The Perfect Storm
by Marc D. Goldfinger
No one is jumping from buildings
during this crash because of the
Bush parachute bail-out. The rich
get paid off with our tax dollars
while a poor woman from Boston
is put out on the street. The bank
is foreclosing on her. She will have
to move to one of those new tent
cities; they’ll [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘politics & poetry’
September 25, 2008
The Perfect Storm
September 8, 2008
911: Barracuda, The Four Horseman of The Apocalypse
“Never tell God you don’t like one of his creations.”—Anonymous
So, they call Sarah Palin the “Barracuda”, or at least they play that song by Heart, against Heart’s will, to describe the potential VP. Do you know how big the brain of a Barracuda is? Not very big. Vicious, not smart.
As we near 911/08, California’s unemployment [...]
September 4, 2008
911: Coming This Way
“. . .O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.”— Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward Angel.
Sarah Palin spoke last night. “She creates instant excitement because nobody knows her.”—Joshua Hader, South Dakota. “Hilary is been-there, done-that. Palin is a bright, honest woman who will be going places.”—Vergene Donovan, Iowa.
To be honest, I [...]
April 29, 2008
The EGO of Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Much to Barack Obama’s regret, the pastor that he grew up with and worshipped with when he was young, his former pastor, has an ego the size of a brontosaurus. This Rev. Jeremiah Wright does not want to help Obama become President.
Rev. Wright’s goal is merely to gain as much publicity and cash as he [...]