FC: More political, post-Sep. 11, corporate bailout Christmas carols

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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"'How the Feds Stole Christmas,' by Gary Krist"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02933.html

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From: "Singleton, Norman" <Norman.Singleton () mail house gov>
To: declan () well com
Subject: RE: "How the Feds Stole Christmas," by Gary Krist
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:52:26 -0500

Seasons Greetings

You better watch out,
You better not shout
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
John Ashcroft knows where you live

He's making a list
He's checking it twice
gonna decide who's
naughty and nice
John Ashcroft knows where you live

He sees when you are sleeping
He knows when your awake
Don't question our police state,
where at war
for goodness sake

You better watch out,
You better not shout
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
John Aschroft knows where you live

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Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 16:14:01 -0500
Subject: FW: O Holy Plight
From: "Wendy Leibowitz" <wendytech () earthlink net>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

 If you're circulating Grinch parodies, here are a few others....

>> O Holy Plight
>> (O Holy Night)
>>   --by the Hotline folks
>>
>> O holy plight
>> A student inquisition.
>> These are the nights of the immigrants detained.
>> Long are they held
>> Without court disposition.
>> And martial law means justice may be stained.
>> The promise of Lady Liberty seems turning
>> For all who came here yearning to breathe free.
>> Look to New York!
>> O see the third tower burning!
>> Her torch still shines.
>> Let freedom shine to all the world.
>> O light, let freedom's light shine to the world.
>>
>>>--- Original Message ---
>>>From: "Wendy Leibowitz" <wendytech () earthlink net>
>>>To: TrumanScholarsAssociation () yahoogroups com
>>>Date: 12/14/01 12:43:20 PM
>>>
>>
>>>A bit conservative for my tastes, but certainly worth forwarding.
>> Enjoy,
>>>Wendy
>>>
>>>AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
>>>'Twas the Fight Before Christmas
>>>And all the congressional creatures were stirring.
>>>BY CLAUDIA ROSETT
>>>Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:01 a.m.
>>>
>>>'Twas the fight before Christmas, on Capitol Hill,
>>>With Congress concocting a "stimulus" bill,
>>>The Senate's Tom Daschle obstructing with care
>>>The American system we call laissez-faire,
>>>
>>>While industries nestled all snug in the red
>>>In hopes of protection and handouts ahead
>>>More bailouts for airlines, a newer "New Deal"
>>>For stuffing the stocking of Bethlehem Steel
>>>
>>>Congress looked to the war and attendant alarms
>>>To justify aid for insurance and farms,
>>>And hastened to subsidize railroads and nuts.
>>>But refused to do much in the way of tax cuts.
>>>
>>>Till it seemed by the Christmas 2001 season
>>>We'd bought into Keynes and just written off reason,
>>>The aim being more to see tax money spent
>>>Than that anyone care where the nation's wealth went,
>>>
>>>When out on the mall there arose such a clatter
>>>That everyone dashed to see what was the matter,
>>>And there--can it be? Was it only a dream?--
>>>Was a miniature sleigh, and you know, it did seem
>>>
>>>That aboard was St. Nick, of the old Christmas rhyme,
>>>But he'd brought someone special to help him this time:
>>>There seated beside him--St. Nick had come with
>>>An old friend of this nation--he'd brought Adam Smith.
>>>
>>>And I knew that St. Nick had looked down at our plight
>>>And realized the boost that was needed that night,
>>>For a nation whose Congress is so in the dark, it's
>>>Worth lending an ear to the mentor of markets.
>>>
>>>They both rushed to the Hill and they asked for a word,
>>>With Daschle! With Schumer! With Rangel! With Byrd!
>>>Said Smith, this economy's got to stay free
>>>If you hope to keep adding to your GDP.
>>>
>>>He is right, said St. Nick, and you'd better behave
>>>Let your countrymen choose how to spend or to save,
>>>Said Smith, it's quite naughty to think you know best.
>>>Give taxpayers a break, and give bailouts a rest.
>>>
>>>And then, in this vision, they both gave a wink
>>>As if to suggest it was high time to think
>>>That America's spirit, its wealth and its soul
>>>Is a function of liberty, not of the dole.
>>>
>>>And the best gift the Hill could leave under the tree
>>>Would be to abandon this tax-and-spend spree.
>>>And giving a nod, these gents sprang to their sleigh
>>>And I heard them exclaim, as they both flew away
>>>"Free markets for all, in 2002!"
>>>And Congress agreed. (Don't you wish it were true?)
>>>Ms. Rosett is a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial
>> board. Her
>>>column appears Thursdays on OpinionJournal.com and in The Wall
>> Street
>>>Journal Europe as "Letter From America."
>>>
>>>Copyright © 2001 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>>>
>>>Wendy R. Leibowitz
>>>Legal Technology Columnist
>>>Editor, E-Filing Report
>>>1140 23rd St. NW
>>>Washington, DC 20037
>>>http://www.wendytech.com
>>>





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