Poor William's Almanack, June 3, 2006, London's Blair Is All We Found

Ben Franklin's bifocals Saturday, June 3, 2006

[1906 - Josephine Baker, dancer, singer, club owner, born in St. Louis, Missouri]

[1918 - Lili St. Cyr (Marie Van Schaak), Burlesque Queen, actress, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota]

[1926 - Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, born in Newark, New Jersey]

Georges Bizet, Carmen composer
[1875 Georges Bizet, composer, dies]

Tiananmen Square tank boy
[1989 - Chinese troops shoot hundreds of students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing]

London's Blair Is All We Found

Tony Blair and George Bush - a pair to draw to

Coalition is falling down,
Falling down, breaking down,
Coalition is falling down,
Our burden's heavy.

Spanish troops are leaving town,
Leaving town, fleeing town,
Spanish troops are leaving town,
Followed by Italians.

How will we now build it up,
Build it up, prop it up?
How will we now build it up,
My fair country?

Build it up with taxpayer's gold,
Taxpayer gold, Silver and gold.
Build it up with taxpayer gold,
My foolish country.

Gold and silver we have none,
It's all gone, we have none.
We gave it all to the richest one,
My poor country.

Uncle Sam in debt

William's Whimsical Words:

So, tell me again why we put up with it.