Calvin Trillin's post on Bolton Appointment

[TayTay]

In 'The Nation' but as reported in Steve Clemons blog: http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/

On President Bush's Recess Appointment of John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations
Calvin Trillin

The job's too vital, Bush has said,

To leave unfilled, and so instead

He'll simply stiff the Senate now,

And name John Bolton anyhow.

The problems of the world have grown,

And so we need some tantrums thrown.

Some analysts who haven't skewed

Intelligence remain unscrewed.

But that will change with Bolton there:

The man knows how to overbear.

We need someone to show contempt

For resolutions we'd pre-empt

And show contempt as well for those

Who might oppose what we propose --

Reflecting through contemptuous power

The last remaining superpower.

Those tiny nations need a pasting.

So let's get started. Time's a-wasting.

[karynnj]

1. Thanks for posting

Cool poem Sad that it refects how it may look to the world.