BATTLE FOR OUR REPUBLIC

In 1861 Julia Ward Howe was asked to write new lyrics for the Civil War marching song, “John Brown’s Body.” The words came to her that very night and she got up in the early dawn from her bed in the Willard Hotel in Washington D.C. to pen the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Almost 150 years later I have written new lyrics to fit our time. We are at war once again to save our republic. This time it is not the North versus the South. This time it is the people versus a tyrannical government.

This Independence Day I will not be in a light and festive mood. Our constitution is being ripped to shreds and our voices are being ignored, if not stifled. My heart is aching for our battered nation.

OUR NEW BATTLE CRY

MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE FOLLY OF THE ONE WHO THINKS HE’S LORD,

HE IS TRAMPLING OUT THE COFFERS WHERE OUR WEALTH AND PRIDE ARE STORED.

HE HATH LOOSED THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING OF HIS SMOOTH DECEITFUL TONGUE.

HIS SCHEME IS MARCHING ON.

SADLY, SADLY WE ARE CHANGING,

SADLY, SADLY WE ARE CHANGING,

SADLY, SADLY WE ARE CHANGING

HIS PLANS ARE MARCHING ON.

I HAVE SEEN HIM IN THE GAZES OF THOSE LARGE ADORING THRONGS.

THEY HAVE BUILDED HIM AN ALTAR WHERE HE CARRIES OUT HIS WRONGS.

I HAVE SEEN HIS POMPOUS ACTIONS CONTRADICT HIS SPOKEN WORD.

HIS GREED IS MARCHING ON.

CHORUS

WE ARE SOUNDING FORTH THE TRUMPET THAT WE NEVER SHALL RETREAT.

WE WILL GATHER UP IN MASSES AND WILL MARCH FOR HIS DEFEAT.

BE STRONG OUR SOULS TO PERSEVERE, TO TAKE IT TO THE STREET.

OUR WILL IS MARCHING ON.

CHORUS

IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES CHRIST WAS BORN ACROSS THE SEA.

WITH THE GLORY IN HIS BOSOM HE TRANSFIGURED YOU AND ME.

AS HE DIED TO MAKE MEN HOLY, LET US LIVE TO MAKE MEN FREE.

WHILE GOD IS MARCHING ON.

GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH!

GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH!

GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH!

OUR GOD IS MARCHING ON.

I kept Howe’s fifth verse and used it as my last. There will never be a need to change that.

PROUD TO BE YOUR PREZ

(Our Secretary of State/Editor/Blog Manager/Grunt will be on..gasp..vacation until the latter part of July. She’s the one that does the fancy stuff. Sorry, I’m forced to take a break until her return. Be safe over the holiday.)

SLOW DOWN!!

(Theme song for post: I'm In a Hurry)

HE'S BUSY AS A BEE! WHEN DOES THIS OBAMA GUY SLEEP?

“HURRY,” he said, “the sky will fall if we don’t pass the stimulus bill. Don’t give them time to read it, pass it tonight. I’m flying to Chi Town with Michelle for a weekend getaway and I’ll fly someplace next Tuesday to sign it.”

“HURRY,” he said, “I’ll create a czar for this and a czar for that and they won’t have to answer to anybody but me.”

“HURRY,” he said, “we have to bail out the car company. We’ll throw billions at them so they won’t go bankrupt. Uh, oh, that didn’t work? Well, HURRY, let’s take control of this car company and make the union a partner.”

“HURRY,” he said, “get the Sotomayor confirmation hearings going ASAP before any opposition has a snow ball’s chance in hell of growing while rolling down the hill.....literally.”

“HURRY,” he said, “I’ve angered my gay and lesbian subjects by defending the Defense of Marriage Act. HURRY, I’ll throw them a bone and give healthcare and other benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. I don’t have to go through congress to do that. Yeah, that’s the ticket. I’ll sign that tonight.”

“HURRY,” he said, “Today I’ll announce the creation of a Consumer Financial Product Safety oversight Commission and take away oversight from the Federal Reserve and other bank regulators. I’ll make that official tomorrow.”

“HURRY,” he said, “let’s shove national health care down America’s throat. My buds at ABC are going to aid and abet by moving into the White House one evening to air my infommercial. I’m letting Charlie use the Blue Room to broadcast the news before we move to the East Room for the primetime special, "Prescription for America," which the people have no clue is another dose ofthe Kool-Aid. (Click here to email your displeasure to ABC at: http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3271346.


BO knows exactly why he’s in a hurry. His promise was CHANGE. He has to hurry to change everything and destroy capitalism before the expiration date on the Kool-Aid comes to pass.

My head is spinning with all he has thrown at me. I can’t quite sort it all out in my mind. Do you, like me, feel like you’re on a carnival ride going round and round and round with the certain knowledge that when it stops you will get off and be violently ill?

THE PREZ

(Gasping for breath!)

YOU TALK TOO MUCH

(Theme song for post: You Talk Too Much)

Hey, Letterman........ZIP IT!

I haven’t watched you in years. I used to think you were pretty funny. In recent years you have become a nasty, cranky, bitter old man. On the news yesterday I saw a clip of you getting bent out of shape recently when Julia Roberts asked you personal questions on the air about your wife. Nobody can even ASK about a family member of yours and you think you can get away with a heinous joke about Sarah Palin’s 14 year old daughter? What makes your wife off limits and Palin’s daughter an acceptable target? Tell me, Dave, what makes it OK.

Some of my friends are writing to CBS expressing their disgust. One friend says to write to your sponsors. Without doing a lot of research I’ve come up with one definite sponsor and a list of sponsors who run ads as lead-ins to video clips of the Late Show website. I’m on a campaign to have as many people as possible email those companies voicing their displeasure with you.

Les Munves, CEO, CBS: http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php
(If that doesn't work, go to cbs.com and at the very bottom click on "user feedback.")

Paul Michaels, President, Mars Candy: http://www.mars.com/

Other sponsors on the website:Aveeno (owned by Johnson & Johnson), Canon, Charmin and Downy (owned by Proctor & Gamble), Citibank, Hellman’s, Lexus (owned by Toyota), Nissan and Rogaine.

I have several very wonderful flight attendant friends and they should be calling for your head on a platter for saying that Palin looked like a “slutty flight attendant.” (Psssst....Flight Attendants’ Union, where are you when we need you?) If you had said “nappy headed flight attendant” we’d have Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton asking that you be fired. I want all my flight attendant friends to be prepared if you ever sit your sorry butt down in a first class seat on a plane. I would suggest that they..gasp..dump a pot of hot coffee in your lap. Taking action has to start somewhere!

THE PREZ