Speak Up!

Trump and his First Lady Musk

Are rapidly destroying this nation

While Republicans suffer from

A case of political constipation.

 

They sit in Congress and watch as Trump

Guts our agencies--one by one.

How much more irreparable

And careless damage is going to be done?

 

People's lives matter! Really!

But Trump and Elon Musk don't care.

You only matter to them if you

Happen to be a billionaire.

 

Our allies are being disregarded

And adversaries are being praised.

And still Republicans sit on their butts,

Useless, feckless, fickle, unfazed.

 

And Trump and Musk are spewing lies.

One would have to be a fool

Not to see how both of them

Favor autocratic rule.

 

Look at the deals they are making.

It's obvious what they are doing.

They just care about lining their pockets

And couldn't care less whom they are screwing.

 

Spineless, gutless members of Congress,

Do your job. Let them know

That you stand for democracy.

Tell the tyrants where to go!

-by Bob B (2-20-25)

If You Think About It...

Well over 50 percent

Of human conceptions have their way

Of ending themselves. And so we see

Spontaneous abortions at play. 🤔

 

Most of these also happen before

The woman knows she's pregnant, which means

That for whatever reason there is

Something going on behind the scenes. 😉

 

Of course, to avoid a pregnancy,

Don't leave it up to happenstance.

Take the necessary precautions

To stop it from happening in advance. 👍

 

Wow! So many natural

Abortions! The number is far from small.

If God exists, then "he" must be

The biggest abortionist of all! 😮

-by Bob B (2-17-25)

(Thanks to Sam H.) 🙏

Ark Madness

Among the many biblical myths,

My favorite is the story

Of Noah and his ark, which is

A borrowed allegory. 🤔

 

It's fun to imagine how Noah could manage

To fit into his boat

Two of every 8 million species

And keep his boat afloat. 🤣

 

There are folks around the world

Who have long insisted

That Noah and that gigantic ark

Actually existed. 😮

 

Somebody built a "replica,"

And people find it ducky

To visit it at the Ark Encounter

In the state of Kentucky. 🤪

 

Tour guides take groups to Turkey

To look for the ark each year.

If people spend their money on that,

One thing's crystal clear:

 

They are surely being fleeced.

Maybe they don't mind it.

But they should forget about seeking the ark,

For they ain’t gonna find it. 😉

-by Bob B (2-14-25)

Back in the White House Again

(This poem can be sung to the melody of "Back in the Saddle Again" by Gene Autry and Ray Whitley.)

 

He’s BACK in the White House again.

Where HE can play God now and then.

Feeling SMUG 'cause he's immune,

He is STILL a base buffoon.

Trump's in the White House again.

 

He’s BACK in the White House once more.

This time he's worse than before!

Since our nation's less secure,

Who knows HOW we will endure?

Trump's in the White House again.

 

It's a shame how he

Managed to go free.

Trump’s in the White House again.

And we STILL don't know

How low he'll go.

Trump's in the White House again.

 

It's HARD to believe that he won.

The nonsense has barely begun.

All the CHAOS he creates

Is a nightmare for the states.

Trump's in the White House again.

 

Vengeance is what drives the man.

HE'LL screw whomever he can.

And with Musk there by his side,

How much more can we abide?

Trump's in the White House again.

 

It's a shame how he

Managed to go free.

Trump's in the White House again.

And we STILL don't know

How low he'll go.

Trump's in the White House again.

-by Bob B (2-12-25)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSqcxFGFVas

Over the Line!

OH! MY! GOODNESS! PEOPLE!

I cannot believe what I'm seeing.

Take a really good look around;

You will notice that reason is fleeing.

 

Legislators in North Dakota

Proposed a crazy resolution

That clearly conflicts with what has been

Written in our constitution.

 

They want the state to acknowledge that over

All the world, Christ is king!

That has a very definite

Anti-constitutional ring.

 

Misinterpreting Biblical quotes,

They try to justify their position.

I wouldn't be surprised if they

Will next propose an inquisition!

 

(By the way, a lot of Christians

Don't understand what the Bible is saying,

How and when and why it was written,

And how it was altered. That is dismaying.)

 

Our Founding Fathers strongly believed

In separating church and state.

To put a religion above all others

Is something we MUST repudiate.

 

Christian nationalists are trying

To make a theocracy of the U.S.

They need to study our history,

Open their minds, and decompress.

 

If they want Christ to be the king

Over ALL the world in THEIR minds, fine.

But writing it into law? No way!

That is going way over the line!

-by Bob B (2-11-25)

Evolving Wonders

There is a little, tiny tapeworm;

Anomotaenia brevis it's called.

Many people have studied this creature--

Some are amazed; some are appalled.

 

Needing to find a way to survive,

This tiny tapeworm seeks a host.

As it turns out, the woodpecker

Is the host it likes the most.

 

Certain ants like to collect

Woodpecker droppings. Is that surprising?

They feed the droppings to their larvae.

Yuck! Not so appetizing!

 

The droppings containing tapeworm eggs

Give some ants the parasite.

When they grow up to be adults,

Their behavior is not quite right.

 

The non-infected ants still feed them,

But they laze around, refusing to work.

Maybe their new behavior doesn't

Let them know where dangers might lurk.

 

The way they act increases the chances

That woodpeckers will eat them for dinner.

The question that people might have is this:

Who is the loser and who is the winner?

 

The birds eat the ants, become infected,

And leave their droppings, whereupon

The ants will feed their larvae the droppings.

The tapeworm cycle goes on and on.

 

How living forms have thus evolved

To use and be used in such odd ways

Shows the wonders of evolution--

Wonders that never cease to amaze.

-by Bob B (2-11-25)

Ol' Abe

Abraham was sitting around

Minding his very own business when

His Lord spoke to him. You see,

They talked every now and then.

 

"Take your son up into the hills.

I know a place that's really nice.

And don't forget your dagger, Abe.

I'm hungry for a sacrifice."

 

So ol' Abe grabbed his son--Isaac--

And off they went, minding the Lord.

I guess there wasn't enough going on

And so the Lord was getting bored.

 

Once Abe found the perfect spot,

He laid some sticks upon the ground.

He was going to sacrifice

His son there on that little mound.

 

Isaac lay upon the sticks,

Silently, without thrashing.

His dad was leaning over him.

In his hand his knife was flashing.

 

Isaac put two and two together.

(You wouldn't have to be that smart

To know your dad was just about

To plunge a knife into your heart.)

 

Suddenly, the Lord said "Whoa!

I was kidding. Put down that knife.

Abe, I didn't mean for you

To put an end to Isaac's life.

 

"I was merely testing you.

Sorry about the little scare.

The two of you can go back home

And wash out Isaac's underwear."

 

Abraham found a ram in a thicket--

Sadly, an unlucky one--

And offered his Lord some roasted ram--

That instead of roasted son.

 

It doesn't sound to me as though

Abraham's god was on the level.

If gods are willing to traumatize

Kids like that, who needs a devil?

-by Bob B (2-10-25)

How Unfortunate!

How sad when the president is an ass--

An ignorant, shameless buffoon;

A hypocritical, disrespectful,

Egomaniacal loon;

 

A nasty, dangerous, vengeful bully--

Corrupt, deceptive, and rude;

An anti-democratic tyrant--

Spoiled, obnoxious, and crude;

 

A faithless, abhorrent misogynist--

Malignantly narcissistic;

A mean, malevolent, cruel coward--

Racist and chauvinistic;

 

A hateful, dishonest, selfish fraudster--

An empty, soulless shell;

A xeno-, homo-, trans-…and ah!...

Islamophobe as well;

 

A nepotistic, hardhearted,

Ignominious brute;

A hostile, divisive, destructive loser

Of questionable repute;

 

A reckless, alarming imperialist;

A churlish, cult-leading fool;

An arrogant, irresponsible felon

Who is unfit to rule;

 

A smug, incompetent, bad-tempered thug;

The world's strongmen's pawn;

A lawless, deplorable, outrageous clown.

The list goes on and on!

-by Bob B (2-6-25)