SHAWMUT: April 2008

Friday, April 11, 2008

Jimmy does a Billy

What will he do next, start selling a brew called "Jimmy Juice"?

NEW YORK CITY — Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.

I recall when my brother treated me to a junket to England put on by my gang of former "spooks", and he said in reply to my dearest thanks, "I live vicariously through my little brother".

Well, here's a twist. Jimmy Carter follows in the staggering footsteps of his little brother, Billy. Some may recall the much touted visit that the "First Sibling" made to Muammar Qadafi. That Qadafi had already stung us more than a few times didn't mean anything to 'Americana'. We were only part way into our dumbing down and unaware of how dysfunctional the 'Cardigan Sweater' White House could become.

So, now some thirty years later, we see the greatest executor of retreat since Jubilation T. Cornpone making a pilgrimage to another real time enemy.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348413,00.html

OK, Jimmy. Go, you kid.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080413/D90149RO0.html

Now I don't know to what level the former president employs the privilege of The Secret Service, but, if they'restill part of his usual retinue, I don't believe they should be obliged to accompany him on this carpet ride.

Simple. That's it.

"Americana"

With no due respect:
I use the term 'Americana' quite frequently. It's that crowd I refer to who take great inspiration in articles they find in months-old magazines left in laundromats. It's often written by a waning celebrity thirteen-steps-short-of-twelve who's been 'in recovery' for two months (this time). Sometimes it’s written by not even a has-been, but by a would-be who succeeded in becoming a might-have-been. Dramatically, they would assign an element of guilt to others over war, trees, whales, rutting goats, and would impose on anyone in hearing, sight or sense, their sense of superiority as being the only people eligible of making judgements. Some will have made that achievement of higher education. (A fewer number of observers might ask; "Higher than what?")
They'll be found following the lemmings who want to pay slavery reparations or buy $500 tickets for a 'Stonewall Minute' gay rights dinner. They believe in no-score sports, competition is seen a form of atavistic dysfunction, and they believe every issue can be solved by becoming add-water'n-stir victims or plaintiffs in discrimination suits. This specie is sterilized from perspective and can be programmed to vote. They don't formulate opinions based upon facts, but upon opinions of others they would emulate in style, dress, linguistics, glossies or the canned humor of late-nite TV - depending on how the late nite host is styled, dressed, speaks, etc.).They'll slip that magazine into their dried wear, never referring to again; that thunderclap of revelation no longer even an echo. To even remember to review it again it would exceed the capability of their attention span. Their sense of poignancy oxidizes with each breath. That magazine will balance an uneven table. These are the people, who, when led to the font of knowledge, will only gargle.