It's request night here at WSCE, and this one goes out to BigBearJohn

[SalmonChantedEvening]

All Of These Things
(To the tune of My Favorite Things – Rogers & Hammerstein)

Contracts awarded without any bidding
Secret detentions that from where we’re sitting
Seem like the actions of despots and kings
We will investigate all of these things

Ideologues nominated as judges
Press Secretaries that like to hold grudges
Dick Cheyney’s secrecy to which he clings
We will investigate all of these things

When we lose rights, when your rulings
Leave us less than glad
We’ll simply investigate all of these things
And find out if we’ve been had

People like knowing it counts when they’ve voted
Baghdad is hell and the deficit’s bloated
The rich are skating while poverty stings
We will investigate all of these things

When we lose rights, when your rulings
Leave us less than glad
We’ll simply investigate all of these things
And find out if we’ve been had

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Beautiful.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

6. Thank you Jackpine!!

:hi: :pals:

[ralps]

2. Cool!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

7. hi ralps and thanks!

:hug: :loveya: :hi:

[smokey nj]

3. Bravo!!!!

Were you wearing lederhosen and dancing on a mountain when you composed this ditty?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. Nein!! Ten!! Eleven!!

They were Soonerorlederhosen ;)

[BigBearJohn]

4. BRAVO!!! BRAVO! Encore!! Happy to give this the 5th REC! HOORAY!

[brer cat]

5. All that's lacking is the video

of you singing it, BBJ. When's it coming out? LOL

[BigBearJohn]

10. It's nice out -- I think I'll leave it out (grin).

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. Glad you enjoyed it as much as you did BBJ :):)

Thank you for the idea my friend :toast: :pals: :hug:

[BigBearJohn]

12. Cheers!

:party: :bounce: :beer: :thumbsup: :loveya: :pals: :yourock:

[Octafish]

11. That's one of my favorite things: Investigation.

Here's another: Chimpeachment.

Thanks for an excellent work, SalmonChantedEvening.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. Very Welcome Octafish!!

:pals: :hi:

[Sydnie]

13. A tip of the hat

to you for that one!

BRAVO!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

17. :)

Very kind of you to say Sydnie :)

Glad you enjoyed it :bounce:

[tuvor]

14. You should submit some of these.

(Not sure to whom, exactly.) But this one reminded me of those ancient MAD Magazine musical parodies. (Do they still do them anymore?) The only bit I can recall was for (I'd presume) an evasive Jimmy Carter during the 1980 campaign:

Glory, glory, that's perfection!
That's the way to re-election!
Don't reveal your true direction
Until your second term!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. I did...

And my shrink said more therapy was in order :silly:

[Lars39]

15. Well done!

I'm hearing it with a Julie Andrews voice. :D

[SalmonChantedEvening]

19. Better hers than mine!!

Unless you dig tone-deaf singers ;)

[Lars39]

22. lol

I'm right there with ya! :D

[ljm2002]

20. Fabulous!

That one deserves a wide audience!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. Thank you ljm2002

I'm glad that so many DUers enjoy these, it's part of the fun of writing them.

And rule #1 has always been If You Ain't Having Fun At This, Then Stop.

:hi:

[Glenda]

23. This is great!

:applause:

:kick: