Wellington Leg: The Leg has been quiet lately for reasons no one can explain, least of all me. To blog is to heft a mighty weight and to link, Dear Cassius, that’s beyond the pale. But, in this edition of One More Bite of the Apple we’re going to link to interesting places or die trying. The new version of Word Press has a button on the task bar that says “link.” Opinion is divided as to whether this reporter should press that button first or find something linkable and then press the button. Two schools of thought, no real answers.
Here is what we do know: this week will go down in history, world history, as one of the most absurd since the Hundred Year War abruptly ended after ninety nine years. Yes, they rounded up to one hundred. Okay, let’s say that you’re an international banker and you’ve traveled to Hong Kong for a conference. Who is your keynote speaker?
E. Howard Hunt: I’m fairly sure that he’s dead.
Hugo Chavez: Busy in New York speaking to the UN General Assembly. Otherwise the guy’s a natural.
Michelle Malkin: She’s scary, but you’re an international banker.
Moamer Gaddafi: No one can spell his name, not even spellcheck. It’s hard to get a Bedouin tent permit in Hong Kong.
Sarah Palin: Dude, you’re totally correct. Now English is your second language so you’re going to have listen carefully to what Sarah is saying; there are many compound sentences or compound fractures and stylistic flourishes that seem inconsequential or puzzling but she is not addressing you in your native tongue and the translators are befuddled. She’s telling you how to lose eighty pounds in three weeks by sweating the prospect that she is a possible candidate of a major party for the presidency of the United States. I know you guys totally missed that.