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The Joebberwacky
The Joebberwacky
‘Twas thrillig, and the slimy joves
Did grint and gibble on the stage;
All dumbsy were the politcoves,
And the dume bydns outrabe.
“Beware the Joebberwack, my son!
The lips that sneer, the teeth that flash!
Beware the Barrybarry bird, and shun
The debious Wassersnatch!”
He shone his shiny pate by hand:
Long time the moxiny joe he sought—
So rested he by the Dumdum tree,
And stood awhile without a thought.
And as in matthyooish thought he stood,
The Joebberwack, with eyes of blame,
Came overcombing through the oogley wood,
And sneerkled as it came!
One, two! One, two! and through and through
The lolling tongue went blabber-back!
He left it dead, and with his empty head
He went amphtraking back.
“And hast thou slain the Joebberwack?
Come to my arms, my gopish boy!
O barriless day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.
‘Twas thrillig, and the slimy joves
Did grint and gibble on the stage;
All dumbsy were the politcoves,
And the dume bydns outrabe.
One of these things is not like the others
Anybody that has seen Sesame Street is probably familiar with these lyrics:
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn’t belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the others,
Then you’re absolutely…right!
Given that, let’s look at the four men involved in the presidential campaign. President Obama, Governor Romney, and Representative Ryan seem to have no problem with being passionate while staying mature and civil. Then there’s Joe. I don’t get it. His boss isn’t modeling that sort of behavior. His opponents don’t behave that way. Why is it OK for Joe?
I put the four men’s behavior to a simple test. Would I tell a ten-year-old to behave like the person on stage? The three men I mentioned would easily pass that test. Biden interrupted Ryan and the moderator 81 times. If a child interrupted his or her teacher one tenth that many time, that child would be in the principal’s office. Furthermore, if Biden is so comfortable with being so rude, what is to say he won’t cross one too many lines when he is outside of the debate hall?
Lastly, shame on my fellow native from Queens, NY, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who said that Mr. Biden was behaving “vice-presidentially.” Since when does rudeness and sarcasm make someone vice-presidential? She is a mom. Would she really tolerate her kids behaving during a school debate like Mr. Biden did? I doubt it. She said that Mr. Biden was demonstrating gravitas. She needs to get her Latin straight. Mr. Biden was showing he is an asinus.
Daddy, there’s a bully at school
Child: Daddy, there’s a bully at school!
Father: Why do you say he’s a bully?
Child: He doesn’t let other people talk.
Father: Does he do that all of the time?
Child: Yesterday, my friend dropped a marble in a jar every time he didn’t let the teacher or one of us talk.
Father: How many marbles were in the jar?
Child: 81
Father: What else does this bully do?
Child: He lies.
Father: What does he lie about?
Child: There was this really bad third grader who was waiting around the corner and then he ran out and crashed into a teacher.
Father: So what was the lie?
Child: Well, the bully saw the third grader getting ready to crash into the teacher and when the principal asked a bunch of us if we knew what happened and the bully said he didn’t.
Father: This sounds like a very bad boy. Is there anything else the he does?
Child: Yeah. You know how you teach me how important it is to be nice to people and not say mean things, even if I don’t like them?
Father: Yes. That’s very important.
Child: Well the bully isn’t like that. He laughs at people and makes fun of them. There’s something else.
Father: OK.
Child: You know how you said it is bad to use words that are just make believe for bad words just so we don’t get in trouble?
Father: Sure. That’s important because what really matters is what you think, not just what you say.
Child: The bully uses words that mean…poop…a lot.
Father: This boy is a bully. What does he look like? I’m going to school and talk to the principal.
Child: He looks like this:
Mr. Obama’s impact on Frankenfood
Frankenfood, a/k/a GMO’s, a/k/a Genetically Modified (I prefer “Mutated”) Organisms, is food and food support products that has been genetically modified for various purposes, all of which end up in profitability for companies that produce GMO’s. They hold within them the potential for all sorts of diseases to include cancer. Mr. Obama has had a profound effect on GMO production. His policies and appointees have significantly PROMOTED its production. As a man who paints himself as a champion of the people and enemy of selfish businesses that profit at the expense of the 99%, he is actually more like Janus, the two-faced god of the Roman pantheon. With one face he looks at the citizenry and tells them he is the agent of change and their representative against the evil empire. With the other face, he smiles at Monsanto, DuPont, and other purveyors of Frankenfood and tells them he is committed to helping them in their mission.
Before you discount what I’m saying as right-wing rhetoric, consider the fact that I am not a Republican nor do I lock step with most conservatives. Also consider the fact that the quotation you are about to read is from the Organic Consumers Association (organicconsumers.org). The OCA promotes many things that are considered liberal and Democrat issues such as Fair Trade, global warming reduction, world peace, “Mother Earth,” etc. What I really like about the OCA is it is brave enough to name names, regardless of party. I truly believe that it believes in its causes solely on the merit of the fact they believe they are right, not because Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, or some liberal pundit told them to. We need more organizations that are committed to right because it is right and not because it sounds right or is anti-right.
Getting sick from experimental food is not a partisan issue. Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Socialists, Communists, Anarchists, the unaffiliated, and the unconcerned are equally at risk from this stuff. Here is what the OCA wrote:
President Obama knows that agribusiness cannot be trusted with the regulatory powers of government. On the campaign trail in 2007, he promised: We’ll tell ConAgra that it’s not the Department of Agribusiness. It’s the Department of Agriculture. We’re going to put the people’s interests ahead of the special interests.
But, starting with his choice for USDA Secretary, the pro-biotech former governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack, President Obama has let Monsanto, Dupont and the other pesticide and genetic engineering companies know they’ll have plenty of friends and supporters within his administration.
President Obama has taken his team of food and farming leaders directly from the biotech companies and their lobbying, research, and philanthropic arms:
Michael Taylor
[Michael Taylor is the] former Monsanto Vice President, is now the FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods.
Roger Beachy
[Roger Beachy is the] former director of the Monsanto-funded Danforth Plant Science Center, is now the director of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Islam Siddiqui
[Islam Siddiqui is the] Vice President of the Monsanto and Dupont-funded pesticide-promoting lobbying group, CropLife, is now the Agriculture Negotiator for the US Trade Representative.
Rajiv Shah
[Rajiv Shah is the] former agricultural-development director for the pro-biotech Gates Foundation (a frequent Monsanto partner), served as Obama’s USDA Under Secretary for Research Education and Economics and Chief Scientist and is now head of USAID.
Elena Kagan
[Elena Kagan] who, as President Obama’s Solicitor General, took Monsanto’s side against organic farmers in the Roundup Ready alfalfa case, is now on the Supreme Court.
Ramona Romero who is corporate counsel to DuPont, has been nominated by President Obama to serve as General Counsel for the USDA.
Source: http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/index.cfm
Notes:
1) One of the leading purveyors of Frankenfood is E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a company that made $38 billion in 2011. Known simply as DuPont, it is headquartered in Delaware, the home state of Vice-President Joe Biden.
2) All of these people work or have worked for huge businesses and their incomes probably put them all in the top 1% of income earners.
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