In my bid to spread holiday cheer, I report to you of happy news from Iraq.
Militiamen grabbed six Sunnis as they left Friday worship services, doused them with kerosene and burned them alive as Iraqi soldiers stood by, and seven Sunni mosques came under attack as Shiites took revenge for the slaughter of at least 215 people in the Sadr City slum.
This all makes me want to sing cheerful songs. Sing along with me.
See the candy fairies, sugar-plums,
jelly-beans, chocolate bars,
Dance the minuet,
With the candied cherries, lolly-pops, peppermints, candy-canes,
As they pirouette,
See the FAIRY PRINCESS curtsying, gracefully, beautifully,
Swaying to the tune…
Music in the air (so entrancing)
Flowers in her hair (as she’s dancing)
Love is everywhere (Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h)
‘Neath the yellow lemon-drop moon.
There she goes now, on her toes now,
To her yellow lemon-drop moon.
Meanwhile, George W. Bush is supposed to meet with Prime Minister al-Maliki next week in Jordan. Apparently it is too unsafe for them to meet anywhere in Iraq. Moqtada al-Sadr says that he will pull out of the government if al-Maliki goes to Jordan to meet with the ‘war criminal’. Since al-Maliki depends on al-Sadr for his ruling majority, that means that Bush can meet with the Prime Minister if he wants, but the Prime Minister might not be the Prime Minister anymore when he returns to Iraq.
This all brings to mind some alternative Nutcracker lyrics:
Run around the streets cold strapped like an alley rat
But now I’m gettin much props like a fat cat
A young mack but I don’t think I’m all that
I just can’t sweat another brother’s bozack
So what the fuck, y’all movin on up
Gonna swim in big bucks, like Scrooge McDuck
And if ya don’t like and you wanna step up
Then open your mouth, and suck my nuts
Melachi the Nutcracker, I’m always gettin blacker
Fatter, I bust a fat rhyme to make your head shatter
I’m from the Bronx, New York City
The big fuckin Apple where the niggaz get busy
God bless the dead, and God rest my pops
Peace to the niggaz goin out bustin shots…
Happy Holidays!!
