Barrel of Monkeys: Genesis in Reverse: "IT'S a NUTTY APPROACH...?"

BARREL OF MONKEYS: "GENESIS" in Reverse

I consider myself a Democrat. Been called a Socialist. Definitely a bleeding heart liberal.

As a child from a traditional southern family, playing Barrel of Monkeys on the floor, church every Sunday, doing well in public school, learning a trade; in every sense privileged .........

Comfortable in middle age, an avid news reader, on learning the tragic story of a full grown chimpanzee destroying the face of a woman who offered a toy, only trying to help it's owner coax her surrogate child back into his cage......

Today being confrontational, ribald, offensive, restless, rebellious.......

How did I get here from there?

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

"IT'S a NUTTY APPROACH...?"

Pakistan's Floods May Sink the Economy and Zardari - TIME: "The difficult economic conditions have provided the political opposition an opportunity. Striking a nationalist pose, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared that Pakistan has no need for foreign aid. Among a broad swath of Pakistani public opinion, holding out a hand for help constitutes a loss of dignity and therefore face. Zardari is already weighed down by the impression that he is too reliant on the West and so his political foes believe that his asking the world for help will damage the President even more. 'It's a nutty approach,' says a Zardari aide about the political opposition to aid. 'If people are there to help you, and they want to help you, why do you want to make them uncomfortable?'"

For some reason I had mixed feelings about this statement. It sound too much of the partisan divide as we debate welfare queens and former Presisdent Bush handling of Katrina diaster.

No doubt we will forget the lessons of Katrina, our connections to the welfare queens, as well as, the importants of Pakistan's cooperation.

You definitely have to be careful how to express an opinion. I'm finding it extremely difficult; even, where I least expected.

*****

How come you never find cats playing poker in the jungle?

Too many, "CHEETAH!"

How come you always find the cat where you least expected?

When you find it,

you stop looking, "DUMBASS!"

(sniff)

"You smell something?"

(sniff) (sniff)

"I smell a RAT!"

"WHY ya SNEAKY...LITTLE DEVIL......YOU!"

(Disclaimer: no offense to cats, rats, cheetahs, and assholes intended)

Barrel of Monkeys: Genesis in Reverse