No bread, just circus

Candidates posture
As stock market tanks. Let's hope
Brewers distract us.

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Updating the old fable

Bailout deal's fine print:

(No surprise) The ants must pay

The grasshoppers' debts.


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Well, since you put it that way...

Bailout plan: Shut up
And give us all your money;
The sky is falling.


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Quick work for our leaders...

The Great Lakes Compact:
So loved by all, it just took
Ten years to pass it.


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If only we knew the rules...

Stocks are up! Then down.
No, up! They're playing ping pong
With our retirement.


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My debts are just a rounding error...

Billions for Bear Stearns,
AIG. Hey, Mr. Fed!
Spare a dime for me?


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What is this, Florida?

Voter fraud charges
Spreading across Wisconsin
Seven weeks early


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It's a win-win

JT drops stock lists.
They save money; we forget
How much we're losing

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W@ do-nothing Congress?

Kohl tAkz on Ma Bell
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Are condolences in order?

The 1st District vote
Will produce a winner...and
Sacrificial lamb?


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Now for something completely different...

The spheres were a ball
But now it's time for something
Less same old, same old.


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Hawaii is looking pretty good, now...

Our gardens love rain
But volleyball is dicey.
Will sand turn to mud?


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Crime's tipping point

Twelve more city cops

Will stop crime? Or hush critics

With, "at least we tried."

Rob us with a gun
Or a tax referendum.
What's the difference?


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