Calling the Kettle Black

 D.o.J. has made it clear it isn't playing games;

Issued warrants for arrests that named some Chinese names.

5 men in their military we've accused of hacking...

Though our moral high-ground, after Edward Snowden's, lacking.

Justice claims it's not the same as what our country does;

China spies on companies and that's worse than ours was.

When we spy it's not a crime - when China does it is...

Our Ambassador was summoned.  Glad my job's not his.

Tensions are already high with us and the Chinese

Over actions they've committed on South China Seas.

Philippines and Vietnam are mad at China, too

And they wonder what their U.S. allies plan to do.

Wish we'd picked a better battle than the one we did.

After Edward Snowden's leaks blew off NSA's lid

Seems to me our outrage at their cyber hack-attack

Feels a lot like our pot's calling China's kettle black.

Who's Steering The Ship of State?

Income inequality, where few hold all the wealth,

Hasn't proven helpful to our economic health.

As we lose the middle class we lose the driving force

For a strong recovery because we've lost its source.

I hate to sound cynical because I'm, mostly, not.

I'm inclined to give something a fair and decent shot,

But I'm an idealist who doesn't understand

How the situation's gotten quite so out of hand.

I've begun to wonder, since we've given this a try

(and we've seen it doesn't work since poor people can't buy

Anything but food and Walmart clothing for their backs.

Unemployment's bad without degrees and worse for blacks...)

Why don't we try something else?  I think it's time we did.

Politicians work for those who've placed the highest bid.

We have got to change the law that lets those bidders hide.

How else will we know if we've been taken for a ride?

The World's Worst Mom (cont.)

Youngest son is home from school with mononucleosis;

But it took a while for us to get this diagnosis.

He complained of headaches first and then he got a rash.

Couldn't get him motivated - all he'd do was crash.

I kept on insisting he get up and go to school.

Didn't want to see my son grow up to be a fool.

Now I'm feeling guilty 'cause the kid was really sick...

Turns out that his mom's the one who's dumber than a brick.

Pity The Clean Shaven

Women who don't follow sports might notice something weird

When the scruffy guy they've come to know shaves off his beard.

But, though he's clean shaven, you still ought to give him space.

Boston Bruins' fans are wearing their unhappy face.

It's not just your lover's face that's tender, pink, and raw;

He's still hurting from the hockey game that he just saw.

Last night was Game 7 and the Bruins won't advance.

Team did not play well - at all - and so they blew their chance.

Montreal's Canadiens, who beat us 3 to 1

(And were much more gracious after all was said and done),

Get to keep the scruffy look and play another round,

While the newly shaven had their hopes dashed to the ground.

The Bad, Old Days

Protestors in Vietnam are angry at China.  (Photo/Courtesy of aol.com)

So much for the "new world order;" we're back to the old...

Stronger preying on the weak - where wars aren't always cold.

China placed an oil rig off the coast of Vietnam;

Chinese ships protected it with orders they should ram

Any ships that Vietnam sent out to take a look.

Chinese used their water cannon...  Shades of Captain Hook.

They believe they should control the whole South China Sea;

Doesn't matter if the country's neighbors disagree.

Seems they took a page from Putin's playbook in Ukraine;

Seize the things you want to, first - then let the world complain.

Vietnam had rioting and Chinese factories burned.

Looks as if the "bad, old days" of history's returned.

NASA Says We're Screwed

Doesn't matter if you doubt that man caused climate change,

If you aren't concerned by now or don't believe it's strange

That the weather's out of whack - the seasons are delayed -

NASA says Antarctica is melting...  Be afraid.

In about a hundred years its glaciers will be gone

Meaning that the land the ice accumulated on,

Without all that weight, will rise and so, too, will the seas;

Causing devastation almost everyone agrees.

Process cannot be reversed, the NASA spokesman said.

Warmer water seeped between the glaciers and sea bed;

Now they're melting from the bottom as well as the top.

We are screwed.  There's nothing we can do to make it stop.

If we don't take action now - prepare as oceans rise -

Because we're too busy arguing that science lies

It won't matter anyway since it will be too late.

Mother Nature isn't proving open to debate.

#BringBackOurGirls

(Photo/Courtesy of KCCI)

'Bring us back our stolen girls,' Nigerians demand.

They've accepted offers to let others lend a hand;

But the girls have been dispersed, now kept in smaller groups,

Some in other countries - where it's hard to send in troops.

Boko Haram just released a video today;

Shows about a hundred girls and some were forced to say

They embraced their captor's faith...  Rejected education

(Something most of us would do if in their situation.)

Terrorists are saying that they'd like to make a trade.

They'll release 100 girls they kidnapped in the raid

If Nigeria will free some guys they've got in jail...

Pretty bold from men who've got the whole world on their trail.