The Great Redefining 

(haiku)

'No boots on the ground'

really means boots on the ground.

You just heard it wrong.

*

'Zero inflation'

really means raise the prices

and no one will care.

*

'Holding a debate'
really means more prime time ads
and network profits.

* * *

No rarely means no
and yes usually means yes
if the profit's right.

*

I like to see things
as they really are and not
as I wish they were.

Burn the Witch 

(haiku)

The inquisition

has risen again today

minus the thumb screws.

The traitors seek truth.

They put her to the question.

Her truth is ignored.

Frothing at the mouth
they find the lady guilty
of what, no one knows.

Blurred Horizons 

(haiku)

Selling a product

and voicing lame opinions

is all that matters.

*

Morals and ethics

is just some people talking

out their friggin butts.

*

With no end in sight

the decline accelerates,

so tighten your grip.

Give Them Holidays, Games and Reruns 

(haiku)

Every holiday

is a commercial pretense,

a reason to spend.

*

No one remembers

the reasons we celebrate.

Just how much it cost.

*

When we are all spent

nothing new is created

but the same old thing.

Just Another Holiday

(haiku)

Labor Day folly.

Celebrate the working man

then lower his wage.

*

The working man's goal.

Work an entire life away

making others rich.

*

When the work is done

live on an entitlement

they yearn to deny.

*

Make it to the end

and you and all that hard work

just goes up in smoke.

*

Few will remember
who or what you even did,
least of all your boss.

A Looney Tunes World 

(haiku)

True Democracy

is when the people vote for

the best Oligarch.

*

Mid East new normal.

Blow up all antiquities 

and murder your own.

*

The General says,

'recruit terrorists to kill

other terrorists'.

If our enemies

can just hold on long enough

they can fight for us.

Days of Folly

(haiku)

In ring number one

all the clowns are gathering

to run for office.

*

Reality show

presidential candidates

sorta says it all.

*

I feel really proud

to be an American

in commercial land.