Let’s soften the blow of everything wrong in the world with a few rhymes.

Violent Protests Over Contentious Anti-Muslim Video Spread

There was a young jackass who had
A film that did make people mad
Offensive it was
He made it because
Awful things make him quite glad.
NYTimes

NYC Passes Ban on Large, Sugary Drinks

Sugary drinks make me glad
That I can’t drink them no more makes me sad
Your drinks must be small
No more are they tall
NYC has said sugar is bad.
NYTimes

Oh Hey, Everyone’s Still Poor! 

Bernanki has chosen to ease
QE 3 will recovery please
We all are so poor
So give us some more
The economy is what we appease
LATimes

Will You Be Getting an iPhone 5?

Mac cultists sure needed their drug
An iPhone to make them feel smug
Because it’s a 5
It’s coming alive
Of course you will need a new plug
NPR

Incomes Fall to 1989 Levels

The ’80s were grand for a few
The money, it did accrue
But income should rise
Not be cut down to size
Our wages are really askew
Christian Science Monitor