“Deem and Pass” Ditty
The House has apparently ditched the “deem and pass” health reform voting mechanism. Instead, it will hold separate up-or-down votes on the Senate health care bill and on the changes to that bill....
View ArticleKick-Ass Limerick
The language police are at it again. Republicans and Fox News (sorry to be redundant) are simply horrified at President Obama’s “unpresidential” language. What are they so pretend-upset about? Obama...
View ArticleRefudiating Sarah
I usually ignore Sarah Palin’s language-mangling. But her “refudiate” the “Ground Zero Mosque” Twitter “tweet” is too priceless not to comment on: Refudiating Sarah (Limerick) By Madeleine Begun Kane...
View ArticleLimerick Ode To Newt “The Thinker” Gingrich
New York Magazine’s Dana Amira has the numerical dirt on something that’s annoyed me for decades: Newt Gingrich’s over-use of pretentious words like profoundly, deeply, frankly, and fundamentally....
View ArticleWhat I Won’t Call Donald Trump (Limerick)
I’m often inclined to admonish The Donald; his actions astonish. Trump’s the King of “Fake News,” But I’d never accuse Him of being the slightest bit “donnish.” Thanks to Dictionary.com’s Word of the...
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