Good-bye, Kristi, Good-bye!

(This poem can be sung to the tune of the 1922 song "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Good-bye.")

 

Good-bye, Kristi,° good-bye!

You've been ousted. Oh, my!

Please don't forget your blankie;

We learned that when you do not have it you get cranky.

Just imagine the strain:

No more luxury plane.

Protesters who

Know what is true

Are sick and tired of all the lying coming from you.

Laws you should not defy.

Good-bye, Kristi, good-bye!

 

Good-bye, Kristi, good-bye!

Why did folks have to die?

Ignoring those court orders,

You terrorized so many folks who crossed our borders.

But not only were they

Folks who got in your way.

People from here

You love to smear

And call domestic terrorists will not shed a tear.

All you touch goes awry.

Good-bye, Kristi, good-bye!

 

Good-bye, Kristi, good-bye!

Please, now, keep a dry eye.

Your make-up will start running--

That caked on goop that you think makes you look so stunning.

Lawlessness--your M.O.--

Makes us want to say no.

It isn't nice

When you run ICE

The way you did, which made us have to pay a huge price.

No, obstruction won't fly.

Good-bye, Kristi, good-bye!

°Kristi Noem, former Homeland Security secretary

Lying, Bullying Warmonger

A lying, bullying warmonger

Is what Trump is, without a doubt.

His strategies and motivations

Are not hard to figure out.

 

Netanyahu, the Saudi prince,

And Fox News--I'm not kidding--

Seem to be the ones who have

Encouraged Trump to do their bidding.

 

Thanks to them, we're bombing Iran.

However, the deadly chaos is spreading.

With more countries becoming involved,

We can see where the dangers are heading.

 

Trump is putting the whole Middle East

In harm's way as he seduces

Hawkish supporters to back him up

With nonsensical, baseless excuses.

 

He said that Iran was an "imminent threat"--

Another one of his countless lies,

Which are so blatant, obnoxious, and foolish,

And so easy to recognize.

 

While he's starting wars overseas,

He's letting Kash Patel run amok.

Patel, the head of the FBI,

Is such a flagrant, useless schmuck.

 

He is firing FBI agents

Who fight Iranian terrorism,

Making us more vulnerable!

It's hard to avoid pessimism.

 

As Trump starts unjustifiable

Wars and gets us into scrapes

With people dying, what does he do?

He talks about his ballroom and drapes!

 

We're being run by incompetent fools

Who focus on fame and money and war,

While people suffer, dangers mount,

Fears increase, and prices soar.

-by Bob B (3-4-26)

Ironies and Contradictions

Trump's State of the Union Address

Was NOT a State of the Union Address.

It was a campaign rally indeed--

Full of lies and a total mess.

 

He announced that he was declaring

War on fraud. Ooh, such gall.

That's ironic coming from him,

For HE'S the biggest fraudster of all!

 

Look at his cryptocurrency scam

And gifts from foreigners. What's more,

He was guilty of thirty-four charges

Of fraud in 2024!

 

His speech was a litany of attacks

On immigrants and Democrats.

It was a rambling diatribe,

Full of angry tits for tats.

 

Republicans embarrassed themselves

By standing up and cheering him on.

To stay in Trump's good graces they know

That fawning is a sine qua non.

 

Yesterday Republicans

Questioned Hillary Clinton. Why?

Regarding Epstein. She didn't know him,

But still she had to testify.

 

Why aren't they hauling people in

Who DID know Epstein--talk about shady!--

People who palled around with him,

Such as Trump and the First Lady.

 

We also see that the DOI--

Department of INJUSTICE, I mean--

Continues to push Donald Trump's

Lies and propaganda machine.

 

From the Epstein files they have

Pulled survivors' interviews

In which Trump's name appears. Oh, my!

That cover-up should be big news.

 

And now Trump thinks that if he starts

A war that he'll gain people's favor.

The man is desperate and mad.

From blatant deceit he'll never waver.

 

Ironies and contradictions:

That's what Trump is all about.

We've never heard so many lies

From a president day in, day out.

-by Bob B (2-27-26)

Just Imagine!

Let's not get too uppity

And think that humankind

Is evolution's final goal.

And also bear in mind

 

That living things continue to

Evolve at different rates--

A process that natural

Selection orchestrates.

 

It's strange how we all started out--

And plants evolved as well--

A few billion years ago

As just a single cell.

 

We've come a long way since that time.

All life forms are linked.

But even so, a large percent

Of them are now extinct.

 

Think about molecular

Evolution, too.

It has backed up much of what

Darwin said was true.

 

We have common ancestors

With which we had connections

Before humans and apes branched out,

Going in different directions.

 

Although human molecules

Are closer to chimps' than to those

Of any other organism,

I do not suppose

 

That many people want to know that.

They would rather think

That they can prove that science is wrong

By screaming "Missing link!"

 

What if things had been reversed--

That after many ages,

Chimps had gained the upper hand,

And put us in their cages?

-by Bob B (2-25-26)

Don't Forget About Ukraine

Americans, have you forgotten about

All the struggles going on in Ukraine

Because of Putin's full-scale invasion--

His bloody military campaign?

 

Facing Russia's relentless attacks,

Cities and towns are being battered.

Many of them have been destroyed.

Ukrainian lives are being shattered.

 

Millions of people have been displaced.

Hospitals, schools, homes have been hit.

How many more atrocities

Are the Russians going to commit?

 

It's almost been four years now

Since Putin invaded, to no one's surprise.

Then he blamed the Ukrainians

And filled the Russians' heads with lies.

 

Where does the Trump administration

Stand? Trump is keeping score:

Unless the U.S. can make a profit,

The war over there is NOT our war.

 

And Russian losses? What about them?

Apparently, Putin doesn't care,

For he regards Russian soldiers

Merely as cannon fodder to spare.

 

Critical assistance is needed.

Ukraine requires sustained support.

If only the world could try Putin

Before an international court!

 

The less support we give to Ukraine,

The more casualties we'll see.

For self-protection, Ukrainians need

More than our tea and sympathy.

 

Putin's invasion has repercussions.

If Ukraine falls, one thing is sure:

None of the European nations

Will be able to feel secure.

-by Bob B (2-14-26)

Let's Call It What It Is

Okay, let's call it what it is:

Trump is a racist through and through.

And I'll defy whoever tries

To tell me that it isn't true.

 

Watch the man. Listen to him.

Look at the creeps on his admin team.

Watch how they have blatantly

Made racism go mainstream.

 

Trump and his administration

Thumb their noses at our rights.

High-ranking Black officials

Have been fired and replaced by Whites.

 

When discussing DEI,

Trump and JD Vance have implied

That Whites should have the top positions,

For non-Whites aren't as qualified.

 

Racial profiling done by ICE

Is clearly condoned by Trump and his cronies.

And if the rest of us speak up,

Condemning them, they call us phonies.

 

The sick, deranged president

In one of his recent nightly rants,

Probably scarfing down chips

And sitting in his underpants,

 

Posted a racist video

Of the Obamas--Barack and Michelle.

To Trump, people who don't approve,

Well, they can go to hell.

 

And Lyin' Leavitt,° defended his actions,

Saying that those who made a fuss

Were only expressing "fake outrage,"

Which insults the rest of us!

 

He loves to turn us against one another.

Divide and conquer: Trump's big plan.

So many people are suffering

Because of that despicable man.

-by Bob B (2-7-26)

°Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary

Driven to Curse!

Damn! Doesn't Trump know how disgusting he is?

Damn! No one's face is less appealing than his.

Damn! He's the type who drives a person to swear.

Damn! And if people say that's wrong, I don't care.

How that man could be elected

With the lies that he's perfected!

Damn! There is no denying

How much he has swindled voters,

Catering to his promoters!

Damn! It is horrifying.

Damn! Can't Republicans admit they were wrong?

Damn! But instead they play along.

 

Damn! I am tired of Trump's distractions each day.

Damn! How he loves to lead the people astray!

Damn! He's becoming more demented and sour.

Damn! That's a danger when one has that much power.

He's obsessed with prior voting

What he's doing is well worth noting.

Damn! Using his connections--

Sycophants who sing his praises

Using foolish, hackneyed phrases--

Damn!--he will rig elections.

Damn! I don't know how we will ever survive--

Damn!--now that Trump is in full-drive.

 

Damn! When he talks, his manner shows how he feels.

Damn! When he's wrong, he ALWAYS digs in his heels.

Damn! Smart economists say we're in a bind--

Damn!--for the oligarchs are robbing us blind.

I don't like what Trump is doing,

Policies that he's pursuing.

Damn! Most of us can't take it.

If we make a law respecting

Human rights so worth protecting--

Damn!--he'll be sure to break it.

Damn! When for all our sakes will he disappear?

Damn! And I WILL NOT shed one tear.

-by Bob B (2-4-26)