№ 330: Contemplate This!

Galumphing triumphant toward nuclear brink,

just think where we'd be if Trump took a drink.

I trust our dust would then be all over.

We must, I think, thank Diet Coke that he's sober.
Not, mind!, that that will make a diff
if he pushes us over the nuclear cliff:
North Korea or Iran, if that be his whim,
to show dead father Fred he's better than him.

No. 216: The State Of The State Department Department

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defended plans to slash his own department's budget Tuesday, arguing Washington will need to spend less on diplomacy as armed conflicts come to an end.

Newsmax — Tillerson: State Dept Budget Can Be Cut As Wars Ending

The State Department budget kerfuffle

is not a reorg or personnel shuffle.

It's a revision.

A redef of mission.

If a foreign state ignores his rebuke,

Donald Trump will not hesitate, he'll launch a nuke.

Should some potentate return the favor,

we will not tolerate their misbehavior.

After global nuclear war,

what would a State Department even be for?

Be too late to negotiate.

No one will need Departments of State.

This may be nuts, 

but it funds our tax cuts.