A SATIRICAL ODE TO ROBERT LAVOY FINICUM_ ROBERT LAVOY FINICUM - got a number of folks to grin again. Dressed like Your Highness - in Cabaelas finest he put his tarped self on display. And spouting crude libertariums - his thoughts like a lighted acquarium With fish swimming ‘round - that would start at the sound Of those he held mentally at bay. But like all good things that must end - LaVoy made a couple of friends Who watched their prelate - use his power to bait And get his own poor dumb ass blown away. So if you’re somehow expecting a boy - be sure to name him LaVoy It’s what He would want - being so nonchalant About dying a hero that way. (Donnie Hosie)

A Satirical Ode to Robert LaVoy Finicum

Being more of an extended limerick, really … It reads, A SATIRICAL ODE TO ROBERT LAVOY FINICUM ROBERT LAVOY FINICUM – got a number of folks to grin again. Dressed like Your Highness – in Cabaelas finest He put his tarped self on display. And spouting crude libertariums – his thoughts like a lighted aquarium…

The human condition, and the genius of Alexander Pope

 (from September 24, 2010) Philosopher-poet, Alexander Pope was an 18th century critical genius, at dissecting the human condition. In a short series, I’ll be coming back to Mr. Pope, in parsing some very important – and oft quoted – works of particularly unique insight, that are still revered today. So, by way of introduction, for those who’ve never been touched by the depth…

Execution of Sentence for a Killer

Two loud bangs end 25 years on death row for Gardner  The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 06/18/2010 08:03:55 AM MDT  Draper, Utah »   Five shots.  Four bullets.  With two loud bangs in quick succession, Ronnie Lee Gardner’s quarter century on Utah’s death row ended. . . read more    .     .     . In the Reader Comments following the…