{"id":11300,"date":"2018-08-13T04:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T09:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/?p=11300"},"modified":"2018-08-11T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T19:26:06","slug":"your-weekly-politickle-too-much-winnie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/your-weekly-politickle-too-much-winnie\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Weekly Politickle: TOO MUCH WINNIE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier:<\/strong><\/p>\n

TOO MUCH WINNIE
\nXi Jinping likes to act like he\u2019s tough,
\nBut his bluster is nothing but bluff:
\nHe\u2019s a dictator who
\nIs frightened by Pooh!
\nWho\u2019s afraid of a bear stuffed with fluff?<\/p>\n

From the archive
\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

BROKE IN CHINA<\/span>
\nThough they say that we owe them much debt,
\nThey discount intellectual theft:
\nJust subtract what they stole,
\nWe\u2019ll be paid up in whole \u2013
\nWith a deficit due from them left.
\n(2018)<\/p>\n

CHINESE BANDITS<\/span>
\nWe are told that our nation\u2019s in debt
\nAnd our balance of trade is upset,
\nBut our deficit\u2019s swollen
\nBecause China<\/span> has stolen
\nAll American goods it could get.
\n(2012)<\/p>\n

CHINA<\/span> PATTERN
\n\u201cWe will tar fossil fuels as \u2018unclean,\u2019
\nPromote other resources as \u2018green.\u2019
\nThere\u2019s a catch, which, of course, is
\nThat those greener resources
\nAre controlled by our red war machine.\u201d
\n(2011)<\/p>\n

THEY\u2019RE PLAYING OUR SONG
\nOur nation is destined for grief
\nIf our leader has no fixed belief
\nAnd conclusions are drawn
\nAs to whose side he\u2019s on
\nWhen China<\/span> plays \u201cHail to the Chief!\u201d
\n(1998)<\/p>\n

BILL IN A CHINA<\/span> SHOP
\nCampaign prospects are more sunny
\nWhen the coffer\u2019s full of money.
\nLeave it to Bill
\nTo fill the till
\nWith money that is funny!
\n(1996)<\/p>\n

RIADY OR NOT, HERE WE COME!
\n\u201cThough funds that the DNC spent
\nDid arise in the Orient,
\nOur designs are disputable,
\nLippo\u2019s motives inscrutable \u2014
\nCan you prove that we\u2019re not innocent?\u201d
\n(1996)<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s limerick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ENEMEDIA
\nWhen you\u2019re constantly taking sides
\nWith a narrative that divides,
\nWhen you won\u2019t play it straight
\nAs the Fourth Estate,
\nYou\u2019ve surrendered your bona fides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: TOO MUCH WINNIE Xi Jinping likes to act like he\u2019s tough, But his bluster is nothing but bluff: He\u2019s a dictator who Is frightened by Pooh! Who\u2019s afraid of a bear stuffed with fluff? From the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Your Weekly Politickle: TOO MUCH WINNIE - Politickles","description":"Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: TOO MUCH WINNIE Xi Jinping likes to act like he\u2019s tough, But his bluster is no"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/politickles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}