The Anthem of Clevelandia

walked swam hunted danced sang

(Happy 50th, Mr. Stipe)

Let's put our heads together
and start a new country up
Our fathers' fathers' fathers tried
erased the parts they didn't like...

A Cuyahoga Joke:

Corruption and Reform walk into a bar.  Corruption says to 
the bartender, "Hey, a coupla drinks for me and my old
friend, here..."

Reform says, "Now, wait just a minute. I'm not your friend. 
You just happened to open the door for me. It's purely a 
coincidence that we arrived here at the same time. I don't 

know you and you don't know me."

So Corruption says, "You use that line everywhere we go, 
and there ain't a bartender in town who's fooled by it. We 
drove here together. "

"I know," says Reform. "But you keep opening doors and I 
keep drinking for free."

"It ain't exactly free, you know," says Corruption. "There's 
bribes, kickbacks, payoffs, shakedowns, hush money, not to mention campaign contributions..."

Reform sticks his fingers in his ears. "La! La! La! I'm not 
listening! La! La! La! I'm not business as usual! La! La! La!"