Some Thoughts On CNN & Fox Getting The Supreme Court Ruling Wrong

Big stories like this for news channels

Can often bring out the worst

Because the pressure isn’t to be right

But to announce the story first.

Perhaps those two organizations can each

Change their motto a fraction more

Along the lines of, “All the news that’s fit

To later run a retraction for.”

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/colbert-cable-news-supreme-court.php?ref=fpnewsfeed&tw_p=twt

Late-Breaking News For 6-28-12

6:59 a.m.
"Only Socialists support Obamacare!"
Was the conclusion the right had reached.

7:00 a.m.
"In related news ... Chief Justice Roberts
Is a Socialist and must be impeached!

http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/28/12457822-supreme-court-upholds-health-care-law?lite

Romney Wants Retraction From Washington Post On Story About Jobs Moving Overseas

Mitt --- those haters say all these mean things

And each one is just a myth, you

Should stand up like you’re Luke Skywalker:

May the outsource be with you.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-campaign-seeks-retraction-of-wapo-outsourcing-story

Breastaurants, Along The Lines of Hooters, Are Becoming Increasingly Popular

They’re unabashedly aimed at guys

The macho and the wimpy:

Who cares how the scampi is when

The outfits are so skimpy?

Men love their waitresses more than usual

And adore it when they hover much

Of the time. There isn’t a cover charge and

The outfits don’t ever cover much.

Some of these chains try to not seem sleazy

But one may perhaps sense a

Determination wasn’t made with Mugs N Jugs

To target members of Mensa.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/money/rise-breastaurants-hooters-like-eateries-featuring-busty-women-skimpy-tops-enjoying-booming-business-article-1.1101527

Thoughts After Seeing Antonin Scalia’s Recent Hissy Fit

His behavior was so unhinged and,

In the end so grim, it’s

The best argument yet for Supreme

Court justice term limits.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/06/ive_wondered_too.php

Mitt's Message To Hispanics On The Lawn Of A New Day

“Regardless if you’re rich or poor

The one thing that you must know

Is yes, you’ve come a long way but

There’s still much more to mow.”

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/romney-i-will-replace-and-supersede-obamas-immigration-order.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

Soldiers Who Torched Copies Of The Quran Will Only Face Administrative Discipline

My legal advice for those accused men

Would’ve been portraying them

As not having burned these books but

Instead have been sauteing them.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/soldiers-to-face-administrative-punishment-for-quran-burning

Mubarak's Days In Prison Won't Be Long

The former president of Egypt is currently in a coma 

The story that I link to addresses this ---

But the photo reveals Hasni can still do a pretty good

Impression of Gene Simmons from KISS.

http://news.yahoo.com/mubarak-said-coma-off-life-support-101132967.html

Bon Jour, Mes Pauvres Americains!

Mrs. Romney has horses that are

Each worth a few hundred grand:

Yeah --- that’s a hobby financially

Strapped voters can understand.

Everyone on her husband’s staff is wary

That it very well may seem

Elitist that one of Ann’s horses is on the

Olympics equestrian team.

One other aspect about this that

Makes your jaw clench

Is that she favors dressage, which

C’mon, is just tres French.

The Romney campaign will all insist

This is a feather in Ann’s chapeau.

Marie Antoinette would be so proud:

“Let them eat gateau!”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/us/politics/ann-romneys-hobby-spotlights-world-of-dressage.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Most Immigrants Are Now Not Hispanic: Racists Must Readjust

“Nice going, liberals in unions, who work

As border area screeners ---

You screwed up and now we’re overrun

With a bunch of soy beaners!”

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/asian-immigrants-hispanic-us-pew-report-132434717.html

Rodney King, Focal Point Of L.A. Riots, Dies At 47

53 people dead, $1 billion in damages:

What the hell went wrong?

The battered man at the epicenter said,

“Can’t we just get along?”

This simple question from this troubled man

Retains a haunting ring

That resonates with the big ideas of Gandhi &

Even that other King.

Many years filled with legal problems made

So many feel resigned; it

Was ironic King spoke eloquently for peace

But wasn’t able to find it.

A lawsuit awarded him millions but he wasn’t

Meant to go shopping at Nieman’s ---

It wasn’t until he sank to the bottom of his pool

That he finally escaped from his demons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

Father & Son

I’m reminded of “Lolita” where Humbert Humbert

Talked of his obsession (so exquisite)

And argued there’s an unspoiled retreat in her mind

That he will never be allowed to visit.

There’s a similar garden inside my autistic son’s head

Which entering I’m often denied

But sometimes the wrought iron gate there swings open

And I’m allowed a glimpse inside.

While watching a PBS show on aging, I asked:

“Jeremy --- am I young or old?”

“Old,” he said without the slightest hesitation.

His attitude added I was told

This with utmost certitude --- Jeremy had

Absolutely not a single shred of doubt.

Thanks, kiddo, for weighing in on this …

And straightening your old man out.

The Big Thought During The Sandusky Trial

We’re all looking forward

To that day when

Jerry goes from Penn State

To the state pen.

Jamie Dimon, CEO Of JP Morgan Chase, Apologizes For Losing $2 Billion Of Stockholders Money

I’m sorry, Mr. Dimon, but

“I’m sorry” isn’t enough.

Your personal stock is so declining

That what's called for is more

Of something along the lines

Of, “I’m sorry ... and I’m resigning.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2012/jun/13/jp-morgan-jamie-dimon-senate-live

KKK Won’t Be Allowed To “Adopt” A Highway In Georgia

The racist group wanted a little good p.r.

But it was an unwise thing to do:

The crux for Klux is this plan by the Klan

Just proved they don’t have a Klu.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/us/georgia-kkk-highway/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

New York Times Style Article Says Bangs Are Making A Big Comeback

I don’t mean to weigh in here & sound

Like I’m some anti-fashion sorehead

But when men check out women, rarely

Do they ever look at their forehead.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/fashion/bangs-are-back-as-a-popular-hairstyle.html?_r=1

Rumors We’ll Soon Probably Hear: In College, Romney “Experimented” With Coffee

In a statement, he’ll swear he doesn’t remember.

However, if he did, it must have been decaffeinated.

In related news, is it just me … or does Mitt seem

Not like a real person but someone who’s laminated?

Former Pro Football Players File Lawsuit Against League Over Head Injuries

This is just the kind of problem that fills

NFL owners with dread:

They need this p.r. about concussions

Like a kick in the head.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20120607_2_000_ex-players_join_to_sue_NFL_on_head_trauma.html

Post-Mortem On Trying To Recall The Governor In Wisconsin

If Democrats really had wanted to win this

And change things there at a fast pace

Why didn’t they pick someone to run who

Hadn't lost to Walker in the last race?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Barrett_(politician)

The Final Day Of The Queen’s Jubilee

Pomp? Check? Circumstance? Got that, too,

Worthy of an ancient pharaoh ---

The royals all looked great (but Camilla’s hat

Did rather resemble a sombrero.)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154851/Diamond-Jubilee-2012-Queen-returns-Buckingham-Palace-1902-horse-drawn-carriage.html

21 Year Old Prodigy Who Started College At 9 Gets His MD From The University Of Chicago

Sho Yano worked incredibly hard ---

There wasn’t ever anything flashy in

His studies. He makes Sheldon Cooper

Look dumber than a Kardashian.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120603/D9V5SMRO2.html

Dirt Against Romney That Will Probably Emerge Right Before The Election

This is precisely the kind of opposition research

That Democrats are eager to drag in:

An oil painting of Mormon founder Joseph Smith

With a dog atop his covered wagon.

John Edwards' Mistress Has A Memoir Coming Out Later This Month

Philanderers, after soul-searching,
And a long hard look feel
Nothing could ever be any worse
Than an ex- with a book deal.

Rielle Hunter’s so scary that cheating husbands
May see this as a parable
With such a downside that some may reconsider
Anything extramarital.

She’ll inspire these guys to mend their ways
And stop tomcatting tomfoolery.
These men will start showering their wives
With fancy cars and jewelry.

Exotic vacations, expensive dinners will be
Added to atone for their misdeeds.
Ms. Hunter could give our ailing economy
The boost it so desperately needs.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120602/D9V55MU00.html

The Sordid John Edwards Courtroom Saga For People With Really Short Attention Spans

This trial?
Mistrial.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/john-edwards-verdict-not-guilty-guilty-jury-183230275.html