Monthly Archives: June 2017

FREE POSTER: Health Care Warrior – Sen. Rob Portman Flamethrowing Medicaid

This free poster, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), health care warrior, graphically depicts the futility of flamethrowing Medicaid and hoping that some extra money for opioid treatment will adequately address the opioid epidemic. While Sen Portman counts his pennies for health … Continue reading

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POSTER: Partisan Man – Senator Rob Portman – Mitch McConnell Made Me Do It!

This free poster is another installment in my “Parity or Parody in Democracy” series.  This poster features Sen. Rob Portman as Partisan Man, yet another white man.  This political cartoon was inspired by Sen. Portman, white man among white men, … Continue reading

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Are Peace Signs The Bomb?

This is my kind of story about the power of peace buttons: In one North Carolina city, authorities decided it might be too dangerous to give peace a chance. News outlets report Interstate 240 in Asheville and a bridge over … Continue reading

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POEM: A World Worth Fighting For

Once agin His eyes went Threw me Populating lonely A whirled Of perpetrators and victims Bad asses and good ass Of which I was won Haunted by wonder In what kind Of world Would we halve Been friends Now that … Continue reading

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Summer Solstice Poem: A Day of Longing No More

The longest day of the year And nothing too due He was well Grounded Sent to his roam Bye know won On the level Of ants Who never say “uncle” With blades broken Beaten by the sun Sow green With … Continue reading

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POEM: That Cursory Savor

Life As present Did not add up As if A zero Sum game The passed getting bigger The future getting smaller That good buy That eminent lessen As holy for gone As refuse As waive that fortune Having only Too … Continue reading

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Stand Up For Democracy, Sen. Portman

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is a key figure in the Senate Republican health care legislation, now being drafted in secret.  He has so far refused to have any face-to-face town hall meeting with his constituents over any issues.  He may … Continue reading

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POEM: Wrenching Machine

He threw himself into his work Like a wrench More than just A gag In a wrenching machine Here is a Monday poem dedicated to all anti-work workers, those less-than-willing cogs in dehumanizing machines.  I am so grateful for being … Continue reading

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POEM: Nonpartisan Shootings

Weather running the country In too the ground Or playing hardball So well practiced America pines For that national past time And return to nonpartisan shootings The shooting on a baseball field full of Republican congressmen and staffers has jacked … Continue reading

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POEM: Devil’s Advocate

He was invited too serve As devil’s advocate But he prudently recognized That the job was utterly filled Declining the precipitous prize And elevated gratuitousness At one point or another, we are each tempted to take up, the downside of an … Continue reading

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CLIMATE CHANGE POEM: Donald Trump Has Gone Buggy

Donald Trump has gone buggy As in big ass hoarse drawn carriage Making hay and whips With great industry As unbelievable As nuclear-powered Amish A trial balloon Only to be led By nothing butt A horse’s ass Here is another … Continue reading

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Self-Made Trump Has A Fool For A Maker

In Trumpian fashion, fool of irony, I quote myself: “A self-made man has a fool for a maker.”  The man-child known as Donald Trump runs roughshod over the boundaries of lesser fools.  He fashions his fashion as the boss of … Continue reading

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POLITICAL POEM: Trump Pulls Out As Partners Dumb Found

Trump Pulls Out As Partners Dumb Found Sow culpable Too due nothing President Trump pulls out What little hand He had in Mother Earth’s Safe guarding His oily and gassy mates Coal for everyone! It’s like Christmas!! And stocks sore … Continue reading

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