I AM THE DECIDER by Roddy McCorley (Yertle the Turtle)

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[GranniesAgainstGeorge] I AM THE DECIDER by Roddy McCorley

(Yertle the Turtle)

 

 

 

 

* " I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the

speculation, " the president told reporters in the Rose Garden. " But

I'm the decider and I decide what's best.

*-------- George W. Bush*

 

 

 

* " I'm the Decider " *

 

by Roddy McCorley

Well, it took me awhile, but I finally realized what " I'm the

decider, " reminds me of. It sounds like something a character in a

Dr Seuss book might say. So with apologies to the late Mr. Geisel,

here is some idle speculation as to what else such a character might say:

 

 

 

I'm the decider.

I pick and I choose.

I pick among whats.

And choose among whos.

And as I decide

Each particular day,

The things I decide on

All turn out that way.

I decided on Freedom

For all of Iraq.

And now that we have it,

I'm not looking back.

I decided on tax cuts

That just help the wealthy.

And Medicare changes

That aren't really healthy.

And parklands and wetlands

Who needs all that stuff?

I decided that none

Would be more than enough!

I decided that schools

All in all are the best.

The less that they teach

And the more that they test.

I decided those wages

You need to get by,

Are much better spent

On some CEO guy.

I decided your Wade

Which was versing your Roe,

Is terribly awful

And just has to go.

I decided that levees

Are not really needed.

Now when hurricanes come

They can come unimpeded.

That old Constitution?

Well, I have decided-

As " just Goddamn paper " *

It should be derided.

I've decided gay marriage

Is icky and weird.

Above all other things,

It's the one to be feared.

And Cheney and Rummy

And Condi all know

That I'm the Decider.

They tell me it's so.

I'm the Decider

So watch what you say,

Or I may decide

To have you whisked away

Or I'll tap your phones.

Your e-mail I'll read.

`cause I'm the Decider -

Like Jesus decreed.

 

* This is an exact Bush Quote!

 

 

Now that I think about it, Dr. Seuss anticipated this

administration pretty well when he wrote Yertle the Turtle...