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Bs College Degree

It has always been my naïve, farm-boy assumption,
That one attends college to attain a degree of gumption!

And furthermore that Daddy sends his kid to college,
Not so much to party but to obtain a modicum of knowledge!

I assume that the autocrats who abide in Washington D.C.,
Have attended college and somehow earned at least a BS Degree!

BS stands for Bachelor of Science Degree without equivocation,
But it seems in Washington, BS has assumed a different connotation!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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John Posey

Date: 10/30/2013 7:46:00 PM

Yes, and some have PHDs which comes to mean "Piled Higher and Deeper." My daughter has a PHD and I lovingly tease her by telling her that she's one of those Doctors that don't do people any good. She accepts it with the grace of an angel..... Jake

Kathryn Collins

Date: 10/20/2013 9:59:00 AM

Bob - Nail on the head in the best of poetry.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/19/2013 2:25:00 PM

- Education and knowledge is as important as viraminer! - Nice to read, bob! - Hope your weekend will be great! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Nette Onclaud

Date: 10/16/2013 11:53:00 PM

real spicy treat, robert... yes, your BS for this guys stinks... we had a terrible earthquake in bohol and cebu provinces, an hour- ride by plane.. i always visit these places ... have you been there?... these are tourist destinations.. thank you, robert for your thoughtfulness...i'm pretty okay; we have heavy rains in the city.. what a remarkable, witty write!..:) hugggs

Mike Dailey

Date: 10/16/2013 8:02:00 PM

I lived in Dc for almost 25 years and can assure you the BS degree was the most widely tauted talent of the lot of them.

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 10/16/2013 3:12:00 PM

I almost missed this, it was the last one on the page!..Glad I didn't miss it, as I sure enjoyed your BSing. BG

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 10/16/2013 12:08:00 PM

You tickled my funny bone today, Bob! I couldn't agree more. Love and Blessings, Rhonda

Ilene Bauer

Date: 10/15/2013 8:29:00 PM

ha! love it! i couldn't have said it any better - thanks for the smile tonight, bob!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/15/2013 6:06:00 PM

yeah, and they even get paid for it!!! makes me so sick. Good poem, though.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/15/2013 5:50:00 PM

lol, Bob H., the title says it all... I'd rather be with you on that farm land grabbing the right knowledge. very clever ...thanks for the smile. ..Linda