Day: October 30, 2019

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 We love little children
 Are filled with compassion
  
 When it comes to illegal aliens
 We are full of hypocrisy
  
 There is legal immigration
 People wait in line for their turn
 Endure considerable hardships
 Their children with them
 They wait and wait
  
 Meanwhile illegals
 Crash the border in violation
 It is a strategy
 Are the children related
 To the adults they are with?
 Most of the time not
 Then the scream of separation
  
 MS-13 gang members
 Most are here illegally
 They kill, rape, and abuse children
 Where is the outrage
  
 Fake news is silent
 Hollywood is silent
 On the trail, but off the rail
  
 Scream no new wall
 President denied 6 billion
 However 186 billion later
 We house, feed and provide health care
  
 What is wrong here?
 How about the angel moms
 And the angel dads?
  
 Make peace with yourself over
 The 70,000 deaths each year
 From the illegal fentanyl 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 How do you feel about
 The sex traffic?
 What does Hollywood Say?
  
 What does the swamp say?
 Open the borders
 Treat illegals with dignity
  
 Ignore the cost
 Continue lies
 Forget sex traffic
  
 Export talented legal immigrants
 Disregard the angels
 The weeping parents
  
 Broken families
 We can help
 Secure the border
  
 Teach by leading
 Show how democracy works 
 In spite of negativity
  
 Let us live by faith
 Love the invaders
 But put it to an end
  
 Bring our nation to normal
 Let precepts rule
 Dignity for everyone
  
 Stanski
 September 9, 2019 ^
  
   

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 A nine inning nervous breakdown
 That is the October playoffs
 “Hail Mary, full of grace”, we pray
  
 Baseball is still the game
 Strategy plays key
 So many variables
  
 Finally the playoffs
 Designated hitter versus
 The thinking of the opposition
  
 This is what we have
 Whether we agree or disagree
 It is still the World Series
  
 Excitement permeates
 Gamblers go crazy
 What are the odds?
  
 I say this
 Let’s go back fifty years or so
 You play nine men
  
 Substitution is determined
 Good managers prevail
 When to pull a pitcher
  
 Or sub for a pinch-batter
 The outcome is the ball game
 Depending on execution
  
 That was then
 This is now
 Still exciting
 Go team!
  
 Stanski
 September 8, 2019 ^
   

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 There is always beauty
 Sometimes very obvious
 Other times you look for it
 But it is not ours
 It belongs to nature
 Although we would like to claim it
  
 On a cold, bone-chilling and snarly day
 A woman said, “What an ugly day”
 An old man passing by remarked:
 “No, just a different form of beauty”
 When we can agree to this
 We connect with our limitations
  
 Nothing to be ashamed of
 Nature is beyond our comprehension
 We are limited, but must keep looking
 And be amazed at what we discover
 Never stop looking
 Beauty is always lurking
  
 Stanski
 September 8, 2019 ^
   

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 The erudite scold us
 While belching CO2,
 A so called poison
 Into the air as
 They fly private planes
 From place to place
 On the campaign trail
 Don’t you do it, though
  
 If they implemented
 All of their green only 
 Energy strategy 
 They would wipe out
 The country as we know it
  
 The lexicon of the left
 So predictable and dangerous
 Ban fracking, ban straws, ban burgers
 That is for everyone else
 Not themselves
  
 If humans could cause climate change,
 Which has been changing since 
 Before mankind knew what it was,
 Then they could also stop it
  
 The predictions and lies keep coming
 New York is still above water
 Where is Ted Danson now?
 Where is anybody
 Are they standing up and
 Taking a bow?
  
 Stanski 
 September 5,2019 ^ 

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 People will kindly remark:
 “How beautiful the landscape”
 I always thank them
 But know the beauty lies 
 In the shrubs and plants
 I had nothing to do with that
 And I, too, see the beauty
 What I do is provide the backdrop
 Hopefully it will be favorable
 The circumstances change at each site
  
 I have a soaring spirit
 Embrace the landscape
 I think of my immortal soul
 The backdrop I must provide
 For the beauty that I hope is there
 When my King and Judge observes
  
 Stanski
 September 9, 2019 ^ 

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 The rifle association of the nation
 Is being smeared by the fake news
 The press pretends to be against guns
 A violation of the Second Amendment
 The organization was founded 
 In New York City in 1871
 It is an advocacy group for gun owners
 Informs its members of fire-arm legislation
  
 Has lobbied for and against legislation 
 Around six million self-reported members
 Charlton Heston was a leader and 
 Marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 At the time of his “I Had a Dream” speech 
 People own arms not because of the NRA
 But because of Second Amendment rights
 They are people with traditional American values
  
 They are not domestic terrorists
 They believe and encourage background checks
 It is said we do not need military type guns
 Most members would agree with this
 But more people are killed with knives 
 Than with AK-47 rifles
 Let us apply critical thinking to this
 Stop all of the distracting hysteria 
  
 Illegal aliens have committed many crimes
 Human traffic is ramped coming from the border
 Illegal Fentanyl is killing 70 thousand annually
 President Trump asked for 6 billion for the southern fence
 He was denied by Republicans and Democrats
 So far we have spent over 184 billion dollars
 Providing food, shelter and healthcare to illegals
 How insane are we and when will it end
  
 Stanski
 September 6, 2019 ^
  
   

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 Walmart seems like a great idea
 Big box store with every item at a great price
 Became a big buyer and demanded better deals
 People in small stores cannot compete
  
 These small stores employed people
 Paid them a living wage
 Many times provided benefits
 Knew their customers by name
  
 Part of a cohesive downtown
 Looked out for people in trouble
 Provided gifts to local causes
 Became a destination for shoppers 
  
 The Walmart family is one of 
 The richest in the country
 Their stores are successful
 Cannot be denied
  
 Our downtown shops are closed
 Fair wages are gone; benefits gone
 Walmart stores succeed
 China manufactures their inventory
  
 The China workers work as slaves
 Walmart workers are underpaid
 Hours are cut to avoid benefits
 The Walmart family is very rich
  
 The old down towns are ghost towns
 Many former workers are on assistance
 Paid for with your tax dollars
 The Walmart family if very rich
  
 Sales below cost drove others out of business
 Empty stores allowed prices to rise
 Neighborhoods lost their identity
 The Walmart family is very rich
  
 The face of America has changed
 Production in China at slave wages
 Employees at Walmart at minimal wages
 The Walmart family is very rich
  
 We walked to neighbor stores
 People knew who others were
 Now we drive to Walmart
 Neighbors are basically strangers
  
 We buy and overbuy
 Things are so cheap
 The Walmart family is very rich
 Where did our country go?
  
 U.S. manufactures closed
 Could not compete with slave wages
 Or Chinese government underwriting
 And manipulating their currency
  
 We have our Walmart, but 
 At what cost to everyone
 Think about it
 The Walmart family if very rich
  
 Stanski
 September 6, 2019 ^
  
  
   

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 What would happen
 If dreams came true?
 Would there be caution
 Avoid becoming blue
 What would you dream?
 A solid question
 I would dream of heaven
 No hesitation
  
 I’ve been in joy
 Looking at the sky
 Around a campfire
 With friends who just sigh
 The sun’s final color
 Peaceful waves lapping shore
 If this was like heaven
 Would I want even more?
  
 Dreaming is wonderful
 Wonderful and warm
 Reality is stark and
 Rigged is the norm
 If dreams could come true
 Our planet may be peaceful
 Truth would be prevalent
  
 I dream of many planets
 Much like our earth
 People like us existing
 It sounds like Dicken’s mirth
 If it was a dream
 All these earths were true
 Wouldn’t we strive to be the best?
 Isn’t that what we’d want to do?
  
 But dreams are dreams
 And so reality rules
 Let’s improve that in front of us
 Leave the negative for fools
  
 Stanski
 September 5, 2019^ 

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 I am opening up
 Trying to cause vibrations
 Positive vibrations
 That travel to others
 Improve condition
 Plant the seed of hope
  
 This is one life
 We must live it
 Catch our glimpse of heaven
 Define our goals
 Enlighten others
 Be the path finder
  
 I see a pink-blue sky
 So uplifting to artists
 I look around
 For signs of protest
 No sign at all
 Everyone at rest
  
 Positive signals
 We’ve become gentle and kind
  
 Stanski
 October 2, 2019 ^ 

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 I went to college
 Received a degree
 My six children
 Went to college
 A few completed
 The others didn’t
  
 Is it really needed
 Other than for parties?
 All information is on
 The computer – all knowledge
  
 Humanities and Civil Justice
 Need not be learned only
 In the ivy covered Halls
 Which you eventually leave
 With an immense debt
  
 Physicians need the experience
 Engineers desire the guidance
 Real experience is on the job
 Know-how is available
 Outside the Hallowed Halls
  
 But education is big business
 Their endowment moneys
 Would make a great dent in
 Our national debt
  
 Unfortunately we are sheep
 Following the conventional
 Over the cliff to our own demise
  
 Stanski
 September 4, 2019 ^