The devil you know (Surely some revelation is at hand.)
Modern life can be extremely complicated and confusing. You can tie yourself into the most improbable knots, trying to find out which way life’s markers and roadsigns are pointing.
The collective wisdom of the ages no longer applies and the new philosopher kings are as clueless as they are nauseating.
So, it’s a small wonder that people overreact at times:
Two hedgehogs triggered a nocturnal police operation in Germany this week after the spiky little mammals awoke neighbors with their loud, shameless mating. They went on fornicating even as a crowd gathered to watch them.
Yea verily,
Surely some revelation is at hand; surely the Second Coming is at hand…
When even a simple children’s game can shatter worlds – when the lion that lay with the lamb is now out, stalking giraffes – when a crush on muffins turns into something much more sinister…
Then people crave for certainty – and anything familiar will do. Yes, verily, better the devil you know…:
Dick Cheney told Larry King he had no recollection of delivering those instructions, but the veteran CNN interviewer said he didn’t quite buy that explanation.
“How could you not recall? You know, ‘Hey you two guys, you go over to that guy in the hospital bed, and you tell him to sign this,’” King said.
Ah yes, praise the Lord: happily, the Prince of Darkness is still lying through his pointy teeth.
While his personal & faithful servant Igor is - ah yes, that too is blissfully predictable…
Yes, these two boys will be boys, even if it kills all of us.
A ‘Four more years,’ anyone?
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August 3rd, 2007 at 16:03
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Washington to be sworn in??