Category: Politics

The Russians remain the mosquito
In the ointment so long as there’s veto.

by Ray Romine Friday, November 3, 1950

“Government officials deeply concerned over widespread undernourishment.” ….Headline.

So Uncle Sam is worried
About his nation’s health–
Well, now on points we’re hurried;
Before the wah ’twas-WEALTH.

by Ray Romine Tuesday, January 23, 1945

In power or out, weak or strong,
The Party to which I belong,
Come whatever may,
Is the one, I can say,
That’s incapable, wholly, of wrong.

by Ray Romine Monday, August 6, 1951

Controls are a thing I despise,
And regimentation I hate;
But apparently free enterprise
Can’t exist in our Socialist state.

So I follow Who-Would-Be-King,
With few rights any more I can shout of,
Serenely sure of one thing:
The control I am very near out of.

by Ray Romine Sunday, February 11, 1951

“Arthur Godfrey has been commissioned by President Truman as a full commander in the Naval Reserve.”
–News item

Be careful, Arthur, don’t waste your breath-
Reds seldom laugh themselves to death.

by Ray Romine Friday, September 22, 1950

I’ve hesitated, to my shame,
To call some big Marine a name
Without that same Marine’s consent.
(I’m also not the President)

by Ray Romine Wednesday, September 6, 1950

If you’re the type who would frolic
In a free sort of way with the colic,
Turn your video set
To the UN and get
Vituperation by Malik.

by Ray Romine Friday, August 25, 1950

There once was a sprightly Committee
That figured a system, through pity,
To trim the luxury tax
By not facing the fax–
Not a practical stunt, but it’a pretty!

by Ray Romine Friday, June 23, 1950

Appeasement–
Or squeezement?

by Ray Romine Friday, May 4, 1951

Is the time ever coming, I ask you,
As I watch shadowboxing and stunts,
When our statesmen will fight like our Boys do
And win a Peace maybe just once?

by Ray Romine Thursday, July 13, 1950