If Cows Could Talk

If cows could talk and you asked one to speak to you of God I wonder if she would reply that in the bible (the cow bible that is,I follow the Queen Elsie version here) it is written, "So God created cows in her own image and in the image of God created she them."

And if so you might say, "What????? You think God is somehow like a cow?????"

And the cow might reply, "Well what do you think, that God is somehow like a man, Her most flawed creation of all? Ha!"

"Well do you think cows are God's greatest creation?"

"No. Of course not. Her greatest creation was indirect. First she created grass. Then she created cows and gave them extra stomachs so that they could digest the grass and turn it into milk. Then, in order to make up for the mistake of creating human beings at all, she used that poor flawed beast to create the best thing ever which is, of course, ice cream."

It's 11:00 PM. I think I'll go have a little right now.

Someone should tell Nancy Pelosi that one of her tits is hovering about 1/4 inch from the wringer

Of the preceding nine Speakers of the House, dating back to Joe Martin (1953-55), six have ended their careers under the shadow of scandal, or in one case (Tom Foley) losing his seat while actually being the Speaker. This does not include Trent Lott, who was Senate Majority Leader, or Wilbur Mills who was merely Chair of the Ways and Means Committee.

"Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make proud", or something like that.

The Fly

Today, at the age of 70 years, 10 and 2/3 months I caught a fly. Out of the air. With my hand. When you think about it, it's a little sad.

He must have been a pretty old fly.

Blame

I was startled this morning when it occurred to me that there was a time when the most embarrassing thing about the Bush administration was the Enron scandal. Can you remember back that far? Wow.

But my point here is not that George W Bush led an administration so bad that, what was once thought to be a huge scandal, is at the end, barely remembered. My point is rather that the blame goes beyond Mr Bush himself. I don't think at the time of his candidacy George Bush was an unknowable character. The attributes and predispositions which led to the fiasco of his administration were knowable in 2000. The sad and undeniable fact is that he was elected, sort of. For sure the second time. So who else is responsible? Certainly the annointers of the Republican party who gave him the nomination. And then there are the Supremes who overlooked their usual and long standing position against federal courts interfering in state issues, to dictate the outcome of the Florida voting process. And finally there is the national electorate. We got him because we wanted him, or, for the rest of us, because we didn't do enough to not get him. It's a sobering thought.