Soren The Decade of 2000

This is another in a series of “Decades” to my Great grandson Soren.

Soren The Decade of 2000
Twenty First Century begins.
Sodom and Gomorra? Genesis 13.10 Worst than 20th? Could be?

Presidential election 2002 people voted Al Gore
Republican Court, Supreme, “George Bush President.”

9/11 Tallest skyscrapers in New York
New York City building code ignored.
Become terrorist rubble in a few hours.
Top floor fell all 80 down as dominoes.
3000 innocents die. You wonder? Why?
Islamic jobless men bored, believe Ben Laden
“Western peoples satanic enemies.”

Cowboy Texas Bush,” Iraq has Nuke Bombs, And oil.”
“Get em dead or alive.” Ben Laden that is.
Dream America, “You bet we can have it all”

Heah this could be a nightmare? Iraqi ruler Hussein
“Tried to kill my father” Texas Bush.
To war. Like in the movies? No,George real bullets.
Kills 4400 US soldiers, 33,000 hurting wounded.
Cost us--- USA 3 Trillion Dollars, You guessed it
We’re going broke, more to come.

Yupp, Hurricane Katrina wiped out New Orleans.
Old levees didn’t hold. 4000 dead 94,000 homeless.
President George wonders “What to do?”

Heah take Air Force 1 view wreckage. That's nice.
Asian Tsunami wipes out coastal villages 200,000 die.
Gonna skip the school shootings. (Trying to lighten up a bit.)

Comes 2008, the economy goes into toilet.
Worst economic bust since Grandpa was 12.
Soren, hang in there.
Grandpa still looking for good stuff

But housing bubble keeps bubbling.
Good ordinary people dreaming,
Conned into houses can’t pay for.
Meantime.
Wall Street bonuses in the billions!
Bubble bust 4 million homes foreclosed.
Good bye American dream.

Near decade end a miracle.
First Black elected President in this dear land.
People expect miracles. Maybe cause he’s Black?.
There ain’t none.

Internet substitute for eyeball or handshake.
We mexteck instead. Oh, you know about that!
Globalization, Good old Imperialism in new garb.

GrandpaBob worries, the Red Wing Blackbirds
Have not come back. (Industrial Revolution disease.)
Our lovely sick planet. I’m sorry for the big party.
We used up to much of the earths goodies.
Via “We can have it all, We can have it all”
Left our pollution in the air. our garbage in the sea

Your generation wondering, What we’re they thinking?
Some of us tried. Could not stop the race to “We can have it all.”
Sorry about that. Okay, I’m at the bottom of the barrel here.
How about that Rocking Horse I made for you?
Will I be here for another decade? We’ll see?
Love Great Grandpa Bob