Tuesday, October 2, 2007

[1869 - Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi, political and spiritual leader, born in Porbandar, India]

[1879 - Wallace Stevens, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, born in Reading, Pennsylvania]

[1890 - Groucho(Julius Henry) Marx, comedian, TV host, born in New York City]

[1967 - Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first African-American Supreme Court justice]

Old Mother Stubborn

Our President Bush
Went to the Congress
To throw his rich cronies a bone;
But when we came there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor people had none.

He took a clean dish
To feed us some tripe;
And when he came back
Some swallowed the hype.

He went over to Baghdad
To buy the troops bread;
But when he came back
Some poor lads were dead.

He went to New Orleans
To bring victims relief;
But when he came back
Twas too late by a week.

Mike Brown made a curtsey,
George Bush made a bow;
Brownie said, "Not my fault."
The dog said, "Bow wow."

He went to the Sudan,
To see Darfur genocide;
But then he came back,
Without turning the tide.

He went to Iraq,
To bring the troops stew.
The people said: End it.
George Bush said: F___ you!

William's Whimsical Words:

Total failure of representative government.

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