From The Silverwood Institute
Soldiers killed daily,
Bombs exploding ev’rywhere,
Condi Rice sees progress.
Markets are booming,
Economic growth is brisk,
So whose got my job?
Cherry blossoms fall
And season follows season;
Don Rumsfeld remains.
Congress cuts taxes,
Federal deficits soar,
What¹s the connection?
Should Beltway makers
Of really bad policies
Commit sepuku?
©2005 The Silverwood Institute
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.