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People Who Need People or People Who Knead People (limerick 20001030-01)
    In paeans to Clinton and Gore,
    interpreting Streisand's a chore.
    The language she sings
    is called Clintonese
    which makes understanding a chore.
    Says Streisand, the expert on People, 
    "The best are the ones who need people."
    Such words are ironic
    because in Clinphonics 
    it means the best people knead people.
© 2000 --Inspired by observation of people who knead people.

A good raison d'être:  Orevoir Barb the Diva (limerick 20001029-01)
    Remember the promise by Streisand
    to travel beyond the horizon
    if Gore doesn't win?
    It's why Dubya grins--
    for d'être 'tis such a good raison.
© 2000 --Inspired by reports that Barbara Streisand attacks Bush and praises Gore in an interview by Barbara Walters to be broadcast this coming Friday and by prior reports of Streisand's prior promise to emigrate to another country if Gore were to not be elected. 

The movie, Contender contends it's best to deny and pretend (limerick 20001010-01)
    The movie, Contender, contends
    a candidate's sexual sins
    should be out of bounds
    for media hounds
    so good folks will campaign again.
    At first-blush this seems to be fair,
    and most folks agree "Don't go there."
    We all fear confession
    of private transgression
    when our better sense was impaired.
    But this shows Contender is wrong
    to say such exposure is wrong.
    The public won't know,
    but blackmailers know
    just who can be bought for "no-song."
    A person convinced that he must
    campaign for positions of trust
    owes it to us
    to blush if he must
    'cause that's how to guarantee trust.
© 2000 --Inspired by publicity about Hollywood's apparent need to accelerate release of Contender before the coming election to convey the message that it's wrong for politicians to be held accountable for private, sexual transgressions.  However, to ask whether it's wrong to subject a candidate or public official the humiliation of such public disclosure is to pose a more fundamental question:  Is it in the public interest to entrust governmental power to someone amenable to blackmail by his/her fear of public disclosure of a past transgression?  Would the refusal of other politicians and the media to accord any dignity to any such allegation render that politician immune from blackmail?  Wouldn't Clinton have gone (indeed, didn't he go) to the same lengths to prevent someone from privately telling his family about his "affair" with Monica as the lengths to which he went to prevent public disclosure of such "affair"?  It may be unfair, but those who seek the public trust in order to wield governmental power (they always call it "public service") owe it to be public to minimize their vulnerability to blackmail.  If one's prior conduct renders one vulnerable to blackmail, then one should not seek public office without being willing to endure the humiliation of public exposure of such transgression.  Why do some consider it noble rather than self-serving, reckless and violative of the public trust for a person vulnerable to blackmail to seek to acquire and wield governmental power?

The "wisdom" of Sheen as star of "West Wing" (limerick 20000928-01)
    I'm Handgun Control's Martin Sheen,
    and dolts who are fans of West Wing
    perceive me to be
    as smart as can be
    'cause that's what I play on TV.
    To generate anti-Bush zeal
    for laws letting guns be concealed
    I surely won't tell
    that murder rates fell
    with growth of permits to conceal.
    How best could his name I besmirch?
    I said he's for totin' in church,
    and then with my guile
    implied that he's wild--
    it's some of my best-acting work!
© 2000 --Inspired by 09-28-00 Washington Post story about Martin Sheen's anti-Bush commercials for Handgun Control.

Will Alec Baldwin become a Promise Keeper?  (limerick 20000917-01)
    For voters who long have been stallin'
    to pick Gore or Bush for installin'
    a good reason for
    George Bush and not Gore: 
    To say "Adios, Alec Baldwin."
© 2000 --Inspired by Alec Baldwin's gracious offer to leave the country if Bush were to be elected.

Impression of the new movie, The Patriot. (a limerick) (du20000701-01)
    I just saw the new movie Patriot, 
    a movie I found quite audacious.
    It clearly reveals:   
    excesses in zeal 
    compete with our more noble nature.
    The son of the man played by Gibson 
    quite strongly resisted temptation.
    Because he knew hate 
    would stand in the way 
    of goals for a noble, new nation.
    And likewise, the slave who joined with 'em, 
    whose first goal was gaining his freedom--
    Then used his new rights 
    to risk his own life 
    with hopes to give other slaves freedom.  
© 2000

Worship of Celebrity/Notoriety. (limericks du20000325-01)
    The networks and programs for "news" 
    treat Oscar predictions as "news"
    with stories about 
    the folks who camped-out 
    to see "stars" from sidewalks as pews.
    The networks exhibit disdain 
    for news and instead entertain,
    'cause fluff gets the ratings 
    and news gets berating-- 
    the viewers are who we must blame  
© 2000