The 112th Congress - Making Sausage

Cartoon by Christopher Weyant of The Hill and The New Yorker

Politicking, posturing - they pander to the press.

Every day the two sides drifting further from success.

Racing towards the fiscal cliff like lemmings to the sea,

Leaving me concerned we've got a broken polity.

Maybe this is sausage making and I shouldn't look;

Simply close my eyes and hope that I can trust the cook.

Even should I choose that course, I fear the markets won't.

I may trust the government; the Dow and NASDAQ don't.

They don't think that, privately, there's progress being made

As their hopes that we'll avoid the cliff begin to fade.

Congress may  produce a tasty sausage we can try,

But it looks like not before we see pigs learn to fly.

The New England Patriots - AFC East Division Champs

(Photo/Chris Trotman/GettyImages)

New England made Division Champs; the Patriots can cruise.

Doesn't really matter much if there's a game we lose.

In the Eastern AFC, the play-offs are a lock.

Fans around here don't consider that a major shock.

Yesterday the Dolphins put up an amazing fight.

Their Defense stayed in the game and kept the scoring tight.

Brady's passes early on seemed off (at least to me).

Maybe he was focused more on Gisele's pregnancy...

yikes...

I guess I've been pretty spoiled.  My team is - clearly - great.

Gone, for now,  the days when we were only second rate.

Yet I sit complaining when the Pats just won the game;

Picking on a quarterback bound for the Hall of Fame.