Edku: January 2001

Move backwards to December 2000.

1.
health? and services?
Tommy Thompson has no clue
(not sure he's human)

--Lesley Salas, lsalas@milwjobs.com

2.
Champagne bubbles rise
like gas prices. Dubya looms.
Apocalypse now?

--Jack and Diane Slagle, slag@cts.com

3.
Stock market surges.
Interest rates going down.
God playing Greenspan.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

4.
Happy New Year, all!
Sober up just in time for
Paying heating bills.

--James Clark, jimjim@centralnet.net

5.
No peace, Middle East
Fifty years death and discord
Getting worse with time

--James Clark, jimjim@centralnet.net

6.
Shovels start to turn
Probing depths on Bush people
Digging up the dirt

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

7.
National forecast
Fairbanks: snow, Phoenix: sunny
Washington: gridlock

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

8.
Clinton almost done
Having fun in his last days
Last minute good deeds

--Andrew Pulrang, apulrang@westelcom.com

9.
Dubya's new posse
They are all conservatives
Diversity, HA!

--Andrew Pulrang, apulrang@westelcom.com

10.
Recession worries
Economy's growth slows down
Recession means shrink

--James Clark, jimjim@centralnet.net

11.
Election '04
Voting machine's screen lights up
Oh no--it's Windows!

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

12.
Justice Department
Says U.S. Judge Not Biased
Against Microsoft

--Richard Danca, rdanca@ix.netcom.com

13.
W. fights back.
Speaks out against opponents:
"Get off my Ashcroft!"

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

14.
Clinton almost done
Having fun in his last days
What's her name this time?

--Annie Clark, jichermo@aol.com

15.
Clinton almost done
Hillary just beginning
So what else is new?

--Annie Clark, jichermo@aol.com

16.
Dubya's moving in
Socks the cat is moving out
Who is the smarter?

--Annie Clark, jichermo@aol.com

17.
Republicans rule
Blanding of America
It is now the law

--Dawn A. Chuley, pdchuley@digital.net

18.
I am having an
Eighties flashback 'cause Dubya
Wants to be Ray-gun

--Dawn A. Chuley, pdchuley@digital.net

19.
Oil wells and no oil
Cowboy hats and no cattle
Smiles that are just teeth

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

20.
A new president
Can only be decided
Among those who count

--Peter Franklin, pfranklin47@hotmail.com

21.
What is a haiku?
Just seventeen syllables
To challenge your mind.

--Peter Franklin, pfranklin47@hotmail.com

22.
Black Tie And Boots Ball
Newcomers learn a new dance
The D.C. Side Step

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

23.
Why didn't Nader
Give Bush his oath instead of
That Supreme Court clown?

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

24.
Protest the parade?
Instead of doing nothing
They're doing little

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

25.
Kabila departs
Death of one more kleptocrat
The Congolese yawn

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

26.
President cocks head
A dog hearing a high pitch
Fond crack memory

--Sally Sage, sallysage@prodigy.net

27.
Which is the smarter,
George Dubya or chimpanzee?
The smarter won't "snort."

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

28.
Katherine Harris
Dropped a bomb on Democrats
We will not forget

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

29.
What is in a name?
Dubya, Shrub, or Blow Monkey
He's still dumb as dirt

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

30.
Rich white men shout out:
"Republicans rule the world!"
Greedy bastards all!

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

31.
Flip the Greenspan coin
Elephant heads: cut taxes
Donkey tails: pay debt

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

32.
Corporations rape
The earth for measly profits
We will all suffer

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

33.
Rush now GOP
Propaganda Minister
Big media shamed

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

34.
King George in power
True "conservative" always
Slays "compassionate"

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

35.
Ballot counts by hand
Tell the truth; the GOP
Dares to lie to all

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

36.
Only criminals
Dare to destroy evidence
Which exposes truth

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net

37.
George Dubya now boss
Those 50 million dummies
We will blame always

--Don Martinez, donmartinez@usa.net


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