Pardon My Outrage

Someone serving life in prison
Some way, somehow gets the nod
To release him, like an order
From a despot or a god.

The same applies to lowlife thugs
Whose insurrection acts,
When they stormed the U.S. Capitol,
Were changed to lies from facts. 

When power goes to someone’s head,
It’s like a weird disease 
Where he violates the law
And justice drops down to its knees.

Half the country hates it,
While the other seems to hail
The release of felons who should be,
Most rightfully, in jail.

I guess it’s pretty obvious
In which half I belong.
These pardons reek of villainy
And are simply, flat-out wrong!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025



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Date: 9/14/2025 7:50:00 PM
Well, both sides are guilty of vast corruption and incorrigibility. Biden's pardons were every bit as egregious as Trump's have been. A pox on BOTH parties... Two wrongs never did make a right. ~ gw
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Date: 9/13/2025 4:04:00 AM
You’re very selective in your moral outrage. The Autopen administration came down very hard on Jan 6 “rioters”handing them ludicrous sentences but did almost nothing about the summer long rioting and arson and looting and murders after the George Floyd killing. In fact, they targeted school mums complaining about the hate and gender ideology being taught to their kids instead.
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