Watching Train Wrecks
10/01/23 07:39
Jan. 10, 2023 (Vol. 17 No.4) - If you like watching train wrecks, demolition derbys, building implosions and other stuff where things end up on a heap of rubble, this has been a good week for you. It started with the U.S. House of Representatives voting to elect a Speaker. Normally, this is a fairly easy vote. The party that has the majority unanimously supports its candidate, ensuring election. But who said the Republican Party is normal? It took 15 ballots over four days - actually five, since the 15th ballot came after midnight Saturday - and one near fist-flight for Kevin McCarthy to finally be given his crown. However, considering all of the concessions he made to the MAGA-maggots on the right, his crown is now nothing more than paper mache. One can only question how long it will last in the rain of criticism and goading he will get from all sides when the really tough votes, such as the debt ceiling and Ukraine, come up. Perhaps that is why the Democratic caucus has ordered a large shipment of popcorn. This will be fun to watch - until it is no longer fun and the nation's citizens and credibility are placed in jeopardy. Across the pond in not-so-jolly-old-England, the Royal family is reminding us about the dangers of inbreeding. Prince Harry and his lovely wife Princess Megan are at war with the rest of the Windsors. I suspect that some of his complaints are justified. Judging by what I have read and seen through the years, especially by watching five seasons of The Crown, the King and his family come across like a bunch of cold fish. Somewhere along the royal blood line those people lost their emotional empathy genes. However, this is not to give Harry and Megan a pass. After all, if they truly want to be left alone to live out their lives in California in peace, why on earth do you write a book and go on a whirlwind tour of television interviews to dredge up dirt on the royal family? The Windsor family definitely puts in the "fun" in dysfunctional. Of course, if you want to talk about train wrecks, we should mention Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Maybe I will save that for another time. Or maybe not. After all, I want to keep this train on its tracks. That's it for now. Fear the Turtle!