The GOP's Benghazi Conspiracy Theory

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) gets a skeptical reception on FOX & Friends.

You're in trouble if your Friends on Fox believe you're wrong,

Usually, they're likelier to blindly go along...

They love a conspiracy and never mind the facts.

This time they're aware that's how a crazy person acts.

Questioned Jason Chaffetz, who consistently implied

Clinton and Obama are the reason people died.

He claims they had information Congress people lacked.

That they tried to cover-up that we had been attacked.

He believes that we abandoned U.S. personnel.

Didn't save them once the situation went to hell.

FOX & Friends have realized (although it's overdue)

Even GOP insistence doesn't make it true.

Across the Pond - Kerry's Russian Visit

"Did you guys forget to make the appointment?" (Photo/ABC News)

Kerry met with Putin hoping they could strike some deals.

Putin kept him waiting; Kerry sat and cooled his heels.

Three whole hours Putin made the Secretary wait.

It's been 6 or 7 for some local Heads of State.

But, what else could Kerry do?  It's not like he could leave.

We need Russia to insure Assad will not receive

Weapons that he's using on his people. Kerry must

Just endure these slings and arrows; re-earn Putin's trust.

Clearly, Putin feels the need to prove that he's in charge.

Even his supporters say his ego's pretty large.

Let him win these childish games if that is what it takes.

Secretary Kerry knows he plays for higher stakes.

Dear NRA... Glenn Beck? Really?

Glenn Beck, too crazy for FOX but not for the NRA. (Photo/ABCNews)

NRA Convention down in Texas - not for me.

There is almost nothing about guns where we agree.

Plus, their A-List speakers like Santorum, LaPierre,

Sarah Palin (Heck, they even stuck Glenn Beck up there...

I thought he'd been relegated to the loony fringe.)

They make me so angry I can feel my eyebrows singe.

I cannot accept that they believe the things they say;

Really think Obama plans to take their guns away.

That would mean they're stupid - or they're crazy...  Take your pick.

I think it's more cynical than that and rather slick.

When they are successful and make citizens afraid

More of us go purchase guns and that's how they get paid.

Across the Pond - You Gotta Know When to Fold 'em

Israel, on Sunday, proved - again - they never bluff.

Seemingly decided that their hand was strong enough.

Syria had weapons which Assad might choose to share;

Fateh missiles - difficult to shoot out of the air.

'though they won't confirm the rumors, we are pretty sure

Israel bombed Syria - not once, but twice - to cure

Any apprehensions they were feeling towards that threat.

Were I the Iranians, I'd start to hedge my bet.

Israel's not playing 'cause, for them, it's not a game

And they've made it very clear that they would do the same

To Iran as "someone" did to Assad's weapons yards...

If I were the Ayatollah, I would fold my cards.

The Boston Pink Hat* Sports Report

"Do not get your hopes too high this year," sportscasters said.

But, although it's early yet, the Red Sox are ahead.

"This is a rebuilding year...  They'll finish close to last."

Maybe so but, out the gate, they're off and running fast.

Pitching's been amazing; Papi's stats are off the chart.

It's been years since Red Sox fans have seen this kind of start.

Could be, with the pressure off, the Sox are having fun

Then, before they realize it, they've gone out and won.

Celtics play the Knicks tonight; a game we have to win.

I just follow basketball once play-off games begin,

So - I'm not an expert - but I'll put my faith in Pierce

And I guarantee that competition will be fierce.

Bruins won last night; they beat the Maple Leafs by 3.

Boston's TD Banknorth Garden is the place to be.

Seems like every night a play-off game gets underway.

Where, but here, do sports fans get to see such great teams play?

*Pink hat fans are - almost always - women who are drunk.
Give a basic, baseball-knowledge quiz to them - they'd flunk.
They will pick a favorite player based on if he's cute.
Ask them if their team just won - they couldn't give a hoot.

Close Guantanamo

There are several, empty, Super-Max prisons we could be using instead of the politically charged  one at Guantanamo Bay.  (Photo/JournalAdvocate.com)

Detainees who we are holding at Guantanamo -

There because, right now, there's no where else for them to go -

Have been on a hunger strike and some would now be dead

If there weren't orders they be medically force-fed.

That's another violation of their human rights

As they seek to bring the world's attention to their plights.

Hunger strike is spreading; there's one hundred on it now.

Have to find a way to solve the situation.  How?

Start by sending home the men who we've already cleared.

They are not the radicals that everybody feared...

Or, at least, they will not be 'cause, after what they've seen,

They have ample motive now to keep their noses clean.

Then we have to close Guantanamo - and, right away.

Something that the Congress should accomplish yesterday.

It's become a symbol; Abu Ghraib on Cuba's shore.

Since that doesn't make us any safer, what's it for?

It's May!

Okay...  I will just do it.  Just.

Hooray! It's May.  I'm going out to play.

Not sad I'm bad.  Golf always makes me glad.

Bet you are blue that you aren't playing too.

Methinks that stinks.  We'll miss you on the links.