Hundreds of thousands of Americans now get discount heating oil from Venezuela to help them through the winter because our own government’s heating subsidies are falling short. What’s next? Food shipments from Iran? Coal aid from North Korea?

George & Hugo
(The Poem)

In truth I’ve got a few concerns
‘Bout Hugo C’s behavior;
The guy seems overburdened with
A need to play the savior;
But to be fair you gotta give
The man a bit of credit;
He aimed to make Sam look the fool,
That was his goal—he met it.

it’s shameful poor Americans
Get aid from Venezuela;
We hadda take some nasty turns
To end up with this failya;
‘Cause few things are more basic
Than to keep your people warm;
No government, compassionate,
Would wander from this norm.

In general, George Bush, the world
A poor fit vis-à-vis;
Indeed, embarrassment and worse
His legacy will be;
It won’t improve in days to come,
There’s more bad times to mourn;
In bungler’s rut we’re firmly stuck,
Till Bush and crew are gone.

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©2007 Michael Silverstein