Here's to the great Michael Phelps

Here’s to the great Michael Phelps
Whose achievement caused much cheers and yelps
It takes lots of mettle
To win eight gold medals
And that .01 second sure helps.

The preceeding was posted on our companion blog last summer when young Mr. Phelps had the world by the tail. Then . . . Oh, how the mighty has fallen.

Here’s to the great Michael Phelps
Whose bong photo caused much jeers and yelps
The role model’s creed
Says, “The smoking of weed
Near a picture phone almost never helps.

I don't like that Stephen Colbert

I don’t like that Stephen Colbert.
The most obnoxious guy anywhere.
He’s as dumb as a box
Of Republican rocks.
He’s a vacuum with magnificent hair.

So Letterman finally got married

So Letterman finally got married
To make a standard family for young Harry.
The house band was there
With a matrimonial aire
But Alan as a bridesmaid? How scary.

Will the GOP brass get along

Will the GOP brass get along
With Rush Limbaugh’s conservative throng?
Or will they try moderation
Of this radio star’s nation
If they think he’s so right and so wrong?

The recession's hit hard our downtown

The recession’s hit hard our downtown.
I don’t see many people around.
I makes me quite sad
To see that things are so bad
Even the tumbleweed vendor’s shut down.

Once more we "celebrate" Lent

Once more we “celebrate” Lent
The time to sacrifice and repent
But I don’t really feel
That a Red Lobster meal
I going to make me Heaven sent.

Yay! The President has filled out his bracket

Yay! The President has filled out his bracket.
He focused on the problem and attacked it.
Now if terrorism and banking
Just had a power ranking
He'd have aced this leadership racket.

On the morn after St. Patrick's day

On the morn after St. Patrick’s day
I just wish the pounding would go away.
And to make matters worse,
I’ve woke up with a nurse,
Who hopes to get pounded again today.

In Ireland, there's no St. Patrick parade

In Ireland, there's no St. Patrick parade,
I saw folks in church where they prayed.
Not like over here
Where we just pour green beer
Down the hatch of young girls to get laid.

Heed the tale of Sam Wurzelbacher

Heed the tale of Sam Wurzelbacher,
Victim of a privacy ransaker.
Renamed “Joe the Plumber”,
This political newcomer
Was slammed as a McCain / Palin backer.

Somehow, I don't think we've seen the last of "Sam the Plumber".

So today is Friday the Thirteenth

So today is Friday the Thirteenth;
And all of you know what that meanth.
On a day of such doom
I’ll just stay in my room
With Sports Illustrated swimsuit magazineth.

Ya know? Didn't we just do this a couple of weeks ago?

There's been this war on my TV

There’s been this war on my TV
Between The Daily Show and CNBC.
Seems when Cramer says his sooth
It is far from the truth,
And Stewart’s renamed his show “Bad Money”.

There once was a man named Obama

There once was a man named Obama –
A political phenomenama.
His cry; “Yes We Can”
Rang out ‘cross the land
Brightening our national panorama.

We first posted this limerick on Inaugural Day. It's hard to believe how full of hope we were, and how jaded we've become.

There once was a year called '08

There once was a year called ’08.
For the most part, it wasn’t so great.
My 401-K
Won’t see light of day
Until my childrens’ retirement date.