April Fool’s Day Blizzard!
Greetings and salutations from the sand, sun and surf of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and the frigid, blizzard like conditions on the fair island of Nantucket! I kid, of course, being this “April Fool’s Day”, April the first, 2013, or every day in Washington D.C.. Yes, in actuality, that wonderful island thirty miles out to SEA from my deck here on Hyannis Harbor is experiencing seasonal temperatures, bright blue skies and a complete melting of the snow we here in this little hamlet received over the course of the winter. Yes, spring is in the air and I wish you a belated Happy Easter and Passover, hoping you all got a visit from the Easter Bunny. What can I tell you, other than it is more of the same horsehocky going on in our nation’s Capitol, where issues such as LGBT rights, i.e., marriage equality, the never ending insanity of the gun lobby, i.e., the NRA, who goes on shooting down proposals to eliminate the sale of assault rifles and almost limitless magazine clips, leaving the world wondering, “…who are these guys?”, and why are they controlling the argument in the House of Representatives? (credit Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, circa 1969, starring, of course the late, great Paul Newman and the equally fine Robert Redford). Yes, couple all of that with the ongoing lack of clarity and common sense on the immigration issue, that will be forefront in 2016, assuming the republicans want a shot at winning anything in the near future. It seems they are determined, by way of the recent “CPAC” convention to shoot themselves in the foot, a convention that snubbed good men like Chris Christie (Republican Governor of the great state of New Jersey), opting instead to put clowns like Donald “the duck” Trump and Sarah Palin on the national stage once again, yikes! So on this day of jokes, let us be forever in their debt… those crazy kids from the far right extreme, many in bed with big corporate dollars that attempt to hijack this great nation that was founded, no joke here, on the principals of mercy, compassion, honor, truthfulness, equality and Justice for ALL. Have a wonderful day folks and steer clear of those wooden nickles thrown about by FOX “News”, side effects include, but are no limited to, nausea, brain damage, loss of appetite, swelling of the ankles or feet, or number of other woes you don’t even want to know about. PRESERVE THE WILDERNESS! Peace~M
