[New-Poetry] Poetic Justice

[Millicent Accardi]

President of the US


Cheers,

Mill

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Day <rog3r.day at gmail.com>
Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:15 am
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Poetic Justice




POTUSE?

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Halvard Johnson <halvard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Obama, sad to say, doesn't become POTUS until
> Jan. 24 (?), 2009.
>
> Hal
>
> "One would have to have a heart of stone not
>  to laugh at the death of Little Nell."
>                          --Oscar Wilde
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
>
>
> On Nov 5, 2008, at 1:28 AM, Roger Day wrote:
>
>> I've just discovered this is a re-worked piece of internet copypasta.
>> Tut, tut, tut.
>>
>> However, I'll forgive, as Obama is now POTUS!! Congratulaitons!
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Linda Sue Grimes
>> <suelin6787 at charter.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yesterday on my way to lunch at Doe's,  I passed one of the homeless guys
>>> in
>>> that area, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Once inside Doe's my waiter had on a "Obama 08" tee shirt.
>>>
>>> When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him
>>> while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me
>>> feel
>>> he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth.
>>>  I
>>> told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed
>>> more
>>> in need--the homeless guy outside.
>>>
>>> He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.
>>>
>>> I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter
>>> inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy
>>> looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.
>>>
>>> As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution
>>> experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not
>>> earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did
>>> earn.
>>>
>>> Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to
>>> catch on with those doing the work....
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>>
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