Nov
08
The Seven Drowning Pundits
The Seven Drowning Pundits,
Said what they should have said.
They talked and talked and talked all night,
Until their tongues were dead.
The Seven Drowning Pundits,
They knew what was to be.
They hit the notes and sang the tune,
Until they had to pee.
The Seven Drowning Pundits,
They enjoyed the fleet of fame.
They just didn’t realize,
That they were the ones to blame.
The Seven Drowning Pundits,
They wanted to be right.
They barked and howled at the moon,
Because it was so bright.
The Seven Drowning Pundits,
They smelled the money big.
They ate at it’s trough and barely coughed,
As they wallowed with the pig.
The Seven Drowning Pundits,
Last seen not making a sound,
Disappeared late that night,
The rumor was they drowned.
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Drawing and poem by Marty Coleman, who is not a pundit, but does like puns.
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Trivia Question of the day
Sep
11
9/11
In Memoriam
Total dead: too many
Total injured: too many
Total relatives and friends of the dead and injured: too many
Total military dead in subsequent wars: too many
Total military injured in subsequent wars: too many
Total relatives and friends of the war dead and injured: too many
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Jan
12
Americans are taught, from an early age, the words of those who founded the country. The rhetoric still guides us. Not just the Constitution and the Declaration, but in the wide swath of words our leaders, elected or not, have spoken. We love those words. People on the right, like Rep. John Boehner, people on the left, like Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and people in the middle, like Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, love them. They take them to heart even as they have slightly different opinions of what those words mean in the here and now. But, as naive as some say it is, I believe American politicians, with rare exceptions, do their best to honor those good words from our history.
I don’t start with that assumption regarding those who are not accountable. I am talking about specific people, on both the left and right; Beck, Limbaugh, Maddow, Olbermann, Maher, Hannity, Savage, O’Reilly, Palin and others. They don’t have to be elected, sworn in, questioned by constituents. All they have to do is talk. They are responsible to themselves, their companies and the company’s shareholders. They are not responsible to the citizens. If what they want is money, fame & adulation there is nothing wrong with them wanting those things. They are not responsible to want anything else even though we might hope they have deeper desires.
What is wrong is when you think they have your best interests at heart. They don’t. They have THEIR best interests at heart. They are NOT your representatives, in life or in Congress. Listen but understand that YOU are responsible for not just your words but how you evaluate and act on other people’s words as well.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Plato, 427-348 BCE, Greek philosopher
Jul
03
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I love my country. In most cases I probably love your country too. But I love my country because the ideals it was founded on. Those ideals are not well protected and maintained if you only rise up and believe them once a year on the 4th of July. They are nourished when you do it every day.
Here is my self-test of patriotism. These statements are how I know I am living up to the ideals of our founders.
- When I understand that America is not only for people like me.
- When I understand that I am free to judge on the content of character, but not the color of skin or the gender of the body or the inclinations of love and attraction or the ability to do what others can do, or one’s upbringing or station in life.
- When I understand that each individual has the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, whether I like their versions of those things or not.
- When I understand we have a right to be free and pursue our dreams but NOT at the expense and destruction of our towns, coastlines, rivers, oceans, land or people.
- When I understand we have an absolute right to protect ourselves from those who wish or do us harm, both from outside our country and our corporations, and from inside.
- When I understand with gratefulness and humility that many people, now and in the past, have found it necessary to do something they hate doing, namely killing other people, and in turn sometimes getting killed and wounded themselves, to protect these rights and to protect me.
- When I understand that hating another country or another people will not now, or ever, create a safe environment for me and mine.
- When I understand that civil discourse and transitions among people and governing authorities who disagree is essential and positive, leading to good governance and progress.
- When I understand and stand up for true religious freedom, knowing that my religion (or lack of) is not the religion of the country, no matter how large and powerful it is, and no matter how many believe as I do.
- When I understand that America is me and what I do with my life.
That is my test.
What would you add to it?
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Adlai Stevenson, 1900-1965, Governor of Illinois, Ambassador to the UN, Presidential candidate 1952 & 1956.
Nov
18
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What do you regret that you have?
