Tuesday, July 15, 2008

[1606 - Rembrandt van Rijn, master painter, born in Leiden, the Netherlands]

[1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, poet, author, born in New York City]

[1867 - Maggie Lena Walker, businesswoman, bank founder, born in Richmond, Virginia]

[1905 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist, born in Allenhurst, New Jersey]

[1912 - Jim Thorpe wins decathlon at Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden]

[1958 - US forces land 1,800 Marines at Beirut, Lebanon]

Is this the House Jack Built?

This is the house that Karl filled.

This is the budget surplus fat
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the Congress by the lobbyist taken,
That tossed the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

These are the politicians (integrity forsaken),
That milked the Congress by the lobbyists taken,
That tossed the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the taxpayer battered and shaken,
That elected the politicians (integrity forsaken),
That milked the Congress by the lobbyists taken,
That tossed the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the advisor all shaven and shorn,
That misled the taxpayer battered and shaken,
That elected the politicians (integrity forsaken),
That milked the Congress by the lobbyist taken,
That tossed the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the President who again was born,
That selected the advisor all shaven and shorn,
That misled the taxpayer battered and shaken,
That elected the politicians (integrity forsaken),
That milked the Congress by the lobbyist taken,
That tossed the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is the Country all forlorn,
That reelected the President who again was born,
That selected the advisor all shaven and shorn,
That misled the taxpayer battered and shaken,
That elected the politicians (integrity forsaken),
That milked the Congress by the lobbyist taken,
That tossed the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

These are the Dead whom all do mourn,
That came from the Country all forlorn,
That reelected the President who again was born,
That selected the advisor all shaven and shorn,
That misled the taxpayer battered and shaken,
That elected the politicians (integrity forsaken),
That milked the Congress by the lobbyist taken,
That tossed the SEC watchdog,
That worried the fat bureau-cat,
That chased the special interest rat,
That ate the budget surplus fat,
That lay in the house that Karl filled.

This is enough of that!

William's Whimsical Words:

When another President used White House staff to pull illegal dirty tricks on the opposition, he was forced to resign in disgrace.

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