In a post a few days ago I offered new lyrics for an old sing-song rhyme that was once popular in Wisconsin: It usually went something like this: (For accuracy, Pronounce each “J” in his name as a “Y”, and affect a Norwegian/Swedish/Finnish accent.)
My name is Jan Jansen
I come from Wisconsin
I work in the lumberyard there.
When I walk down the street
all the people I meet
say, “Hello. What's your name?” and I say (repeat)
I have, once again, put the melody to work for a new purpose, using new lyrics.
Because none of the Republiclowns who hail from this state and mis-hold office for personal enrichment (and who strive to further the idiocy of crony capitalism) should escape ridicule, I highlight their “achievements” in verse.
We turn our attention now to the Social-Security-Receiving, Social-Darwinist, Ayn-Randian-Narcissist, My-Budgets-Don't-Add-Up Irrationalist who hails from Janesville:
Paul Ryan's my name
and my sole claim to fame
is I can't seem to add two plus two.
But to prove that I can
I have published a plan
that will take more from poor folks like you.
Or how about
My name is Paul Ryan
and I'm really tryin'
to prove I can help out the poor,
by cutting down Medicaid
food stamps and social aid
Call it my right-wing manure...
Out-of-staters may not know that a group known as the Solidarity Singers has, for years now, protested the absurdities and corruption of Republican-dominated state government by singing protest songs in the State Capitol Rotunda. At times they have been arrested and harassed by Capitol police, but they have soldiered on, keeping alive and honoring the state's progressive, humanist, science-and-reason-centered public policy tradition.
Thinking out loud now, I could hand them a few versions of the song that highlight Snotty Wanker's lowlights. Imagine, too, if a contingent of the Solidarity Singers converged on the Hill to roast Ron Johnson, Paul Ryan and James Sensenbrenner with similar verse. Oh, the humanity...
I renew my call for other contributions. Doggerel only, please. To begin, insert tongue into cheek while typing...
Be on the lookout for a forthcoming scholastic tome of epic proportion. The working title is “A Comprehensive Digest of Republican Economic and Social Achievements.” Since I can find nothing to populate the work, I have decided to offer an abridged edition...