Re: OT (yeah, right!): Politics

Tom Watson wrote:
> I've sailed upon its waters long, this stormy sea of Wreck
> I know to not talk Politics but still say, what the Heck
> If my dear brother WoodDorkers can't hold themselves in check
> I'll jump right in and take a swim with those who have no neck
>
> And neckless be they (some of them) who curse the Constitution
> And say that this brief document can't rule an Institution
> That is so far and wide and deep and thus prone to Confusion
> As to confound Interpreters engaged in Prostitution
>
> The "Nine Old Whores" sit on their Bench, beginning each October
> To render their opinions for us folks, who hope they're sober
> And their opinions rule our lives, delivered from the Bench
> And those both necked and neckless hear, and feel their buttcheeks
> clench
>
> Now I don't know what you might say but I have found no cause
> To cheer all their opinions in a season, without pause
> I find a lot that bothers me and much of it that gnaws
> I often wish a better way to verify our laws
>
> But I'll admit that's sour grapes
> (I've called those old whores "reckless apes")
> I've cursed their thoughts and their decisions
> I've cursed their words and imprecisions
>
> I've railed and cursed and vilified
> (I may have said I hope they died)
> They've burned me up until I fried
> But then I take a look inside
>
> And there I find a neckless man
> Who curses that Amazing Plan
> That's ruled this far-wide-depthless Land
> For all these generations
>
> And that is when I know I'm wrong
> This Document that's kept us strong
> Through Troubles and Nights all too long
> That buried other Nations
>
> Has earned its place in my Respect
> And so I will try to reflect
> On History and its neglect
>
>

I've never seen so much political talk in here before.