Archive for the ‘Censorship Satire’ Category
Monday, January 17th, 2022
Headline: “Book bans are back in style”
Banning books is, alas, back in fashion;
GOPers suppress them with passion.
The same folks who maintain
“Cancel-culture’s” a bane…
Purge and “burn,” turning book lovers ashen.
Tags: Book Banning Limerick, Book Bans, Book Burning, Book Burning Limerick, Censorship Limerick, Education Limerick, School Boards Limerick
Posted in Books, Censorship Satire, Education Limerick, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Book Purge Surge (Limerick)
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
Subheading: “Trump claims social media companies are ‘government’ actors. Attorneys say his lawsuit is a ‘pathetic joke'”
Donald loves filing spurious suits.
They are fund-raising schemes at their roots.
Plus they give him a chance
To play martyr. Trump’s stance?
He’s our prey, and we’re all in cahoots.
Tags: Censorship Claims, Censorship Humor, Donald Trump, Facebook, Google, Lawsuit, Litigation, Litigation Humor, Social Media, State Actors, Twitter
Posted in Censorship Satire, Donald Trump, Facebook Verse, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Social Media Satire, Twitter | Comments Off on Yet Another Trump Lawsuit (Limerick)
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
You’re a Fed employee? Then watch out!
Your livelihood might be in doubt.
Certain hashtags are banned
Like #resist. Being canned
Could result. Can’t demean “Don the Lout.”
Tags: Censorship, Donald Trump, Hashtags, Hatch Act, Resist, ResistTrump
Posted in Censorship Satire, Donald Trump, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, White House | Comments Off on Trump Administration’s Hatch Act Hashtag Scam (Limerick)
Wednesday, March 29th, 2017
Headline of the Day: “Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change.’”
How does Donald hold danger at bay?
By deeming some terms not okay
To include in a writing,
Like “climate change” — fighting
Big problems the censorship way!
Tags: Carbon Emissions, Censorship Humor, Climate Change, Department Of Energy, Global Warming, Rick Perry, Trump
Posted in Censorship Satire, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Energy Humor, Global Warming, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor, Rick Perry, White House | Comments Off on Trump’s Novel Approach To Global Warming (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
Limerick Ode To Planned Ignorance
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Planned ignorance, such is the scheme
That conservatives love — what a dream:
Withhold info that’s needed
And ought to be heeded.
That’s the key to get wins for their team.
Whitewashing textbooks and refusing to allow the CDC to study gun violence are but two examples.
Tags: CDC, Conservatives Satire, Disinformation, Education Humor, Republicans Humor, RNC, Textbooks, Wingnuts
Posted in Censorship Satire, Education Limerick, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 15th, 2012
Michigan Republican pols apparently have very delicate ears:
Two state representatives in Michigan were barred from speaking on the floor of the legislature in Lansing Thursday after colleagues deemed their language “failed to maintain the decorum” of the legislative body.
State Reps. State Reps. Lisa Brown and Barb Byrum, both Democrats, were arguing against proposed legislation that would enact new restrictions on abortions in Michigan, including provisions for new insurance requirements for abortion providers.
Brown ended her floor speech by declaring: “”I’m flattered that you are all so interested in my vagina, but no means no.”
Republicans To Women: No Vagina Dialogues!
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Republicans love to pass laws
That restrict female parts, without pause.
But just utter “vagina”—
They’ll ship you to China.
Censor gals in all ways — that’s their cause.
Tags: Abortion Rights, Censorship Humor, Feminism Humor, Michigan, Reproductive Rights, Republican Hypocrisy, Vagina Satire
Posted in Abortion Rights, Censorship Satire, Feminism Humor, GOP Humor, Political Limericks, Political Verse, Politics Satire, Republicans Humor | 7 Comments »
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Jeralyn over at Talk Left has declared Colorado to be a “Nanny State.” Why? Because its Appeals Court has decreed that Colorado no-smoking laws apply to actors on stage.
(Coincidentally, just last night my husband and I saw an Off-Broadway play during which two of the actors smoked. In fact, we got a second-row contact-high from one of them.)
But getting back to the Colorado judiciary, the court deserves a limerick, don’t you think?
Ode To Colorado: Nanny State
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“No smoking on stage!” says the judge,
Cuz “No smoking indoors!” He won’t budge.
So no matter the role,
There’s a no-smoke patrol.
Soon they won’t let their actors eat fudge.
You can find more of my smoking-related humor here and my theater-related humor here.)[tags]Legal Satire, Judge Humor, No-Smoking Humor, Smoking Laws, Theater Humor, Actors Verse[/tags]
Posted in Censorship Satire, Free Speech, Judiciary Satire, Law Satire, Nanny State, Social Satire | Comments Off on Ode To Colorado: Nanny State
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
The defendants in Valerie Plame Wilson’s lawsuit against the CIA for censoring her book, Fair Game, had better hope she never gets to trial. I say that because I’ve heard her interviewed several times, and that woman will make one hell of a witness.
Moreover, asserting national security, in order to censor material that’s already in the public domain, sure sounds like revenge censorship to me.
And that brings me to my latest haiku:
Plame’s book censored by
Bush blackguards, who black out truths
Already revealed.
(You can find my Traitorgate song parody about Valerie Plame’s outing here.) [tags]Valerie Plame Wilson, Outing CIA Agent, Fair Game, Plame Censorship, Plame Lawsuit[/tags]
Posted in Censorship Satire, CIA Satire, Free Speech, George Bush Satire, Media Satire, News Haiku & Senryu, Political Books, Political Haiku & Senryu, Political Verse, Valerie Plame | Comments Off on Unfair Censorship Of Plame’s Fair Game
