Monday, November 19, 2012
Crude Show
How the law clerks adored
this appeal! It being dense
yet blubbery--
howlingly funny,
save for intriguing
metaphysical leaps.
His Honor demanded
concision from them–-plus
thumbs up on this plea. They
comported, and he ordered
the prisoner released upon their
recasting of the original evidence.
All in graves a good while now,
student historian sniffs bribe to judge.
Prof informs him cease--how just
reflective of that time and done
to media death aiding tinpot reformers
since. Payola aplenty adorns
contemporary politics, he avers,
though, yes, a ballet by comparison.
How the law clerks adored
this appeal! It being dense
yet blubbery--
howlingly funny,
save for intriguing
metaphysical leaps.
His Honor demanded
concision from them–-plus
thumbs up on this plea. They
comported, and he ordered
the prisoner released upon their
recasting of the original evidence.
All in graves a good while now,
student historian sniffs bribe to judge.
Prof informs him cease--how just
reflective of that time and done
to media death aiding tinpot reformers
since. Payola aplenty adorns
contemporary politics, he avers,
though, yes, a ballet by comparison.
Labels: bribery, local politics, political history, political reform
Friday, May 11, 2012
Blue Ribbon For Cynical Conversation
-Look! Revolution? Then the guy selling hot dogs gets
his balls shot off when he wanders too close.
Revolution is morally wrong.
-Nobody promised a rose garden.
-Convince the parties to clean up their acts just a little.
That’ll do wonders!
-Good luck with that.
Labels: political reform, revolution
Thursday, November 10, 2011
"Reform" -- a political primer
A Push-Pull Mechanism.
Zealots push you to in-
stitute glorious alteration
(cue Hosannas) as you pull
greenbacks from their pockets.
Long-term results: Negligible.
Immediate results: firing
of the base type, hiring
of the Right.
Labels: political reform
