You were amazing, you worked so hard.
So hard you got a promotion to move to the sky, now you are in the big court with the unseen lawmakers and able to fly high and proud.
We thank you for all your work, we pray for your family and all that miss you today and always.
Death is not the end, it is the beginning of all of heaven's dreams.
For God told us we will all be rewarded for our works and to walk through this life toward heaven's home.
For we know not all of God's plans, but I am sure you got your wings, that you are with us each and every moment in time and space.
Thank you, Senator Lindsey Graham, for your life was pure brilliance, you left a legacy that we can all follow and love.
Fly high, Senator Lindsey Graham, we remember you today and always, we light the sky with prayers, love, and all the beautiful moments that lead us to God.
Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
“Gun violence is the price we have to pay to uphold our Second Amendment rights to bear arms”
—Charlie Kirk
his life the price paid
Charlie’s take on mass shootings…
cool down rhetoric
She poo-pooed her constituent quickly
with, “Well, we all are going to die”
like a queen talking down to the peasants
from her castle way up in the sky
She expressed no concern for the voter
or her plight should she lose Medicaid
with an arrogant wave she dismissed her
and revealed that they all had been played
So the people who put her in office
called her out with a chorus of boos
and the threat to remove her forever
this is known as Republican Blues
1. To Fly
My father was an admiral, and so
I joined the Navy. Back in fifty-eight
to be a pilot seemed the way to go:
ship-sailors were committed to a crate.
Scrub decks? Paint rusting gunwales? That’s a ‘no’.
The Skyhawk was my weapon (and my fate!)
2. Rubicon Crossing
Some nations follow rainbows, I am told:
we thought, in Vietnam, ‘search and destroy’
would lead us to our fabled pot of gold.
For years we tried it, but it brought no joy:
we lost our nerve, and switched to ‘clear and hold’.
Saigon endured the selfsame end as Troy.
3. Brainwash
The Hanoi Hilton. Yes, I was a guest.
They found my father was a VIP,
and left off hurting me. Impressed,
they wanted to restore my liberty.
But if I left my buddies, I’d detest
myself. I turned them down. That’s decency!
4. Frozen Side of the Sun
Should politicians simply sing the song?
A woman voter told me, in the hall,
Obama was a Muslim. I said, “Wrong!”
I guess I lost her vote. I made the call
I knew was the correct one. I was strong.
Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all.
Standing ovations and rounds of applause
The elephants trumpeted just because
T-rump pulled their puppet strings
As if he had Angel wings
They should've been protesting with guffaws
I chose not to watch the bigotted sap
Or hear the hypocrite spew words he'd yap
At the butt kissing event
My time was much better spent
Wondering how people believe his crap
A message in response to Trump's address
Elissa Slotkin spoke of the big mess*
and in ten minutes of time
She was utterly sublime
With "Checkmate" she dethroned Trump's king in chess
*Elissa Slotkin is the newly elected Democratic Senator who delivered the rebuttal to Trump's address to Congress
After my injury on Macdill Airforce
base in Tampa I was so shattered
broken when I spoke with Senator
Bob Graham he helped me stayed
with me through this difficult process
helping me receive workers compensation
and disability ssd after my nervous
breakdown trying to file documents
with the Supreme court merit board
he was a wonderful person who cared
about everyone I am so saddened
to hear of his passing my prayers
are with his family for comfort and
healing many political leaders could
learn a lot from Senator Bob Graham
human process what an awesome human
being he treated me like i was his daughter
it wasn't easy and i was emotionally
crippled he never abandoned me he
listened he cared and he got things done
keeping my dignity thank you for your service
may your family be comforted and may
you continue to rest in heavenly peace
My family have our flags half staff
In Honor of Senstor Bob Graham
Taps are sounding rest in peace.
Rod Culleton, what can I say? But thank you mate
For all the ways, all the stands; the fireside talks
You challenge the falseness, you've walked the walk
You represent 'true Aussie creed' we'll make it right
Just as she'll' we want true hearts and mate you'll
Do.' You've got back up 'a time or two' the foe within
Can't stand our type..The shrugging shoulderd devoid
Of hype, I know you were crook ' your true heart strained.!
By souless bludgers, they're one real pain.! In many
Behinds, Geez I wish they'd discover' some hearts and minds.'
I'll say one thing more, to all the above, get well stay strong
Aussie needs such blood.' The type that just don't count
Each cost..each trifle, and hurdle. What 'might be lost?'
But whats to gain.? I advise much more.! You've done us
Proud! emptied your store, your inner self, you put skin in; This game..' You stand for more; than some shallow fame.'
So i stand and salute you, I'll meet your eye.' This country
Was built on souls that try.' We'll stay the course we'll Smash each foe, I stand with Rod.! So all will know.' That
Aussies can hope, can dream; will strive 'good on ya Rod'
You've got; some bloody drive.!
The plane had after three hours crashed,
With the scene after four hours flashed;
The people who had been airlifted
Without a lone exception gifted:
Three hundred and sixty passengers,
Thirty six of them God's Messengers,
A thirty - six year - old senator
Involved with a female aviator,
A twelve - year - old school child monitor
And his doting father janitor
Farmer owner of Navigator
Still enthused about The Gladiator...
And the Nasty Crash picked them all up,
As though filled up their life's fateful Rude Cup
A Plane Crash in Max's mind a deep gash,
Because passengers had paid full cash!
Johnson believed that
war’s proponents use falsehood
to garner support . . .
this wise man died the same day
the atomic bomb got dropped
April 5, 2022
For Sotto Poet's Is Truth The First Casualty Of War And Why Is That Poetry Contest
Senator Has Been Bernie Sanders
There is a senator who has been Bernie;
Who ended up going on a long journey,
And about lady,
Something shady;
For wife would have to hire an attorney.
Jim Horn
Back in Jane's Burlington College days
in Vermont things were becoming very
suspicious. No wonder he has to be an
independent.
Oh, Teddy Cruz, Teddy Cruz. Why, oh, why,
with your familiar squish-faced stupidity,
did you have to describe, with such specificity,
pirate ships in outer space? Why, Teddy? Why?
Pirates like water, Teddy; it’s parrots that fly.
And while it’s true that pirates have a proclivity
for parrots, it’s also true they limit upward mobility
of parrots with their dum-dum tales repeated by
suddenly dumber parrots stuck on the shoulder
of Captain Morgan stuck on a wooden ship
more likely to sink from a cannonball blast
than blast off into space in a fit of flight.
So, for you, my fellow Texan, here’s a free tip:
if you can’t beat Trump, you’re not meant to last.
Now please go away - I need quiet space if I’m to write.
Firm pate... pointed beak...
Romanesque... wing thrust forward
Classy Orator
Senator Lindsey Graham is crackers
As are all those Bill Cosby backers
Females are not toys
For abuse by boys
Who are clearly sadistic bushwhackers!
SENATOR JOHN McCain
Senator John McCain
From Arizona
Veteran War hero
Presidential candidate
Went on home/rest in peace
9/3/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
The late Senator John McCain will Lie In State
President Donald Trump will lie everywhere else
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