Healthcare Two-fer

GOP Chairman Michael Steele says,

“The risk of reforming our health care’s too large.
We’re under attack from a one-party barge!
We can't play dice with
Our future like this
(Unless the Republican party’s in charge).”

President Obama says,

“The status quo’s rotten. The system’s unfair.
To beat me my foes will risk your health care.
I will fight the costs,
Make th’ deficit lost.
How can that be done? …Hey, look over there!”

On Walter Cronkite

America’s anchorman, Walter Cronkite,
Has shuffled his coil, extinguished his light.
Moon landing or Tet
Or JFK’s death,
He always was there, so good luck and good night.

Clinton "Basically" Supports Gay Marriage

The man who presided o'er, passed, anti-gay laws,
Comes out of that closet to aid the gay cause.
Bill Clinton's in favor,
But he never wavered!
He'd never admit to a previous faux pas.

Moon Landing Anniversary

It's been forty years since that great lunar land,
Mankind's giant leap was one small step for man.
JFK was the dreamer,
Yet 'twas Nixon the schemer
Made sure in the space race we th' Soviets outran.

Sotomayor Hearings Begin Today

This week are the hearings for Sotomayor,
Which, spiting their import, will certainly bore:
Senators run their mouths,
She nonansw'ringly jousts;
We'll hear nothing new, so just what are these for?

Cheney Hid Existence of New CIA Program

Dick Cheney concealed, an inquiry found,
A CIA op from congressional hounds.
I know that he's awful
Yet his often unlawful
Behavior, it seems, is without any bounds.

Obama in Ghana

The Prez went to Ghana and gave them pep talky
Words lauding their progress since shedding the Cockneys.
His presence there grew
Our knowledge. Who knew
Their sports included international hockey?

Uh Oh

The Kurds have surprised with a move to demand
Complete independence from Iraq for their land.
This no doubt bugs Turkey,
But the surge by God worked! See,
This oncoming chaos is freedom at hand.

The protests resume

Iran's demonstrators re-took to the streets,
The web is ablaze with informative Tweets.
The government rash
Has promised to smash,
But that means more citizens who'll call for defeat.

How Things Change...

McCarthy was one time a noted red baiter.
Now he's a Red China-boosting red stater.
"Since Muslims attacked us,
The Chinese can practice
Oppression; so chill out, Guantanamo haters!"

Michael Jackson and Race

We've now seen the end of Michael Joe Jackson,
Was key to MTV's getting black acts on.
Yet with all the respect paid
One could almost forget he'd
Appalled when he changed to an Anglo Saxon.

Mark Sanford Censured

Mark Sanford--no Clinton--will not be impeached.
His party shook fingers as far as they'd reach.
It seems they commend
His choice to offend
Far way from his office: an Argentine beach.

U.S.-Russian relations warm

Obama, Medvedev agree to reduce
Their nuclear stockpiles, something of a truce.
Yet Georgia’s still irksome;
It probably hurts some
That Russia her government’s tight as a noose.

Robert McNamara too

He thought that he could any problem surmount
With reason, ‘til faced with Vietnam’s bloody fount.
McNamara’s passing
Adds to the amassing
Absurdly high two week celeb body count.

Protester Shot Dead in Honduras

In Liberty's name was Zelaya expelled,
But what of the man the new government felled?
The death of young Isis
Confirms that the crisis
Of tyranny is in all players' hands held.