Politics 'N Haiku 121709

Father role model

Tiger Tiger burning bright

growth hormone poisoned.

Politics 'N Haiku 121009

The Nobel Peace Prize

noblesse Obama oblige

Afghans in pieces.

Politics 'N Haiku 103009

One flu over the

cuckoo's nest, looked down and saw

vaccine shortages.

Politics 'N Haiku 102909

The public option

killed by private insurers

with our premiums.

Politics 'N Haiku 102809

Free Williamson

from the un-bare-able

lightness of being.

Politics 'N Haiku 102709

Opposed stimulus,

took the money and ran, who's

disingenuous?

Politics 'N Haiku 102609

The public option

opt out - opponents won't flee

opt in - to teabag.

Politics 'N Haiku 102109

Banks too big to fail?

The Jivaroans had it right;

first off with their heads.

Politics 'N Haiku 101709

Socialist, Nazi

they say, ignorant of the

contradiction.

Politics 'N Haiku 101609a

Drill baby drill, 'til

the addicted have their fill,

'til death does us part.

Politics 'N Haiku 100909

Obama's peace prize

"hope for a better future"

by not being Bush.

Politics 'N Haiku 101609

Right wingers tea bag
rest of country, leaving a
bad taste in my mouth.

Without sufficient light, a child cannot grow.

Politics 'N Haiku 091909

Tea-baggers, Gwen called

the tea party activists,

unaware how apt.

Politics 'N Haiku 091609

Private insurance,

all pay for smoker's cancer,

it's socialized risk.

Politics 'N Haiku 091509

To protect and serve

police perform this task for

all, it's socialized.

Politics 'N Haiku 091409

Why are people who

oppose socialized health care

so antisocial?

Politics 'N Haiku 091309

Obama health plan,

like tap water, all may drink,

some will buy bottled.

Politics 'N Haiku 081809

Sick? Just a pipe dream,

life, liberty, happiness,

when you're uninsured.

Politics 'N Haiku 0703109

Who do you trust? A

wise Latina woman or

jungle-monkey cop.

Politics 'N Haiku 0701909

While fornicating

practice family values

preach to the choir.

Politics 'N Haiku 0701509

Healthcare overhaul

call me in the morning

take two aspirin.

Politics 'N Haiku 0701209

Million-dollar child

thousands could have been saved for

each month of your life.

POlitics 'N Haiku 070809

Michael and Robert

sixties children yearned for it

but one worked for peace.

Politics 'N Haiku 070309

Constant light, alarms,

sleep deprivation, human

contact causes pain.

Politics 'N Haiku 070109

Milk or oxygen,

you're ravenous, choose swiftly

the means of your death.

Politics 'N Haiku 063009

What choice did we have?

Smaller than a soda pop,

your life found a way.

Politics 'N Haiku 062909

There could be but one;
you tried to kill your mother.
What choice did you have?

Politics 'N Haiku 0602509

In a world full of

Sanfords, Ensigns, Edwards', Newts,

Ryan loves Farrah.

Politics 'N Haiku 0602409

No sight, hearing, touch

no more worldly contact, I

held you while you died.

Politics 'N Haiku 0602309

In a world full of

Ensigns, Edwards', Gingrichs, Craigs,

Ryan loves Farrah

Politics 'N Haiku 0602209

I have nothing too

but fear itself weaponized

kills democracy.

Politics 'N Haiku 0602009

What gives you the - right

to choose what is - . Choose respect

for me as I you.

Politics 'N Haiku 0601909

Was there ne'r any

food, clean water, toys, money?

Were you always cursed?

Politics 'N Haiku 0601809

Did your rents-to-be

deduct you from their taxes?

Were you a blessing?

Politics 'N Haiku 0601709

Did anyone care?

Did your mom-to-be cry

all night from hunger?

Politics 'N Haiku 0601609

Did you have health care?

Did your mother-to-be obtain

prenatal care?

Politics 'N Haiku 0601509

Were you a happy

fetus? Did your mother sing

to you in the womb?

Politics 'N Haiku 0601309

Do fetal rights trump

those of an eleven year-

old raped Darfur girl?

Politics 'N Haiku 0601009

When my time is up

put me on Air France; today

Sully will do fine.

Politics 'N Haiku 060909

Not for you to choose

nor for me to say when, only

patient and doctor.

Politics 'N Haiku 060809

SBD? I don't think so

electromagnetic pulse

heart stopping bye SBD.

Politics 'N Haiku 060509

Secure bunker Dick

survives fire storm of his

making bye bye DC.

Politics 'N Haiku 060409

Cheney saves New York

prevents chemical attack

by not stopping 9/11.

Politics 'N Haiku 060309

Legacy: A Fire Storm Sale.

You suck Dick Cheney

Blow backs just an expression

Get yur red-hot nukes.

Politics 'N Haiku 052309

Liberty Univ.

you're at liberty to believe

what I believe.

Politics 'N Haiku 041509

Tea parties abound

paid for by their stimuli

all talk sipping tea. 

Politics 'N Haiku 041009

Bubbles R Us

Alan rides to the rescue

deflate me Timmy

Politics 'N Haiku 040909

Columbine reload

thirteen dead in Binghamton

welcome to our world

Politics 'N Haiku 040309

Retirement plan

sleep late, read paper, walk dogs

search dump for food.

Politics 'N Haiku 033009

Flesh colored crayons

black, brown, red, white and yellow

rainbow of mankind

Politics 'N Haiku 032709

The Geithner mantra

"systemic stability"

SEC AIG MONEY

Politics 'N Haiku 032609

Up, up and away

"systemic stability"

SEC, AIG, MONEY

Politics 'N Haiku 032209

Prone to disappoint

"dangerous and promising"

learn from your mistakes

Politics 'N Haiku 031909

Half on red, half black

two plus twenty for me. Green?

Find more investors.

Politics 'N Haiku 031809

Need I Say More

Gambling laws were

exempted to allow hedge

funds to operate

Politics 'N Haiku 031509

AIG bonus babies

why can't I fire your ass

if I own eighty percent

Politics 'N Haiku 031409

Science in the US

without basic research there's

nothing to translate

Politics 'N Haiku 031309

Soar paper net worth

home, beach house, stock, 401K

real nouveau pauper

Politics 'N Haiku 031009

Productivity

America survives on

more work for less pay

Politics 'N Haiku 030809

Productivity: Episode III

Money from nothing

imagine the world churning

our GDP makes us strong

Politics 'N Haiku 030709

Productivity: Episode II

Increase it further

buy insurance to protect

your shorts, double down.

Politics 'N Haiku 030609

Productivity: Episode I

Increase the GDP

sell stocks short while naked

saving the country

Politics 'N Haiku 030509

God rethinks man, well

maybe I should have gone with

the Neanderthal

Politics 'N Haiku 030409

Twice yearly pink

beauty from global warming

cherry blossoms bloom

Politics 'N Haiku 030209

Man envisions God

so as not to fear nature

then he destroys it

Politics 'N Haiku 022809

No child left behind

because "all the children are

above average"

Politics 'N Haiku 022709

No child left behind

memorize regurgitate

no innovation

Politics 'N Haiku 022609

No child left behind

teaching to the test, testing

what you teach, nothing 

Politics 'N Haiku 022409

No child left behind

as simple as high school math

two plus two is four

Politics 'N Haiku 022309

A fed employee

has socialized health care

and their own doctor.

Politics 'N Haiku 022209

Socialized health care

would save the car industry

without more bailouts

Politics 'N Haiku 022109

Democracy can

not be imposed by a gun

only protected 

Politics 'N Haiku 022009

If money were health

taxes could be high but we

would not have a care

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The Examiner

un -examined, -read, -wanted

advertise today

Politics 'N Haiku 021909

If money bought health

but alas, it only buys 

our politicians

Politics 'N Haiku 021809

If money bought health

we would live forever

but there's politics.

The DC Examiner

Politics 'N Haiku 021709

If money were health

we would live forever

alas it's politics

Politics 'N Haiku 021609

Lexis, olive tree

tariffs, fences, un- sold, -eaten,

-loved to drive, eat.

Politics 'N Haiku 021309

In a flat world your

salary will match those in

India, China ...

Politics 'N Haiku 021209

In a flat world you

will be submerged in water

like your home mortgage.

Politics 'N Haiku 021109

The world is flat when 

my invisibility 

cloak hides all mankind.

Politics 'N Haiku 021009

Over valued banks

under water mortgages

damn the torpedoes ...

Politics 'N Haiku 020909

My taxes paid for

your junkets, all I got was

this worthless bank stock.

Politics 'N Haiku 020809

Senate rescue will 

cause "financial disaster" 

you already did

Politics 'N Haiku 020709

Consumer spending

stop, government spending start

tax cuts don't cut it.

Politics 'N Haiku 020609

I still can't get off

'cause my boss's boss's tax cuts don't

stimulate at all.

Politics 'N Haiku 020309

It's a long way from

W to O, eight letters, years,

light years, a new day.

Politics 'N Haiku 020209

Cutting taxes starves

the beast. No bailout, no big

gov, no gov at all.

Politics 'N Haiku 020109

Deficits are bad 

when Democrats call the shots

so let's cut taxes.

Dateline: 2225

Scientists make a 

remarkable discovery

today the letter W, uhich

they speculate vanished 

from the English language

long ago, because of its 

association uith some 

catastrophic event, also

long since forgotten.

Politics 'N Haiku 013109

GOP - I'm shocked, shocked

there's a recession going on here

hey, why not cut taxes.

Politics 'N Haiku 013009

Cut taxes, they trickle 

down went the economy

so why not cut taxes.

Politics 'N Haiku 012709

GOP initiates plan

to attract minorities, candidates to

campaign in blackface.

Politics 'N Haiku 012609

Haiku in German,

no way, all those syllables.

Schadenfreude

Politics 'N Haiku 012409

What have you given,

half-a-billion dollar man,

to your country? - Hate!

Politics 'N Haiku 012309

Love it or leave it,

half-a-billion dollar man.

Go broadcast from Mars.

Politics 'N Haiku 012209

Rush- "I hope he fails."

Damn the country rather than

prove the right is wrong.

Politics 'N Haiku 012109

"Free at last, free at ..."

"Just another word for nothing ..."

Now carpe diem.

Politics 'N Haiku 012009

I am still dreaming

Barack Hussein Obama,

don't wake me just yet.

Politics 'N Haiku 011909

I have had a dream,

half full glass, am I sated?

Never stop dreaming.

Politics 'N Haiku 011809

Subjectivity

was not written into the

Geneva Convention.

Politics 'N Haiku 011709

Never again and

again and again. Darfur,

Rowanda, Cambo..., ... 

Politics 'N Haiku 011609

W contemplates the future

It is a good thing

mea culpa doesn't translate

to English! No wait ....

Politics 'N Haiku 010209

My Weapons

Succinct structure with

duplicitous line changes

and double entendre.

Politics 'N Haiku 011409

Who's your daddy noW?

Using terrorism to stop terrorist!

Who's your ter'ist now?

Politics 'N Haiku 011309

The W legacy.

"Terrorism blah, blah, blah, blah."

He thinks we bought it.

9/11, 2nd Great

Depression, Katrina, what bad luck they

happened on my watch.

If only I'd been 

Pres during Bill's time, I'd've over-

seen prosperity.

No harm, no foul, no

fault, no luck, bad timing, no

responsibility

Politics 'N Haiku 011209

W and Cheney de-

stroy documents. So much for

trust but verify!

Politics 'N Haiku 010909

Gravity theory

disproved! Money trickles up

from the working poor.

Politics 'N Haiku 010809

The whole world is shopping!

The whole world is shopping! The whole 

world is shopping! - Chicago 2068

Politics 'N Haiku 010709

My cookies tell you

all you need to know about

my identity.

Politics 'N Haiku 010609

News Flash: Republicans seen wielding matches

B'rack be nimble! B'rack

be quick! B'rack jump over the 

candle! Got'chur back.

Politics 'N Haiku 010509

Big brother watching

facilitating shopping

to protect freedom.

politics 'N Haiku 010109

Haiku politics!

Succinct, opinionated

ending in a smile.

Haiku politics

is an oxymoron,

think winter heat wave.

I give you Haiku

politics as an after

thought better of it.