Race for the White House - With Friends Like These...?

 

President Obama has some interesting friends

Who, perhaps responding to some recent polling trends,

May have told The New York Times some secrets they should not.

I bet David Axelrod wants all the leakers shot.

Senator McCain - who I supported (Not of late...

Not since when he lost his mind in 2000 and 8) -

Stood up in the Senate and accused the President;

Said it wasn't only drones and Stuxnet that he'd sent,

But a message - loud and clear - that he's the man in charge

And his role in National Security is large.

I think John McCain forgot that we already know

President Obama has been heading up the show.

Seems a rather sneaky way to change the story line.

The Attorney General's investigating...  Fine.

But, to say the President - who's prosecuted more

Leakers than has any other President before

Wanted secrets spread across the front page of The Times,

Or that he's behind the people who've been dropping dimes

Proves to me Republicans will go to any ends...

Enemies like that?  The President needs better friends.

The Boston Celtics - A Prayer to the Sports Gods

Celtics face game 7 and I'm praying I was wrong;

That the sports gods do not plan to string us fans along.

Hoping that the era of our Big 3 isn't dead;

That the Celtics win the series they so lately led.

Luck will have to favor us to stave off a defeat.

Last night, it was pretty clear, the sports gods chose the Heat.

Nothing seemed to go our way - we couldn't catch a break.

Don't know how much more of this my Celtics' heart can take.

Basketballs can seem to jump through hoops...  But, sometimes not.

Last night, in the Garden, Celtics couldn't make a shot.

Pierce would throw it up and it just rattled off the rim.

Plus, let's not forget LeBron... There was no stopping him.

Garnett, and now Rondo, have both proven that they're tough.

(Have you tried those knuckle push-ups? Trust me, 1's enough.)

Garden fans sent up a cheer that sounded like a prayer;

"Let's Go Celtics!" Please, dear sports gods, help us out down there.

Across the Pond - Syria and the Russians

Putin and Ahmadinejad must be so proud.

 

Really wish that I'd been wrong but, sadly, I was not

Yet another battle against babies has been fought.

Youngest victim - 3 months old - they stabbed him through the head.

Assad will not stop 'til every rebel Sunni's dead.

I cannot believe the Russian people are aware

Of what Assad's doing with their weapons or they'd share

In the world's revulsion...  Then they'd back a U.N. vote.

Russian people I have met would not sell him a coat...

Never mind the systems that the Syrians just bought.

All I can imagine is that Putin plain forgot

Russia's a democracy and citizens won't stand

For supporting monsters who have gotten out of hand.

The Vatican - Are They Crazy?

(Warning: YouTube clip is PG13 and contains
some "Filthy mouths and  bad attitudes.")

First, I'd like to make it clear - I'm not an atheist,

It's only religious dogma I tend to resist.

I believe there's Something...  What It is I cannot tell.

My poor father's pretty sure I'm going straight to Hell.

I was raised a Catholic. I went to Catholic schools.

I'm no longer Catholic; I didn't like their rules.

Why not blame it on the nuns? The Vatican sure does.

Don't like when a Sister will not shut her mouth because

Women are subservient, according to the Church.

Men are meant to rule and nuns are joggling their perch.

I think that's ridiculous. It's past time to ordain

Women. Besides, telling nuns to "Shut up" is insane!

Maybe Rome could look at it like this; As Jesus' spouse,

Nuns should be responsible for cleaning up His House.

It's been looking dirty lately...  Make the Pope a nun.

Give it to a woman when you must get something done.

The Transit of Venus - And Boy, Am I Bummed

Venus is in transit; it will pass across the sun.

More than half the world will get to see before it's done.

If you get a chance to, then you really ought to look.

(Do not use binoculars or else your eyes will cook.)

Those who can are fortunate; but I won't get a glance;

Forecast is for clouds with rain an 80% chance.

Next time Venus transits is a hundred years away...

I'm not gonna make it folks, 'cause I'm already gray.

Transit was when scientists - 300 years ago -

Used triangulation to determine distance... No.

I'm not good enough with math to turn it into rhyme.

Here's the link on how they did it, if you have the time.

Guess I'll have to settle for the pictures on T.V.

But I'm very envious of those who get to see;

Step outside and look up at the early evening skies.

If you do, remember though, be careful of your eyes.

Later...

It's started! (Photo credit: Discovery News)

Across the Pond - The Diamond Jubilee

Londoners who braved the cold, the traffic, and the drips

Got a chance to see the face that launched a thousand ships.

Yesterday, Elizabeth the Second, England's Queen

Sailed upon her royal barge - creating quite a scene.

Trailing in procession, down the River Thames they came.

Not since Charles the Second have the British done the same...

But a Diamond Jubilee - Good heavens! 60 years! -

Does deserve some pageantry. Forget the cynics' sneers.

We do not have royalty - the Kennedys don't count -

And you couldn't pay us to, no matter the amount.

Still, I'm glad the English do. In good times and in lean,

They have had Elizabeth and May God Save the Queen.

SCOTUS? Meet DOMA.

(Photo credit: Eric Risberg/AP)

 

Unanimous decision; the Defense Of Marriage Act

Isn't Constitutional...  It breaks the law, in fact.

Massachusetts led the way; we sued - which I support.

Now the case is headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

I don't understand what they're defending anyway;

Why the government lets churches tell them what to say.

No one would compel a church to change their rigid stance,

But our Constitution makes it clear, with just a glance,

We're about protecting rights; at least we say we are.

As a Massachusetts native, promise you - so far -

Sky's not falling; there's no rape and pillage in the streets.

We don't care what married couples do beneath their sheets.

If our fellow citizens can't get equality

Something must be very wrong in Washington D.C.

Justice may be blind, my friends, but she is not some clown.

DOMA?  Meet the SCOTUS... SCOTUS? Strike the DOMA down.