TIDBITS FROM HOE

HISTORY OF THE EMPIRE

What's more dangerous than a war on?
It's a President who is a moron!

from THE GREAT RAID

Daddy got a trillion,
Ronnie doubled that.
Junior's goin' triple,
On the Deficit.

If your wallets running flat,
There's nothing left to eat;
The rich are getting richer,
Trickle down's not so neat.

from AMERICAN EMPIRE

We are the Fourth Reich American,
Loudly we sound our clarion.
Unlike the Third Reich before us,
We intend to be more enduring and glorious.

from WHITE HOUSE

We consult George for matters of state,
To the show and the trappings he can relate.
Sometimes he thinks he's in big demand,
We have to remind him he's not in the chain of command.

from REICH LEADER

Grand and glorious you are as a spender,
But somewhere out there is a lender.
Sooner or later they'll call in their chits,
Of course, by then you will have split.

from REICH POLICE

We prefer our employees born again,
Speaking in tongues makes them a bargain.
So the Commander in Chief can relate,
And we have no worries of enemies of state.

from REICH LAW

If we need to repeal Stari Decisis,
It will be due to a Democrat-ic crisis.
For Reichsters we will be always,
Forget about Habeas Corpus.

from CHICKEN HAWKS

Let those po' boys down by the tracks,
Gather the charge and lead the attack.
If by happenstance I should courage lack,
Let the boys go forward; I will stay back.

from NEOCONS

We have think tanks for all problems,
No outside help is needed to solve them.
You can contact us from near and far,
We won't be listening wherever we are.

from FAUX PAS VEEP

So the Veep can stay ensconced,
Where reality may never enter.
The denizen of war nuanced,
Such is life in the nether center.

There truth is parsed in short ration,
Normalcy in the Halliburton nation.
Where Illuminati reign supreme,
Making an oxymoron the American dream.

from IRAQ TURMOIL

We signed up for the Reserve,
How many tours must we serve?
As it turns out quite uncanny,
Georgie, our leader, never served any!

Neither did Cheney, Saxby or Rummy,
Queasy knees and an upset tummy.
Goin' to war can do that to ya',
Just lay low and seek a diploma.

from IRAQ ATTACK

Relentlessly they fight on,
Chicken Hawk and Neocon.
Safely watching on TV,
Always defiant with esprit.

from IRAQ SEQUEL

The people somehow came unglued,
That set off a Shiite Sunni feud.
Soldiers and Marines caught in between,
It soon descended into an ugly scene.

We may be there till the dust blocks the sun,
All the while under the gun.
Of course, if the oil suddenly goes dry,
We declare victory and wave goodbye.

from IRAQ SURGE

The SURGE to prolong the agony,
An indelible stain on our destiny.
Human sacrifices for the oil industry,
For reasons straining our credulity.

from HOMELAND INSECURITY

Of course we know what we're doing,
If you don't like it we provide counseling.
If we ever finish our training,
There will be much less complaining.

If it's a case of desideratum,
It's probably because we forgot 'em.
If the Coast Guard has limited blips,
Too bad, we have no money for ships.

from CONGRESS

The cloakroom used to be harmonious,
Heaven help what has come over us.
The lobbyists moved in with entourage,
Now we have a phony facade.

We go home for each election,
The crowds go through pre-selection.
We promise them a rabbit every time,
But once we're in we're not so inclined.

from LOBBYISTS

Earmarks have been bread and butter,
Until Abramoff started to stutter.
Pictures of him in the West Wing,
Have made him less likely to sing.

from WE THE PEOPLE

Sometime we are a bit over trusting,
But when we get fed up you'll be disgusting.
No witches or Fauntelroys among us,
We don't carry that right wing fungus.

We travel light with no harry,
Whereas you stole more than you can carry.
Our souls are bright and cheery,
If I was yours I would be leery.

from POOR PEOPLE

Whenever you call and need us to show,
We know the winds of war are starting to blow.
We know you're buying out seeking deferments,
We'll be out front volunteer enlistments.

from POOR CHILDREN

You'll always have a baby picture to treasure,
Of a life that was given short measure.
We get lifetime medical free,
While you're on your own no mercy.

from EVANGELISTS

Of course we accept checks and cards,
In return you get a latte and regards.
Forget about saving your soul,
We're on a big time money roll.

Forget about other denominations,
They don't accept our invitations.
After all there is plenty to divide,
To partake you let the Lord's work slide.

from ENVIRONMENT

The results of all this noblesse oblige,
There's global warming without foliage.
The water may never again run clean,
There will be no salmon in the stream.

from GREENHOUSE

While the final chapter is uphill,
Right now it favors Exxon Mobil.
The people don't get a lot of say,
The men of the Presidents' Club hold sway.

from ECONOMY

There's not much left for the poor,
It's minimum wage or the door.
If you get tired mopping the floor,
It's still better than our other chore.

But if you're shakin' your head,
And you had to sell your only bed.
Go stand on a corner with placard,
Maybe they'll think you're illegal and haggard.

from EDUCATION AND TAXES

Education for you and for me,
Remember back when it was free?
All you had to do was wait for the bell to ring,
Now it has become an elitist thing.

Taxes are rising on a similar scale,
To the hiring of bureaucrats wholesale.
They get benefits we can't afford,
The scale of return causes much discord.

from MEDIA WAR

If the congress comes off as insipid,
The media is certainly vapid.
The news is lacking in certainty,
Short on substance long on brevity.

The Right get theirs daily from the download man,
Karl Rove lights them up with the White House spin.
The talking heads out to the heartland spread,
Awaiting with bated breath are the ditto heads.

from PUB FIGHT

Now that they've been voted out,
Conservative values will regain clout.
Holier than thou they now exclaim,
Born Again, much to our disdain.

from BUILDING EIGHTEEN

If no more you can fight,
You are in a difficult plight.
For they have an immediate need,
To be rid of you indeed.

If your wounds are very serious,
You will be classified 5-13 previous.
You have become too much an onus,
And don't forget to pay back your bonus.

from ARMAGEDDON

Freight trains approaching head on,
All brought about by worldly delusion.
No way in this world can it be undone,
We're all being blown to Kingdom come.

from NATIONAL DEBT

Homeland Security upped the ante,
Earmarks from Congress cost plenty.
George's trifecta caused the lights to dim,
Hear ye, the people no longer fear sin.

Even when a cacophony of warnings blared,
Congress waded in as the lights glared.
The sheer magnitude and depth of greed,
Gave caution that it could not succeed.

from LOOKING BACK

Somewhere in time as we near to our end,
Whatever we've done we must comprehend.
You will have your time in the limelight,
Every move you've made will be in plain sight.

A day in the sun, twenty minutes of fame,
All the while revel in the acclaim.
And when it all starts to unwind,
Another is waiting, coming up from behind.

from AFTERMATH

The world economy in shambles,
All due to one outlandish gamble.
Nukes are blooming in the desert,
We're all going up in smoke ax handle.

It truly was for a while a splendid show,
But we got lost when we voted for dough.
You have to wonder if God wanted it so,
Now that the earth is starting to glow.

For George, Karl, Donald and Dick,
I guess they really believed it was schtick.
If you're born again it really doesn't matter,
Talking in tongues drowns out the chatter.

from OLD COFFERS

Fill them with oil and blood mixed,
Fill them with Gold Midas touched.
Trim up your casket with gilt and fetish,
Beware the Almighty fulfills your wish.

You watched a land despondent in death,
Your diatribes demanded more stealth.
Your only answer was cloaked in acrimony,
As you fill up your coffers with blood money.

from ARMAGEDDON

It started with Carlos the Jackal,
It endures with the world in shackles.
A holocaust targeting us all,
Featuring an atomic debacle.

The Militaries brimming with nukes,
Enough to give us all the spooks.
The climactic battle of the elites,
Sparked by a collision of satellites.

from IN MEMORIAM

To all the grunts on every side,
Who wanted to live and who died;
Caught up in a dichotic suicide.
Here's to you across the great divide.

Here's to the millions down under,
Sent by tyrants demented and sunder.
Emperors with horses swords raised,
Watching their men march to their graves.