The Savior from Hell

Norwegian Breivik’s killing spree,
Horrific on historic scale,
Defies all laws of decency
To such extent all notions fail
To grasp what casually he did:
Sight, aim, squeeze, shoot and kill each kid.

Murdoch's Schlock

Interrogated if he knew
About his tabloids’ hacking, “Nope!”
Was what he told an M.P. who
Might wonder, “Are you Catholic, Pope?”
If Murdoch by some chance knew not,
The more his British rags are rot.

Ready the Shovels

Obama’s got to emulate
A grand idea of FDR:
To circumvent a welfare state,
Appoint a public projects czar
Like Harry Hopkins, Franklin’s guy
To make sure ready shovels fly.

Plenty to Do at Home

NASA SHUTTLE PROGRAM FINISHED!
Headlines made us sound diminished.
Russians, though, are glad to fly us,
Round-trip space fare being sumptuous.
Soviets no more, they’re colleagues,
Scientists, not full of intrigues.

What Have We Become?

The nation-building years since our
Initial Independence Day
Saw broad-based immigration flower.
Those fit to hold their own could stay.
If law-abiding, strangers tasked
Could hold a job, no questions asked.

Thou Shalt Maim and Kill

Thank heavens that the High Court thinks
Our kids can virtually lay claim
To what at first you might think stinks,
Their right to cyber-rape and maim
A mother-daughter team in throes
Of yet more violent videos.