And now some verse from TMV’s favorite poet, Michael Silverstein, aka Wall Street Poet:
If a president is intent on pursuing a policy the public doesn’t want and Congress doesn’t want and the rest of the world views as absurd, he has to get rid of people within his own defense and intelligence agencies that feel the same way. This limerick explains it all…
The Bush Iraq Purge
Mr. Bush has an urge for a surge
On more troops for Iraq he will splurge
When some dared oppose him
He merely deposed them
It was a most Cheney-like purge.
Copyright 2007 Michael Silverstein
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.