By Sam, on March 10th, 2010
dusk is my time
everything changes
from lack of light
tree trunks muted
become smoke
a thousand
black twigs
cut a royal sky
into a puzzle
frogs scream
geese wail
distant lamps
become stars
they poke holes in water
these things are not so rare
yet these things I want for you
By Sam, on March 8th, 2010
There once was a fish in the Atlantic
Who swam in a fashion most frantic.
He puffed his fin
While his mouth sucked in
Making his head gigantic.

By Sam, on March 6th, 2010

Suppose there was chaos in the streets. Burglary, robbery, murder.
People would want the government to step in.
Suppose one party said “we need to police this situation and get crime under control.”
And they spend a year developing a plan.
Meanwhile, the crime wave continues to grow.
The other party (who’s getting a huge kickback from the robbers) says, “We don’t want government intervention. Let’s start over with the plan, and go slowly, step by step.”
The health insurance companies are the criminals, robbing Americans blind.
Welcome to health care reform in America.
By Sam, on March 3rd, 2010
Pitcher Jim Bunning
Senator Jim Bunning
There once was a pitcher from Kentucky,
A U.S. Senator, and quite plucky.
He found it funny
When families lacked money:
“Screw the unemployed. They’re unlucky!”
By Sam, on March 1st, 2010
Am I the only one who feels like barfing every time Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and other Republicans in Congress, in regards to health care reform, say, like silly billy parrots, “the American people do not want this bill.”
makes me feel like barfing
I doubt it. I’m guessing, if all the
Continue reading Does Mitch McConnell make anyone else feel like barfing?
By Sam, on February 28th, 2010
My father passed away on this day, February 28, four years ago. Those kinds of days get frozen in memory.
I didn’t visit him the day he died. It was the day we started Coffee News, and I was out delivering our first papers. I did go by his house that day and looked
Continue reading Four years ago today
By Sam, on February 27th, 2010
I know that volumes have been written, courses taught, and degrees and certifications awarded — but here are a few simple reasons why I love yoga.
1. I love breathing.
2. I love stretching.
3. I love doing stuff when it’s quiet, with my eyes closed.
3. I like standing on my head (and love the energy
Continue reading Why I love yoga
By Sam, on February 24th, 2010
Mom, 2/24/10
Normally, it might not seem so normal for a 53 year old man to post pictures of his mother on his blog.
But Mom has lived a public life, and some of my friends see this blog and will enjoy seeing this picture.
We were in the kitchen, at Mom’s
Continue reading A picture of Mom
By Sam, on February 23rd, 2010
Is there a deficit? Most certainly.
Is there job shortage? Absolutely.
Are workers on strike? Oddly enough, yes.
I thought the Republicans in Congress wanted to quit talking about health care and focus on jobs.
That’s all we heard for months.
Then why did 29 of them vote not to allow debate on a jobs bill?
upside down
And
Continue reading Republicans have gone on strike
By Sam, on February 17th, 2010
Dear Senator Bayh,
You say that the Congress is full of good people, but that the ’system is dysfunctional.
Might I suggest the opposite is true? The system is good and some of the people are dysfunctional.
If your wife works for the health insurance lobby and you stand with her rather than with people in
Continue reading Dear Senator Bayh,