Political Haiku

Kent Pitman

Location: New England, USA

Title: Philosopher, Technologist, Writer

Bio: I've been using the net in various roles—technical, social, and political—for the last 30 years. I'm disappointed that most forums don't pay for good writing and I'm ever in search of forums that do. (I've not seen any Tippem money, that's for sure.) And I worry some that our posting here for free could one day put paid writers in Closed Salon out of work. See my personal home page for more about me.

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Perhaps Some of My Best Posts: The Freedom To Hear; Fiduciary Duty vs. The Three Laws of Robotics; Credit Cards: A Tax on "Being Poor"; Rethinking Mega-Corporations; I am not Pro-Slavery. Are you?; Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22; Hollow Support; Tax Policy and the Dewey Decimal System; What Love Endures; Redistributing Burden; Hair-Trigger Credit Card "Default Rates"
Help with Open Salon: Inserting Hyperlinks at OS; Rob St. Amant's OS Lexicon; Kent Pitman's HTML Tutorial; Kent Pitman's CSS Tutorial; RicTresa's Color Chart
My Sites: My politics page; My home page; My climate change page; My soap parodies (1996-2001)
My Pre-Blog Essays: The Freedom to Hear (2001); FDIC Reform; Climate Change Coming "Faster Than Expected"; Health Care Reform; Universal Business Access to the Internet; Use of the Filibuster to Block Judicial Appointments
Open Salon Links: CoyoteOldStyle interviews Kent; Selected Readings 2008

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 9:49AM

Rate: 4 Flag

No more Bush doctrine.
McCain and Palin bring change:
Lipstick politics.

Costly endless war.
How will we pay for health care?
China, lend us more!

Fought wrong enemy.
Wasted effort in Iraq.
Ignored Climate Change.

Elephant meets Donkey

All the world's problems—
McCain can fix in 5 years!
And if not, she will.

Obama not muslim.
McCain could say so, but won't.
Such integrity.

Taxes so unfair.
Half my millions taxed away.
Your food stamps untouched.

Torture in, Roe out.
Health care if you've saved enough.
McCain sets us free!

War, Jobs, Health, Homes, Oil
Trust hockey mom to fix all!
(Just please don't ask how.)

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Very nice, in both content and design. Thanks.

Rob St. Amant

September 13, 2008 10:18 AM

Kent,
Its all there, great commentary in an ancient form!

Gary Justis

September 13, 2008 10:36 AM

Thanks, guys... I think it's always good for me to have an excuse to write something short now and again. It's not my normal mode. :)

Kent Pitman

September 13, 2008 12:10 PM

This poem is aesthetically and intellectually delightful.

Matt Brandstein

September 14, 2008 08:55 PM

Kent very clever…… I hope more click your post and read the real facts about a McCain-Palin administration.

gmgaston

September 17, 2008 12:29 PM

“Maverick” pilot -
Navy’s current standards would
Ground him from flying.

Finished eight hundred
ninety-fifth. That’s from a class
of eight ninety nine.

A hockey mom does
not a vice-president make.
Go home, governor.