Saturday, May 28, 2022
To NRA
Be awfully nice
of you:
Open your pocket.
Thus allowing the GOP to
Escape!
Labels: bribery, corruption, GOP, hypocrisy, on the take
Sunday, December 02, 2018
The Nature of Art in Brilliant Times
-Macedonian Piglets!
-Nice! But go further. You can
abstract anything.
-Her Getsemani smear raunched
the futile light.
-I’ll let you in the class.
-Bindlestiff!
-Start, uh, going easier?
Labels: abstraction, art, corruption, decadence, mentor, poetry, pretense, teacher
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Encompassing
Rich happy
with The Party of the Rich–-
aka sneered “Republican.”
Dems pipe
Worker’s Rights.
Well and fine,
fearless, even,
but it’s really
One Big Party
for two! Truly,
The Money Party!
Cast your votes for it.
How can you lose?
Labels: corruption, Democrat, money, money in politics, parties the same, Party of Rich, Republican, rich, worker
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
City Governance
-“Bureau of Adjustment” it’s called.
-It’s for when you’re tearing your hair out?
-Thousand upfront and we make most go away.
-Where does the thousand go?
-Where it does the most good: The Party!
-What’s the process in making some other bureau
drop the scabrous complaint?
-You read from a script:
Hi! This is_____________from The Adjustment Bureau.
Big Guy says drop the fuckin complaint against_________!
-Thousand could be a bargain at that!
-Uh, there’s actually a sliding scale.
-Littlest John Q might be dinged for...two?
-About right.
-Sky’s limit after him?
-Such a beautiful sky!
Labels: adjustment, bribery, city, city politics, corruption, governance
Saturday, August 01, 2015
Codes and Identity
The Five-Year Plan–-
Mandatory Re-Processing
-Do you mind awfully staying as Hap Z Cranston?
By the time we trace Bert K Ives...!
-But, that’s me! Bert! I’m B--
-Formerly, I'm hoping.
-But, why should...?
-Better PR for us in not again screwing things up,
and amazing advantages for you. Thus, we don't
mix things up with your two sets of papers. And you,
as Hap, have joined the five percent.
-And laid down prodigious bribes thereby?
-Exactly! I can show you five lines of code buried
in there which cuts your processing time two thirds.
Notice, for example, born scarsdale, lower case s.
That skips the proctologist!
-What's he looking for anyway?
-I don't know, but it's mostly darkness.
-Speaking of shit, this democracy is one huge bag
of it, no?
-The present form, yes. Billionaires like you, Hap,
have bought and sold it.
-Is he me presently?
-Unfortunately. Two full days of processing left for
him, as Bert!
-And Me? Now? As Mr Rich Bitch?
-Two HOURS.
-Then back to HIS wife?
-Well, she's busy with tennis and golf pros...
during and après.
-I won't go back there then. How much code
is written in my new papers to advantage me,
and for how long?
-Don't give it a thought. Forever.
-Does he get MY wife?
-Probably.
-She has visions.
-That'll amuse him.
-Oh well! Heaven will be fairer.
-Don't bet on it!
Labels: bribery, bureaucracy, corruption, future, identity, mixup, rich, SNAFU, switch
Monday, December 15, 2014
Horror Among Thieves
“I’ll give Libertarians another:
When Government buys it,
the price goes up! Hardly rot.
But Good Government bargains
it down! End of story understood. Not
the Thieves’ Parley we
have at present, courtesy
of the advising Parties.
And their consenting,
and directing, Billionaires.”
Labels: billionaires, bought elections, bought Government, bribery, corruption, Libertarian, parties
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
A Legal History
We phone
the judge as
a tug to get on
same page. Then,
don’t fuss. Knows
our pretty way a-
round a case.
Supremely so
at present.
Labels: corruption, crooked, influence, judge, legal, political influence, Supreme Court
Monday, April 28, 2014
A Certain Fate
"Let me freshen your drink, Senator!"
Since John Q never in
Position to utter such
Magic words, he loses.
And loses inexorably.
Unsaved
In the Land of the Fried
And Home of the Bought.
Labels: bribery, corruption, John Q, money in politics, senator
Thursday, April 03, 2014
Rigging
-They stole the exam the department uses to throw weaksters out.
Then keyed the answers in patterns of six. So, start on six and
answers up to thirty-six would be a,b,c,d,e,f in sequence.
Thus Question Six fill in a, Seven, b, Eight c, and so on.
Then, skip five and start again on forty-two etc.
-In the skipped questions, you're on your own?
-Exactly.
-But it's still too fishy.
-Yeah, so they scattered wild cards.
-So, our heroes would get those wrong?
-Most likely. The idea is to pass, 70 or above. It was a bitchin
difficult test.
-All the suspect group passed, save our favorite senator?
-At first. But they ran the whole batch through the machine twice
to verify, and lo and behold, he got 70.
-On the nose!
-Took some doing. Couple of erasures, etc, in the confusion.
-Oh well, we all cheated in some manner in school. But it pretty
much ends there for a lot of folks.
-Not our favorite senator. A virtuoso!
-Not senator for much longer, anyway. That brokers consortium
scandal with all those foreign banks? He's toast!
-Nope. Aide confessed and said he was out of the loop. Our hero's
tearful apology already in the can. Along with promise to give any
proceeds he unconsciously derived to boy’s and girl's clubs, most
in black neighbrohoods.
-And him with a closet of Christian Awards!
-Peculiar you should choose that enclosure.
-No! You mean he...?
-Hunting and fishing trips with Honey-Boy!
-And his wife? Does she...?
-Busy with her own Bum of the Month.
-Jesus!
-Welcome to America!
-Uh uh! Just the Red State version. Besides, how come so many
want to come here?
-Their own country even more corrupt? Well...used to be.
Labels: America, bribery, corruption, personal life, red state, rigged exam, senator
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Move Over, John Deere
Working Conditions
-Farm Bill weighs as much as Des Moines.
Can't justify printing it, so it's ebook.
-I know one big farmer reading it while
cranking up the a/c in his tractor cab.
-Mozart still piped in?
-Culture on the plain, not Hee Haw.
-What's on other screens?
-Corn and wheat futures. Real Estate in
Zurich and Tokyo. Derivatives in London.
-Yup, farmin' sure hard-scrabblin'!
-That never changes.
Labels: corruption, Farm Bill, farming, wealth
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
System
Last arrest,
she finessed
corruption,
hers and theirs.
But this time,
detective asks tight-
assed questions, desk
with tilted photographs
of family. Lawyering up,
awaits his hammy
Peter Max entrance.
Pleasant enough clam, she
can hold that pose forever.
Last arrest,
she finessed
corruption,
hers and theirs.
But this time,
detective asks tight-
assed questions, desk
with tilted photographs
of family. Lawyering up,
awaits his hammy
Peter Max entrance.
Pleasant enough clam, she
can hold that pose forever.
Labels: arrest, corruption, Criminal Justice, Detective, lawyer, lawyer up
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
-Well, Congressman!
-Never thought I’d hear that. Those last sexual
infelicities they accused me of, I wasn't familiar with
until I googled them. Wife said "Pull any of that and
I'm outa here!"
-Water over the dam. Time to assemble a staff!
I'm sure you have a few in mind, but...
-Hold on! You’re not unloading any deadwood on me!
-Faithful servants of the party!
-Oh yeah? To come only to pick up a check?
Or to show up a day or two out of five,
in a transport of flatulent self-importance!
-You got it all wrong! These people work,
and they know which end is up. You can't
have just eager kids. Too naive in politics.
-I'll balance things off, but not with bums.
-Touché! But I'm entrusted to reward those we're
grateful to. No rewards, no party workers.
-Not much altruism among that bunch, is there?
-Not familiar with the term.
Labels: altruism, corruption, ghosts, patronage, politics, staff
Friday, December 07, 2012
Conservatives Stress
temporary problems. Try
showing me one where
shekels don’t fly in-
to the habits of
Fellow Travelers.
Labels: Conservative, corruption, fellow traveler
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
The Pool of Grim Price
Always a private pool
you can get into,
thus reducing your costs
through competition.
Ah yes, the beloved horn-
swaggle of privatization,
where you eventually pay more
than under bumbling government.
“But only because you forgot to factor
in a and b,” maintain accountancy shills.
Or c? Enabling Enchiladas buying whores
buttercreams forever.
Always a private pool
you can get into,
thus reducing your costs
through competition.
Ah yes, the beloved horn-
swaggle of privatization,
where you eventually pay more
than under bumbling government.
“But only because you forgot to factor
in a and b,” maintain accountancy shills.
Or c? Enabling Enchiladas buying whores
buttercreams forever.
Labels: capitalistic corruption, corruption, medical insurance, privatization
Thursday, August 09, 2012
The Board
-Hey! He's member of the board and allowed to speak.
-Stupid boyscout! Naive to the nth degree.
-Okay, what did he say?
-Gotta gather myself. Here goes: He he he says...
-Go on.
-(paralyzing laughter) says says says...
-Get a grip!
-(burst) that we should consider the moral dimension of every decision!
-I use the expression Total Asshole sparingly, but it's warranted in this case.
Labels: board, board meeting, Capitalism, corruption
Friday, May 18, 2012
Economics
Who gets what &
outa whose hide.
No wonder dismal science.
Our top-percenters buy
congresspersons & hap-
piness--tho proverb pipes
it’s not fetched thus,
one bitchin ride
for Dudes &
dearest sluts.
Who gets what &
outa whose hide.
No wonder dismal science.
Our top-percenters buy
congresspersons & hap-
piness--tho proverb pipes
it’s not fetched thus,
one bitchin ride
for Dudes &
dearest sluts.
Labels: bribery, corruption, Economics
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Visions
-If she can see the future, how come she messed
so much up?
-Trying to change a few things.
-Betting against herself. Shorting herself.
-Chuck the Wall Street crap! It corrupts us.
-This is the business we've chosen!
-Apt.
-If she can see the future, how come she messed
so much up?
-Trying to change a few things.
-Betting against herself. Shorting herself.
-Chuck the Wall Street crap! It corrupts us.
-This is the business we've chosen!
-Apt.
Labels: corruption, future, vision, Wall Street
Monday, August 01, 2011
Spending Agreement Finally Struck
Might crunch littles
but C'est la guerre.
El Gordo will outsource,
and cheat with each
patriot breath,
legislators evade what
they've erected again.
Labels: corruption, debt compromise, deficit
Thursday, June 16, 2011
New Foreign Leader Sits with One of Ours
-Lots of talk about “Democracy,” Excellency.
Somewhat welcome, but not our version exactly.
-No, that's too corrupt.
-We're speaking theory here!
-Oh? Well that's easy. What do you wish me to say?
Labels: corruption, Democracy, Middle East
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The Quiet Man
-We’re corrupt but it’s hardly an art form.
Crass, pretty much. Example: Congress.
Check big contributions and then how your
representative votes. Precious few anomalies.
But in Egypt, most of the Middle East, a revered
and entrenched tradition of centuries!
A thing of beauty is a joy forever!
-So long as it not a Jew forever.
-We’re corrupt but it’s hardly an art form.
Crass, pretty much. Example: Congress.
Check big contributions and then how your
representative votes. Precious few anomalies.
But in Egypt, most of the Middle East, a revered
and entrenched tradition of centuries!
A thing of beauty is a joy forever!
-So long as it not a Jew forever.
Labels: bribery, Congress, corruption, Egypt, Jew, Middle East
