How many words, lines, stanzas, did it take you to know of WHOM I spoke?
Do you agree with me? If so, why? If not, why not?
Do 'they' have any redeeming merit? If so, whom? How many? What percentage?
Or are they all guilty by association? They are all lawyers, are they not? Did each not know what the system or 'game' was, before running, and being elected?
Is there any 'sick' humor in this poem? How much of it is TRUTH? How much Fiction, or Exageration - Any?
535 who DICTATE to almost 300,000,000 -
"Do what I SAY - not what I DO!"
Are ANY of 'them' ABOVE THE LAW?
After reading the following poem - answer this question -
We may Screw up our Bills,
Adding Earmarks, Pieces and Bits,
And Giving Ourselves Freebies,
Like Boston Bean Soup - and other Chits! **
And we know Nothing about Warfare,
Or Codes - like Dots, Dashes, or Dits,
And sometimes we upset the Public,
Causing Belt-Tightening - and other Fits -
We Give OURSELVES RAISES,
Eat Steak - while the People have Hominy and Grits!
We Kow-Tow to Lobbyists, taking their Bribes,
While Corporations Thrive, and Little Guys take Hits!
When our Brothers get Caught - hands in the Cookie-Jar,
We Bitch-Slap their Knuckles - using JIT’s ***
Saying “No, No, Knuckle-Head,
Check your Ethics and Rules Kits!
Masters of Litotes **** and Meiosis we Are -
And Anything Else that will Grease our Mitts!
At Gerry-Mandering and Boon-Doggling - Always at our Best,
Stalling and Artful Dodging - and Picking of Nits!
Bailing Out Bankers, CEO’s and other Shylocks,
And Adding to the Crises - More Money Pits!
We say we Represent YOU - the Ones we Screw!
But Quit Claims ***** are how we Quits!
While You’re all Scrimping, Scratching, and Saving,
We’re Up on The Hill - Puttin’ on The RITZ! *6*
As the Po’ People are Pooh-Poohing,
We’re Relaxing in a Bath of SITZ! *7*
While we’re Gorging on Beluga Caviar*8* and Dom Perignon*9*
The Populace - Sucks Hind TITZ!
We can Afford AVON and Expensive Potions and Lotions,
While YOU suffer with ACNE and ZITZ! *10*
* SHYSTER:
unethical person: an unscrupulous person, especially a lawyer or political representative ( slang insult )
** CHIT:
A note, bill, or any small slip of paper, with writing on it,
Especially a statement of Money OWED for Food or Drink!
*** JIT:
Abbreviation of - Just-In-Time!
**** LITOTE:
A Deliberate Understatement, such as an Affirmative
Statement formed by a Negation of the Contrary, as in:
“I am not unmindful of your Devotion.”
***** QUIT CLAIM:
A Formal Statement Renouncing A
Legal Claim Previously Made!
*6* RITZ:
An Extravagant or Ostentatious Show,
Or Display of Something!
*7* SITZ:
A Bathtub shaped like a Chair, in which the Bather Sits,
Immersed up to the waist in Water,
To which Salts may be added for Therapeutic purposes!
*9* Beluga:
Be·lu·ga caviar: caviar made from the eggs of the Beluga Sturgeon - a Russian Delicacy!
*10* DOM PERIGNON:
Dom Pérignon (person), a monk frequently credited with the invention of champagne!
Dom Pérignon (wine), a famous and expensive champagne produced by Moët et Chandon!
535 who dictate to 300M - no wonder the populace sucks hind TITZ!It is because we are ignorant and do not want to learn or else we are apathetic. I am disgusted and disenchanted.
Very interesting political views. I must agree after my husband may get laid off from teaching because education, "isn't that important", my taxes this year have doubled, we used to go to a nice restaurant on Fridays, we go to McDonald's now, if we have the money. Yeah,Tom, I definitely can go with you on this.
Caviar is disgusting, but not this write, though Tom I think you need to get out in the bright before any further grows within this blight...As always, outta sight...ED
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And for some odd reason, we seem to enjoy it by constantly re-electing many a Shyster. I wonder if it's their fault, or ours?
Mary