The Judge Says

Sometimes satirical, usually political, always with a progressive bent.

Friday, December 29, 2006

The Bush Who Stole Your Rights - a Seussian fable

This is the latest in my series of Seussian blogs. If you missed the others, they are:

I Am George

Bush In A Hat

The Bush Who Stole Your Rights

Every You down in Youville
Liked their rights a lot...

But the Bush, who lived in dreamland,
He did NOT!

The Bush hated rights, especially numbers 1 and 4,
And no one quite knows the why or what for.
It could be his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
Or maybe, perhaps, that his tights were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his brain is two sizes too small.

But whatever the reason, his brain or his tights,
He stood there in dreamland, hating your rights,
Plotting to take them, with a sour, Bushy frown
And all the while acting like a bumbling old clown.

He plotted and schemed with his friends on the Hill
To take all your rights with their weasely skill.
With Patriot Acts numbered first one and then two
With MCAs, spying, illegal wiretapping too
Your rights were on the line, yes set up for the kill.

And then Bush and Cheney well what did they do?
Why they looked from their tower at me and at you,
They looked with their faces screwed up in a sneer
Sure that our rights would soon disappear.

But what was it they saw with their small beady eyes,
What was it that caught them, yes quite by surprise?
Senators Talent and Burns, Santorum and Allen
Joined Delay and some others among the crestfallen.

For the people in Youville spoke up loud and clear
They spoke up for the rights that they once held so dear
And Bush and his cronies looked on in dismay
The votes were all counted, what more could they say.

But people of Youville the fight is not done
For Congress might still put your rights on the run.
To Pelosi and Reid every You must write
To let them both know that the Yous have the might.

Yes let Congress know that the Yous have the might,
And if they screw it all up you'll take THEM the fight.