Dear Massachusetts Republicans... Can We Talk About Gabriel?

Pond scum.  (Photo/TheSunBreak.com)

Candidate for Senate lost his temper; acted dumb.

Gomez called Ed Markey "dirty," said he was "pond scum,"

Says that ads that Markey ran distorted all the facts...

I have met some Senators and that's not how one acts.

Seems to me it's Gomez who's been running dirty ads.

Claiming he was blamed for Newtown takes some huge gonads.

Pointing out Gomez defended OPSEC's ad campaign

Isn't Markey calling him bin Laden...  That's insane.

Just because Conservatives in Massachusetts know

Voters wouldn't like the truth, they shouldn't sink so low.

Why does Gomez not defend positions that he's had?

He should check his mirror and then run a cleaner ad.

Let's Go Rangers?

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Made myself a promise but it's one I couldn't keep -

Not with Boston in New York and trying for the sweep.

Yes, I'm superstitious and I'm not the only one.

Vowed I wouldn't rhyme about the Bruins 'til they'd won.

When I rhyme about a team, it seems to me,  they lose

But, with Dr. Seussilitis, I don't get to choose...

(Fevered brain compels my hand to vomit on the page.

Maybe a dementia I'm acquiring with age.)

So I hope that Boston Bruins' fans will understand

If I give the New York Rangers team a rousing hand.

'cause, just like their manager who said his player stinks,

Anything I have to say is, probably, a jinx.

Can't ask more of Lundqvist, 'though you could ask more from Nash.

Would ask that, this time, they not give Chara's face a slash.

Let's go Rangers!  even though my wish is insincere;

There's a little part of me that wants to beat you here.

(Let's go Bruins!) 

Later...

How did this attempt to jinx the Rangers work? Don't ask.
This time, though, it's not my fault. I'm blaming Tuukka Rask.

Dear Gabriel E. Gomez... Thanks, But No Thanks.

The Massachusetts election for U.S. Senate will be held on 25 June 2013.

 

Here in Massachusetts - the election weeks away -

I've begun to listen to what Gomez has to say.

Heard him pledge allegiance to the flag, heard him complain;

Says Ed Markey's old and runs a negative campaign.

Gomez was a Navy SEAL; a unit I respect

(I was in the Navy, too...  What else would you expect?)

But, although I thank him for his service, he and I

Have too many issues where we don't see eye to eye:

Women's reproductive rights, Obama's health care plan,

Guns and ammo, education, climate, Pakistan.

It appears I'm not alone; he's lagging in the polls.

Markey gets my vote for Senate - Gomez for FOX holes.

Mother Nature is a Bitch

I can't even imagine.

"Oklahoma, where the winds come sweeping down the plain..."

Yesterday the wind did more than sweep - it went insane.

Catastrophic, terrifying, devastating storms

(Hot air met a cold front; it's how a tornado forms);

50 twisters in 2 days, and 1 tore Moore apart.

I can't watch the pictures anymore - they break my heart.

Dazed and battered parents digging blindly, hands for tools,

Trying to uncover children buried in their schools.

One of those tornadoes would convince me not to stay.

I will take a hurricane or blizzard any day.

If I had to live there I would burrow like a gnome.

I might never get to Oz, but I'd still have a home.

Want to know how you can help (besides just thoughts and prayers?)

Something you can do to show the victims someone cares?

Red Cross has a hot line; operators at the switch,

Standing by to help when Mother Nature is a bitch.

The 2nd Term Curse?

What can I say?  I'm a political junkie.

On the Sunday morning shows they talked about a curse;

Said that second terms, for Presidents, are always worse.

Often plagued by scandal - back as far as Jefferson -

Almost makes you think terms should be limited to one.

They could not explain the curse, and yet, it's proven true.

Here's what I don't understand; what did Obama do?

Didn't sleep with interns nor trade hostages for guns,

Didn't wire tap our phones nor commandeer our sons.

Didn't change the "talking points" as it was, falsely, claimed.

Guy who ran the I.R.S. was someone George Bush named.

Neither he, nor Eric Holder, hassled the A.P.

Yet, Obama's demonized throughout the G.O.P.

"Ten times worse than Watergate" and Bachmann would impeach.

This all seems political to me - an over-reach. 

Party not in power wants the other side to squirm.

Not the most auspicious way to start a second term.

Across the Pond - China and the Middle East

China borders the Middle East.  You can see why they might be interested.

China's leaders want involvement in the Middle East.

They are welcome to a role; I don't mind in the least.

I wish them all kinds of luck in brokering a peace.

See if they enjoy the job of being world police.

We could, surely, use a break 'cause it's a thankless job.

Think we've got a deal worked out and then one side will lob

One more precondition or extension of a wall

And the treaty falls apart with no progress at all.

Syria has made the Middle East a powder keg.

Secretary Kerry has done everything but beg,

Looking for assistance.  If the Chinese want a turn

I'd say that's an offer we cannot afford to spurn.

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Olympia Snowe - 2016

I'd vote for Olympia Snowe.

Republicans suffered a blow

When she chose to quit;

Became sick of it.

Found change in the Senate too slow.

Recently, she wrote a book.

I bought it and then had a look.

She says it's on us

To cut through the fuss

And put government on the hook.

Her argument's fair and well-spoken.

But I think that Congress is broken.

They're not above board.

The people ignored.

The background check issue's awoken

A frustrated public who sees

That, not just a slow-down, but freeze

Is now underway

In Congress today...

Won't fix it by just saying "Please."