One hundred and eight years ago, today, Theodor Seuss Geisel AKA Dr. Seuss was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
In the interest of that celebration, I’m attempting to make news story appeal to people from age 2 to 202.
I’ve broken down the topic of third year law student, Sandra Fluke, being denied to speak before a Congressional hearing about contraception and religious liberty, then being called a prostitute and slut by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh; into a Dr. Suess style poem.
Enjoy, if you’re girl or a boy
Let’s take a moment to vex
at why so many mean old men
want to wage a war on sex
and scream religion again and again.
A young woman asked to speak
Her name was Sandra Fluke
but the mean old men made a squeak
and Sandra Fluke got a rebuke
Another mean old man, Rush Limbaugh
thrice divorced, drug addicted, talked out of his butt
calling Sandra Fluke something he wouldn’t call his ma
He yelled, she’s a prostitute! She’s a slut!
Government paying for birth control is the debate
not religion, not sex, not shouting people down
Instead of reasoned talk, toward a woman there is hate
Sandra Fluke’s respect is denied, the sad panda makes a frown
No apology as yet by any mean old men
Women’s rights suffer, words hurted
Speaking out is American, it’s so sad when
Sex is vexed and political discourse is averted.
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss. Shame on you Rush Limbaugh.
Marian
03/02/2012
oh, the places you’ll go, Sir Burson!
Lance
03/02/2012
It’s art, Marian, No boundaries.
that’s sarcasm
Sarah
03/02/2012
You missed the part where he told her that if he was going to be forced to pay for her to have sex (aka, government considering contraception as a preventative measure, and making it fall under the purview of ‘preventative care should be free’) then he wanted something for his money– specifically for her to upload videos of her having sex so everyone could watch.
So, calling her a slut and a prostitute? Bad. Going on to demand sex tapes for his own depraved voyeurism? Much, much worse.
Lance
03/02/2012
I just couldn’t fit creepy mean old mean voyeur pr0N into a Seuss style tale. But, yeah, that’s awful
He’s from your state. I’m sure you’re proud. That’s sarcasm.
Sarah
03/02/2012
I have, on several occasions, made myself repress that knowledge. Ugh.
Jonah Gibson
03/02/2012
Okay. I’m a mean old man, and I apologize. Really. I’m on the conservative side of the current contraception argument, but everyone deserves to be heard and no one deserves to be called names for having a reasonably different opinion. Well, Rush Limbaugh deserves to be called names, but then he started it didn’t he. He is a megalomaniacal wonk overcompensating for a smallish penis. Always has been. Not much hope for rehabilitation.
Lance
03/02/2012
Jonah, im a mean old man with my daughters, especially my 16 yr old. But dude called a woman he doesn’t know half his age, a slut. There’s a debate here, but that’s the wrong way.