Uber alle at John Wayne Airport

To kill a monopoly takes a lot of work and a lot of time
So many barriers and steps to climb

Uber and Lyft have declared war on Yellow Cab and its sky high fares

So much cheaper rates and a better experience to share

No need to carry a lot of cash

A better chance a driver speaks English and will not crash

John Wayne now Uber to pick up at the airport permits

Lower costs to passengers to now commit

Riding a cab should not be the equivalent of taking a mortgage out

When getting to one’s destination safely is often in grave doubt

While the fares for cabs are sky high

The drivers trying to make a living barely get by

Over five hundred a week charge a driver must pay

For the privilege of a yellow cab logo to display

Good for John Wayne Airport and hearty accolades

Another step in monopolies to degrade

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To kill a monopoly takes a lot of work and a lot of time

So many barriers and steps to climb

Uber and Lyft have declared war on Yellow Cab and its sky high fares

So much cheaper rates and a better experience to share

No need to carry a lot of cash

A better chance a driver speaks English and will not crash

John Wayne now Uber to pick up at the airport permits

Lower costs to passengers to now commit

Riding a cab should not be the equivalent of taking a mortgage out

When getting to one’s destination safely is often in grave doubt

While the fares for cabs are sky high

The drivers trying to make a living barely get by

Over five hundred a week charge a driver must pay

For the privilege of a yellow cab logo to display

Good for John Wayne Airport and hearty accolades

Another step in monopolies to degrade

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Subpoena the Server

Hillary has more baggage than a queen going on a round the world cruise
 Even more baggage than Ismelda Marcos had with her 1000’s of pairs of shoes
We mere mortals would be facing jail if her acts we aped
As a graduate of the School of Law at prestigious Yale
She must know the consequences when evidence requested you destruct
No one should believe her as web of lame excuses she tries to to construct
Her moral and ethical compass has a mortal flaw
Like her husband she believes she is above the law
Time for Congress to double down on Hillary
Time to bring oout the heavy subpoena aftillery
No more if ands or buts
Time to reveal to the nation her attempts to records destruct
If she can have a tête-à-tête  with Obama to try to protect her deceptive ass
The top Reds should meet with him to demand for her no get out of jail pass
Unless unlike prior scandals which the DOJ has chosen not to pursue
Loretta Lynch commits to investigate Hillary’s potential obstruction of justice, her nomination Congress will eschew
It may be a forlorn hope but as a career D.A., Lynch may not be infected with Hillary’s flaw
What is more important than protecting Blues is for an AG to preserve and follow the rule of law
If someone believes that Hillary’s server has nothing to hide
She should have produced the server immediately so truth could be on her side
She did not due for a simple easy reason to understand
The server was clogged with conflicts involving her foundation gifts  from foreign lands
If this poet were the leaders of the Reds with Obama I would make a deal
Unleash the DOJ on this private email server and Obamacare we will not try to repeal
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Ridley's Believe It Or Not March 31 History Caesar Chavez Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—March 31, 2015 Trust your Taco Tuesday is proving to be a great one and you are preparing to cheer for Stanford in the semifinals of the NIT against Old Dominion tonight. As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances albeit somewhat meager today, factoids of interest, music video of K-Ci and JoJo, and a relevant quote by Caesar Chavez, enjoying a plate of clams on the half shell anticipating a Stanford win in the NIT over Old Dominion, blessed  with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
       1. Caesar Chavez Day—celebrating the legacy of unionist and activist Caesar Chavez in California since 1995.
       2. Transfer Day (U.S. Virgin Islands)—celebrating the purchase on this day in 1917 from Denmark of those favorite cruise ship locations in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands.
      3. 1998 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1998, as part of a 3 week run, All  My Life by K-Ci and JoJo, a duo of brothers in the R&B and soul music genre.  Here is a video link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvMT_mVbqw  
      4. National Clams on the Half Shell Day—celebrating a great way to savor clams other than in clam chowder either raw or mixed with olive oil, bread crumbs, garlic and parsley and then baked.
      5. Hypocrite Day--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1948 of the inventor of the internet and with his huge homes and proclivity for flying in chartered jets the possessor of a massive carbon footprint, the one and only Al Gore who but for the grace of chads would have been our president on 911.
On this day in
     a. 1889 that iconic symbol of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, was officially opened.
     b. 1906 the Intercollegiate Sports Association (rename the NCAA) was founded to set rules for intercollegiate sports.
     c. 1918 Daylight Savings Time went into effect in the United States for the first time.
     d. 1931 TWA Flight 599 crashed near Bazaar, Kansas killing eight including Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.           
     e. 1992 the last active battleship in the U.S. Navy, the Missouri, was decommissioned in Long Beach, CA.

Reflections on humanity from Caesar Chavez:  “When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are."        Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join 155 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not  Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times © March 31, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare Rhymes for the Memorable Times The Perfect Gift, All Recipients to Receive a Lasting Lift

Dolittle Raider Dies

Sadly, another of the Greatest Generation has made his final flight

One of the Doolittle Raiders on Tokyo a man named Wallace Hite

Hard to imagine the desperation and despair

When the the B-25s too early took off into the air

Japan seemed invincible and all territories to take

Time for revenge and a no more advance line in the sand to stake

Pearl Harbor and Bataan like 911 were to America a deadly wakeup call

And the need to the forces of tyranny and repression try to stall

More likely than not this was a one way ride doomed to fail

Launched way too early from the Hornet with not safe place to bail

On capture Hite was not beheaded

Only for 40 months imprisoned instead

We have so few moments to honor these few remaining living heroes

That fought on land the Banzais, on sea the long lance and in the air the Zeros

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Freezing at Starbucks

When it comes to coffee, Starbucks leads the pack

Always looking forward from its Pike Street beginnings and never looking back

Bold moves on the tattoo, gun carrying and racial front

When it comes to expansion and profit it swings for the fences never bunts

But when it comes to carbon foot prints, this coffee drinker has an idea to suggest

It is time for the freezing level of air conditioning to be addressed

If you are in the Starbucks at the corner of Wilson and Harbor

It may not be snowing inside but feels like January in Ann Arbor

Meat lockers or ORs seem like tropical paradises compared to this frigid place

Given the adherence to Green causes and Fair Trade this is an environmental disgrace

We know that Starbucks sells coffee cups and mugs
But not clothing or logoed rugs
Maybe a clothing line of Holsteins
So fitting for cows as part of a meat locker scene
Maybe brewing coffee creates for the baristas a deadly amount of heat

Which might render their prompt and efficient service somewhat effete

Maybe too many people after one cup of caffeine

Are staying too long and from the free Wi-Fi do not want to be weaned

But at this Starbucks and many others I suspect

It is time to the freeze them out strategy at Starbucks to reject

Too much air conditioning at too low a temperature use

Is a major climate change environmental abuse

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When it comes to coffee, Starbucks leads the pack

Always looking forward from its Pike Street beginnings and never looking back

Bold moves on the tattoo, gun carrying and racial front

When it comes to expansion and profit it swings for the fences never bunts

But when it comes to carbon foot prints, this coffee drinker has an idea to suggest

It is time for the level of air conditioning to be addressed

If you are in the Starbucks at the corner of Wilson and Harbor

It may not be snowing but feels like January in Ann Arbor

Meat lockers or ORs seem like tropical paradises compared to this frigid place

Given the adherence to Green causes and Fair Trade this is an environmental disgrace

We know that Starbucks sells coffee cups and mugs

But not clothing or logoed rugs

Maybe a clothing line of Holsteins

So fitting for cows as part of a meat locker scene

Maybe brewing coffee creates for the baristas a deadly amount of heat

Which might render their prompt and efficient service somewhat effete

Maybe too many people after one cup of caffeine

Are staying too long and from the free Wi-Fi do not want to be weaned

But at this Starbucks and many others I suspect

It is time to the freeze them out strategy at Starbucks to reject

Too much air conditioning at too low a temperature use

Is a major environmental abuse

© March 30, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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When it comes to coffee, Starbucks leads the pack

Always looking forward from its Pike Street beginnings and never looking back

Bold moves on the tattoo, gun carrying and racial front

When it comes to expansion and profit it swings for the fences never bunts

But when it comes to carbon foot prints, this coffee drinker has an idea to suggest

It is time for the level of air conditioning to be addressed

If you are in the Starbucks at the corner of Wilson and Harbor

It may not be snowing but feels like January in Ann Arbor

Meat lockers or ORs seem like tropical paradises compared to this frigid place

Given the adherence to Green causes and Fair Trade this is an environmental disgrace

We know that Starbucks sells coffee cups and mugs

But not clothing or logoed rugs

Maybe a clothing line of Holsteins

So fitting for cows as part of a meat locker scene

Maybe brewing coffee creates for the baristas a deadly amount of heat

Which might render their prompt and efficient service somewhat effete

Maybe too many people after one cup of caffeine

Are staying too long and from the free Wi-Fi do not want to be weaned

But at this Starbucks and many others I suspect

It is time to the freeze them out strategy at Starbucks to reject

Too much air conditioning at too low a temperature use

Is a major environmental abuse

© March 30, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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When it comes to coffee, Starbucks leads the pack

Always looking forward from its Pike Street beginnings and never looking back

Bold moves on the tattoo, gun carrying and racial front

When it comes to expansion and profit it swings for the fences never bunts

But when it comes to carbon foot prints, this coffee drinker has an idea to suggest

It is time for the level of air conditioning to be addressed

If you are in the Starbucks at the corner of Wilson and Harbor

It may not be snowing but feels like January in Ann Arbor

Meat lockers or ORs seem like tropical paradises compared to this frigid place

Given the adherence to Green causes and Fair Trade this is an environmental disgrace

We know that Starbucks sells coffee cups and mugs

But not clothing or logoed rugs

Maybe a clothing line of Holsteins

So fitting for cows as part of a meat locker scene

Maybe brewing coffee creates for the baristas a deadly amount of heat

Which might render their prompt and efficient service somewhat effete

Maybe too many people after one cup of caffeine

Are staying too long and from the free Wi-Fi do not want to be weaned

But at this Starbucks and many others I suspect

It is time to the freeze them out strategy at Starbucks to reject

Too much air conditioning at too low a temperature use

Is a major environmental abuse

© March 30, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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Ridley's Believe It Or Not March 30 History National Doctors Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—March 30, 2015 Trust your weekend was a great one and your Monday is off to a great start. As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances albeit somewhat meager today, factoids of interest, music video of Puff Daddy, and a relevant quote by Arthur Schopenhauer, enjoying a bowl of turkey neck soup after savoring   watching your favorite team play in the NIT or the NCAA Tournaments (both men and women), blessed  with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
       1. National Doctors Day—celebrating since 1989 the contribution of doctors to the health and welfare of the citizens of this nation; sadly the practice of medicine has been under great stress due to the decreasing reimbursements to physicians due to cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and the increased regulatory burden imposed HIPPA.
       2. National Pencil Day—celebrating the issuance on this day in 1858 of a patent to Hymen Lipman for a pencil equipped with an eraser (most helpful when marking down golf scores when money is at stake).
      3. 1997 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1997, as part of a 6 week run, Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down by Puff Daddy, a Harlem born rapper whose net worth in 2014 was estimated by Forbes Magazine to be $700 million.  Here is a video link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmHMcKN8xlI
      4. Turkey Neck Soup Day—celebrating a great soup especially when made with rice or noodles and mushrooms, carrots, and your favorite spices like basil, tarragon or thyme.
      5. Flat’s Where It’s At Day--celebrating not those who believe in a flat earth but rather the birthday on this day in 1926 of Ingvar Kamprad, the creator of the flat pack and founder of IKEA who started his retailing career selling matches and appropriately, since it is National Pencil Day, pencils.
On this day in
     a. 1867 in what has to be one of the great bargains of all time, the United States purchased Alaska aka “Seward’s Folly from Russia for $7.2 million (revenue from leasing rights to hunt fur seals from 1870 to 1890 generated over $6 million into the U.S. Treasury).
     b. 1964 the TV game show Jeopardy created by Merv Griffin made its debut on television; the host was Art Fleming. The show is still going strong today with Alex Trebek as its host.
     c. 1976 the first Land Day, protesting Israeli land policies affecting Palestinians, was held in Israel resulting in the deaths of six Arabs.
     d. 1981 President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest, almost mortally, by John Hinckley, Jr. Reagan, always known for a great sense of humor quipped to his wife Nancy after exiting from surgery: “Honey I forgot to duck.”           
     e. 2012 MasterCard and Visa announced a massive security breach of cardholder data affecting over 10 million card holders.

Reflections on humanity from three points of view: “The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.” Arthur Schopenhauer, noted 19th Century German philosopher best known for his book The World as Will and Representation.      Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join 155 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not  Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times © March 30, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare Rhymes for the Memorable Times The Perfect Gift, All Recipients to Receive a Lasting Lift

Llama Drama at USDA

Two llamas get spooked and run along an Arizona highway
No one hurt, no damage to property but for the owners it’s hell to pay
The twitter scenes went viral and rattled the bureaucrats of the USDA
An edict from the USDA quickly came to the owners’ way
The owners had to have a permit in order for the llamas to the public be on display
So to the owners’ ignorance and dismay
No more llama drama to nursing home residents’ depression allay
Congress passed the Animal Welfare Act to require permits for animal display
We continue to become more and more regulated in almost all activities known to the human race
With more and more regulations killing and hindering business activity to take place
More and more regulations means more and more bureaucrats need to them draft
More and more obstacles on a road to black ink path
Obama in his zeal to overregulate is destroying millions of board feet
Transformed from pristine forests to millions of Federal Register sheets
Llama drama is really another tragedy of a growing government run amok
Why at least a third of the civilian federal work force we should chuck
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Ridley's Believe It Or Not March 29 History Palm Sunday

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—March 29, 2015 Trust your weekend is continuing to be a great one. As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances albeit somewhat meager today, factoids of interest, music video of Celine Dion, and relevant quotes Colonel Wilson and 2^nd Lieutenant Calley, enjoying a serving of lemon chiffon  cake while watching your favorite team play in the NIT or the NCAA Tournaments (both men and women), blessed  with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
       1. National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day—celebrating the cornerstone of our economy which our federal and state governments seem hell bent to regulate and tax to death.
      2. Palm Sunday—celebrating the Sunday before Easter.
      3. 1996 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1996, as part of a 6 week run, Because You Loved Me by Celine Dion, a Canadian born bilingual French speaking singer whose voice has been rated one of the most influential pop music voices. After a brief Geico ad, here is a link to her performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih1945e4q7I
      4. National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day—celebrating a lighter cake after splurging on the Black Forest chocolate cake yesterday.
      5. Sam I Am Day--celebrating not that great Dr. Seuss poem immortalized by Ted Cruz during his filibuster, but rather the birthday on this day in 1918 of Sam Walton, founder of Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart.
On this day in
     a. 1806 construction of the Cumberland Road, the first federal highway in the United States, was authorized.
     b. 1882 the Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded in New Haven, Connecticut.
     c. 1961 the 23^rd Amendment to the Constitution allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote in presidential elections was ratified.
     d. 1971 2^nd Lieutenant William Calley was convicted of murder of 22 civilians at My Lai, South Vietnam and sentenced to life imprisonment (later pardoned by President Nixon). Sad stain on the honor of the U.S. Army.                                         
     e. 1973 finally after the deaths of over 58,000 members of U.S. armed forces, the last combat troops left South Vietnam and two years later Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese.

Reflections on My Lai from an investigator and the culprit: “I had prayed to God that this thing was fiction." - Colonel William Wilson, a combat veteran who conducted an investigation into the massacre at My Lai "I was ordered to go in there and destroy the enemy...That was my job on that day. That was the mission I was given. I did not sit down and think in terms of men, women and children.” 2nd Lieutenant William Calley at his court martial Sadly My Lai was not fiction; nor was the reality of the 1.5—3.6 million civilian deaths in North and South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.      Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join 155 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not  Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times © March 29, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare Rhymes for the Memorable Times The Perfect Gift, All Recipients to Receive a Lasting Lift