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OBAMA
Oblivious to reality
Below average intellect
Aloof to folks like you and me
More radical than most expect
Angry to all who disagree
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Rula
Thu, 2012-08-23 07:48
Ha ha ha
Thanks God it is not me who wrote this Stan :) ..Nice acrostic piece.
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scribbler
Thu, 2012-08-23 08:13
Hi Rula
With elections coming up in November I thought I'd make it clear my thoughts on probably the worst excuse for a president we've ever had lol. Too bad no local papers accept poetry submissions.......................stan
author commentIan.T
Thu, 2012-08-23 09:37
Stan
Our politicians are bad enough and can't bring myself to using Anglo Saxon on them. Good Acrostic lol,
Yours Ian.T
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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..
scribbler
Thu, 2012-08-23 11:09
Hi Ian
Remember when there used to be statesmen? Now look at what we have to settle for lol..................stan
author commentIan.T
Mon, 2012-08-27 03:53
Stan
A piece I wrote and stored many years ago:-
Why Play Here
Oh men and women who sometimes wear funny gowns
Whose faces at work can smile even when they frown?
With noisy rebuffs for or by the opposition crowd
You cannot kill in here it is really not allowed
There is no need to worry that the distance is too short
More are killed each day as you bicker and retort
By the floundering of the policies of your ways
You just sit, grow old, and then end your lonely days
Blind to the people by whom you have been paid
To the green seats then carpeted halls you walk on
They seem to mean more than the bodies gone
The many poor children who now serve God above
Your splendid banqueting life gave them no love
How stately homes have for all time been paved
With my kith and kin who cry from the grave
We need to see all the things you should have done
A title, a medal, don’t you dare throw me a crumb
Don’t you know or care what you are doing to me
Do you think you are worth it MP……………….
Yours Ian.T
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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..
scribbler
Mon, 2012-08-27 08:10
Hi Ian
Good description of career politicians . Also a good argument for term limits. .......................stan
author commentscribbler
Thu, 2012-08-23 11:12
Hi Lonnie
You mean you're not his biggest supporter ?!? lmao. The sooner he and Harry Reid are gone, the better for our country. I almost miss Carter in comparison....................stan
author commentTam the Chanter
Thu, 2012-08-23 11:15
OBAMA
Outsiders, like me, disappointed.
By twisting policies (double - jointed?)
Appeasing Israel will never save.
Makes Middle - East an open grave
America must find her way.
Ian
TIME FLIES LIKE AN ARROW, BUT FRUIT FLIES LIKE A BANANA
scribbler
Thu, 2012-08-23 11:19
Hi Ian
He campaigned on hope and change. He now has succeeded. I definitely hope for a change in the white house lol.................stan
author commentweirdelf
Sat, 2012-08-25 22:43
If I comment on this it will cause a fight.
So I hold my tongue (pen? keyboard?)
cheers,
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scribbler
Sat, 2012-08-25 23:06
Hi
Whenever I chance to post a political poem, I pretty much DON'T expect all to agree with me..............stan
author commentRoscoe Lane
Mon, 2012-08-27 04:51
The so called,
The so called statesman in politics are the problem, they are guided by the greed of the multinational. They will never allow a left wing president, or prime minister, to change the way things are. They're greed and the politicians weaknesses have caused hardship and bloodshed to be the norm of this planet. I like the way you've scripted this but i guess you'll have gathered by now, we can't agrree. LOL. Regards Roscoe...
Roscoe Llane,
Religion will rip your faith off, and return
for the mask of disbelief that's left.
scribbler
Mon, 2012-08-27 08:25
Hi Roscoe
At first I was more than willing to give him the benefit of doubt. And I'm no extreme right winger. I am one who believes in the U.S. constitution and its laws being adhered to. But this person in the white house now hasn't a clue as to how the world works and has made such obvious. From birth to now he has subsisted on the gov't tit . He's never held a real job in which actually producing something mattered.He took an already bad situation and each step he has taken has only made it worse. He sent the manned space program to Russia, Gulf oil jobs to foriegn companies and then actually subsidized them with our tax money. Whenever he was unable to get his agenda through congress imperor Obana sidestepped them by executive decree. He has actually on many occasions instructed federal agencies to Ignore the law.
Now I don't believe he is an evil man, just badly misguided and woefully unprepared for the job he now holds.
And there Are a very few things he's done right. The part of the Obamacare bill prohibiting insurers from turning down people with preexisting conditions is one example. Continuing the drone strikes in Pakistan is another...............I'll let you know when I can think of something else lol.....................stan PS if you liked this poem wait until I post THE EXPERIMENT lol
author commentjudyanne
Mon, 2012-08-27 09:30
me no talk politics
but i love this acrostic
great scribble scribbles
xxx
'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)
scribbler
Mon, 2012-08-27 09:36
LOL
I guess this particular fray is mostly limited to the U.S. but I'm glad you liked this rhyming acrostic lol............stan
author commentIan.T
Wed, 2012-08-29 03:43
Stan
I hate politics but do have two favourites
Enoch who warned of rivers red
The other who's book is seldom read...
Hey that's sweet ain't it, Enoch Powell:-
John Enoch Powell, MBE (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, poet, writer, linguist and soldier. He served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) (1950–74), Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–1987), and Minister of Health (1960–63). He attained most prominence in 1968, when he made a controversial speech against immigration, now widely referred to as the "Rivers of Blood" speech. In response, he was sacked from his position as Shadow Defence Secretary
If you ever heard him talk, well am amazing man of letters..
The book of Enoch:-The Book of Enoch (also 1 Enoch is an ancient Jewish religious work, traditionally ascribed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. It is not part of the biblical canon as used by Jews, apart from Beta Israel. It is regarded as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church, but no other Christian group.
This book not in the Bible, it was translated into English around 1929
I have a copy but not read it all yet I think there was a bias on his writing as he wrote of other peoples outside of Earth, lol
That's all for your history for today we will have exams on all information given, during the end time period ,
Yours Ian.T
Keep your eyes open for the numbers 21-12-21-12-12 could be bad lol
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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..
scribbler
Wed, 2012-08-29 08:27
Hi Ian
I also find politics distasteful. The greatest accomplishment of the Obama administration has been to wake the American people to the results of not voting and thus allowing such as he and his senate henchmen to attain power. So though I dislike politics, I now hold my nose and join the fray................stan PS If you liked this you'll love "Experiment's End" lol
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