This deck needs some poetry
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Brian Pedaci
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Jim DeVito
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Charlie Page
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I once knew a man named Obama
He wants to raise taxes on everyone, including your mama.
He won’t tell you that’s his plan but we know democrats like the back of our hand
He says 95% won’t pay more….yeah right, and I believe Al Gore
He voted for the Bridge To Nowhere, Biden voted for it too
He said, “you vote for my pork and I’ll vote yours tooâ€
He wants to raise taxes on everyone, including your mama.
He won’t tell you that’s his plan but we know democrats like the back of our hand
He says 95% won’t pay more….yeah right, and I believe Al Gore
He voted for the Bridge To Nowhere, Biden voted for it too
He said, “you vote for my pork and I’ll vote yours tooâ€
I was going to sue her for defamation of character but then I realized I had no character – Charles Barkley
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Stephen Eisel
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Charlie Page
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Ode to Pork, at all levels
Have you heard of a man named Obama?
He’s running for president of our great states, including Alabama.
He says he’s been to fifty seven with one more to go, I guess he thinks everyone is slow
Pork is only a half percent of our budget he doth say, I don’t agree with that downplay
Half percent of trillions is still hundreds of millions and millions, maybe even billions
Too many zero’s for the average Joe to comprehend, when is this spending going to end?
To be fair, pork spending happens on both sides, it’s enough to make my eyes go wide
Our government takes in a dollar and spends a dollar ten, when is this going to end?
They say don’t worry, you see, we’ll balance the budget in time for January
We’ll just write another IOU to Social Security
‘Borrow’ from Social Security? I guess I’ll be lucky if it pays my greens fee
By the time I retire the whole system will expire
I better increase the contribution to my 401k, it looks like I’m gonna need it in a big way
Better start saving more before your hair turns grey!
Save you say? I’m not sure I understand as I spend everything in my hand
I can’t wait for my next paycheck, I might visit Quebec, or buy that CD from Beck, or buy a new Trek that way I don’t have to rely on OPEC
Paycheck to paycheck and living the dream, don’t forget about that fifty two inch big screen
We’ll put it on the card and add to our debt, it’s no sweat so please don’t fret
List to what you say to me! People who think like that need a lobotomy
Oh well, gotta get back to earning that dollar as I’m on my lunch hour
And put it in the government’s thrifty hand so they can continue running our great land!
Have you heard of a man named Obama?
He’s running for president of our great states, including Alabama.
He says he’s been to fifty seven with one more to go, I guess he thinks everyone is slow
Pork is only a half percent of our budget he doth say, I don’t agree with that downplay
Half percent of trillions is still hundreds of millions and millions, maybe even billions
Too many zero’s for the average Joe to comprehend, when is this spending going to end?
To be fair, pork spending happens on both sides, it’s enough to make my eyes go wide
Our government takes in a dollar and spends a dollar ten, when is this going to end?
They say don’t worry, you see, we’ll balance the budget in time for January
We’ll just write another IOU to Social Security
‘Borrow’ from Social Security? I guess I’ll be lucky if it pays my greens fee
By the time I retire the whole system will expire
I better increase the contribution to my 401k, it looks like I’m gonna need it in a big way
Better start saving more before your hair turns grey!
Save you say? I’m not sure I understand as I spend everything in my hand
I can’t wait for my next paycheck, I might visit Quebec, or buy that CD from Beck, or buy a new Trek that way I don’t have to rely on OPEC
Paycheck to paycheck and living the dream, don’t forget about that fifty two inch big screen
We’ll put it on the card and add to our debt, it’s no sweat so please don’t fret
List to what you say to me! People who think like that need a lobotomy
Oh well, gotta get back to earning that dollar as I’m on my lunch hour
And put it in the government’s thrifty hand so they can continue running our great land!
I was going to sue her for defamation of character but then I realized I had no character – Charles Barkley
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Stephen Eisel
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dl meckes wrote:Stephen,
I love your spirit and mind. You have been real treat and inspiration for me. I treasure that. You talents and gifts are absolutely wonderful! Your many writings are absolutely fascinating. Of all the people I have met in my entire life, you surely stand out on top. It is incredible how little I knew about all your wonderful work, certainly a life well lived and I hope that you are well rewarded in the next life. Thank you so much for your enlightenment and wisdom. I wish to go on the permanent record on this matter, you are one of a kind.
Buddha wrote:Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
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Steve Hoffert
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- Location: Lakewood Ohio
Here's my pathetic political poem:
The fog is thick in politics
Reality formed with only sound bits
Mindless faith in the spoken word
Lies and promises, of course the obscure
Drowning in rhetorical quotes
In country of sinking boats
Foreclosed homes and credit galore
Interest and principal derivatives, more?
Parties parry politely at first
The election approaches, I fear the worst
The crescendo is building of accusations and words
Virulent spittle from both of the herds
Mindless believers choose one of the sides
Beating each other with each other's lies
The system has failed, or maybe it works
Diverting our eyes from what really lurks
In the shadows beyond the light that is cast
Critical thinking is losing ground fast
To what really matters and things that will last
And many traditions that were loved in the past
Like community service and civil discourse
Helping each other if times should get worse
Community programs that help out the old
Have gone by the wayside, they have been sold
To pay for the interest on bonds and the debt
Helping the bankers who aren't finished yet
Destroying our values our savings our pride
While taking our money which they will soon hide
The dollar is down the murder rate climbs
Financial pressure on all of our minds
Your 401K has seen much better days
Congressmen fiddle and throw it away
Bailing a system that is destined to fail
A system of debt that is wagged by its tail
Of investment bankers who give not a care
And their mindless supporters who dish out a fare
Of debt and destruction that touches our lives
Our neighbors our city our children our wives
Our jobs our investments retirement and such
Thinking about it upsets me too much
So what can we do to make it all better
Open your eyes and ask yourself whether
It's better to believe in all of the lies
Given to you by the media guys
Or to examine the issues with logical thought
Making decisions from what we were taught
Not for ourselves but for those by our side
Might change the direction of this negative tide
The fog is thick in politics
Reality formed with only sound bits
Mindless faith in the spoken word
Lies and promises, of course the obscure
Drowning in rhetorical quotes
In country of sinking boats
Foreclosed homes and credit galore
Interest and principal derivatives, more?
Parties parry politely at first
The election approaches, I fear the worst
The crescendo is building of accusations and words
Virulent spittle from both of the herds
Mindless believers choose one of the sides
Beating each other with each other's lies
The system has failed, or maybe it works
Diverting our eyes from what really lurks
In the shadows beyond the light that is cast
Critical thinking is losing ground fast
To what really matters and things that will last
And many traditions that were loved in the past
Like community service and civil discourse
Helping each other if times should get worse
Community programs that help out the old
Have gone by the wayside, they have been sold
To pay for the interest on bonds and the debt
Helping the bankers who aren't finished yet
Destroying our values our savings our pride
While taking our money which they will soon hide
The dollar is down the murder rate climbs
Financial pressure on all of our minds
Your 401K has seen much better days
Congressmen fiddle and throw it away
Bailing a system that is destined to fail
A system of debt that is wagged by its tail
Of investment bankers who give not a care
And their mindless supporters who dish out a fare
Of debt and destruction that touches our lives
Our neighbors our city our children our wives
Our jobs our investments retirement and such
Thinking about it upsets me too much
So what can we do to make it all better
Open your eyes and ask yourself whether
It's better to believe in all of the lies
Given to you by the media guys
Or to examine the issues with logical thought
Making decisions from what we were taught
Not for ourselves but for those by our side
Might change the direction of this negative tide
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Jim O'Bryan
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Stephen Eisel wrote:Hate
Hate
Hate
Hate
The United States is full of hate...
Stephen Eisel wrote:
Liar Liar pants on fire
burned his butt on a telephone wire
who was governor in 2005
all you can do is lie
Stephen Eisel wrote:
truth
truth
truth
truth
you would not know the truth
even if it bit you in the butt
Stephen Eisel wrote:drool drool let us all hop in the hate pool.
Stephen Eisel wrote:left eye
right eye
blind eye
Stephen Eisel wrote:$1billion
more than a million
but less than a zillion
your eye is blind
because your head is stuck in your own behind
Oh mighty Zen Master,
thank you for the mantras.
Buddhist
Well at least Reiki is a great way to meet chicks.
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Jim O'Bryan
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"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Lakewood Resident
"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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Stephen Eisel
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