.

I’ll make America great once again

Congress will pass any bill I recommend

No one knows the system better than I do

I know much more than those Generals too.

I didn’t rent to Blacks, that’s business strategy

I've done more than anyone for diversity

I opened my club to anybody

Who pays the 100 thousand membership fee.

I’ll make America great once again

Our stupid leaders have left it broken

I’ve seen the polls and my numbers are huge

A rigged election’s the only way I can lose.

I alone can save us all from the sorry state we’re in

I alone have what it takes to win, win, win and win

I alone know what to do, I alone can lead

I am your voice, I am your Twitter feed.

I am your voice, and I alone will speak for you

I am your voice, the only voice I’ll listen to.

No Names

I apologize. dear reader, for the spate

Of political limericks of late

But there’s one candidate

Who makes me irate

And whose campaign is driven by hate.

Sometimes I will write a song

But the gestation period is long

I’ve been working since June

To finish this tune

Before its relevance is gone.

Please feel free to pass it on.  Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc6CBIwXBWI

Something Different

Lately I’ve been absorbed by politics, so I thought I would offer something only remotely connected to politics.

Intelligence has many parts

There’s science, language and arts

Athletics and math

But often the path

To success is through people smarts.

People do think differently.

A mathematician named Joan

Wrote limericks in a style of her own

They were formulaic

And all algebraic

Her final rhyme was X, the unknown.

Don’t Play It Again, Sam

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -  George Santayana (16 December 1863 Madrid, Spain – 26 September 1952 Rome, Italy) philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist.

That’s been repeated so many times it must be true.

You may have recently read about our outspoken Governor in Maine.  Please remember  - he was elected with less than 40% of the votes.

His language is crude and profane

His ignorance of policy is plain

His percent (38)

Of the votes in the state

Made LePage the governor of Maine.

His opponents thought he was a fool

‘Cause he spewed lots of male bovine stool

But by splitting support

Both opponents fell short

And we live with minority rule.

It happened twice.  Twice.  It’s your vote.  Don’t throw it away.