O Come Emmanuel

Turkey Frank

 Seeing as one of the first parodies we posted at the minor premise was regarding the inappropriate use of messaging technology to send lewd messages to subordinates we could not resist the recent to-do over a certain married congressman's twitter correspondence with a young staffer. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Please Don't Tweet a Crotch Shot (to the tune of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot")
by Dminor and Cminor (apologies to Eddie Schwartz (composer) and Pat Benatar (performer))


Well, you're a New York Weiner with a long history
Of keeping New York's 9th for the party D:
Congressmen who are in their forties
Shouldn't send pics of their junk to hawtties.

Please don't tweet a crotch shot!
You shouldn't tweet a girl a crotch shot!
Please don't tweet a crotch shot
Put it away!

You're name is not Adonis; your looks are fair --
Don't want to see underwear.
Got to say that your best side
Is not in a place that clothing would hide.

Please don't tweet a crotch shot!
You shouldn't tweet a girl a crotch shot
Please don't tweet a crotch shot
Put it away!

Well, you're a Congress member; you would think you would know
That tweeting naughty pics means that you should go.
Before you took a risque shot with your camera phone,
You should have thought of your married life at home.

Please don't tweet a crotch shot!
You shouldn't tweet a girl a crotch shot
Please don't tweet a crotch shot
Put it away!

Please don't tweet a crotch shot!
You shouldn't tweet a girl a crotch shot
Please don't tweet a crotch shot
Put it away!

Burden Shifting

 A letter to the editor to the paper of the Diocese of Savannah sums up nicely the difference between charitable giving (a free act) and taxation for charitable purposes (a compelled act). Deacon Thomas Eden of Saint Joseph Church in Macon, Georgia asserts that  we are spiritually called to see the "person of our Lord Jesus Christ in the sick, poor, disabled and hungry we encounter and act accordingly."  However, we are not urged anywhere in scripture to shift this obligation onto the government, thus allowing them to choose whom to help. Deacon Eden writes  "We are held accountable for our personal social action, and cannot escape it by selective community socialism that removes us from the participation of serving our brothers, with our time, talent and money. "

For examples of the effect of the replacement of donation with taxation, he looks to Europe and Scandanavia, which have "formed a tax structure that puts government n the position of choosing those groups of people and charities that get support." The countries with these policies have seen a marked decline in Christian and Catholic participation.

Check out the whole letter here on page 3.

An Occasion for Bartholemew Cubbins

The recent royal wedding was inspirational to some; however I missed it entirely. I did read of the great fuss made over the hats worn (or not worn) by the female attendees. Having not posted in a great while, I decided to give the old parody pen another try.

Headgear Displayed
(to the tune of "Easter Parade;" apologies to Irving Berlin)
by Dminor

At the royal wedding
(They'll not be soon forgetting),
Oh what an odd assortment
of headgear displayed.

Some, "boats" perched on the cranium;
some, words will fail explaining 'em,
Ended up as fodder 
For a critics tirade.

A bizarre review, it's a head-top zoo!
And somewhere off to the side,
I heard that there was
a royal groom and his bride

Oh, they're even hammerin'
on Samantha Cameron
whose tasteful dress but lack of hat
left critics dismayed.

I hope all had a Happy and Blessed Easter, and best wishes to the happy couple.

A sign unto you

But for D, that music idea I had would have fallen completely flat. The best laid schemes of mice and men...

Fortunately, this came to my attention thanks to the Ironic Catholic. What a great community project!

Tinsillica

Here's a little reprise of some some Christmas fun from 2009.

You Have Been Tagged . . . .

A Merry and Blessed Christmas to all.