The American people are safer.
Just saying so boosts my morale.
The American people are safer.
Though some say there's no rationale
For saying they are as the bombing increases,
But are they counting bombs or the resulting pieces?
The American people are safer.
At least those who are richer than Croesus.

The American people are safer.
And my courage is partially up.
The American people are safer.
I'd say from sundown to sunup.
Though Ridge's boondoggles are mainly for show,
They don't have night goggles as far as we know.
The American people are safer.
Where could I have heard that that's so?

The American people are safer.
There now, I've heard it again.
The American people are safer.
We've bearded Saddam in his den.
So Al Qaeda's preparing to mount an attack
Because of the mess I have made in Iraq?
The American people are safer.
So why won't they get off my back?

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
7/14/04

To 'The American People Are Safer II'