Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Simple Simon Explains Consumer Credit
Simple Simon Explains Consumer Credit Simple Simon met a pie man going to the fair Said Simple Simon to the pie man, “May I taste your wares?” Said the pie man to Simple Simon, “Each pie's four hundred bucks.” Said Simple Simon to the pie man, “I'm kind of down on my luck.” Said the pie man to...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Practicing Poet
Practicing Poet He used to be a practicing poet Before his lack of welcome wore thin upon the pavement And his shoes succumbed to join the ranks Of millions of Jeremiahs who no longer vote Copyright © 2010 by C. P. Klapper written on July 13, 2010
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Burning Sulfur
Burning Sulfur Burning sulfur is our parking lot The parking of our forehead and hands Of all we think and make Of all we buy and sell Borne by the gasoline guzzling Beast To spots between sulfuric yellow lines Burning sulfur all along the way Burning sulfur in our driveway Burning sulfur on our...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Damaged
Damaged Goods Yes, ma'am, I am damaged goods, Discarded and, in that discarding, damaged, For who takes care of the things they throw away? Yes, sirree, I have been thrown away, Only useful for a time which now is gone, For who keeps around them useless things? Yes, child, I am a useless thing A...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Looking through old emails I sent
among the ones which were still marked as unread, I found this one, showing that I expected the crash in the housing bubble at least as far back as mid-September 2002. I put the relevant section in bold font: Received: from [198.180.161.1] by web20909.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 17 Sep 2002...
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A Six Foot Inaudible Funeral
A Six Foot Inaudible Funeral For the period of this silent lecture, Irving held the chair of Professor of Practical Mythology, researching the hidden secrets of the Great Beyond. Everyone respected him for that, jealous almost but not enough to apply under his grant when it came through after they...
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Friday, July 2, 2010
A Radical Compromise on the Property Tax
The Popular Capitalist View: A Radical Compromise on the Property Tax By Carl Peter Klapper Recent events in Trenton, amounting to a showdown, calls for some intervention on my part. The Governor, following a philosophy obsessed with the amount of taxes, is sparring with a legislature which follows...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Nation Building
Nation Building You don't build a nation like you build a house But, instead, you apparently use A wrecking ball and an arsenal, A steamroller with turrets on top Which spit a strange language you don't want to hear The words of bullet and death And you pitch that message as you canvass the crowd...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Insane
Insane Have Americans gone completely insane, For whom apples are oranges and red is green? They declare the non-uniform a uniform rule And illegal the violators of an illegal law. Forgotten are the words, though remembered the name, Consent of the governed is thrown to the wind While the sovereign...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Oath of Office
Oath of Office I, Mr. President, as I prefer to be called, Do solemnly pretend to swear or affirm To uphold the Constitution to ridicule While gaining more power for myself To micromanage down to personal affairs The minutiae of your daily life So that everything you eat, drink or breathe Must first...
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