{"id":16736,"date":"2017-10-21T01:48:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T01:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=16736"},"modified":"2017-10-24T01:54:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T01:54:21","slug":"life-island-times-competing-uncle-sam-i-ams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-competing-uncle-sam-i-ams\/","title":{"rendered":"Life &#038; Island Times: Competing Uncle Sam-I-Ams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> We just wrapped up the &#8216;Red Death&#8217; saga on Friday. To avoid confusion on the part of our alert readership, we deferred this one from The Coastal Empire until today. I am posting late, due to an unexpected chance to have bunch with a retired 92-year-old Lieutenant General at the fabulous Mylos Grill in McClean. More about that anon.<\/p>\n<p>-Vic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors&#8217; note:<\/strong> Doctor Seuss paid me a visit last night. This is what he had to say:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/102117-1LIT-e1508809910165.png\" alt=\"102117-1LIT\" width=\"500\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Democrats do not like national conversation<br \/>\nruled by corporate dispensation<br \/>\nThey do not like the wealthy&#8217;s sass<br \/>\nthat sticks it to the middle class<\/p>\n<p>Republicans do not like unfair taxes<br \/>\nthat break poor old middle class backs<br \/>\nThey do not like thievin&#8217; crooks<br \/>\nwho pay for stuff from the &#8220;rich&#8221; man\u2019s books<\/p>\n<p>We voters don\u2019t like their decades worth of crap<br \/>\nlaying off blame on the other guy&#8217;s lap<br \/>\nWe do not like their wingnut rants<br \/>\nthat only say \u201cNo, We Can\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t like their partisan disjunction<br \/>\nDC beltway\u2019s severe dysfunction<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d love some true cooperation<br \/>\nfor only that might save the nation<\/p>\n<p>We do not like these competing Uncle Sam-I-Ams<br \/>\nWe do not like their contrary health care scams<br \/>\nWe do not like these dirty crooks<br \/>\nor how they lie and cook the books<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone like how DC steals<br \/>\nus blind with secret deals?<br \/>\nWe can&#8217;t stand it when they speak<br \/>\ntalking about their position\u2019s winning streak<\/p>\n<p>Speakers Pelosi and Ryan, good God, man<br \/>\nNever saying &#8220;Why, yes, we can!!&#8221;<br \/>\nOh look, they&#8217;re promising us another big debt spending spree<br \/>\nWhy is it only us who know that nothing in life comes free?<\/p>\n<p>They assume we accept as truth their smug replies<br \/>\nWe oughta shout in response Lies! Lies! Lies!<br \/>\nDoes anyone else like this falsely promised hope?<br \/>\nLet us respond Nope! Nope! Nope!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/102117-2LIT-e1508809998923.png\" alt=\"102117-2LIT\" width=\"300\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We do not like their BS in any style<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the same from both sides of the aisle<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll not take it fried or boiled<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll not take it poached or broiled<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll not take it soft or scrambled<br \/>\nTheir BS arguments have always rambled<br \/>\nDestroy their BS! Today! Today!<br \/>\nToday we say! Without delay!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/102117-3LIT-e1508810031776.png\" alt=\"102117-3LIT\" width=\"194\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/102117-4LIT-e1508810052961.png\" alt=\"102117-4LIT\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2017 From My Isle Seat<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: We just wrapped up the &#8216;Red Death&#8217; saga on Friday. To avoid confusion on the part of our alert readership, we deferred this one from The Coastal Empire until today. 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