Midnight Musings by Bear

Originally written February 23, 2008

Years ago when I was young,
And enrolled in school.
In times of trouble,
I had a steadfast rule.
To outtalk a sensible man,
And outrun a fool.
But there were times when,
Deeds and words were said.
That made me want to bounce my fists,
Off somebody’s head.
So the two of us would square off and fight,
With fists, feet, and sometimes a head butt or two.
Then sometimes along the way we would,
Realize the only thing we had gained,
Was bruises, cut lips, and black eyes.
The finally one would say “That’s enough,
I’ll tell you what I’ll do.
If you want to shake hands,
I’ll apologize to you”.
So the fight would be over and at the end,
You would be surprised to learn,
You had made a friend.
I really feel sad today when I hear the news,
That fist and feet have been forgotten.
And guns and knives are used.
You wonder where in the world,
Did anyone get the belief.
That taking another persons life,
Would give anyone relief.
And we find after the killing,
The killer took his life too.
Leaving the world to try,
To find a way.
To get the “Golden Rule” ingrained,
Back in our logic for today.

Originally written December 21, 2007

The ornaments on a Christmas tree,
Will almost take your breath.
Until you stop to realize, they beautify and hide,
The tree’s oncoming death.
I’m not exactly a Grinch at Christmas,
But one thing I can’t see.
With so many things we have to use,
Why kill a growing tree.
A plastic tree will look the same,
And when the Christmas seasons gone.
Can be dismantled and packed away,
To be used once again on our next Christmas day.
The seeds were planted, a tree was born,
Branches reaching to the sky.
When Christmas season a time of love approached,
The young tree had to die.
That young tree was not alone,
There were thousands side by side.
There was a million dollars in profit,
The tree farmers announced with pride.
There is a lesson her for our young,
Christmas used to be a beautiful time,
That happened once a year.
Now Christmas has become,
A time of greed and fear.
That the merchants won’t show enough profit,
With their import toys this year.
We no longer celebrate the Savior birth,
There are too many versions of religion.
So if you want to decorate a tree,
That is strictly your decision.
The only thing I hope you do,
Is decorate a plastic tree.
And open up your window,
And let your neighbors see.
That Christmas can be celebrated,
Without killing a living tree.

Considering what you are facing in the years ahead I don’t know if I should say congratulations or not, Time will tell.

My first question;
Leaving the existing oil and gas wells in the hands of the companies which own and operate them.
Why couldn’t the U.S. government nationalize the future wells that will be drilled on government property and offshore and use the profit to pay the national debt and the mandated programs like Social Security and healthcare (Medicare and Medicaid)?

When I sent this question to a friend,
I received this reply;
“I could not agree with you more. Enough is enough. Let’s put this country back on the track it used to be. I still think taking the $65 Billion that the A.I.G. is to get should go to every American over 18, that would be $714,000.00 per person, then tax that to the tune of $130 grand each, so the government gets some money back. Then watch how fast we spread the wealth around paying bills and buying necessities!”

To those who would say Socialism, I say why not? Gov. Palin in Alaska is receiving a windfall profit tax from the oil companies in the amount of $3,500 per citizen. I say to hell with the name, let’s put the people first for a change.
Today the oil and gas prices have come down. I hope the American people realize the only way to keep them down is alternative fuels and power sources and change from oil to natural gas.

The news today tells the A.I.G’s higher echelons are to receive over $500 million in bonuses.
If the stock holders or our government officials allow this to happen, I believe you will see a reaction from the public that will put Al Qaeda to shame. Remember Marie Antoinette.

In this day and time the public will be kept informed when men who have allowed their company to go “belly up” and thousands of people to lose their life savings, receive a reward. This will light a fuse that will be hard to extinguish.

About the war, I can only say that as long as there are any men in the countries we are at war with who are willing to die to drive out our troops, we will never win. To win this war we would have to kill everyone over there and this we don’t want to do. Let’s negotiate.

They say when Columbus left on his voyage he didn’t know where he was going, when he got there he didn’t know where he was, and when he returned he didn’t know where he had been. And he did all this on borrowed money. Kind of like this administration huh? Better luck with your administration.

Originally written March 28, 2008

There are people in this world asking about,
The billions of dollars disappearing into Iraq.
The only answers that we receive,
Is they sure ain’t coming back.
Lots talk about McCain and his war,
That he says is going well.
And ask him and Bush and Cheney,
If they are ready to tell.
The truth about eight thousand Sunni insurgents,
Infested with Al-Qaeda, our arch enemy.
Who if they are willing to say,
They won’t fight and kill our soldiers.
Will receive each and every man,
A salary of ten dollars a day.
What kind of war are we waging?
When we have to pay the Sunni insurgents,
Not to fight so we can say.
Our surge is working,
And the war is going our way.
Four thousand men have died so far in this war,
And the cost estimate is trillions.
And if the public begins to get disgusted,
They get slipped a few billion.
If they wait till next May for a tax rebate.
The Iraqi has a fifty billion dollar surplus,
On their oil’s ill-gotten gains.
While our country’s soldiers die,
The Taliban are making gains.
The Opium trade is gaining strength,
And our allies are pulling out.
But we are still doing great,
Our lying leaders shout.
All our respect from other countries has gone.
Call me a left wing liberal,
And try to prove me wrong.
There is one thing I have to say, to every one of you,
Let’s get Obama in and see what he can do.

**The word has finally come out that an army of insurgents equipped and paid by the U.S. Army in Iraq, calling themselves the ‘Sons of Iraq”. Has been taken over and to be paid by the Iraq government instead of the United States.

Originally written September 5, 2008

The Republicans and the Democrats,
Across the aisle from each other sat.
Neither saying much at all,
They were having a quorum call.
Then to show how they cherish our nation,
They gave themselves a raise,
Then went on vacation.

That ain’t all they’re gonna do,
They’re going to ‘pork’ a page or two.
Later some will give a speech,
How our troubles end is within reach.
The only thing we have to do,
Is vote them in for another term or two.

Victory is within our reach,
We just have to believe their speech.
Our environment has no worry at all,
As long as our vice president has no balls.

Now John McCain, he shows no fear,
At sending our children we hold dear.
Over to fight and die to prove he,
Deserves to be the one to run this country.

He may not read a teleprompter,
As fast and with gestures like Obama.
But he has a hockey mama to take up the slack,
Lookout Democrats, he’s coming back!

Originally written March 30, 2008

I heard my preacher’s sermon the other day,
That really made me frown.
He said David tied his ass to a tree,
Then danced two miles into town.
I got up from my pew,
And started toward the door.
I may some day run for president,
So I can’t use him no more.
I really liked that preacher,
He lived what he preached I know.
But with someone like Hannity asking why I stayed,
I knew I had better get up and go.
Someday near the close of my existence,
When I reach that long last ditch.
I expect I’ll have to explain,
Why I made the switch.
I said I liked that preacher,
His speech, his Christian views.
But if I had run for president,
He might have made me lose.

The other day a news alert,
Flashed on the T.V. screen.
I waited with bated breath,
To see what it could mean.
The president made a speech about the $700 billion bailout,
Which was to be paid.
And if I could paraphrase, “We owe you a kiss,
Because you’ve just been laid.”

I’d listened to the tune of,
“Here he comes to save the day”.
That means that,
McCain is on the way.
As he flew to get things right,
And let the people know he’s ready for a fight.
Yes he’s a hero,
Hannity swears it’s true.
What I want to know,
Is just what did he do?

What I want to know,
Is how do we nationalize?
The new oil wells we are digging,
And let the government supervise.
The profit made from oil sales,
To wipe out our national debt.
Instead of making CEO’s,
Billionaires that haven’t made it yet.

They will say that’s not America’s way,
Capitalism must rule.
I say lets get rid of our countries debts,
So maybe I’m the fool.