Madeleine Begun Kane's Notables Blog, Song Parodies, Satire, and Verse from MadKane.comSatire, parodies, and commentary about politics, the media, the law, current events, and daily life by Humorist Madeleine Begun KaneArlen and Alberto- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Poem about Arlen Specter's refusal to require Gonzales to testify under oath...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_06a.html#02_07_06 Some Say That Reid's Act Was A Stunt -- Limerick)- (Found June 29, 2008 ) I'm newly in love with Senator Harry Reid and Rule 21. Senator Frist, however, doesn't share my feelings. And that brings me to my latest limerick: Some Say That Reid's Act Was A Stunt...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#11_06_05 Yet Another White House Leak: Ethics Class Humor -- Text Plus Audio Version)- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Now that Harriet Miers' office has announced mandatory ethics classes for all White House EOP staffers, I guess we're supposed to forget about Libby's indictment and Karl Rove's ethical transgressions. Of course, these classes are nothing more than window dressing designed to dupe us into thinking Bush gives a damn about ethics. How do I know this A top secret White House source leaked this Harriet Miers memo to me, in a MadKane.com exclusive: ...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#11_07_05 Wacky-Off: Jean Schmidt vs. Pat Robertson -- Text Plus Audio Version- (Found June 29, 2008 ) I can't decide who's wackier, Ohio's Jean Schmidt or Pat Robertson. Here's my pair of limericks about Jean Schmidt's outrageous House floor speech, in which she called John Murtha a coward because of his Iraq withdrawal plan: ...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#11_20_05 Yet Another Ode To Ann Coulter; An Unscrupulous Fellow Named Jack- (Found June 29, 2008 ) I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As for me, I gave thanks to the Abramoff investigation and a big no thanks to Ann Coulter. And I also gave each a limerick: ...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#11_25_05 Mad Kane on the Radio; Randy Cunningham Limericks; Ode to Bob Woodward -- Text Plus Audio Version- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Lots of political poetry today, but first some news: I'll be on the Cityscape radio show on WFUV, 90.7 FM in New York City on Saturday, December 3rd. It airs at 7:30 A.M. and is also streamed on the Net. And for late risers (like me) it'll be archived at WFUV. (I'll update this entry when the show's been posted there.) The topic's freelancing and the workplace, and my contribution to the fray is reading one of my work related humor pieces, Working Stiffed. Okay, it's time to get back to...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#12_01_05 Bill O'Reilly's Faux War On Christmas Song Parody- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Today I'm joining the many who've mocked the false claim that there's a war on Christmas. I hope you'll enjoy singing my Bill O'Reilly's Faux War On Christmas song to the tune of Get Me To The Church On Time, from My Fair Lady...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#12_18_05 Auld Lang Impeachment -- Song Parody- (Found June 29, 2008 ) I thought I'd help you celebrate New Year's Eve with my new version of Auld Lang Syne -- Auld Lang Impeachment. You can read it right here or hear me sing Auld Lang Impeachment here. ...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#12_27_05 Separated At Birth: Judy Miller and ...; Yippee! I won!)- (Found June 29, 2008 ) For months I've been puzzling over who Judy Miller reminds me of, and I've finally figured it out -- Harriet Sansom Harris, from Frasier and Desperate Housewives: ...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_05d.html#12_31_05 Say Goodbye To Tom DeLay -- Song Parody -- Sing to "Yesterday"- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Now that Satan ... I mean Jack Abramoff has entered into a plea agreement, Republicans are rushing to distance themselves from Abramoff. Of course, Tom DeLay has been doing the distancing dance for a while now, with an assist from Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi at the Washington Post. But (at the risk of using Judy's Miller's least favorite word) Tom DeLay's entanglements with Abramoff are so extensive, that their legal ramifications may well turn DeLay's money laundering trial into the fun...http://www.madkane.com/notable01_06a.html#01_04_06 |