"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today

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King George

There once was a little man
9/11 empowered
Those who should have opposed his will
This awful deed cowered
When at last critics did came fourth
He snarled and he glowered
“I’m bound not by rules,” he roared
“I’m holier-then-thou are-d”

King George

In the past this great country
Was governed by law
But George held the view
This won’t work anymore
“The courts and the Congress
I’m free to ignore
I alone can be trusted
To win a new war”

King George

These days lots of people
Who long bought his act
Are thinking just maybe
This guy lacks the knack
And is merely the front
For a misguided claque
Whose foolish decisions
Are way out of whack

Lame Duck George

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