tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:21:16 +0000limerickPoliticsBushmediapersonalcelebrityWhite HouseIraqBarack ObamaWatWabuses of powerbloggingelectionbusinessClevelanddamned liesliesscienceTVfilmreligionCongressachievementsportscrimein memoriumpersonal reponsibilityhealthcivil libertiesmusicDemocratsself congratulationslawmental healthprimariestechnologytortureviolenceCheneySarah PalinmoneyscandalweatherHillary ClintonRepublicansRoveTrumpchildrenethicsmedicineterrorism"the economy - stupid"Hurricane KatrinaJohn McCainal-Qaidabaseballcarnivaldiscriminationenvironmentintelligencemotherspolitics of fearpolitics of hopevotingNAMIRebuplicansanniversaryartauto makersbirthdaybookscivic pridedebateglobal warmingheroesinvestingnaturestatisiticsCleveland IndiansIranPatriot ActScooter Libbybail-outscorruptionecologygreedholidayimmigrationpartisanshipsafetythe PresidentwordsAlabamaBritainInaugurationLeBron JamesPakistanRussiaSupreme CourtTrumpspeakTwitterWMDbig oilbin Ladendisasterdomestic spyingearmarksintegrityreviewself pitysexstimulus packagethe artstraditionAlberto GonzalesBarry BondsFBIInternetJoe BidenMobileOJOgden NashOprahOscarsParis HiltonRebubbacansThe PentagonWikiLeaksalt factsbio-diversitydiplomacyhackersmaverickpork barrel spendingpublic radioveteransBentleyCatholic ChurchCavaliersDennis Who?First AmmendmentFirst FamilyGeorge ClooneyHaitiHank AaronHarry PotterHarveyHicksHopeIrmaItalyJames ComeyJames EllroyJessica LynchJimmy DimoraJohn EdwardsJoseph KonyJulian AssangeKnutMOTSNSANew OrleansOSUObamacarePat TillmanPecha KuchaRobert GatesRomneyRoy MooreSenateStatutory RapeSteve JobsSuper BowlTillersonVatican Citybinders full of womenbipartisanshipcentral Africachicagodefinitionemptying the Cabinetgay rightshurricaneshypocriteiconslogicmilitary-industrial complexnukesoff-shore drilingpappypatriotismpoperecoveryresignationsexismtravelunder-agevoter fraudvoting rightsDedicated to no-nonsense nonsensehttp://limericksavant.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)Blogger515125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-689770775714157163Wed, 29 Aug 2018 23:37:00 +00002018-08-29T18:54:31.182-05:00bipartisanshipcivil libertiesheroesin memoriumintegritypatriotismPoliticsTrump The recent deaths of two notable Americans has the Savant thinking about their legacies in these divisive times and the sharp contrast of their lives with that of the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. One of these celebrated individuals performed much of the soundtrack of the Savant’s youth and had a significant effect on the advances of the 60’s civil rights movement. The other, a http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2018/08/last-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-s-and-half-mast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-28889361437272712Tue, 17 Jul 2018 04:32:00 +00002018-07-16T23:32:37.672-05:00 Now that Trump has delivered this pitch: “Who’s to blame? We can’t say which is which.” There is no disputin’ The summit with Putin Has proven he’s Vladimir’s bitch. For students of history, if the president's performance today doesn't bring to mind Neville Chamberlain in Munich in 1938, it should. http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-helsinki-pinky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-7828349634291669144Thu, 22 Mar 2018 17:07:00 +00002018-03-22T12:07:50.081-05:00emptying the CabinetIrannukesTillersonTrump When you challenged the Prez on Iran, You must know that the Trump hit the fan And that’s why my dear Rex You became the next ex And, what’s worse, you were canned in the can! http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2018/03/tyrant-sore-as-rex.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-6304578058071127293Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:44:00 +00002018-03-01T11:44:13.948-06:00damned liesHicksHopeliesMOTSresignationTrumpWhite House Mr. Trump, there’s no reason to mope. We are sure you’ll be able to cope. For, despite our worst fear, Since early last year, We have all learned to live without Hope. Yeah, the Savant knows this one was way too easy but he still could not resist. After all, since Jan. 20, 2017, aren't we all a little resigned?http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2018/03/hopeless-cause.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-5441656150043074868Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:57:00 +00002017-11-16T14:52:28.671-06:00AlabamahypocritePoliticsreligionRoy MoorescandalSenatesexStatutory Rapeunder-agevoting Roy sez: Other’s standards, I simply ignore. After all, what's a teenager for But to fondle and grope; Even when she says “nope!” Like some voters, she really wants Moore. http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-candy-dates-j-bait.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Alabama, USA32.3182314 -86.90229799999997325.477060400000003 -97.229446499999966 39.159402400000005 -76.575149499999981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-4275145614066160214Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:27:00 +00002017-09-06T13:29:02.978-05:00disasterHarveyhurricanesIrmathe PresidentTrumpTrumpspeakweather Lack of empathy isn’t a crime But we think that Trump warrants a rhyme With the shear nonchalance Of his Harvey response: Quote the president, “Have a good time” The Savant knows that supporters will say that Trump was only trying to bring a mood of optimism to those in Texas recovering from Harvey's devastation but as usual his choice of words conveys a certain insensitivity to the http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/09/whats-next-irma-la-douce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Houston, TX, USA29.7604267 -95.369802828.8787477 -96.6606963 30.6421057 -94.0789093tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-4556525701987069749Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:16:00 +00002017-06-08T14:17:36.411-05:00abuses of powerCongressFBIhackersJames ComeyRussiaTrumpWhite House Mr. Trump, I defy you to show me An allegiant more loyal than Comey. So when he testified And implied that you lied, It was clear that he’ll not be your homie. http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/06/honest-loyalty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.03687070000000938.7094553 -77.3595942 39.104929299999995 -76.714147200000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-2678160019014026208Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:39:00 +00002017-06-07T16:30:23.061-05:00 No matter what doubters may say, say “The president’s really OK.” 'K? Though his language seems strange, Trump’s not truly deranged. He’s just lost without his covfefe. http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/06/some-advice-for-sean-spicer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-824138536028885412Mon, 10 Apr 2017 21:17:00 +00002017-04-14T10:53:15.511-05:00abuses of powerAlabamaBentleyethicslieslimerickPoliticsRepublicansscandalsex Though he’d claimed to be greatly maligned The stars over Bama aligned And Governor Bentley Has, not incidentally, Accepted his fate and resigned. BTW, if you are looking for a new drinking game, then try a shot of your favorite spirits every time you hear Bentley invoke a supreme being in this video of last week's denial. A guaranteed buzz before it is over. http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/04/stars-felon-alabama-last-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Montgomery, AL, USA32.3668052 -86.2999689000000132.152163200000004 -86.6226924 32.5814472 -85.977245400000015tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-4360996564940637789Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:49:00 +00002017-03-21T14:54:10.039-05:00abuses of poweralt factsBarack ObamaFBIintelligencelieslimerickNSApolitics of fearself pitythe PresidentTrumpTrumpspeakTwitterWhite House Mr. Trump, are you thinking, perhaps, The American public are saps? What you claim to be knowing Is just your wind blowing And the blowing keeps sounding like “Taps!” http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/03/mr-president-give-it-rest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-613704298805192044Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:28:00 +00002017-03-01T16:50:45.681-06:00 In a world filled with Trumped up decriers, Alternative facts, and big liars; Don’t you think it just grand They can love La La Land While not being Moonlight deniers? http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/02/worth-of-nation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0928092 -118.3286613999999934.040211199999995 -118.40934239999999 34.1454072 -118.24798039999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-1307496925239725343Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:59:00 +00002017-02-09T17:59:07.233-06:00alt factsdamned lieselectionhackersimmigrationInaugurationlieslimerickmoneypolitics of fearRebubbacansRussiathe PresidentTrumpTrumpspeakvoter fraudvoting rightsWhite HouseWikiLeaks No question, ’twas destined he’d win it. As Phineas Barnum might spin it: In the coming world order, A new Trump supporter Is bound to be born ev’ry minute. Yes, just like you, the Savant is still reeling from what occurred last November and he doesn't mean Thanksgiving with your crazy family. Having had several months to digest the news of what is likely the worst event of his life http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2017/02/yow-are-we-having-fun-yet_9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-7292035160034681721Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:08:00 +00002014-06-03T22:53:34.434-05:00AlabamaBarack ObamaelectionlimerickmediaMobileObamacarePoliticspolitics of fearprimariesRebubbacansRepublicansthe PresidentvotingThe primaries here lack no drama. Arch-conservatives swear: "on yo' mama I am Christian and white And will serve the far right; Yadayada and, I'LL FIGHT OBAMA!" Seems that in November the President plans on standing down from office and moving to Alabama, where he will run for everything from governor to county dog-catcher; or so Republicans running in the primaries here would have you http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2014/06/we-care-we-just-dont-obamacare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Mobile, AL, USA30.6953657 -88.039891230.2584712 -88.6853382 31.1322602 -87.3944442tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-2449816282019437859Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:24:00 +00002013-03-12T22:43:37.486-05:00abuses of powerCatholic ChurchcorruptionelectionintegritylimerickpopereligionscandaltraditionVatican CityvotingThe cardinals' conclave is nigh and They'll give it the old college try and Select a new pontiff. It's what we all want if He's not voted off of the island. Where are you ever going to find reality TV as good as this? Did a Cross-Dressing Priest Sex Ring Bring Down Benedict XVI? by Barbie Latza Nadeau Feb 22, 2013,The Daily Beast The Catholic Church Is Insular and Intolerant by&http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2013/03/survivor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Gardens of Vatican City, Vatican City41.903634 12.450238741.897724999999994 12.4401537 41.909543 12.4603237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-1670315554127886997Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:45:00 +00002012-10-18T10:00:29.119-05:00binders full of womendebateelectionlimerickRomneysexismThe advice that Mr. Romney's campaign staff should have given him before last Tuesday- Have you added this one to Reminders? Since you only see gender through blinders: "Never ever declare That the way to be fair To women is keep them in binders!" So, Mitt, if the reactionary shoe fits... Mitt Romney's binders full of women just don't stack up Emma G Keller The Guardian, 10/16/2012http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2012/10/three-ring-circus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0Mobile, AL 30.6804215 -88.065644530.653109500000003 -88.105126500000011 30.7077335 -88.0261625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-2357753227503647550Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:41:00 +00002012-03-28T13:57:13.731-05:00Barack ObamahealthintelligencelimericklogicmedicineSupreme CourtA Resonable ManThe Savant has been wondering what would have happened had the current case before the Supreme Court been argued before the renowned jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.: Though Justice Scalia posed cockily "Can we mandate that people buy broccoli?" His question's absurd. Even if you're insured, You don't have to go to the doc, Ollie! Yes, the Savant has stretched things a bit for http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2012/03/for-sake-of-argument.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-957752997781446419Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:03:00 +00002012-03-09T14:04:03.791-06:00central Africachildrencivil libertiescrimefilmGeorge ClooneyJoseph KonylimerickPoliticsterrorismviolenceWatWThe partisan venom, let's shelveFor the moment, while all of us delveIn this criminal's pastAnd agree now, at last,That it's Kony in 2012.The Savant acknowledges the critics of this campaign and recognizes there is more to the history of Central Africa's problems than Joseph Kony and the L.R.A. but the man is an international criminal and is there any justification for the brutal conscription of http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2012/03/attack-ad-worth-your-attention.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-1659779402264776446Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:07:00 +00002011-10-06T08:30:19.608-05:00achievementbusinessin memoriumlimerickSteve JobstechnologyInnovation awakened the mobs.Cupertino, can you hear our sobs?Though an Apple a dayCould keep drabness away,In the end, it could not save our Jobs. The Limerick SavantApple’s Visionary Redefined Digital AgeSTEVEN P. JOBS, 1955-2011By John Markoff, The New York Times, 10/5/11http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2011/10/lessons-of-1984.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-4784091250499169763Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:59:00 +00002011-09-22T10:39:36.253-05:00limerickmediaMobilethe artsSo our loss at the Saenger's a gain?What's writ on the wall is now plain:In the new CLARobert has it his way.It's out with the old and in Sain.NB - The Savant felt it was time to inject a little local venom.Centre for the Living Arts dismisses Saenger manager PentonBy Lawrence F. Specker, Press-Register, 9/21/11http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2011/09/saenger-anger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-6765204034452098169Tue, 03 May 2011 01:08:00 +00002011-05-02T20:20:43.674-05:00al-QaidaBarack Obamabin LadenintelligencelimerickterrorismWell, what do you know about that?Future terrorists' plans must fall flat!Since Obama has shownWith bin Laden's iPhoneThere's an app that can tell where you're at.Seems like we finally had intelligence where we needed it: in the White HouseOsama Bin Laden KilledNPR, 5/2/11http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2011/05/mission-accomplished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-261714386002196793Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:18:00 +00002011-02-17T19:25:59.902-06:00abuses of powerlimericksciencetechnologyTVWe see jeopardy in the concessionTo A.I. in its latest accession."This outsmarter of men,Unlike Brad nor like Ken,has a name in the form of a question."Computer Wins on ‘Jeopardy!’: Trivial, It’s NotBy John Markoff, The New York Times, 2/16/11http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2011/02/wats-on-tv-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-5878401963196244194Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:30:00 +00002010-12-07T11:55:33.813-06:00civil libertiescrimeFirst AmmendmentInternetJulian AssangemediasexWikiLeaksSo the World's most notorious geekHas been caught by obscure double-speak:Was it sex by consentWhen he failed to prevent,With a condom, his own WikiLeak?British Judge Denies Bail For WikiLeaks FounderNPR, 12/7/10http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2010/12/rhymes-with-lorange.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-2799014766509209695Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:26:00 +00002010-07-09T07:33:07.422-05:00ClevelandpersonalThe Savant would like to take this opportunity to announce that he too will be exercising his free agency in a couple of months but, unlike LBJ, he will be moving to a city (to be named later) that doesn't have a single major league sports team. Let's see if that gets the rumor mill cranking.http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2010/07/no-king-no-jester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-237155733578568409Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:18:00 +00002010-07-09T07:25:00.321-05:00civic prideClevelandLeBron JameslimericksportsTVAll at once, without skipping a beatCleveland suffers its latest defeat.Now the infamous curseCouldn't get any worseAnd LeBron will be taking the Heat.In the end, LeBron James inflicts needless painon the region that raised and loved himTerry Pluto, The Plain Dealer blog, 7/8/10http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2010/07/he-made-us-witness-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6682585.post-7626567307076637336Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:10:00 +00002010-07-08T07:16:31.827-05:00ClevelandLeBron JameslimericksportsListen Cleveland, there's nothing to fear;We're convinced that LeBron's staying here.Consider his attitude;You're bound to feel gratitude.He's nothing if not Cavalier.LeBron James will choose Miami Heat tonight,according to reportsBrian Windhorst, The Plain Dealer, 7/8/10http://limericksavant.blogspot.com/2010/07/more-than-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Limerick Savant)1