Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Let Your Voice Be Heard!

Vandalizing people’s Teslas

Is wrong, terribly wrong,

Even though Musk sticks his nose

Where it doesn’t belong.

 

Instead, protest at dealerships

With messages loud and clear:

We are sick of Musk's involvement,

And we will persevere.

 

Trump has given him carte blanche

To ravage our country. We need

To stop these onslaughts on agencies

Because of far-right greed.

 

DOGE--Department of Greed and Evil--

Has gained access to

Personal records. Think of all

The damage it could do!

 

The little DOGE whippersnappers

Are also going after

Non-federal agencies!

This is no cause for laughter!

 

All the damage that they are doing

Is going to be hard to fix.

While people suffer, the president

And Musk are getting their kicks.

 

Find a protest nearest you.

Let your voice be heard.

Fight to save democracy,

And also spread the word.


-by Bob B (4-1-25)

Monday, March 31, 2025

Humpty Trumpty

Humpty Trumpty,

You have some gall.

Humpty Trumpty,

One day you'll fall.

Fawning supporters

And your business men

Will not put you back

Together again.

 

Humpty Trumpty,

Your sinecure

You think will last.

Don’t be so sure.

What you are asking

We simply won't do.

We bet they'll all be

Decisions you'll rue.

 

Humpty Trumpty,

What a con game!

Humpty Trumpty,

Have you no shame?

Stop all this talk of

America first.

Of human beings

You're CLEARLY the worst!

 

Humpty Trumpty,

You'll hear the call.

With great relief,

We'll watch you fall.

And even your lackeys

Who give you support

Will soon be saying,

"We'll SEE you in court!"


-by Bob B (3-31-25)

Saturday, March 29, 2025

A Monster Story (Part II)

The MAGA-monster kept tearing down

Supports in every city and town.

The infrastructure of the nation

Was weakened by widespread strangulation.

The tactics that the monster applied

Were cruel, thoughtless, mean, and snide.

Stripping agencies to the bone,

He acted with glee and wasn't alone.

His loyalists, showing no opposition,

Helped him complete his heartless mission.

 

A land where freedoms once did abound

Became the monster's battleground.

He didn't merely ostracize

Subjects who didn't believe his lies,

But some he banished; some he would quell

And make their lives a living hell.

His minions sent out scary threats

And dampers were put on safety nets.

Such a demon, historians swore,

Had NEVER attacked this nation before.

 

The monster said, "I have to get tough.

Destroying one country just isn't enough.

Two countries to our north look inviting.

I must invade them. Oh, how exciting!"

People all over the world were in shock

And couldn't believe his absurd poppycock.

But once an idea entered his head,

He couldn't rest till he put it to bed.

When people suffered, it gave him pleasure.

His ghastly repulsiveness knew no measure.

 

Across the nation, people protested.

As desperate folks became more invested

In speaking their mind, the monster grew meaner

And felt his vindictive urges grow keener.

He called on his sycophants, saying "Distort

The TRUTH! I count on your total support!"

Politicians needed to fight

Along with the people to do what was right.

Hopes for relief appeared obscure.

How much more pain could the people endure?

 

(End of Part II)

 

-by Bob B (3-28-25)

 

PART ONE follows in case you missed it:

 

A Monster Story (Part I)

 

The MAGA-monster reared his head

To see how far his venom would spread.

"How dare they defy me!" he loudly exclaimed.

His hatred and anger could never be tamed.

Whether he told the truth or lied,

Whatever he said could not be defied.

If you chose to disagree,

His enemy was what you would be.

Loyalty was a major concern;

Those who withheld it were those he would spurn.

 

"I will show 'em!" he loudly roared.

His face turned orange as he brandished his sword.

His sycophantic subjects drew near,

Obsequiously kowtowing in fear.

He didn't care if someone should suffer.

His other concern: to take care of his fluffer--

One of the slimiest toadies around,

Who made the country his new battleground.

The two of them, salaciously smiling,

Had looks on their faces, oddly beguiling.

 

The monster's coffers were filled to the brim.

EVERYTHING was all about HIM.

He gave the semblance of caring, but no,

His woeful act was all bluster and show.

In other lands, to get more support,

He looked for other monsters to court.

Urged on by callous and heartless trolls

Who helped him achieve his nefarious goals,

The monster displayed an ego that grew

Taller than buildings on Fifth Avenue.

 

Where were the heroes who were not afraid

To challenge the monster and come to our aid?

Where were the champions, so brave and so deft,

To fight him from both his right and his left?

The MAGA-monster wielded his power

To make all the people around him cower.

A nation once full of hope and freedom

Had turned into an all-about-me-dom.

The selfish, contemptible, carrot-topped,

And cruel monster had to be stopped.

 

(End of Part 1)

 

-by Bob B (11-19-24)

 

MAGA - Make Americans Grovel Absolutely

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Are You Sure You Want to Come Here?

Hey, fellow Earthlings, if you dare

To come to America, be aware

That things aren't what they used to be.

It's grown quite scary, believe you me!

 

Even if you have permission to stay,

You have to watch what you do or say,

Or there could be a knock on your door,

And friends won't see you here anymore.

 

Consider this for a real treat:

Dissent and you'll be swept off the street

By people in masks, most likely from ICE,

And flown far away! Isn't that nice?

 

You ask, "Doesn't due process exist?"

NOT if you're on Donald Trump's list.

Our country is just like a country that

Is ruled by a vicious autocrat.

 

If you mind your p's and q's,

There is a chance you still could lose.

Regulations are dwindling fast,

And so your chances of dying are vast.

 

It COULD be from something that makes you sick,

A crash, or a shooter. Take your pick.

Medical research? Trump won't read it.

According to him, none of us need it.

 

Our national security

Has become an obscurity.

Other countries can trust us no longer.

While we grow weaker, Putin grows stronger.

 

Trump is chasing away our friends

Instead of choosing to make amends.

He loves our adversaries, of course,

Because he wants to rule by force.

 

Surrounded by folks who think he's swell,

He's making life in America hell.

Far from common sense he's strayed

And now is killing our tourist trade.

 

To be so hated, he seems contented,

As he grows more and more demented.

I have to wonder why anyone would

Want to come here if he or she could.


-by Bob B (3-27-25)

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

What Buffoons!

Our country is being run by buffoons!

Once more I will shout it:

OUR COUNTRY IS BEING RUN BY BUFFOONS!

And there's no doubt about it.

 

Trump, of course, is the biggest one,

But people whom he appointed

Are up there with him, showing how badly

Our nation is disjointed.

 

Top officials conducted a chat°

Of sensitive information,

Which was a major security breach

And cause for consternation.

 

They used a device system that was

Clearly unclassified,

And later when the story came out,

They hemmed and hawed and lied.

 

How did the story come out? you ask.

Well, this is the scoop:

They included a journalist

In their discussion group!

 

None of the members even questioned

The journalist's identity.

Such behavior gives me no

Feelings of serenity.

 

When you have incompetent people

Placed in key positions,

Their unsafe decisions can lead

To dangerous conditions.

 

Their discussion put American

Lives in danger. Yikes!

They spoke of the country of Yemen and our

Military strikes.

 

One of the members was even in Russia!

That can't be excused,

For Russians have tried to hack into

The system the chatters used!

 

People should be up in arms!

No question as to why.

On hearing the story, Trumplicans merely

Shrug their shoulders and sigh!

 

-by Bob B (3-26-25)


°Those involved in the Signal group chat:

JD Vance (VP and Trump's attack dog)

Pete Hegseth (defense secretary)

Michael Waltz (national security adviser)

Stephen Miller (deputy chief of staff)

Marco Rubio (secretary of state)

John Ratcliffe (director of the CIA)

Tulsi Gabbard (director of national intelligence)

Steve Witkoff (envoy to Ukraine and the Middle East)

Scott Bessent (treasury secretary)

Brian McCormack (chief of staff of the National Security Council)

Susie Wiles (White House chief of staff)

Joe Kent (chief of staff to Gabbard)

Jeffrey Goldberg (editor in chief of THE ATLANTIC)