Up to No Good

Listen to this: We all know

That Vladimir Putin is not our friend.

When you hear what he's doing right now,

Every hair should stand on end.

 

Iran and North Korea have both

Assisted in Putin's bombing campaign.

Now North Korean troops

Are helping Russia to fight in Ukraine!

 

Putin also asked the owner

Of Starlink Satellite if he'd

Not let it be activated

Over Taiwan. The owner agreed.

 

Who is the owner? Elon Musk,

Who we know has also had

Secret communications with Putin.

Are you upset? At least a tad?

 

Putin said that his request

Was a favor to China. Oh, well.

But there is more. It is going

To make you wonder, "What the hell?"

 

Putin asked Musk NOT to let

Ukraine access his satellite

Over the Black Sea area

Where Russia hoped to exert its might.

 

Musk has contracts with NASA and with

The DOD. Wouldn't you bet

That his close ties with Putin make him

A national security threat?

 

We've watched as he's turned Twitter into

A huge propaganda machine.

His connections with Trump and Putin

Show which way his loyalties lean.

 

We have a serious problem here.

Choose to agree or disagree,

But someone assisting our adversaries

Sounds a lot like a traitor to me.

-by Bob B (11-5-24)

The Voting Chant

(Clap) One, two, three, four…

 

Come on, put on your shoes and socks

And traipse on down to the ballot box

If you haven't voted yet.

Do it now before you forget.

Please, however, heed my advice:

Don't be sneaky and try to vote twice.

We know that some voters cast

Second votes for Trump in the past.

 

Clap your hands and stamp your feet!

Let's all try to stay upbeat!

 

We are lucky we can vote.

Let's all keep that right afloat.

This election's consequential;

That means that your vote's essential.

Do not fall for someone who

Lies until his face is blue.

How can anybody laud

A liar who screams "Election fraud!"?

 

Clap your hands and stamp your feet!

Let's all try to stay upbeat!

 

Voting right means voting smart;

Vote with both your head and heart.

The one to vote for should be clear:

One talks freedom; the other talks fear.

Her I'll gladly get behind.

He is clearly losing his mind.

Let's all hope the winner will be

The one who'll save democracy.

 

Clap your hands and stamp your feet!

Let's all try to stay upbeat!

-by Bob B (11-4-24)

Whether They Like It or Not

At a campaign rally,

Trying to be Mr. Hot,

Trump said HE'LL protect women

Whether they like it or not.

 

Protect women? Hmmm.

Eight years ago we heard

Trump disparaging women.

Every salacious word!

 

In dealing with women, he said,

Your stardom's easy to flaunt.

Grab their private parts

And do whatever you want.

 

Has he protected women

Who died from lack of care

Due to abortion bans

Cropping up everywhere?

 

How about when he was

A predator on the loose

And faces allegations

Of sexual abuse?

 

I can't imagine women

Wanting Trump's "protection"

Or EVEN casting a vote

For him in any election.

-by Bob B  (11-3-24)

Another Victim

After high school graduation

In May 2023,

Eighteen-year-old Nevaeh Crain

Discovered she was a mother-to-be.

 

A mother-to-be in Texas, however,

Is no longer a top priority,

For her body turns into something

Over which she has no authority.

 

Excited about the pregnancy,

Nevaeh--vibrant, young, and strong--

Was doing well until the day

Of her baby shower, when something went wrong.

 

She grew ill and had to go

To the hospital. Time number one.

They gave her antibiotics and sent

Her home; her troubles had barely begun.

 

Back to the hospital she went

Writhing in pain. That is when

They said she had a UTI

And sent her home with some meds again.

 

Nevaeh returned to the hospital.

A miscarriage was suspected.

However, they couldn't act until

No fetal heartbeat was detected.

 

Nevaeh's mother panicked when seeing

Her daughter's bloody hospital gown.

Things grew worse as sepsis started

To shut Nevaeh's organs down.

 

Delayed miscarriage treatment

Meant the untimely and sad demise

Of young Nevaeh Crain who suffered

And died before her mother's eyes.

 

Again, doctors in Texas are fearing

Prosecution for doing what's right--

For giving needed care to women,

On whom strict laws have cast a blight.

 

Do not listen to lawmakers

Who push their agenda with lies and distortion.

Abortion bans EVEN kill women

Who normally wouldn't have an abortion.

-by Bob B (11-2-24)

A Billionaire Boys Club

If Trump wins a second term,

Apparently, he has a plan

To make the multi-billionaire

Elon Musk his number-one man.

 

Musk in a Cabinet-level position?

People might say, "No big deal."

Think about the consequences.

Come on, people! Let's get real!

 

The following is one idea

That Elon Musk is recommending:

Cut the federal government.

Good-bye, discretionary spending!

 

To carry out his plan we must

Expect a hardship, he adds. But hey!

That is very easy for

A billionaire like him to say.

 

Many leading economists

Who hear Trump's plans tend to agree

That his proposals would really crash

Our current booming economy.

 

Musk with all his secret ties

To Vladimir Putin is also suspicious.

No wonder his election support

For Trump has been so overambitious.

 

Republicans will do away,

With needed regulations and let

All of us see the removal of

Our basic social safety net.

 

Trump and his billionaire amigos

Think their schemes will be a plus.

Maybe it's good for lining their pockets

But NOT good for the rest of us.

-by Bob B (11-1-24)

Remember Josseli

Josseli Barnica was a young mother

Who unfortunately became

The victim of laws in Texas denying

Women their rights. Remember her name.

 

This happened in 2021,

Even before the overturning

Of Roe v. Wade, and all of us

Should find Josseli's story concerning.

 

The 28-year-old pregnant mother,

Thrilled to be having child number two,

Learned that she was miscarrying--

Suddenly, and out of the blue.

 

Occurring shortly after Texas

Had passed strict abortion bans,

The incident reminds us that life

Doesn't always heed our plans.

 

The doctors faced a dilemma here.

The matter should have been routine,

But the new abortion laws

Made it a crime to intervene.

 

They said they wanted to help the patient

But told her that their hands were tied.

Because of their delay in treatment,

The young mother, Josseli, died.

 

Sepsis had taken the mother's life.

Abortion bans can sadly make

Pregnancies quite dangerous,

And many women's lives are at stake.

 

Lawmakers, are you happy now?

You SHOULD have been aware of the flaws

In your reckless attempts to control

Women with your draconian laws!

-by Bob B (10-31-24)

IT COULD HAPPEN HERE

How often throughout our history

When it was growing clear

That danger approached did people say

"It couldn't happen here"?

 

Could Russians imagine atrocities

That Stalin would engineer?

How many of them might have thought

"It couldn't happen here"?

 

When Hitler's concentration camps

Started to appear,

How many Germans also insisted

"It couldn't happen here"?

 

Chairman Mao had policies

So vile, cruel and severe

That millions died. How many had said

"It couldn't happen here"?

 

Pol Pot with his Killing Fields

Caused millions to shed a tear.

Had Cambodians also thought

"It couldn't happen here"?

 

Complacency is dangerous

When there are reasons to fear

That tyranny is possible,

For it could happen here!

-by Bob B (10-29-24)

An Easy Decision

Some folks don't like Harris's giggle;

Some folks do not like her laugh.

Some don't like what people say

When they speak on her behalf.

 

Some, of course, don’t like the fact

That she's a Democrat. Oh, my!

And some would never cast their vote

For her because she's not a guy!

 

Some don't like her stance on women's

Reproductive rights and choice.

There are those who say they can't

Stand to listen to her voice.

 

And, of course, there are many

Who think that it is quite all right

To say that they would never vote

For her because she isn't White.

 

When I hear such stupid, racist,

Misogynistic reasons, I'll stress--

And many folks must also agree--

That all of that is pure BS!

 

They'd rather vote for a man, who,

When asked difficult questions, balks?

They'd VOTE for a man who sounds just like

A racist and fascist when he talks?

 

A man who'll chase down his opponents?

(We all know he's keeping tallies.)

Whose speakers belittle Puerto Ricans

When speaking at his campaign rallies?

 

Dehumanizing immigrants

In general is Trump's M.O.

You think he will not go any lower?

Just WATCH! You'll see how low he'll go.

 

Even if a person doesn't

Agree with Harris one hundred percent,

How could anyone not think that

She'd be a better president?

 

Protecting our democracy:

That's the pivotal issue here.

Should people vote for her or him?

The answer should be very clear.

-by Bob B (10-28-24)