Disorders & Deities

In late 2013, London-based Eyewear Publishing

will publish The Poet’s Search For God. This poem

will be included in that collection.

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Disorders & Deities                                                                                       

by Tony Peyser

My autistic son who often

Is at a loss himself

Paused while taking a bath

And seemed to cross himself.

Did I misinterpret that

Hand gesture a smidgen

Or has Jeremy somehow found

A way to get religion?

His access to godlike things

Would have certain gaps.

My wife & I don’t attend services

And are devoutly lapsed.

But maybe some bit of belief

Sang to Jeremy like wishes

Perhaps the prestidigitation

Of those loaves into fishes.

The sight of an actual crucifix

Might be a bit too real for him:

He doesn’t drink wine but communion

Wafers might appeal to him.

Maybe this is something I imagined

Maybe it’s a serious phase

Or just proof that autism & the Lord

Work in mysterious ways.

11-Year-Old In Utah Brings Gun To School For “Protection”

Yes, dear reader, it’s come to this.
That is what my hunch is ---

Moms & dads will be packing heat

For kids instead of lunches.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/student-brings-gun-to-school_n_2324143.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=4063105,b=facebook

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Tries To Redefine Himself

A “libertine” (feel free to join

In on this chorus)

Is nothing more than a rapist

With a thesaurus.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/11/dominique-strauss-kahn-settles-with-maid-how-the-case-changed-france.html

MLK Memorial Inscription In DC Will Be Removed

“I was a drum major for justice, peace & righteousness”

Was a line of King’s that deviated

From the actual thing that he said. Critic have complained

It was paraphrased & abbreviated.

It’ll cost 900 grand to fix this --- without my having to do

Even a small amount of reportage

It appears when it comes to monuments that we’re facing

A severe fact-checker shortage.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/controversial-king-memorial-inscription-set-to-be-erased-not-replaced/2012/12/11/41f2f8b6-43cc-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_story.html

Bob Hope’s Garage Sale

His old place in Toluca Lake was packed

And filled with all kinds of folks.

I bought an unused Bing Crosby one-liner

And three Joey Heatherton jokes.

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/12/traffic_jam_in_toluca_lak.php

Before Pacquiao Fight, Mitt Met The Boxer And Said, “Hi Manny, I Ran For President And Lost”

Gov. Romney, I’m passing along some thoughts

With a rather simple goal so that

You won’t make that mistake again: There isn’t

Anyone who doesn’t know that.

Should you meet Mr. Pacquiao a second time

(Which I bet would be nice)

I know it sounds odd & uncanny but trust me:

“Hi Manny” will suffice.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/mitt-romney-gets-front-row-seat-manny-pacquiao-031002224--box.html

Nietzsche Rocks!

The famous “What doesn’t kill you

Makes you stronger” quote

Countless young music fans can now

Easily recite by rote.

But most of them are unaware

Friedrich Nietzsche said it

And they would insist a pop

Music queen get the credit.

The line Nietzsche borrowed from Goethe

Was a catchy hook that was vital

On a memorable track for Kelly Clarkson:

The first “American Idol.”

“Stronger” (What Doesn’t Kill You)”

Is a feel-good upbeat blitz ---

The Grammy-nominated song has more

Than 60 million YouTube hits.

Nietzsche was a serious philosopher and

You don’t need much know-how

To guess he’d be humiliated to be linked

With something so lowbrow.

In related news, it’s perhaps appropriate here

To point out it’s not just a rumor

That History (as some have long discussed)

Appears to have a sense of humor.

Songs this successful are often dumbed down

And sweeter than boxes of Pop-Tarts:

Fred, God’s not dead as you said. You are. But:

High five! You topped the pop charts.

Facing The Fiscal Cliff, Republicans Keep Saying No New Taxes For The Most Wealthy

Yeah, they still control the House but lost seats:

The other helpful tenet

Is that they had a shot in the other chamber but

Yet again lost the Senate.

Their plan? Make demands, act like winners and

Hope no one will notice

They’re really just whiners and Mitt Romney was

Not elected POTUS.

They’re so blind, they need canes & guide dogs.

They’re endlessly didactic:

Denial has become their way of life --- it wasn’t

Merely a campaign tactic.

Mysterious Super Pac Was Funded By Billionaire Behind Attacks On Kerry’s Vietnam War Service

Bob Perry tried to help races in North Dakota

And Montana at a cost

Of around $1 million --- in both of these cases,

The Republicans lost.

This would suggest Mr. Perry who

Had skill with Swift Boats

Was not so successful this time in

His attempts to shift votes.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/bob_perry_freedom_fund_north_america.php?ref=fpb

Multi-Millionaire Romney Lunches With Obama At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

I would bet the one thought that

Must’ve made Mitt sigh

Is the White House is the only house

In America he can't buy.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/over-lunch-obama-romney-pledge-to-stay-in

Thinking Outside The (TV) Box

Fire Angus T. Jones after

His unhinged crazy FU.

Hire Charlie Sheen back

To play his own nephew.

                                   

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/jake-men-disses-show-article-1.1208810

Breezy Point In Queens Was Victimized First By Hurricane Sandy, Now By Looters

When I heard they stole kids’ piggy banks

I said to myself, “Man, this

Is so low you’d have to try really hard to

Get any lower than this.”

Locals are livid and won’t take it lying down.

I saw this defiant attitude begin

With a home that has a new sign on its door:

“I'm here and armed. Come on in.”

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/piggy-banks-robbed-in-sandy-wrecked-breezy-point.html

Whenever I See Photographs Of John McCain & Lindsay Graham

The former seems like an aging lion who’s

Been feisty his entire life:

The latter looks like his long-suffering and

Plain but very loyal wife.

http://images.politico.com/global/news/090521_mccain_graham_reut.jpg

Romney Adviser Says Right Wing Polling Faces A “Systemic Crisis”

This isn’t rocket science: they

So badly wanted Mitt to win

That they never met a statistic

They weren’t happy to spin.

This may be stating the obvious and is a

Point that I don’t really mean to flog

But I’m pretty sure that Republicans are

Allowed to read Nate Silver’s blog.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-adviser-conservative-polling-facing-some-kind-of?ref=fpb

End Of The Road For Allen West

The Tea Party favorite (finally) conceded:

His limelight ends, his moment passes.

He said he now wants to spend more time

Avoiding anger management classes.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/allen-west-concedes-florida-house-race

The Hollywood Reporter Comes Clean About Its Involvement In The Blacklist

If this were going on today, people wouldn’t
Be playing the same games:
Folks would be lining up in order to be the
Very first to name names.

Fights would break out outside hearings:
Many people will have flown
Great distances on their own dime just to
Drop a dime on Oliver Stone.

(Does that seem insensitive, cruel and unfair?
Not really to avoid the ravages
Of having to sit through absolute junk like
Stone’s latest flop, “Savages.”)

The Wachowskis? See ya! Larry-Lana came
Under the spell of a dominatrix:
They get no love from me because I sat through
The third installment of “The Matrix.”

Everyone can happily join in and pile on ---
Hollywood won’t need to lick its
Wounds about blacklisting: so many people
Will show up, they can sell tickets.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/blacklist-thr-addresses-role-65-391931

Thoughts On The Possible Demise Of a Snack Food

San Francisco Supervisor Dan White
In 1978 was filled with rage
And into modern political history
Was able to write his own page.

He shot & killed Mayor George Moscone
And just a few minutes later that day
Did the very same thing to Harvey Milk
A supervisor who was openly gay.

White’s lawyers blamed it partly on junk food
And to the jury did boldly commence
To ask them to seriously consider what has
Become known as the “Twinkie Defense.”

White’s conviction was on a lesser charge
Which many people continue to agree
Was inappropriate because it was clear what
Happened was murder in the first degree.

If Twinkies hadn’t been selected, would
Jurors have been as quick on the uptake
To embrace a defense based on Ding Dongs,
Sno Balls or even a Hostess Cupcake?

More Head-Scratching About Mitt’s Well-Financed Defeat

Unearned optimism was their Kool-Aid
To spin every statistic:
Charitably, one could say they’d been
Guardedly unrealistic.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/why_romney_was_surprised_to_lose_his_campaign_had_the_wrong_numbers_bad.html

Second U.S. General Sent Thousands Of Inappropriate Emails To Woman Linked To Petraeus Scandal

What emoticons are best to use when you’re

Getting flirty online so much with

A woman who isn’t your wife? John Allen is

Who you should get in touch with.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/13/15130151-isaf-commander-gen-john-allen-under-investigation-over-inappropriate-emails?lite

Why The GOP Is Obsessed With That Embassy Attack In Libya

Can’t figure it out? This is understandable

But don’t worry --- perhaps a light oughta

Go over your head when I say they think

Benghazi in English means “Whitewater.”

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/11/what-about-benghazi.html

Why Romney Lost (Vol. #17)

If this were football, what Mitt had

Been doing ad hoc

Is holding onto the ball and trying to

Run out the clock.

This time-tested strategy can often work

But what should be said

Is don’t run out the clock if you’re behind

Only if you’re ahead.

With Romney’s Loss, Right Wing Loon Victoria Jackson Tweets That Our Country Is No Longer Living

Honey, take a closer look:

What’s clear is

America’s not dead but

Your career is.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00055290.html

Obama Loses First Debate, Still Wins Second Term

It is more than appropriate

On this particular date

To ride into the sunset & say

“Hi-yo, Silver (Nate.)”

If Obama’s Handling Of Hurricane Sandy Keeps Helping Him Until Election Day

Just as the Saxons

Despised the Normans

This will prove that

God hates Mormons.

Justin Timberlake’s Rich Pal Who Sells Houses Made A Wedding Video Mocking People Who Don’t Have A House

Justin Huchel is this idiot’s name

He’s someone we can really hate

Who gives us yet another reason

To loathe people in real estate.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/10/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-homeless-wedding-video-apology

Serial Molester Jimmy Savile's Coffin Is Encased In Concrete --- Allegedly For Two Reasons

One was so no one would be able to open the grave.

The other? The situation

Was so the planned memorial to be put on top would

Have a secure foundation.

I just don’t buy those explanations and when

All is done and said

He was simply a perverted bastard who knew

How to plan ahead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-15717221

At The Last Debate, The Mitt-Dr. Evil Connection

Every time that Obama criticized him,

Mitt desperately tried to nip it

In the bud by talking over him. I was

Waiting for him to say, “Zip it!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32C0eKRQVt8

Cycling Legend Stripped Of All His Tour de France Titles

Lance Armstrong's career
Now is so checkered
That he can't even keep a
Sheryl Crow record.

I Have No Position On This Poem

The editor of The Atlanta-Journal Constitution

The day before the final debate

Told NPR for three years his paper has not

Endorsed any candidate.

Kevin Riley did lots of research & he claimed

Readers wanted partitions

Between all the events that papers cover daily

And any political positions.

This is the direction papers should go, i.e.

Movie critics reviewing should

Mention the cast & the plot but never if a

Film is either bad or good.

What a new and exciting time for journalism

When no longer in their dominion

Is the need (for fear of offending readers or

Advertisers) to have an opinion.

Yup, this sure is a golden era for each and

Every newspaper institution:

The framers would be proud The Atlanta-

Journal has no constitution.

http://www.onthemedia.org/people/kevin-riley/

Sexual Abuse In The Boy Scouts Is Comparable To The Priest Molesting Scandals

Maybe what the besieged Scouts need

To not feel in such a lurch

Is to boldly pursue a possible merger

With the Catholic church.

It could prove beneficial for both groups

To become a joined community:

The act of communion could now provide

Both grace and also immunity.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57535352/boy-scout-files-show-sex-abuse-cover-ups/

Anti-Obama Activist’s Affair Ends His Presidency At NYC Christian College

I’m sure all his higher-ups at this school
Didn’t want to lose a
Right-wing mouthpiece as distinguished
As Mister D’Souza.

Alas, it appears he has a new squeeze but
Is still, you know, married: sheesh!
If a shorter leash had been used by the Mrs.
You’d still have that job, Dinesh.

You did so cherish telling each and every Democrat
To --- essentially --- just shove it:
Too bad you forgot about the commandments, i.e.
The one that suggests not to covet.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/10/dsouzas_hard_fall.php?ref=fpblg

After The Last Debate, Tagg Romney Threatened President Obama

I’m not a violent man but I sure

Would get in the ring with him.

You heard me right: Mitt’s son?

I’d like to take a swing at him.

I’ll knock him out and then gesture

Triumphantly in the air

And as a shout-out to his old man,

I’ll cut off all Tagg’s hair.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-7805482/video-tagg-romney-says-he-wanted-to-swing-at-obama-30894885.html

More Thoughts About The Second Debate

I recall playing tennis in high school and knowing
There was just no way to confuse it:
Even though I’d won a watch, the real truth was
My opponent found a way to lose it.

This came to mind watching the Hofstra debate.
The first one? I now knew it
Had been a case where Mitt hadn’t really won
But Obama simply blew it.

This was accentuated then by Mitt’s aggression
But Barack got his might back
In Round 2 when instead of being fair & polite
He knew he had to fight back.

Obama possesses that coveted momentum and
In their upcoming last fight
His opponent will be swinging even more wildly
Than he was doing last night

And as Mitt desperately tries to make contact
His prospects will start to teeter:
He’ll need a knockout sooner than later because
Time’s running out on his meter.

The Second Presidential Debate

Mitt got hit

Often & hard.

Obama (booyah!)

Played the 47% card.

Romney support

Still isn’t brimmin’

With binders

Full of women.

His Benghazi boo-boo

Was a major no-no ---

His homies winced &

Must’ve cried, “Oh, no!”

Question I’d Ask Mitt At Tonight’s Presidential Debate

You famously told those fat cats in Boca Raton

You don’t have 47% of the nation’s back:

You later denied this. If you lied then, shouldn’t

You give those folks their donations back?

I Hope Someone’s In A Car Behind Endeavor Unaware Of Its Historic (But Slow) Journey Across Los Angeles

He’s running late, can’t stop glaring at the shuttle and
In no way does approve. It.
Makes him crazy, he beeps and he yells, “C’mon, pal!
Pick up the speed! Move it!”

Late-Breaking Thought Regarding Paul Ryan & The VP Debate

He was like a nervous Catholic school kid

Ordered to go to confessional:

He didn’t seem especially presidential, or for

That matter, even congressional.

Early Thursday Evening

I was startled by all of this awful screeching

And wondered who might be at fault.

Then I realized it was just the skidding tires

Of Mitt’s momentum coming to a halt.

The pundit class loves mocking Biden ---

(He’s a blurter! He might be infirm!)

All Joe did last night was make it look like

Barack will get to have a second term.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/cbs-poll-50-percent-uncommitted-voters-declare-biden

Southern California Weather Update

After two months of 100+ temperatures

I now have many reasons

To think that the time has finally come to

Reconfigure the seasons.

Fall will pack its bags, then hail a cab and take over

January, December and also November.

Winter will splinter into February, March and April.

(In time, this will get easier to remember.)

Spring will relocate to May, June & July, a decision

Both well-intentioned and sober.

Summer will follow suit and now hang its hat during

August, September and October.

Some month names may change (Maypril, Decembruary)

But that may be confusing:

So, for the time being, it’s probably smart to just keep the
12 ones we’ve been using.

Sesame Workshop Asks Obama Campaign To Not Use Ads Featuring Its Characters

Are they trying to be fair to Mitt Romney

Who wants to kill PBS? OK, but

If that’s how they think, then maybe they

Should have their funding cut.

Sesame Street now should be getting tough

Not taking it and whining, “Ouch.”

More than Big Bird they need to get in touch

With their inner Oscar the Grouch.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/sesame-street-requests-obama-ad-come-down-137888.html

Why (If I Win The Lottery) I Will Give USC $30 Million

This is on the level. I am absolutely telling the truth.

This isn’t just some half-assed, half-baked prophecy:

But Schwarzenegger’s think tank will be renamed the

Mildred Baena Institute for State and Global Policy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/arnold-schwarzenegger-usc-institute_n_1909791.html

Mitt (Way Too Late) Says His Leaked Comments Were “Completely Wrong”

Mitt now disavows his 47% speech

In its

Entirety, but he kept talking for 74

Minutes.

He was more eloquent than ever and

What’s caused him so much grief

Is most Americans (finally!) know each

Cherished Romney core belief.

Rove and Adelson raised millions & now must feel

Like absolute and total schmucks ---

They were undone by a cell phone camera that I bet

Cost less than a few hundred bucks.

http://news.yahoo.com/romney-says-completely-wrong-47-percent-comments-050305729--abc-news-politics.html

Why Christie Will Never Be President

It’s not because Chris is so out of shape that he

Never could’ve been accepted in ROTC:

It’s because we don’t want a leader who looks

Like Corleone henchman, Luca Brasi.

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/Luca%20Brasi%20150x120.jpeg

That Former Governor Of The Golden State (And Those Kinds Of Things)

                    

Arnold relished lording it over everyone.

One of celebrity’s great gloaters ---

He was screwing the maid at the same time

Screwing over Cahl-ee-forn-ya voters.

After the damaging love child story came out

He was feeling on the brink. Sank
Twenty million into a vanity project to rescue

His image: his very own think tank.

Body-building, the Kennedys, Hollywood: one can

Resent the forces that spawned him.

All those muscles and all of that strength but oddly

Unable to lift a condom.

Boy Scouts Will Now Report Abusers Whose Child Molesting Was Previously Ignored

This went undetected for so long, one wonders

If in their memorabilia

Perhaps we’ll find secret merit badges handed

Out for pedophilia.

http://news.yahoo.com/boy-scouts-report-pedophiles-missed-previously-072253556.html

Chris Christie Says Wednesday’s Debate Will Let Mitt “Restart” His Campaign

How many “restarts” does Gov. Romney need

Before looking totally diminished?

That option isn’t really on the table but we are

Much closer to his being “finished.”

The last Republican I can think of who similarly was

Bereft of any message to sell

To voters was Bush the Elder --- you may recall how

For the GOP it didn’t go well.

It looks as if the guys running Mitt's campaign

Are incompetent and asleep at the controls

If instead of closing the deal they’re restarting

A month before people head to the polls.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/christie-debate-restart-romney-154114765--election.html

Netanyahu’s Latest Graphic Is A Stunner

It’s as if he’s saying, “Don’t

You dare attack me!

I’ve just bought this way cool

New bomb from Acme!”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/israeli-prime-minister-uses-bomb-diagram-in-un?ref=fpb

Romney Whines About “Character Assassination”

Such a dull man still manages

To always fascinate:

When you lack character, there

Is none to assassinate.

http://news.yahoo.com/romney-talks-polls-character-assassination-promotes-role-mass-014157036--abc-news-politics.html

Iranian President Calls Homosexuality “Ugly”

Mahmoud, you couldn’t be more wrong

(What you said is just deplorable.)

Are you a fan of “The Chew” on ABC?

C’mon: Clinton Kelly is adorable.

http://clintonkelly.com/

Romney On The 47% Comment: “That’s Not The Campaign, That Was Me”

So, Mitt isn’t his campaign? Wow.

What a strange point of view his is.

That’s the boldest splitting of hairs

Since Bill redefined what “is” is.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57518137/romney-my-campaign-doesnt-need-a-turnaround/

Romney Says His Campaign Doesn’t Need A “Turnaround”

If Mitt’s campaign were a company Bain took over

There would now be terrible tensions

As they sold furniture, computers and tried to screw

Its employees out of their pensions.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-says-campaign-doesn-t-turnaround-233736212--election.html

Words To Live By

Marie Antoinette’s “Let them eat cake!”

Who could ever top it?

Ann Romney did, also with four words:

“You people … stop it.”

(To be fair, Ann’s gaffes were

Actually done

On two occasions and Marie’s

Just on one.)

But they’re kindred spirits in

Condescension & deceit:

They’re the icing on the cakes

They want others to eat.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/ann-romney-mitt-stop-it_n_1902225.html

After Watching Scott Brown Debate Elizabeth Warren

He thinks he’s Richard Gere.

To me, a

Better comparison is Jack

Scalia.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768815/

The GOP Candidate’s Latest Pivot

This campaign keeps getting

Odder and odder --- it

Seems Mitt is now trying to

Appear more moderate.

Romney wants to shun the extreme far right

Not completely but, you know, just a little

And only because that leaked tape showed his

Contempt for the lower class & the middle.

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/20/13986003-first-thoughts-a-more-moderate-mitt-returns?lite

Obama vs. Romney In Six Words (Hold On --- I Can Do It In Five)

Medicare vs.
I don’t care.

Difficult Questions To Answer (Vol. #17)

Do paranoid people who use social networks

Feel good or bitter

When they discover that no one is following

Them on Twitter?

Romney Calls Half The Country Entitled “Victims” Getting Government Help

Yet another day with even  

More gaffes to fight off.

Mitt's running out of voters

To piss off and write off.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/romney-hidden-video-fundraiser-47-percent.php?ref=fpa

Driving The GOP Nuts

This would make Republicans

Even crazier than they now are:

GM’s next vehicle for 2013

Is the Obamacar.

What Should Be Done To Anti-Islam Filmmaker Nakoula Nakoula

Tell him his movie is such a hit

It’s going to be globally released.

He’ll get an all-expenses paid trip

To promote it in the Middle East.

One thing that won’t be provided on

His maiden voyage from obscurity

Is anything that would fall under the

General heading of  “security.”

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120915/DA1A5NU81.html

Re: Mitt’s Accusations About Obama’s Handling Of The Libyan Embassy Crisis

Romney (if he had half a brain)

Soon would have halted it.

He didn’t just jump the gun. The

Truth is he pole vaulted it.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula --- Filmmaker Behind Anti-Islam Movie --- Was Jailed For Intending To Sell Meth

This stupid bastard whose only success

Was, at the end of the day, making mad

Most of the world, would’ve been killed

In the first season of “Breaking Bad.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/nakoula-basseley-nakoulas-history-2012-9

Democrats --- And Republicans --- Slam Romney For Using Libya Attacks To Bash Obama

His timing’s awful, his critique makes no sense.

As I saw Mitt begin it

It dawned on me that regarding this race, he’s

Not really in it to win it.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/foreign-policy-hands-voice-disbelief-at-romney-cai

Political Correctness Run Amok (Vol. #17)

It’s essential that Kristen Stewart apologize

And let all of her fans now understand

Even her fictional affair with a married guy

Was inappropriate in “Adventureland.”

Romney & Ryan Are Still Hyping A Budget Plan With No Details

If they were used car salesman, they wouldn’t
Say if the car had been in crash.
They wouldn’t let you look at the odometer
But would like you to pay cash.

They wouldn’t let you gaze under the hood
But would say the engine is the best: I’ve
Also forgotten to mention they wouldn’t
Discuss allowing you to take a test drive.

Mrs. Romney Says Mitt Went To Dying Son’s Bedside & This Means He’s Not Heartless

That’s what fathers are supposed to do

Whether their kids are pampered or shoeless:

All this proves is having untold millions

Makes some rich people singularly clueless.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/ann-romney-mitt-romney-empathy-success.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

Music Mogul Quincy Jones Testified He Never Told "Girls Gone Wild" Creator Joe Francis That Las Vegas Mogul Steve Wynn Threatened To Kill The Soft-Porn Producer

Wynn allegedly planned to bury Francis out in the desert:
A sad fate for this controversial bambino
But perhaps Wynn was just ad-libbing some scenes for a
Possible sequel to Scorsese's "Casino."

Late-Breaking 2012 Race Relations Update

(Yeah, I know I should talk about Bill’s speech:

Did you hear that audience roar?

But I have to mention this incident which is one

That nobody should ignore.)

Former Miss. Gov. Barbour Was Disappointed Chris

Christie Didn’t “Put A Hot Poker To Obama’s Butt”

Hey Haley, I found this link online to a group

You’d like & when it meets!

The members hate Blacks but love everything

White --- especially sheets!

Although as my wife pointed out while

Casually scratching her wrist,

“One would have to assume that Haley

Is already on their mailing list.”

http://www.kkk.com/

Patrick, Castro & The First Lady At The 2012 DNC

Only the great speeches can

Reach this

Point where they leave us

Speechless.

A Few Thoughts On Patt Morrison’s Radio Show Being Dropped

Since Patt will soon be shown the KPCC door

Maybe it’s time to reevaluate

Some other things just taking up space here

In the good ol’ Golden State.

Pasadena’s yearly parade is nice, I guess,

If you like roses

But it’s been around for far too long, so in

2013, it closes.

JPL? See ya! Curiosity landed but Mars

Is bleak, empty & quite a far

Place to go and just drive around in a

Rather pricey souped-up car.

The Hollywood Bowl is beloved and I

Really don’t mean to goof on it

But why keep it around when everyone

Would prefer it had a roof on it?

The Capitol Records building was built to look

Like a turntable with more than one record.

But turntables aren’t in fashion. Besides, aren’t

Musicians’ pasts often grim and checkered?

Yes, I know there are positive things to say

About the Griffith Park Observatory

But it’s way too high and hard to get to, so

Let’s dispatch it off to purgatory.

Olvera Street? Adios! I’m sure we can agree

It’s from a long ago era --- is

Anyone (without using Wikipedia) even sure

What the heck an “Olvera” is?

Angels Flight runs too short a distance to

Let it remain: I bet

No one will really miss Sinai & the same

Applies to Olivet.

Walt Disney Concert Hall isn’t old and

Things do look awfully slick there

But lose it anyway because its conductor

Has inappropriately thick hair.

(Speaking of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Instead of Gustavo Dudamel

Dump him and go get that young hunk from

“Transformers,” Josh Duhamel.)

Vin Scully’s been on the air for 63 years?

Take him off KLAC and I mean STAT!

Put him on briefly throughout the day:

Just like KPCC wants to do with Patt.

The Bradbury Building is nice but ancient:

It belongs in Madam Tussauds

Along with The Pantry, LACMA & haven’t

You eaten enough at Musso’s?

The Watts Towers look rickety & were done

Without a professional design

And don’t you think “tagging” whenever you

Look at the Hollywood Sign?

Patt’s a landmark on the SoCal landscape.

Among her many fans, few joke

About her leaving. Actually, none. This is

Going to be KPCC’s New Coke.

Tony Peyser has been a fan of Patt Morrison’s

for the last few decades and appeared on her

show as her poet-in-residence for the last few

months.

Mitt’s Been Taking It Easy The Last Few Days

At this point as the actual nominee

I’d like to mention, Gov. Romney,

To be present in the media, you

Should be --- you know --- omni-.

But you’re off the trail & on your boat

And in the wrong direction. Here

Is a little advice: there are no days off

During a presidential election year.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/04/1127457/-Is-This-Another-Indication-a-Romney-President-Would-Look-Like-A-Bush-Presidency

 

After The Election, Here’s How Mitt Can Launch His Own Action Hero Movie Franchise

Badly injured, he has amnesia but discovers
As he eventually regains his health
He knows vulture capital tips on how to soon
Acquire massive amounts of wealth.

He becomes known in business circles as
A cutthroat & ruthless entity.
The title for something like this is vital ---
I call it “The Bain Identity.”

Last Thought On The 2012 RNC

Was Clint’s weird speech

A stealth maneuver

(Perhaps the most diabolical

One ever seen)

Because like Huckabee, Ryan,
Santorum, Paul, Christie,

Jeb and Rubio, he plans to run

In 2016?

Clint will be 86

And I will admit

That might not be

Quite the right thing

But really white

And really old

Really appeals

To the right wing.

Clint & Mitt At The RNC

Watching Clint wing it was sad and made me

Want to hide under blankets in my bedroom.

I now know who Romney reminds me of ---

That robotic Eighties relic Max Headroom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(character)