Philosophy by Limerick: Natural Non-Commie Fulfillment – Ayn Rand
The guy in the doorway is dead Not as tough as the one overhead So she smiles and she greets him With raised hips she meets him It’s Darwin, it’s fate; it ain’t RED. Old Jules Tagged: ayn rand,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Still Scary After All These Years
We miss those damned Marxists, so please Find Commies behind all the trees! Ain’t nuthun’ so thrilling For shouting and shrilling Ignoring the rot and the sleeze. Old Jules Tagged: communists,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Hot, Throbbing Democracy
“Equine or a pachyderm style?” Ms. Street Hooker asks with a smile. “Trickle-down while I wail out Snatch wallet and bail out! You won’t want to vote for a while!” Old Jules Tagged: culture, economy,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick: * A Corncob and a Lie
“Bend over and spread your cheeks,” Aristocrat smirks to the meeks, “Believe you’ll inherit By pachyderm merit Or equine, earth’s limitless peaks.” Old Jules * Apologies to Archibald MacLeish when he...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Billboard Confession Booth
The woe-gunning sloganning wienies So frightened of commies and greenies Would sell their own grannies And illegal nannies To hear themselves venting their spleenies. Old Jules Tagged: billboard,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Dante Disneyland
Minnie Mouse can be open-minded And wabbits can sometimes be blinded By synthetic passion Of this or that fashion: Uncle Scrooge accepts plastic! [Reminded!] Old Jules Tagged: adult, art, creative...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick: Rhetorical Obscene Hand Gestures
The role-models offer a clue While naming only a few: Bush, Reagan, [post-Dallas] And Billary’s palace: Spit polishing won’t make it new. Old Jules Tagged: creative writing, culture, due process,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Patrician Solutions
While a peasant ponders An insect in amber can last Long after its species is past: Urge you to clamber Avoiding the amber And eat extinct plants for repast. Old Jules Tagged: creative writing,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – Divining the Future – The Oracle
An absurd, grotesque dis-assembly Will waltz across Florida nimbly: Plebes and Patricians And news statisticians Will celebrate parodies grimly. Old Jules Tagged: conventions, culture, elections,...
View ArticlePhilosophy by Limerick – The Intestinal Parasite
Two political parties, or thrice, Patricians are fatter than lice. When bones are scraped narrow They’ll suck out the marrow, Turn knuckle-bones into dice. Old Jules Tagged: economy, Human Behavior,...
View ArticleViva La Raza – Philosophy by Limerick
In Gaza The Zionists’ “Viva la raza!” Never played well in Gaza, But mineral wealth Left no time for stealth So la raza turned casa to masa. Old Jules Tagged: gaza, humor, limerick, poem, poetry
View ArticleThe Genius MBA – Philosophy by Limerick
Made his money the hard way, inherited. Went to Yale where he struggled and merited Every cent that he earned With his MBA; spurned Do-nothings with slogans he parroted. Old Jules – July 31, 2012 blog...
View ArticleNobody said it would be – Philosophy by limerick
Locomotive Rock located on the Laguna Rez a few miles north of Acoma. Stopping a train just ain’t easy The methods are bloody and sleazy But changing direction Requires a correction More solid than...
View ArticleThe thorny ethics of silence – Philosophy by limerick
This is Stormy. Her reputation was ruined when the president broke their non-disclosure agreement and gabbed to all his evangelist buddies. Now her phone rings day and night and she can’t get a moment...
View ArticleTwo rich men and the eye of a needle – Philosophy by limerick
Mark 10:25 – “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Some things don’t need to be said And a jet plane can mess with your...
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