If Ziggy was running this show, this would be the intro. Or, it might be the joke. Hard to say. But on May 7th, a 22' gold leafed President Felon was unveiled at his Doral golf course and blessed with a dedication by "Pastor" Mark Burns, a guy of dubious origins. From Wikipedia:
Burns claimed to have held a Bachelor of Science degree from North Greenville University and claimed to have served six years in the U.S. Army Reserve. In August 2016, those claims were disproved by CNN. Burns attended North Greenville University for one semester and did not receive a degree. Burns served from 2001 to 2005 in the South Carolina Army National Guard, rather than the Army Reserve. Burns said the false claims about his life on his website were the result of the website being hacked. Later, he admitted that he had lied about his education, but said he was attacked because he is "a black man supporting Donald Trump for president."
Sure, it was.
But this is so עגל זהב...golden calf straight outta the the Book of Exodus....with a twist. The statue isn't real gold, it's cheesy gold leaf, just like all the gold leaf decorations in the Gold House. Apparently, gold plating was too expensive and this was a cheap (and cheesy) work around. Interestingly, so far there is no transcript or video of the dedication ceremony or "Pastor" Burns' dedication/blessing speech. President Felon wasn't there...but he did phone in a few comments praising "Pastor" Burns, who held his phone to the mic so his taskmaster could be heard by the devotees. I wonder why that was. Of course, we all know what happened when Moshe Rabbeinu (our man Moses) came down the mountain with the tablets and saw the golden calf: a BIG gaping hole. We can only hope.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I said I was stepping back a bit. I listened to Andy Borowitz interview Heather Cox Richardson (my hero) who described her daily letter writing process and I was delighted to learn she functions much like I do. But she said something that really got to me:
Honestly, if I were really getting to do whatever I wanted to do, I would stop reading about this administration and just do history. Right. Because that's really my happy place. But I'm happy to be able to share my world with other people. And I would urge everybody to share their world with other people.Look at what you do. That really contributes to the world. And I couldn't begin to do that. So I'm tired. There's no doubt about it. But I feel extraordinarily privileged to have been given the skills of to help other people through this moment and help them find ways to contribute as well.There's nothing actually I'm prouder of that I've done. So that's all I got.
I don't have her skills, but I do know from the email I get that people do read my stuff. They don't always agree, but that's okay. And she echoed exactly how I feel right now: that's all I've got. For now. I just need to regroup a bit.
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