The Federal Government is seriously considering closing the atomic energy labs, the labs where the atomic and hydrogen bombs were created and built, and turning them into national parks and museums now that world peace is at hand and we no longer need such evil weapons. But do we really need more museum parks? We already have one of the largest in captivity. It’s called General Motors. Government research money has produced many wonders in this museum park, not the least of which is the Chevy Volt.

The government must think us dolts

Will rush to buy their Chevy Volts

Whose range is listed as four city blocks

Whose ugliness makes people stare

And thieves won’t take them on a dare

So safe they are from theft they don’t need locks

With pols and unions hand in hand

They’ve quite destroyed the GM brand

Where once the Cadillac was term of choice

For excellence and top of line

But thanks to union led decline

The buying public chose to raise its voice

And cry No more, we’ve had enough

We will not buy your shoddy stuff

We won the war but Japs have won the race

Toyotas Hondas and the lot

Have left the GM stuff to rot

And where they once were first they’re now last place

So make a nice museum park

To go with all the labs to mark

The end of our pre-eminence at last

We don’t do math, we don’t build stuff

Androgynous instead of tough

A long time climbing up but downhill fast

Wikipedia says that illusory correlation is the phenomenon of seeing the relationship one expects even when no such relationship exists. Brian Ross of ABC News, on receiving word that the police had identified the Batman movie shooter as a James Holmes, of Aurora, Colorado, went immediately to the Tea Party website to see if the name James Holmes appeared.  It did, though if Ross had checked a bit further he would have discovered it was a different James Holmes. But of course he did not check further, and Ross breathlessly told his few listeners that the mass murderer was a member of the Tea Party, just as he and every right thinking American suspected. Of course he really meant every left thinking American, since the Left seems to believe in the correlation between the Tea Party movement and mass murder. Or at least they are prepared to spare no expense or effort in trying to convince the unwashed that there is a connection. Just as they instantly claimed, also falsely, that the shooter of Congresswoman Gabby Gifford belonged to the Tea Party.

Illusory correlation

Quite depends upon your station

For the people whom you know define your acts

If you are a Left Progressive

Then you are at times obsessive

Blaming murder on the Right despite the facts

But such claims fit the agenda

And if not then they’ll amend a

Statement made to then reflect the current theme

That the ones who do the killing

Are Tea Partiers who’re willing

To kill all who disagree and that’s their meme

And the Left, who like Rapunzels

Leave their hair down for their gunsels

And who murdered hundred millions to this date

Yes the Maos, the Stalins, Pol Pots

Who killed people by the job lots

Are beatified because ‘twas for the State

And the crazy Muslim killer

Has become the very pillar

Of the way of life the Left will force on us

He responds to Allah’s dictates

As he kills his eyelid nictates

And if militarys die then that’s a plus

Correlations thus are easy

And if some just make you queasy

Just remember that it’s for the common good

For the Left knows what’s good for you

And they’ll tell you till they bore you

That they’re pure at heart but just misunderstood

To the law abiding, the world is a peaceful garden, even though we all know predators and evil live with us side by side. The Colorado movie massacre reminds us again, as if we needed reminding, that predators stalk the land, killing the innocent, without remorse, and often without reason except for the evil that lives within them. But predators come in two piece suits as well, predators who seek power and money, and get it by convincing you that they are fighting for fairness, for the little guy, when all the while their only concern is for more power to tell you what to do, and when to do it. The predator in Gucci shoes and a two piece suit lurks in the shadows, the better to convince you he isn’t there. I once, as a child, came upon a black snake slowly coming up behind an immobile toad. When the flicking tongue touched the back of the toad, the hinged mouth opened wide and closed over the toad, slow motion contractions pulling the toad further and further into the snake’s mouth. The toad could easily have escaped approaching death, but at no time did it attempt to do so. I could have saved the toad at any time, but I was as hypnotized as the toad, such was the power of the snake. And such is the power of the predator, prowling the peaceful garden

Amid the lush and verdant green

In deepest dark or brightest day

Where predators are never seen

And never noticed are their prey

The law means only to these thugs

That power to them smoothly flows

And like the predatory bugs

They thrive in places no one knows

‘Twas always thus, the cynic smiles

There’s nothing new here, move along

Pretend the predator’s slick wiles

Are right and good, and can’t be wrong

The law abiding’s world, they know

Is surface tension, nothing more

And see not that deep down below

The predator has declared war

The garden teems with deadly force

With lives extinguished every breath

But all unseen, because of course

The garden hides the sight of death

President Obama, who would never dream of praising the Jews on the occasion of Jewish High Holy Days, or telling us of the Jewish contribution to art and science, has made a ringing speech in praise of Islam, speaking in glowing terms of the contributions of Islam to our society, and reminding us all that the holy month of Ramadan is upon us, all to no one’s surprise. Barack Hussein Obama, whose very name bespeaks his inner core beliefs, has reminded us again of the great influence Islam has had on the culture and dynamism of the United States.

There are some facts so little known

That schoolboys never learn

That Islam truly can be shown

To help us make the turn

From agriculture to the mills

When factories galore

Took turbaned children from the hills

To work the cold hard floor

And after that when Orville flew

We should be told, at least

How Islam partnered in the crew

By having him face East

In World War 2 our armies sped

At speeds some were surprised

So fast that as the Nazis fled

They cried, “They’re Mecca-nized!”

Yes Islam’s influence is great

And adding to the drama

We even named a Southern state

For them, it’s Ali Bama

In a late night conversation with Vice-President Joe Biden, President Obama mourned the time lost on campaigning that could be better spent solving the problems of the world.

There’s things to do, there’s lives to save

Green jobs to build and roads to pave

And here I am, Joe, pressed for time

I’m fighting fit, still in my prime

The Middle East is now aflame

It’s worse right now than when I came

It worries me, that Putin stare

Despite the fact I’ve kissed the bear

It’s Israel that I must watch

Yes, thank you Joe, I’ll have more scotch

This damn election’s in the way

Of things that I could do today

To make the world a better place

But no, I’ve got to run this race

It’s pander that and pander this

And crying babies I must kiss

And raising money at each stop

I tell ya, Joe, they make me hop

But first things first, I always say

And that is why I’m on my way

To campaign stops at break of dawn

And that is why, while I am gone

I look to you to solve the mess

The world is in, for I confess

That I’m too busy just right now

And Valerie will show you how

It’s over soon and then we’ll see

It’s golf time, Joe, just you and me

Except for the fact that they are part of the radical left wing culture that is destroying Western civilization, I have nothing against homosexuals of either gender. If they went quietly about their business of buggering each other I wouldn’t care what they did, but once it was safe to come out of the closet they started demanding stuff, like marriage and preferential treatment. Between radical feminists and radical homosexuals, the culture has been so debased as to be in danger of collapse at the first push from those who would kill us. The newest aircraft carrier, now building, will have no urinals in its toilet rooms, or in navy parlance, heads. How long before our heterosexual military males are ordered to pee sitting down? Don’t laugh. In Sweden such a law is being seriously considered. All of this I have taken in stride, but now the Gay Pride nancy boys have gone too far. They have stolen our comic book heroes. Superman and The Green Lantern are now openly gay.

Green Lantern gay? Aha, I always knew it!

The way he looked at Batman all the time

And Captain Midnight staying out all hours

Pretending he and Lantern fighting crime

The only superhero worth the reading

Was Captain Marvel dressed in red and white

Contending with that evil guy Sivana

And fighting hard for justice and the right

To live a life of tranquil ease and comfort

In this great land of toast and tea and jam

Where every man’s a hero to his boyfriend

And gayness is the meaning of Shazam!

The Obama administration is about to turn over the specs and data on our most secret missile shield rocket speeds to Russia in return for a promise by Russia to warn us when Iran is about to launch. By Obama’s lights this is a good deal, since it shows Russia and Putin we still love them, and showing our enemies we love them is basic to the Obama administration’s foreign policy. Verse-Afire has come upon a White House recording of a conversation in which Barack Obama muses aloud to Joe Biden about the missile shield deal with Russia and about life after high school.

I’ve got a little secret that I promised not to tell

But here’s a chance to work real hard for peace

We’ve got this missile shield defense

I promised not to sell

But Putin said he’d gladly sign a lease

It strengthens us because he said

That he would tell us when

Iran was leading up to some no good

But dammit Joe I hate to ask that damn Congress again

It seems my every act’s misunderstood

The Constitution’s in my way so bad I want to scream

The House is now the enemy’s front line

I’ve only got six months or less to realize my dream

Of taking over here and make it mine

When I got out of high school

I knew all there was to know

About my life and how it would turn out

I followed the prescription

That my mentors said would grow

Into great fame and fortune without doubt

It all came true as you well know, and here we are today

Two men as unalike as two could be

You sit here listening without a single word to say

And that is how a man like you should be

Subservient, a little dumb, and goofy too at times

Vice presidents are meant to act as foils

While I took flight with Ayers and Wright

Who helped with ladder climbs

While you just sit and watch while kettle boils

I’m king of all that I survey, and women show me love

My smile and face surround me as I move

The New York Times thinks I’ve been sent

By Gaia god above

And Joe, I feel I’ve nothing left to prove

I’m glad we’ve had this little talk, I treasure your advice

I’m giving Putin everything he wants

The data, specs, and all he needs, and Joe, I got my price

But you won’t understand ‘cause you’re a dunce

Another Western sponsored UN resolution to put sanctions on Syria has resulted in another Russian and Chinese veto. And so the slaughter of Syrian civilians continues. Syria is filled with minorities. Alawite Muslims, a distinct minority, have ruled Syria for over forty years, and if the Turkish and Saudi back Sunnis win the civil war every Alawite man, woman and child will be put to the sword. Syrian Christians, to the number of one hundred thousand will also be exterminated unless a safe haven is provided by European or American troops. Israel is ready for anything, and the region is about to explode. But what is the Russian angle to this? Why does Putin seem determined to see the Syrian civil war through to the end?

The sun comes up as the world turns

And watchers on surrounding hills

Look on in awe as Assad burns

And corpses count the daily kills

The Russkies seem to see no harm

In letting things play to the end

The Chinese too have bet the farm

That Western Will will shortly bend

And somehow Assad will be saved

And owe his life and crown to them

The road to oil rich land then paved

Perhaps that is the stratagem

If not what is the game they play

What’s in it for the Russian Bear

What profits China end of day

What is behind the Putin stare

A conflagration that ignites

The region so that all implodes

And legions then of Russian knights

Can sell to China tanker loads

It’s all so cynical a ploy

But maybe there is more than this

It could be mama Putin’s boy

Is puckering a goodbye kiss

Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of Deference, traveled recently to Egypt to beg Mohamed Morsi, the newly elected terrorist Muslim Brotherhood President of Egypt, to keep his word and rule democratically, all the while remaining a staunch and true friend of the United States.  She was pelted with tomatoes and shoes for her pains, causing her to hum that old Sinatra tune Can’t We Be Friends.

I took each word he said as gospel truth

The way a silly little child would.
I can’t excuse it on the grounds of youth,
I was no babe in the wild, wild wood.
He didn’t mean it,
I should have seen it,
but now it’s too late.

I thought I’d found the guy of my dreams,
now it seems,
this is how the story ends:
He’s gonna turn me down and say,
“We can’t be friends”
I thought for once it couldn’t go wrong,
not for long,
I can see the way this ends:
He’s gonna turn me down and say,
“We can’t be friends”
Why should I care though he gave me the air,
Why should I cry,
heave a sigh,
and wonder why,
and wonder why?
I thought I found a guy I could trust,
watta bust, this is how the story ends:
He’s gonna turn me down and say,
“We can’t be friends”

David Gelernter, a Professor of computer science at Yale, among many other accomplishments, has written a book called How Imperial Academia Dismantled Our Culture, in which he says that children are no longer taught there is such a thing as right or wrong or true or false, are taught to disdain facts, and are taught theories of history but no actual history. Children are taught that all cultures are equal, brilliant and nice, except the United States which is bigoted and evil. The other day I spoke to a student at an unnamed but prestigious university, and she said she’d heard of Gelernter’s book, but probably wouldn’t read it because she hated bigots.

It’s all so dumb, and stupid too

He’s just another bigot Jew

He thinks my school is wrong for what they teach

He thinks that facts are hard and fast

And history was made to last

And truth and falsehood are within our reach

I’ll tell him this and to his face

The US is a bitter place

Where bigots taunt and sneer at folks like me

And all because I’m not like them

I’m educated and a fem

Who likes a man to be more like Spike Lee

I hate those awful tea bag folks

I laugh at all the clever jokes

About them that I hear from TV guys

And all those whack job right wing nuts

Oh how I hate their rotten guts

I’d kill their kids and snicker at their cries

I’m not like them for I’ve been taught

To live my life without a thought

Of thinking I am better than the next

We’re all the children of one god

But Gaia’d surely think it odd

If I did not confess some leave me vexed

For bigotry is such a crime

And surely there has come the time

That bigots and their ilk are sent to die

In dungeons dark where you would think

That they would die from bigot stink

And now I must be off and say goodbye

My civics class is meeting soon

And though my teacher is a coon

He’s nice because he let’s us have our say

Despite the fact the Chinks and Spicks

And all the stupid redneck hicks

Keep folks like me from having our own way