Dear Non-New England Patriots Fans; Really?

Really?

I find it amusing when the fans of other teams

Think there's a conspiracy because New England creams

Almost every football franchise that we have to play.

"NFL has rigged the game," the latest losers say.

Is there really anybody who believes Goodell

Doesn't think New England's why his ratings went to hell?

It's not 'cause the players took a stand and took a knee,

Not because the fans are worried about CTE.

Ratings fell because New England almost always wins;

Patriots are favored before training camp begins.

When a team's as dominant as we are it's no fun

For the fans whose teams are not on this amazing run.

If we don't get penalized as much as others do

Could it be because we are more disciplined than you?

I'd think - were there bias from officiating crews -

They, like you and Roger, would prefer to see us lose.

How Do You Say "Dittohead" In Russian?

Rumors on the internet (like FOX News, only worse)

Trolls who claim our President is trying to reverse

The protections that our Constitution guarantees.

Faking news supporting tales of vast conspiracies.

Claiming that Ebola's spreading through Atlanta's streets,

False reports of shootings were a "Leading Trend" in Tweets.

Some trolls work the chat rooms; I've encountered one or two...

They're the guys you find on-line espousing Putin's view.

Now we find that some trolls aren't your ordinary jerk;

Lying on the internet is what they do for work.

They are on the payroll of a Russian agency;

Putin should thank Limbaugh's fans...  They do the job for free.

JFK Conspiracy Solved... It Was Us.

50 years ago today John Kennedy was shot.

Many still believe in an assassination plot:

L.B.J., the CIA, or Castro, or the mob.

Presidents could not be killed by one pathetic slob.

Looking back we all remember it as Camelot;

Dreaming of our glory days, but maybe we forgot

We were simply not a most congenial spot back then.

My mom is a Northerner who lived down South and when

She was at the Commissary they announced the news;

People started cheering and expressing racist views.

Toxic atmospheres build up and then some loser acts.

Let's not try to kid ourselves; we have to face the facts...

No one fled the grassy knoll; Lee Oswald was alone.

He was not the patsy here.  He acted on his own.

But the ugly politics and scandals of the day

Also had a passive, but important, part to play.

Maybe we should think about that as we're looking back

From our current, constant state of partisan attack.

This new generation of Americans must change...

Who knows which new lunatic is at the target range.

Conspiracy Theorists Vindicated?

I.R.S. apologized because the agency

Singled out some Super PACs for extra scrutiny

If their applications for a 501(c)(4)

(That's the tax-free status social-welfare groups are for)

Happened to contain key words like "Patriots" or "Tea",

Thereby compromising donors' anonymity. 

If the group's political they use a different code

(Which still won't result in any taxes being owed)

But, it's not anonymous and - if you want my guess -

Losing that is why they're angry at the I.R.S.

Social-welfare groups are not supposed to organize

With a single candidate; a party in disguise.

In the current atmosphere; bi-partisan mistrust

Where attempts at compromise meet Tea Party and bust,

I.R.S. has questioned if the social welfare's served.

Frankly, I don't think it is...  So, why am I unnerved?

Across the Pond - Afghanistan: The Karzai Conspiracy Theory

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is pointing fingers. (Photo/Telegraph.Co.UK)

Karzai said the U.S. plays an underhanded role;

Working with the Taliban (behind the grassy knoll?)

Offering assistance to extremists 'cause our plan

Is to make them beg us to stay in Afghanistan.

Karzai thinks in areas (as much as 51?)

His men would already have the bad guys on the run

If it weren't for secret plans to make police look bad.

Recently he told the Afghans they were being had.

Maybe I am crazy but I don't believe a word.

It's the most ridiculous conspiracy I've heard.

They were, once, strategically important...  Times have changed.

Nowadays, 'most anywhere's more easily arranged.

Maybe if Chuck Hagel had been killed, the way they tried,

Karzai would believe that NATO leaders haven't lied.

Taliban is no-one's friend and, lest Karzai's forgot,

There's a lot of  U.S. forces out there getting shot.