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(UP DATED: At the risk of revealing my paranoia, we have noticed that over the past 18 months or so, peculiar changes occur in our texts after publication. We have also noticed that other parties, with whom we might communicate now and then, have taken note of such events. We have tried to follow, somewhat religiously, normal compliance with rules of grammar and spelling, although we confess to "Britianicising" our parlance, just for the fun of it.
Our concern, however, is simply that we actually re-read, proof, seek correct spelling when in doubt, and attempt to punctuate phrases and construct to the best of our ability. Increasingly, we notice that invariably there are amendments to our text. For now, I shall chalk it up to voltage variation…a small problem down here in retro-reality Texas.
We certainly doubt that the minions of (Sir Edmund) Hillary Rodham and His Majesty Father Obamaham are playing "dancing puppets", although there are others much more intelligent such as John Kerry who commonly flies three hundred and eighty five billion miles a week to inform us dolts that there is climate change because of Republicans.
Thanks for your attention. Please excuse the overreaching comparisons and exaggerations.
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We had the misfortune to read a little notice in our pitiable local newspaper wherein the Associated Press laments that someone named Chris Harrison, who hosts something called "The Bachelor" has been driven from his position and has been forced to resign from his "position", apparently because of a position that he assumed without having been fully sanitised by the Powers of Rightness and Wrongness, Inc.
It seems that he confessed to "Excusing historical racism" and therefore was requiring himself to fall upon his sword. Lamentably it seems that the hapless loon was so stupid as to allow or be in the presence of someone who said something that had something that might have, in a convoluted way, implied or construed something that had something to do with wearing a formal gown that was designed for a formal ball in some Southern precinct, and all for a scene about a formal ball scene…you know…"an antebellum plantation themed ball" type of formal ball scene.
Worse, of course, was the fact that the silly girl, Rachael Kirkconnell as an actress, was so wantonly arrogant and unconcerned about the irremediable damage that had been caused by her wearing a costume that was made to be worn by an Indian girl. Mr. Harrison, at first, was extremely disappointed that Miss Kirkconnell was condemned by all the right people because of her offensive aggression against Native Americans' sensitive senses. As the minutes passed however, Mr. Harrison learned that his insensitivity had caused further insensitivity that resulted in what is known as "Insensitivity Meltdown Insensitivity Syndrome (ISIS)".
Literally hundreds and thousands of ambulances were seen throughout this Solar System that is so terribly enfeebled by simultaneous plagues of simultaneous Solar System Cooling and Solar System Warming (SSC and SSW). And now this…when will they ever learn? Where are the Kingston Trio singing lecturers now…when we need them?
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Next we have something that also might throw another log on the fire of this Solar System. To begin, we have the scene of a newly elected President of the United States issuing suddenly Orders of a Royal…bypassing anything like a participation by a Chamber of Deputies, a House of Lords, a Congress of Congressmen, or perhaps a Senate of Senators. This is, perhaps, a welcome event to some, but to others who are used to some kind of Congressional / Executive / Judicial branches of government arrangement…along with certain sovereignty of the various States composing a nation such as the United States of America, it is troubling.
We have a fellow who somehow managed to win an election for the Presidency by hiding in the 8th story basement of his Blunderbunker. That he won a nationwide election against a huffing and puffing hufferpuffer is laudable…or not. It is, however, a bit strange that a certifiable incompetent could reel off 40 or 50 Executive Orders…without benefit of clergy, Congress, Sir Edmund Hillary Rodham's permission, or even a telescope or an out-of-date cellular telephone.
True enough, all of the "Executive Orders" were Peron and/or Castro like gestures…devoid of consultation, debate, and/or analysis. We can at least point out that Biden managed to issue more Executive Orders that the previous five Presidents before him…during their first three weeks or so. We mean Biden's issuances were greater than all five COMBINED!!!!
Suffice to say, Biden's "Executive Orders" were vacuous, ill-timed, ruinous as in the events pertaining to the transcontinental gas line and certain other acts, but…whose counting? Everything will be a lot better after we summon enough life-boats for 300,000,000 people.
More Later. Thanks for being here when it counts.
EL GRINGO VIEJO
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