The Safest Depository

"Curtis Rush used to be a Cynthia McKinney supporter. But Rush, like a lot of DeKalb County voters, helped cast McKinney out of Congress on Tuesday.

Rush, an African-American contractor from Stone Mountain, voted for first-time challenger Denise Majette even though he has had some positive experiences with McKinney.

‘She's highly accessible. She's as close as your phone is. But I think she doesn't fully understand her constituency at this point,’ Rush said, referring to McKinney's well-publicized affinity toward Arab groups critical of U.S. policy. ‘I was really annoyed by that letter to the Saudi prince. That did not represent me.’"
  — "How Denise Majette Beat Cynthia McKinney," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8/22/02
  (via Reid Stott’s excellent coverage of the Majette-McKinney contest)




Waves of force from towers’ fall,
Spreading outward, topple all
     Who sense them least.

Those embracing raiders’ coin,
Spurning kinsmen’s cause to join,
     Are now decreased.

Gerrymander won’t protect
Those who terror’s friends respect
     At victims’ bier.

Safe seat fails: no perch so high
Insulates from sirens’ cry
     We still can hear.

Rhyming Haiku

     At an Airport

Grannies and geezers
in vexation formation:
"Are those your tweezers?"



     At Homeland Security

Still: sunbeamed dust flits.
Bare wall echoes unheard call.
At a desk, Ridge sits.



     At a Hearing

Dull and cunning eyes,
rictus smile fronts third-rate guile:
Biden, televise.



     The Science behind Global Warming

People become rich
via marts, hard work, and smarts:
There must be a hitch.



     Among the Depletionists

The sun’s gold surrounds,
but their topic’s entropic—
bosh alone abounds.



     Bear Bottom?

Investors, crying
post massacre, start to stir:
Buffett is buying.