I have just posted about a dozen poems that I had previously posted on facebook. Once through the new posts of 20 July, you will find poems that have not been posted anywhere else.
BTW - I appear to be stuck on 17 followers. Isn't there anyone you can tell about this site that will sign up to be a follower? AND I really want some feedback. If not on this site, send me an e-mail or post something on my facebook.
Mike
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Selling Off Roy Rogers
this is another poem first published on facebook on the day the auction was announced.
They’re selling off Roy Rogers
His stuff is Christie’s bound
They had moved it all to Branson
Now they’ve shut the museum down
You know they stuffed old Trigger
Then Bullet was stuffed too
They didn’t stuff Roy Rogers
They heard it was taboo
And even Dale’s sweet Buttercup
Is on the auction block
Someone may want them in their den
And there’s other stuff in stock
Remember how Pat Brady
Chased Roy in Nellybelle
Well that jeep’s now on sale
You can bid on that as well
Or how bout Roy’s cowboy boots
They’re bronzed – about $4 grand
And pictures of our Roy and Dale
Taken on their land
And if you’re into baseball
Roy had signed balls
By many Hall of famers
In shelves upon his walls
If you want a piece of Roy
Or the horse he rode in on
Get your bids somehow to Christie’s
Before the stuff is gone
Happy Trails to you
Until we meet again
Mdailey 7/13/10
They’re selling off Roy Rogers
His stuff is Christie’s bound
They had moved it all to Branson
Now they’ve shut the museum down
You know they stuffed old Trigger
Then Bullet was stuffed too
They didn’t stuff Roy Rogers
They heard it was taboo
And even Dale’s sweet Buttercup
Is on the auction block
Someone may want them in their den
And there’s other stuff in stock
Remember how Pat Brady
Chased Roy in Nellybelle
Well that jeep’s now on sale
You can bid on that as well
Or how bout Roy’s cowboy boots
They’re bronzed – about $4 grand
And pictures of our Roy and Dale
Taken on their land
And if you’re into baseball
Roy had signed balls
By many Hall of famers
In shelves upon his walls
If you want a piece of Roy
Or the horse he rode in on
Get your bids somehow to Christie’s
Before the stuff is gone
Happy Trails to you
Until we meet again
Mdailey 7/13/10
Astronaut: Aliens Are Real
Well, the conspiracy had to crack sometime. Edgar Mitchell, an astronaut on Apollo 14 and the sixth man to walk on the moon, told Kerrang Radio that we're not alone in the universe and the government knows all about it.
ALIENS ARE REAL!
I tell you they’re real
My mind’s sharp and clear
They’re real and unearthly
And they’ve landed right here
I’ve been to the moon
And I know what I’m saying
I’ve been down in Roswell
And I know where they’re staying
I’ve been on the inside
The few who - - - well, knew
Real contacts been made
The stories are true
The Air Force and NASA
Want to keep under cover
The fact that their aircraft
At times sit and hover
Or follow our planes
And cruise by our space station
And they’ve done it for years
Maybe since the creation
And I’ll tell the whole story
And raise quite a racket
If I can get out of
This frickin straight jacket
By Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)
Mdailey 07/31/08
ALIENS ARE REAL!
I tell you they’re real
My mind’s sharp and clear
They’re real and unearthly
And they’ve landed right here
I’ve been to the moon
And I know what I’m saying
I’ve been down in Roswell
And I know where they’re staying
I’ve been on the inside
The few who - - - well, knew
Real contacts been made
The stories are true
The Air Force and NASA
Want to keep under cover
The fact that their aircraft
At times sit and hover
Or follow our planes
And cruise by our space station
And they’ve done it for years
Maybe since the creation
And I’ll tell the whole story
And raise quite a racket
If I can get out of
This frickin straight jacket
By Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)
Mdailey 07/31/08
Budweiser
July 14 is the anniversary of the sale of Budweiser Beer to one of the big European beer companies.
America’s lost a great Icon
We sold Busch, our own “king of Beers”
An American tradition been ended
That lasted for one fifty years
St. Louis is feeling love lost
The senior Busch spins in his grave
But the 52 billion they offered
Caused the Busch family owners to cave
Not sure how this will impact the beer taste
Not sure that we’ll notice the change
But Bud’s now a foreign domestic
A non-sequitur title quite strange
Mdailey 07/14/08
America’s lost a great Icon
We sold Busch, our own “king of Beers”
An American tradition been ended
That lasted for one fifty years
St. Louis is feeling love lost
The senior Busch spins in his grave
But the 52 billion they offered
Caused the Busch family owners to cave
Not sure how this will impact the beer taste
Not sure that we’ll notice the change
But Bud’s now a foreign domestic
A non-sequitur title quite strange
Mdailey 07/14/08
Advice from Uncle Mike
Posted on facebook when the weather turned hot.
The current wet bulb globe temperature
Is 93.5
A reading where the experts say
It’s hard just to survive
Their warnings start at 82
And end at 88
If you’re outside at 93
It probably is too late
Avoid outside activities
Don’t work out in the sun
And if you’ve any brains at all
Don’t stay out there for fun
Find someplace air conditioned
While we’re saddled with this spike
Be safe, stay in, stay cool
That’s advice from Uncle Mike
Mdailey 06/10/08
The current wet bulb globe temperature
Is 93.5
A reading where the experts say
It’s hard just to survive
Their warnings start at 82
And end at 88
If you’re outside at 93
It probably is too late
Avoid outside activities
Don’t work out in the sun
And if you’ve any brains at all
Don’t stay out there for fun
Find someplace air conditioned
While we’re saddled with this spike
Be safe, stay in, stay cool
That’s advice from Uncle Mike
Mdailey 06/10/08
Billions of Dollars
Defense Department cannot fully account for $7.8B spent in Iraq By Dan Friedman CongressDaily May 22, 2008. that was the headline a couple of years ago. This week we had almost the same headline but for Afaganastan and the money has gone up.
We’ve paid Billions of Dollars out there in Iraq
Billions of dollars we’ll never get back
Billions of dollars whose papers we lack
Billions of dollars they say
Billions of dollars for service and goods
Billions of dollars of what ifs and coulds
Billions of dollars in bad neighborhoods
Billions of dollars they say
We’ve got guys out there toting suitcases of cash
Handing out money both ruthless and rash
Money that’s going away in a flash
Billions of dollars they say
And we haven’t got paperwork to back up these buys
Haven’t got paperwork to explain whats and whys
Haven’t got paperwork from none of these guys
Billions of dollars they say
The GAO IG just threw up his hands
Threw out the cases, threw out the plans
Billions, like water thrown out on the sands
Billions of dollars they say
Are there steps being taken to stem this cash flow
Steps being taken to soften the blow
Steps being taken (the answer is NO)
Billions of dollars they say
Mdailey 05/23/08
We’ve paid Billions of Dollars out there in Iraq
Billions of dollars we’ll never get back
Billions of dollars whose papers we lack
Billions of dollars they say
Billions of dollars for service and goods
Billions of dollars of what ifs and coulds
Billions of dollars in bad neighborhoods
Billions of dollars they say
We’ve got guys out there toting suitcases of cash
Handing out money both ruthless and rash
Money that’s going away in a flash
Billions of dollars they say
And we haven’t got paperwork to back up these buys
Haven’t got paperwork to explain whats and whys
Haven’t got paperwork from none of these guys
Billions of dollars they say
The GAO IG just threw up his hands
Threw out the cases, threw out the plans
Billions, like water thrown out on the sands
Billions of dollars they say
Are there steps being taken to stem this cash flow
Steps being taken to soften the blow
Steps being taken (the answer is NO)
Billions of dollars they say
Mdailey 05/23/08
P3
When given a copy of a report on collecting methane gas from cows as a renewable source of energy, one of our action officers mentioned that - - - As a mater of fact, I was involved in a similar project about 15 years ago, although we were using chicken shit and pig shit. Lots of that in Eastern shore and N. Carolina. World wasn't ready for the project, which we imported from the UK, and it died. No support from Corporate or Ag department, although did get a grant from state of West Virginia, and installed a pilot project there for $300k which rapidly turned into a $1.2M project and that's why Corp pulled the plug. And in true real business fashion, all parties involved except me were "let go" after squandering $900k dollars of profit.
Be it cow, pig or chicken
A poop pile will thicken
When left out too long in the sun
As the crap decomposes
It makes one supposes
Just what all these gasses could run
Well it seem our own Jack
Has knowledge and knack
On research that's already done
So it's obvious to me
He's our Poop Pile POC
For in crap, he is second to none!
Be it cow, pig or chicken
A poop pile will thicken
When left out too long in the sun
As the crap decomposes
It makes one supposes
Just what all these gasses could run
Well it seem our own Jack
Has knowledge and knack
On research that's already done
So it's obvious to me
He's our Poop Pile POC
For in crap, he is second to none!
Golden Glaze Donuts
I posted this on facebook when a lot of the St. Joe folks said that Golden Glaze donuts were better than the Krispy Kreme glazed I had written about a day ago.
All though I’ve been gone for many a days
I fondly recall those great Golden Glaze
Warm from the oven; they melt on your tongue
Oh, to be back there with donuts (and young)
Though I haven’t had them for ages it seems
My pallet for Golden Glaze donuts still screams
And I only taste them in my fondest dreams
Till back in St. Joe, I’ll eat glazed Krispy Kremes.
Mdailey 7/16/10
All though I’ve been gone for many a days
I fondly recall those great Golden Glaze
Warm from the oven; they melt on your tongue
Oh, to be back there with donuts (and young)
Though I haven’t had them for ages it seems
My pallet for Golden Glaze donuts still screams
And I only taste them in my fondest dreams
Till back in St. Joe, I’ll eat glazed Krispy Kremes.
Mdailey 7/16/10
Raleigh – we have a problem
As part of state energy laws, electrical power companies are required to generate nearly 0.1% of North Carolina’s total retail electricity sales from swine waste by 2012.
Raleigh, we have a problem - our pigs are contributing poop
But none of it generates power that enters our energy loop
The pigs do their best, to do what you ask
From the smell of the farms, they are good at the task
But the holdup’s converting to burnable gas
Raleigh, we have a problem
So what do you do when the law says you must
Produce saleable energy from poop or go bust
Maybe pigs aren’t the answer and you have to adjust
Raleigh, do we have a problem
If it’s power you want from new energy sources
You have to throw in all the cows and the horses
That is if the House and Senate endorses
Raleigh, do we have a problem
Or maybe you’d better just turn to the hills
Where folks in the state have perfected the skills
Of producible burnable fuel from stills
Raleigh, do we have a problem
Mdailey 7/16/10
As part of state energy laws, electrical power companies are required to generate nearly 0.1% of North Carolina’s total retail electricity sales from swine waste by 2012.
Raleigh, we have a problem - our pigs are contributing poop
But none of it generates power that enters our energy loop
The pigs do their best, to do what you ask
From the smell of the farms, they are good at the task
But the holdup’s converting to burnable gas
Raleigh, we have a problem
So what do you do when the law says you must
Produce saleable energy from poop or go bust
Maybe pigs aren’t the answer and you have to adjust
Raleigh, do we have a problem
If it’s power you want from new energy sources
You have to throw in all the cows and the horses
That is if the House and Senate endorses
Raleigh, do we have a problem
Or maybe you’d better just turn to the hills
Where folks in the state have perfected the skills
Of producible burnable fuel from stills
Raleigh, do we have a problem
Mdailey 7/16/10
As part of state energy laws, electrical power companies are required to generate nearly 0.1% of North Carolina’s total retail electricity sales from swine waste by 2012.
California Cows Start Passing Gas to the Grid
I posted this on facebook the other day but facebook posts seem to go away after awhile so I am reposting this here.
Imagine a vast vat of liquid
Covering 5 football fields
33 feet deep in manure
Think of the energy yields
When big piles are seen
Of manure all green
Most people just see piles of crap
But if truth be told
It's a pile of pure gold
When you siphon off gasses you trap
On a dairy farm in Golden State
Experts on gas sit and wait
They push poop in a hole
Cover it like a bowl
And just let the gas ruminate
With nearly 2 million cows in this far western state
You have to admit the potential is great
Just getting these cows to be hole-potty trained
Will yield a great deal of cow-poop methane
And the methane gas gathered this way
Can be sold to the grid so they say
So the smell's not quite honey
It's the smell of good money
And we've finally made gas passing pay
So that's what this company did
With some cows and a hole with a lid
With a scoop and a scrub
And this gigantic tub
Cows are now passing gas to the Grid
Mdailey 03/05/08
Imagine a vast vat of liquid
Covering 5 football fields
33 feet deep in manure
Think of the energy yields
When big piles are seen
Of manure all green
Most people just see piles of crap
But if truth be told
It's a pile of pure gold
When you siphon off gasses you trap
On a dairy farm in Golden State
Experts on gas sit and wait
They push poop in a hole
Cover it like a bowl
And just let the gas ruminate
With nearly 2 million cows in this far western state
You have to admit the potential is great
Just getting these cows to be hole-potty trained
Will yield a great deal of cow-poop methane
And the methane gas gathered this way
Can be sold to the grid so they say
So the smell's not quite honey
It's the smell of good money
And we've finally made gas passing pay
So that's what this company did
With some cows and a hole with a lid
With a scoop and a scrub
And this gigantic tub
Cows are now passing gas to the Grid
Mdailey 03/05/08
Red Lights Turn Green
I just read an article in the Audubon magazine on how a brothel in Berlin, Germany’s red light district is going green by offering a five-euro discount (about $7 American) to any client that arrives via bike or public transportation and can prove it with a helmet, lock, or valid ticket. The incentive is bringing in 3-5 new clients daily as well as decreasing traffic congestion in the area.
Red lights have gone dim on their street
And the girls have few patrons to greet
They must get the hoi polloi
To the things they enjoy
If they’re going to make both ends meet
To battle economy blues
A brothel in Berlin did choose
To give a discount
To those who did mount
A bike just to get to their muse
The bikers’ reaction was quick
Every Tom, every Harry and Dick
Now the red light’s turned green
And success can be seen
The incentive is turning the trick
Mdailey 7/18/10
Red lights have gone dim on their street
And the girls have few patrons to greet
They must get the hoi polloi
To the things they enjoy
If they’re going to make both ends meet
To battle economy blues
A brothel in Berlin did choose
To give a discount
To those who did mount
A bike just to get to their muse
The bikers’ reaction was quick
Every Tom, every Harry and Dick
Now the red light’s turned green
And success can be seen
The incentive is turning the trick
Mdailey 7/18/10
Friday, July 16, 2010
I Believe in Angels
Hello - anyone out there reading these? Please let me know.
I believe in angels
My mom was one I swear
She raised a loving family
With tender love and care
She wasn’t always perfect
But few have ever been
But I believe in angels
For I saw one glow within
I believe in angels
I even married one
Until the day I met her
My life was just ho-hum
But once she said she loved me
My life began again
So I believe in angels
For I’ve seen one glow within
I believe in angels
I saw one just today
Sleeping in her mother’s arms
In a most angelic way
She hasn’t got her wings yet
But when I see her grin
I so believe in angels
For I see the glow within
Angels are around us
If you open up your eyes
They’re not the kind with big wings
That just hovers in the skies
They simply walk among us
So why not on a whim
Look around for angels
You’ll see them glow within
Mdailey 6/19/10
I believe in angels
My mom was one I swear
She raised a loving family
With tender love and care
She wasn’t always perfect
But few have ever been
But I believe in angels
For I saw one glow within
I believe in angels
I even married one
Until the day I met her
My life was just ho-hum
But once she said she loved me
My life began again
So I believe in angels
For I’ve seen one glow within
I believe in angels
I saw one just today
Sleeping in her mother’s arms
In a most angelic way
She hasn’t got her wings yet
But when I see her grin
I so believe in angels
For I see the glow within
Angels are around us
If you open up your eyes
They’re not the kind with big wings
That just hovers in the skies
They simply walk among us
So why not on a whim
Look around for angels
You’ll see them glow within
Mdailey 6/19/10
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Say What?
Speaking of the new immigration laws like the one just put in place in Arizona - here is a poem I wrote a year or so ago to try to put into understanding a blurb I read on what the feds wanted to do to a previous law on the books. first is the blurb then what I think it was really saying...
DHS seeks approval on employment verification rule fix By Kasie Hunt, CongressDaily
The Homeland Security Department made changes this week to rules governing how employers must respond when a worker provides employment information that does not match government records, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today. The changes are designed to address the concerns of Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco, who last year blocked the department's no-match program -- an initiative that would open companies employing illegal immigrants to criminal prosecution if they receive a no-match letter from the government. Chertoff said the department will take the new rules back to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and ask Breyer to lift the injunction. "This week, I signed the final rule that revises the original rule and addresses the issues that the court raised," Chertoff said. "We will ask the court to lift the injunction and let us proceed with implementation of the rule."
I read this news article and loved the gobbledygook way they tried to explain what they did. I still do not completely understand what was said and I probably got it all wrong but I loved playing with their words. Again – sorry it is not very PC
I signed the rule
That revised the tool
That addressed all the issues raised
We must lift the injunction
That impedes the function
That Homeland Security praised
And those paperwork shirkers
With illegal workers
Will not be subjected to fines
And the wet-back Hispanic
Do not need to panic
When standing in employment lines
To solve illegal migration
We as a nation
Must go back to Congress once more
And ask that our border
Be brought back to order
And end it with a “Por Favor”.
Mdailey
DHS seeks approval on employment verification rule fix By Kasie Hunt, CongressDaily
The Homeland Security Department made changes this week to rules governing how employers must respond when a worker provides employment information that does not match government records, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today. The changes are designed to address the concerns of Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco, who last year blocked the department's no-match program -- an initiative that would open companies employing illegal immigrants to criminal prosecution if they receive a no-match letter from the government. Chertoff said the department will take the new rules back to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and ask Breyer to lift the injunction. "This week, I signed the final rule that revises the original rule and addresses the issues that the court raised," Chertoff said. "We will ask the court to lift the injunction and let us proceed with implementation of the rule."
I read this news article and loved the gobbledygook way they tried to explain what they did. I still do not completely understand what was said and I probably got it all wrong but I loved playing with their words. Again – sorry it is not very PC
I signed the rule
That revised the tool
That addressed all the issues raised
We must lift the injunction
That impedes the function
That Homeland Security praised
And those paperwork shirkers
With illegal workers
Will not be subjected to fines
And the wet-back Hispanic
Do not need to panic
When standing in employment lines
To solve illegal migration
We as a nation
Must go back to Congress once more
And ask that our border
Be brought back to order
And end it with a “Por Favor”.
Mdailey
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