We are A Confederacy of Dunces. That is both a fact and the title of a book for which the author could not find a publisher in his lifetime, hanged himself, his mother subsequently finding a publisher for her son's book. That story is sidelined for now, but you can imagine what I'm going to do with that. If you're a dunce, and you probably are, you best take cover.
For now let's turn our attention to the Head Dunce, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20500.
As corporate deals are usually dealt, that is, with no hope of our understanding them, the latest of these puts the United Arab Emirates (small, unbelievably wealthy Middle Eastern country; I shall not call you a dunce in case you didn't know that.) in charge of six American ports.
Perhaps you have just raised an eyebrow (I find that difficult to do, but it looks great as one realizes that all is not well in Denmark; well, in this case, in America.), assuming that I am referring to some ports around the world that are, by treaty, ours. That would be the logical assumption, because you, unaware of this latest lunacy, think that people would be taking to the streets, if the case were different.
You would be wrong. Not a dunce. Just wrong.
The ports in question are located up and down America's Eastern Seabord. Up and down America's Eastern Seabord. Governors and senators of the states in which these seaports are situated are, of course, apoplectic. Logical unless you are Head Dunce.
The man who is fighting for the right to tap your phones, enter your houses, look under your beds without warrants has assured anyone who questions this latest buffoonery (I'm not laughing you son of a bitch.) that the security at these ports assures our safety.
Let's review: An Arab country, the most logical of places for terrorists to gather, plot, and, then, blow us out of the water, now controls six American seaports along our mainland. Terrorists now have the option of flying into the country or sailing in. The Head Dunce is turning terrorism into a tourist industry. I wonder if Expedia.com has a package deal from the UAE yet.
I will be dead before anyone looks to see if I had anything to say, but this is it: The Confederacy of Dunces, sometimes still known as the USA, gave away another piece of its soul today. And no one noticed. Again.
The best thing I can do for this country is die sooner, rather than later. (And, you pundits who even consider a retort to that shall burn in Hell.)
posted by lvuback1 @ 1:16 AM
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