Category: Politics

The man is now Iranian
Who used to be a Persian.
I wonder what he’s ganian
With his reconversion?

And some wild Mesopotamian
With harems by the block
Said “Watch who you’re defamian
For 1 am from Iraq.”

Then some Big Shot, once Siamese
From that old do-or-die land
Pleads with his neighbors, on his knees,
To call his country Thailand.

Beware, though, all you foreign folk!
I’ll kick him in the slats
Who calls, in his attempt to joke,
Americans Democrats.

by Ray Romine Sunday, February 11, 1951

When things aren’t going well, you
May find it natural to
Blame Congress, and
While a bit underhand,
It’s a fad now, since Presidents do!

by Ray Romine Friday, September 7, 1951

HT and this Congress, one fears,
Will be greeting each other with Jeers;
And while it’s not fatal,
Could be such debate’ll
Be rough on each other’s veneers.

by Ray Romine Friday, November 17, 1950

Harry says he’ll go right on
Fighting Congress foes.
Could be we are in for some
Very dirty blows.

by Ray Romine Tuesday, May 16, 1950

Mid influence, corruption and sin,
HT, at least, favors no kin;
When at Congress he’s burned,
Where he is concerned,
Poor Relations are with, and not in!

by Ray Romine Friday, April 6, 1951

Sing a song of Politics ,
A pocket full of votes;
I ‘m getting fed on promises
And very tired of quotes.

Soon the radio will cease
Its loud vituperation ,
And papers look around for NEWS
To feed the population.

Though windy politicians won’t
Be half what you’ve expected,
Wearily two kinds hang on:
Elected–and Dejected.

by Ray Romine Wednesday, October 13, 1948

Roosevelt, as a President, isn’t
much of a cabinet-maker!

by Ray Romine Tuesday, January 25, 1944

Question 1:
Who will run
In Fifty,two?
Question 2:
Who’ll it be?
Questions 3,
4, 5, and 6
Are still wrapped up in politics .
(One can but wonder, if he’s human,
Just who will joust next year with Truman.)

by Ray Romine Friday, November 16, 1951

Though we’d always thought it could bring
The rich fancy life of a king,
In RFC
We have one recipe
Where influence isn’t the thing….

by Ray Romine Friday, February 23, 1951

“New Zealand scientists and engineers are applying lessons learned
from Italian geothermal work to harness heat from underground
steam.”
… News item

One knows, after sober reflection,
Those scientists missed a connection.
If unharnessed steam
Is their means toward a dream,
Too bad they by-passed our election.

by Ray Romine Friday, November 3, 1950