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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:creativeCommons="http://backend.userland.com/creativeCommonsRssModule" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Philitics.com - Verses by Phil Linehan</title><link>http://www.philitics.com/</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/philitics" /><description>I have written, and write, verses on different subjects,including politics.   Some are satiric and some, I hope, amusing.  Feel free to comment.</description><language>en</language><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Phil Linehan)</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 21:34:22 PDT</lastBuildDate><generator>Blogger</generator><atom:id xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882</atom:id><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">105</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/philitics" /><feedburner:info uri="philitics" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</creativeCommons:license><image><link>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/</link><url>http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif</url><title>Some Rights Reserved</title></image><feedburner:emailServiceId>philitics</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Be Careful or the Mobiles Will Catch You</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/wquPnDxfBKQ/be-careful-or-mobiles-will-catch-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 21:34:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-641970204995857501</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2013-05-02T23:34:22.455-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

When in Mexico City Andrea Benítez was unable
to be seated without reservation at a restaurant table
instead of conducting herself in a manner sensible
onlookers described her behaviour as reprehensible.

She flew into a frenzied rage
and swore against the owner a war she would wage.
An empty threat, perhaps, by someone unstable
and out of control because she could not get a table?

But Andrea </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has finally left
and her many admirers are feeling bereft.
Others, however, have a different view
and describe the baroness as a hard-hearted shrew.

A state funeral will be provided, although they do not call it that,
but to pay for it to taxpayers they will pass the hat.
Big Ben will be silent as the gun carriage wends its way
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When Pope Benedict XVI said he would step down
and cast aside his Papal crown
it was not long before many people wanted to know
if it was his own choice or if he was persuaded to go.

He is following the example of his namesake Benedict Nine
who, after being Pope three times, decided to finally resign.
He did so because he could no longer resist the appeal
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In other countries, instead of being elated,
people are indignant and discombobulated
when Americans say they should devise a scheme
that would allow them to emulate the American dream.


The claim that theirs is the greatest country the world has ever known
is derided by others as being absurdly overblown.
So when witnessing the U.S. Congress’s fiscal cliff debacle
from the rest of the world </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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When asked if I have the latest “i”.
“I already have two” I am tempted to reply.
But I am careful the question not to trivialize
because I know people are very serious about their “i’s”,

To buy the latest gadgets I am not prone
so I have no iPod, iPad or even iPhone.
Sad to say I now an old friend must avoid
because he insists what I need is an android.


Why I would want a human-like robot I </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/5fdomkKlzp8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/12/gadgets-new-and-old.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Stars Get in Their Eyes</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/V2IBXnqvXxk/stars-get-in-their-eyes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:47:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-7684965805401859653</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-11-21T13:42:32.502-06:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

Are American Generals in Afghanistan who have four stars

spending too much time in speakeasy Kabul bars?

Sent to that country their country to serve

they soon from the straight and narrow swerve.



As we contemplate the Mid-East slaughter

one must ask what they are imbibing with their mineral water.

Loose-lipped Stanley McChrystal was the first to take flight

when he just could not keep </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Apple produced its iPad4 a few months after its iPad3.
Far too short a time it seems, and not only to me.
They also launched their iPhone5
when their iPhone4 didn’t long survive.

If they brag about the qualities of their latest oeuvre
why so quick to say it will no longer serve?
Has it not yet on their customers dawned
that they are being craftily conned?


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The third debate, monitored by grandfatherly Bob Schieffer,
was expected to show how the candidates differ.
That, however, was not the case
as Obama and Romney sat down face to face.

They started by talking about the Middle East
where they believe U.S. authority should be increased.
There was little dispute about how this could be attained
as Romney claimed with more gunboats their goal would </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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How would Obama the next challenge tackle
after the first presidential debate debacle?
He then gave the impression of wishing he was not there
leaving Romney to argue with Clint Eastwood’s empty chair.

This time there appeared a totally different Barack
eager to refute any Romney attack.
A feisty guy, ready for the clash
determined his opponent’s arguments to thrash.


Moderator Candy Crowley </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/HeWmjHk0tnI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/10/second-presidential-debate.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Biden-Ryan Debate</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/UsIMPxxsGtg/biden-ryan-debate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:46:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-4574609172168837666</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-10-15T19:46:28.074-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Never have so many looked forward to a debate,as to see the Vice-President and his opponent they could hardly wait.They hoped the V.P. would whip up a stormunlike Obama’s performance subdued and lukewarm.Joe Biden appeared looking heart-warmingly avuncularto face a Paul Ryan resembling T.S. Eliot’s young man carbuncular.*Did he think it was some kind of medical quirkthat Paul’s face was set in a</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/UsIMPxxsGtg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/10/biden-ryan-debate.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>To Belie, or not to Belie, That is the Question</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/l1dWKHrw8i4/to-belie-or-not-to-belie-that-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:57:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-3812310836547548188</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-10-10T01:58:37.024-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

The first presidential debate is now history
with an outcome the talking heads call a mystery.
How could Romney, who about details is never specific,
perform in a manner they acclaim as terrific?

Obama was said to have been off his pace,
but who wouldn’t be when forced to look at his opponent’s face?
It would cause any debater to suffer from depression
when confronted with a visage that never </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/l1dWKHrw8i4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/10/to-belie-or-not-to-belie-that-is.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Barack Obama’s Point of View</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/Rv1x5fC81F0/barack-obamas-point-of-view_1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:06:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-412342690621490741</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-10-01T22:06:21.577-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

At the U.N. in New York world leaders gather
to engage in what critics describe as multi-lingual blather.
Some had hoped with the U.S. President to have private conversations
to discuss what is happening in war-torn nations.

Libya, Syria, the Middle East, an ambassador shot,
and this and that real or imagined terrorist plot.
Why poor women gathering firewood to pieces are blown
by a U.S. </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/Rv1x5fC81F0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/10/barack-obamas-point-of-view_1.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Who Upset the Apple Cart?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/KLwqSTglHBU/who-upset-apple-cart.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:50:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-1744279026012845722</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-10-10T01:57:58.787-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Can there be any more unappetizing sight
than an apple out of which someone has taken a bite?
Yet multitudes camped out for days on end
anxious on such an apple their cash to spend.

When the iPhone number 4 appeared
lucky buyers applauded and cheered.
But on their enthusiasm soon was put a blight
when the screen kept disappearing out of sight.
Steve Jobs told them they should not worry
for they</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/KLwqSTglHBU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/09/who-upset-apple-cart.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Empire Strikes Back</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/uPDOMoK0CCk/the-empire-strikes-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:26:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-8857787102495603393</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-09-19T11:27:52.972-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Today in Britain nobody minds the cloudsas the streets are filled with cheering crowds.David Cameron’s cup runneth overand he’s walking on a field of clover.The country’s economic problems are put asideand his promised benefit cuts not yet applied.Health service complaints the P.M. ignoresas he continues to pore over every U.K. citizen’s Olympics scores.
Was it his advisers who made him awarehe </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/uPDOMoK0CCk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/09/the-empire-strikes-back.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Welcome to Cloud Cuckoo Land</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/BdeU08uUnMo/anyone-trying-to-describe-cloud-cuckoo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:14:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-8649912107907914935</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-09-07T12:00:40.156-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Anyone trying to describe the cloud cuckoo land our political leaders inhabit
risks falling down the same hole as Alice’s rabbit.
It is a place where everything is so askew
one wonders if they are imbibing their very own brew.

Because voters must make an effort to understand
what happens in that godforsaken land,
let us take as an example the Republican presidential convention
that attracted </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/BdeU08uUnMo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/09/anyone-trying-to-describe-cloud-cuckoo.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>A Center for Disease Control Case</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/PGw2y7681c0/a-center-for-disease-control-case.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:44:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-2915551646256480107</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-08-22T14:44:56.714-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
No-one who listens to them can be in any doubt
that Romney and side-kick Ryan suffer from foot-in-mouth.
It’s now obvious among the Republican ranks the disease is spreading fast
as Todd Akin’s comment hit us like an Arctic blast.

He wants the whole abortion discussion to reshape
by presenting himself as an authority on rape.
A victim, he assures us, who is suffering a sexual assault,
to the </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/PGw2y7681c0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/08/a-center-for-disease-control-case.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Romney’s V.P. – An Echo of His Master’s Voice</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/ltexcSY6g8A/romneys-vp-echo-of-his-masters-voice.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:10:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-6549306191816536663</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-08-16T10:10:46.710-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
No more speculation about who it will be
now that Romney has finally named his presidential V.P.
The noise heard was a collective groan
when Mitt announced in choosing Paul Ryan he had picked a clone.

When Paul agrees with Mitt that money given to the wealthy to the poor trickles down
does he know he’s quoting a phrase coined by a clown?
Humorist Will Rogers used the expression
to try to raise </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/ltexcSY6g8A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/08/romneys-vp-echo-of-his-masters-voice.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Romney: An Incurable Case of Foot-in-Mouth</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/YsephyG6uT0/romney-incurable-case-of-foot-in-mouth.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:58:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-6036202968794317445</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-08-06T15:59:55.865-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

Republican candidate Romney drew up a travel trip
to prove on world affairs he has a grip.
To show he can be presidential
and persuade voters he has a foreign policy credential.

If Mitt believes about what happens abroad U.S. voters care a bag of beans
he should go and tell that to the marines.
Their concerns are about events in the U.S. of A.
so they question why he chose to go away.

They </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/YsephyG6uT0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/08/romney-incurable-case-of-foot-in-mouth.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Hillary Keeps on Flying</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/0yHrNiNdISg/hillary-keeps-on-flying.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:53:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-4818659996063287475</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-07-24T22:54:15.969-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Secretary of State Clinton is always on the go
but exactly why no-one seems to know.
When she sees a nation on a map a trip cannot be resisted
and she’s been to some few even knew existed.

Because she did not want to be left at the gate
she had to beat Secretary Albright’s total of 98.
She is now up to number one hundred and two
And members of her exhausted entourage are threatening to sue.
In </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/0yHrNiNdISg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/07/hillary-keeps-on-flying.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Oh, Silvio, Silvio, wherefore art thou Silvio? (Apologies to W. Shakespeare)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/_81LDlT8MqI/oh-silvio-silvio-wherefore-art-thou.html</link><category>Political humor</category><category>Political Satire</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:06:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-5530387640229394284</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-07-18T13:07:02.039-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Many Italians against Berlusconi vented their spleen
when they thought for good he had left the scene.
But their confidence was soon shaken
on discovering they were mistaken.

Despite those who think he should be in prison
Berlusconi like a phoenix from the ashes has arisen.
Italy’s most infamous resident
has announced he wants to be its president.

But to operate with a free hand
he would the </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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The news is out for which the world waited
with what can only be described as breath that was bated.
Smart physicists claim to have discovered something named after a Mr. Higgs,
although skeptics say what they might have seen were flying pigs.

Some, when they heard what the geniuses thought they saw
were astonished that it had caused such awe.
They could not understand why a ship’s bosun named</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/Bdr6iWTALc4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/07/ignoramuss-view-of-higgs-boson.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Goodbye Sarko</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/WbPi8b7kdQY/goodbye-sarko.html</link><category>Political humor</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Exidon)</author><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:28:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-5925341906412104707</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-07-15T14:29:40.853-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

The election is over with the result as expected
as Nicolas Sarkozy is by the voters rejected.
He must put on his best face so they will not see him grieve
when the Elysée Palace he is told he must leave.

About why he was dumped there will be much debate
with many opinions expressed about his sad fate.
Was it the countless promises made and not kept
that made electors decide he was simply </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/WbPi8b7kdQY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/05/goodbye-sarko.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Beware the Curse of Inca Gold</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/gMphkSpbpsE/beware-curse-of-inca-gold.html</link><category>Caustic Comments</category><category>Satire</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Phil Linehan)</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:03:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-312402467499387234</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-07-15T14:21:39.612-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Loud shouts of excited “Eurekas”

were heard from a group of U.S. treasure seekers

when into the sea off Portugal they made repeated jumps

in the hopes that they would come up trumps.



They discovered 17 tons of coins of silver and gold

stashed in the wreck of a sunken Spanish galleon’s hold.

The finders decided to Florida their haul remove

confident their lives would soon improve.




</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/gMphkSpbpsE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/04/beware-curse-of-inca-gold.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Birthers Strike Again</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/LCInpcm1Yz4/birthers-strike-again.html</link><category>The Lighter Side</category><category>Caustic Comments</category><category>Political humor</category><category>Political Satire</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Phil Linehan)</author><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:38:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-5735368546108721640</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-07-15T14:21:14.957-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
The Birthers are once again attacking

and this time it’s against Romney they are cracking.

They say it was not in the U.S.A. he saw the light of day

but in another country not far away.



They claim he was smuggled into the land

in a plot that was very carefully planned.

The babe was brought in when fast asleep

in an orange box tied to the top of the family Jeep.




They also assert </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/philitics/~4/LCInpcm1Yz4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.philitics.com/2012/03/birthers-strike-again.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Now I'm a Believer</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/philitics/~3/ZauinLFjKBE/now-im-believer.html</link><category>Caustic Comments</category><category>Political humor</category><category>Satire</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Phil Linehan)</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:10:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407708906944825882.post-1096908200546961928</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-07-15T14:27:30.543-05:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

Up to now in miracles I’ve found it hard to believe

that are meant the gullible to deceive.

Tales of a chap who did not survive,

who was buried when dead, but then again was alive.



Could that have been the work of the same ethereal spirit divine

who is also responsible for intelligent design?

But now comes news of a miracle I thought was a jest

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