Just Eat It

When with the bayou they're messing
BP says, "Oh what a blessing,
The mix will be fine
Add vinegar from wine
To make a fine salad dressing!"

Author's note: In the end; BP will pay close to nothing, and the rest of us will be stuck with 
the cost of the environmental damage.  To the anti-government regulation libertarians: this 
lack of reason in law enables rich and powerful companies to get away with theft beyond 
imagination.  Death to the Tea Party!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 1/8/2011 2:48:00 PM
Another great social commentary and I enjoy your little blurbs coming after your limericks. I just noticed I'd seen this one before. I will sign off today then. I enjoyed myself with your poems today. Luv, Andrea
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Date: 5/24/2010 8:10:00 AM
Hey Duke..check out my laptop limerick Defunct Function... u will luv... and don't forget one for the contest if u can..with luv from the "Sweetheart"
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Date: 5/24/2010 7:17:00 AM
Yes, big business gets away with so much. Good one, very clever. LUv, andrea
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Date: 5/23/2010 7:56:00 PM
Nice Limerick Duke and great footnote..there was a contest not too long ago entitle Tainted Feathers and it was about the nasty oil spill and the devastation to wildlife and sea life as well... u know there is a new Limerick contest posted.. right now... battle of the bulge... only room for a few more entries so hurry and get one in before it fills up... so good u are back.... with luv from the "Sweetheart"
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Date: 5/23/2010 7:14:00 PM
great take on an emotionally charged subject
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Date: 5/23/2010 6:38:00 PM
It's outrageous the way both BP and the government have handled this. Weeks now, and the oil still leaks. What can be done, Duke? Have you heard about the technology Kevin Costner helped develop to separate the oil and water? Wonderful idea, but how can we hope to clean up the mess when the contamination continues. This subject has been causing so many people a great deal of grief. The environment and livelihoods are at stake. Sorry for rambling. Great poem. Love, Carolyn
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