All these people making fusses
Over non-existent buses
Are a joke—until one susses
Out the reason for the lie: [Read more…]
The Digital Cuttlefish
Since the music plays so briefly... Can you blame me if I dance?
All these people making fusses
Over non-existent buses
Are a joke—until one susses
Out the reason for the lie: [Read more…]
As we watch the so-called President
He speaks his so-called mind
Tweeting out his so-called wisdom
That his so-called experts find [Read more…]
There’s something in the atmosphere—
A methane sort of smell—
Cos once again, Republicans
Are shitting in the well [Read more…]
He’s religious, and extremist;
He’s a danger to us all;
He’s his leader’s willing puppet
And he heeds his leader’s call
He could push us into chaos;
He could doom us with one look;
And it’s all because he’s smitten
By his ancient holy book [Read more…]
With all of his bluster, you notice the POTUS—
His hands may be small; his persona is large
But hiding behind him? Loose cannon Steve Bannon,
The racist and bigot who’s really in charge
And there in the shadows, Mike Pence’s offenses
Are under the radar—at least, that’s the plan—
Attending to Trump as the vaster disaster
Means Pence gets to play the Invisible Man [Read more…]
It’s not that I’m a bigot
I just want my country safe
So stop it with those photos
Of the body of that waif
Yes, of course, my order bans him
From the USA, but damn…
It’s not that I’m a bigot,
But, of course, we know I am. [Read more…]
Tripod, making a musical point about the use of torture: [Read more…]
I have tried all the usual quote sources, with no success. My recollection was that this was Abbie Hoffman… which means it could be any number of similar people, or a total failure of my recollection. Anyway, the gist is…
When you censor the freedom to say “fuck”, you censor the freedom to say “fuck the government”. or something vaguely close to that.
I remember this quote, very strongly. I also know that strong memories are not the same as true memories. So I am looking for help. And yes, I am also looking for the quote through my own sources. (and thus far failing, or I wouldn’t be writing this…)
Anyone?
and yeah, everything old is new again.
You’re the opposition party, so your role is to oppose
If you do it well, you save us from disaster;
But “we’ll try to work together, on some issues, I suppose”
Is a way to get to Armageddon faster. [Read more…]
They’re declaring a war against science
Cos there’s truths that they’d rather deny
So we have to step up our defiance
Or some innocent people will die [Read more…]