We hope you have enjoyed this encore
presentation of The Republican Kabuki Dance.
For those who may have missed an installment, here is the...
Plot Synopsis
Act 1
The Wise General
announces his wish to build a castle. It will include cylindrical
solar cells on the roof, a golf course, a cigarette factory, its own
Buffalo Wild Wings franchise, and an exercise cycle being used as a
coat rack.
Act 2
The Stupid Nobles,
tired of having their gold stores raided repeatedly by the Wise
General, are fed up. They decide to barricade themselves in the gold
vault by blocking the door with furniture. Smirking, the Wise General
announces, “very well, then: with no gold, there will be no food
for the children”. He loads up all the rice into the bed of his
natural-gas powered Silverado and drives to the
Archer-Daniels-Midland refinery where every last grain is converted
to ethanol for E85 fuel.
Act 3
The Royal Nobles
rush out of their Ivory Castle, and pound on the door, “open: you
have no chance of winning, besides not having an endgame”. The
Stupid Nobles respond, “over our dead bodies”.
Act 4
One of the Royal
Nobles goes back to castle and returns with his toolbox: he takes the
door off its hinges. The Wise General triumphantly strides into the
vault and begins shoveling gold into the waiting pockets of his
flunkies.
Act 5
Beaten and
dejected, the Stupid Nobles shuffle home, hoping at least to be
greeted by throngs of peasants, whose gold their were protecting.
Sadly, they were all too busy in their homes feeding their children
with rice.
The Moral of the
Story
If you are going to
play clog-the-wheels, use brand new furniture from IKEA.
This performance
will repeat on Friday, Feb 7, 2014.
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