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)

February: Black History Month

Black History Month begins

On February 1 each year.

But Trump and his cronies are working hard

To make Black history disappear.

 

Our African American

History Museum,° you see,

Is too "divisive" according to Trump,

And we cannot allow that to be.

 

Our history must be whitewashed

In order to protect our youth.

That is one of the ways that Trump

Will keep the people from learning the truth.

 

Memorials honoring

Enslaved peoples are being removed.

Trump thinks then the American people's

Self-image will be improved.

 

Removing Black historical figures

From national websites: another way

The Trump regime makes a blatant

White supremacist power play.

 

Books are being removed from bookshelves,

As though Black lives don't matter, and true

Exhibits that place a focus on

Our racist past are becoming taboo.

 

While the country's legacy

Of racist abuse is being ignored,

It seems as though old Jim Crow laws

With Trump's support are being restored.

 

Is the Holocaust Museum

Going to be next? Is that Trump's plan?

Any way that he can stifle

The truth, he'll do it if he can.

 

Celebrate Black History month.

Let the amazing stories be spread--

Both accomplishments and struggles

Of Blacks, both the living and dead.

-by Bob B (2-2-26)

°The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.

Nazi in the White House

White House aide Stephen Miller

Is writing posts that leave one aghast,

Echoing what wealthy, white

Enslavers said in America's past.

 

Miller implies that a U.S.-imported

"Labor class" deserves few rights,

Especially if that "labor class"

Is one consisting of many non-whites.

 

Full political rights should not

Be granted to them, Miller wrote,

Such as a path to citizenship,

Which would include the right to vote.

 

Miller's extremist policies

And racist ideas are not newish.

What's really bizarre is hearing such rubbish

Coming from a man who's Jewish.

 

Miller's the little mini-Satan

Who's in Trump's ear--he and his frau.

Get that little neo-Nazi

Out of the people's White House now!

-by Bob B (2-1-26)