{"id":1601,"date":"2020-02-23T06:38:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T11:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2020-02-23T06:38:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T11:38:28","slug":"front-porch-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1601","title":{"rendered":"Front Porch Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bernie’s coming on like a socialist gangbuster.<\/p>\n

He’s like a mix of Larry David and old Mr. Bluster.<\/div>\n
It’s good that kids, who watch their vids, have got behind this boomer.<\/div>\n
He’ll smash the oligarchy and had harsh words for the Bloomer.<\/div>\n
They say his early praise of Sandinistas might be slighted,<\/div>\n
but this new world of social media is quite near sighted.<\/div>\n
What have you done today, they’ll ask. I’ll conquer a dictator.<\/div>\n
That’s cool, they’ll say, go have your way, we’ll check in with you later.<\/div>\n
If he can tear down walls and has the balls to check this king,<\/div>\n
the world will be a Bernie paradise and kids will sing:<\/div>\n
“O, white-haired one, here comes the sun, the world’s back on its axis.”<\/div>\n
Here come free school and health care, cool, paid for by rich men’s taxes.<\/div>\n
And if VP is Warren, she can carry on his torch.<\/div>\n
A brand new generation can toast them from their\u00a0front porch.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bernie’s coming on like a socialist gangbuster. He’s like a mix of Larry David and old Mr. Bluster. It’s good that kids, who watch their vids, have got behind this boomer. He’ll smash the oligarchy … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1885,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1885","url_meta":{"origin":1601,"position":0},"title":"‘School’s Out Forever’","author":"Rick Young","date":"July 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"School kids working factories or maybe down the mine. History repeats itself. Give this baby time. 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