Comments on: Healthcare Premiums Crisis Gets Shortchanged

By: Kick

Kick — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:40:16 +0000

nypoet22
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with your permission i may well pilfer them.

You definitely may pilfer them and in doing said pilfering must pilfer them well. :)

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 01:00:00 +0000

@kick,
I'm not opposed to new verses, but I've already got quite a few weaker lines that need replacing, so I'll probably be focused on those. you have some really good stuff though. authorized autocracy, narcissist psychotic, Godwin and the Führer, really good lines, with your permission i may well pilfer them.
JL

By: ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Remember The Names Of Those Who Died On The Streets Of Minneapolis

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:00:38 +0000

[...] Healthcare Premiums Crisis Gets Shortchanged [...]

By: Kick

Kick — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:35:11 +0000

Democrats will console themselves by using the issue as a bludgeon in their midterm election campaigns. Contrary to Trump's repetitive Nazi-like propaganda, the Democrats are obviously and definitely still using the term "affordability," and the affordability of healthcare (not by accident) now happens to be the number one issue that Americans are concerned about. Meanwhile, Trump's "two weeks" (that are nigh on 10 years now) wherein he stated he'd have a plan have produced nothing but some "concepts" that actually are hysterical on their face.

By: Kick

Kick — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:22:20 +0000

nypoet22
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i'm definitely going to have to finish the song you responded to.

Yes!

still working on this as well...

Oh, this is so awesome. Would you please (pretty please) write a verse on the fascism of Trump? Something like this:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And here's to the fascism of Donald Drumpf
Lifted from the bullshit of der Führer's Mein Kampf and the madness therein
Dismantling democracy and authorizing atrocity with the stroke of a pen
History doesn't look kindly on narcissistic phychotic little men
And even Godwin says it's fair to compare America's Dick Tater to him
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Donald Drumph, go find yourself another country to be part of
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I said please! :)

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:16:43 +0000

i'm definitely going to have to finish the song you responded to. still working on this as well...

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:56:12 +0000

I remember that conversation! good song.

By: Kick

Kick — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:35:22 +0000

Remember the last government shutdown?

You expect us to remember details? Heh. *wink*

By: Kick

Kick — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:31:56 +0000

nypoet22 Before I even read CW's piece above, I wanted to take a quick stroll down Memory Lane. It was on a weekend, I want to say in mid May. You wrote a song where I didn't know if I had it correct or not, but it seemed like I could hear the melody and could not help myself and wrote a response in the form of a chorus... because we were talking about Springsteen. How you wanted him to write another song, and how he describes writing one for him is "soul mining" and "pure torture." Apparently, if he's already incensed and feeling like he's living through pure torture already, that mining his soul comes easier:

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It's dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free. ~ Bruce Springsteen, January 28, 2026 Streets of Minneapolis

* Just when I thought I could not love Springsteen any more, he goes and proves me totally incorrect.