The Speaker's Stunt

Speaker Boehner says he plans to sue the President

Over, what he claims, has been selective enforcement

Of some laws Obama swore an oath that he'd uphold.

Boehner says Obama broke the law but I'm not sold.

Has Obama tried to work around the GOP?

Maybe so, although he had no choice it seems to me.

If Obama said that grass was green or sky was blue

Congress would investigate and find it wasn't true.

Since the Congress blocked his moves Obama had to punt;

Now it will cost millions fighting Boehner's latest stunt;

Money we could better spend on paying off our debts,

Education, health, or roads, or caring for our vets.

What the hell's the matter with these people anyway?

It's no wonder Presidents look old and worn and gray;

Finding that they can't deliver on the things they'd planned...

Why someone would want that job, I'll never understand.

Brazil 2014 - A Wet Heat

 

Thank God for my air conditioner, because it's hot;

Outside it's a muggy swamp...  Inside my house it's not.

Here the air is cool and dry so I'll be staying in,

Sitting on my couch and hoping for a U.S. win.

I cannot imagine how the World Cup players feel

In the kind of climate with which teams have had to deal.

They have played in jungle heat, in air that's thick and wet,

Running up and down for 90 minutes, dripping sweat.

Still, I guess it's better in Brazil than in Dubai

Where it's like an oven ('though I hear the heat is dry.)

Those are some amazing athletes out on soccer pitches...

Either that or just a bunch of crazy sons of bitches.

Later...

Germans won the match and they must be congratulated;
Good news is the U.S. team was not eliminated.

Dear Mr. Cheney et al. - You're Kidding, Right?

Former Vice President Dick Cheney

ISIS is establishing a modern Caliphate

Based upon fanaticism...  Isn't that just great.

Thank you Bush and Cheney; you guys kicked the hornets' nest,

Certain that America was right and knew what's best.

Ever since, the region has been going up in flames.

Now Dick Cheney's claiming it's Obama who he blames.

It was not Obama who invaded on a whim;

I cannot believe the gall of Cheney blaming him.

This war has been brewing for a century, or more.

It's about religious sects and settling a score.

Once dictators fell, removing pressure from the lid,

Experts warned some countries might explode - and so they did.

All the blood and treasure spent on playing global cop

Didn't make this process one the U.S.A. could stop...

But, to say Obama caused the current Mid-East mess,

Means you're badly misinformed (by FOX, would be my guess.)

Egypt - Just Say No

Egypt sentenced journalists to 7 years in jail

Despite lacking any evidentiary trail.

Claimed that they were working for the Muslim Brotherhood.

We'd planned on resuming aid; now, I don't think we should.

To be fair, I didn't think we should have anyway.

These men aren't the first the government has locked away.

Al Jazeera's journalists may have to serve some time;

Hundreds of Egyptians received death for the same crime.

General el-Sisi, who is now the President,

Isn't someone we should send a single, U.S. cent...

Led the revolution, seizing power in a coup,

Calling for the deaths of leaders that he overthrew.

Journalists are under threat and so there's no free press.

Why on earth would we go wading in to such a mess?

Egypt's military's doing fine without our aid.

If we really want to help we ought to foster trade.

Switching Wagons

I can't "un-see" this face-palm meme of the World Cup logo, now.

Suddenly the nation's filled with rabid, soccer fans.

Those who've never watched the games are rearranging plans,

Making sure they're free to see this Thursday's game at noon...

Hopping on bandwagons; singing team USA's tune.

I am very happy for our team and wish them well

But, when watching World Cup soccer, I'm still bored as hell.

I will grant that it's exciting when somebody scores;

It's the other 87 minutes which are bores.

If we tie with Germany on Thursday we advance

And, although our coach believes that we don't have a chance,

I guess no-one told the team that they're supposed to lose.

This time, when I watch them play, I plan on drinking booze.

That might make it fun to watch...  Perhaps you need a crowd

In a bar that's full of happy people being loud.

Maybe soccer fans aren't watching players when they cheer,

They're just saying "Thank you" to the guy who bought the beer.

Solstice Eve

(Photo/Courtesy of independent.co.uk)

It's another perfect day; I'm headed to the beach.

(Sparing all of you my own incessant need to preach.)

I don't know what's happening in Washington today

And I do not care what politicians have to say.

Can't say if the market's trending up or if it's dived.

Saturday's when summer has officially arrived.

Seeing as it's Solstice Eve, I'm off to celebrate.

Hoping you and yours are well and that your weekend's great.

Foreign Policy Isn't For Dummies

(Mr. Bennett's cartoon/Courtesy of The Christian Science Monitor)

President Obama's seen approval ratings drop

Because there are conflicts in the world he cannot stop.

John McCain can name you three the U.S. should invade;

Plus another couple where he thinks we should have stayed.

I don't think he understands how that would be perceived.

When we throw our weight around the Arabs feel aggrieved.

Libyans are mad we grabbed a suspect off the street,

Hustled him aboard a ship, and sailed off with our fleet.

"Well...  It took us long enough," said everyone on FOX

(Proving true the nickname for TV - the idiot box.)

These wars are religious...  They're the kind that can't be won

And we shouldn't risk the life of one more mother's son

In a fight that's lasted for at least a thousand years.

When we've jumped into the fray before it led to tears.

Once we put our foot down innocents are always crushed.

Thankfully, this President won't let himself be rushed.