CAT Tracks for February 23, 2017
INSANE CLOWN PRESIDENT

Went to Barnes & Noble yesterday to buy some diversionary reading material...

...coming away with the newest from James Patterson (his book of the month!) and Jonathan Kellerman, Heartbreak Hotel. (You know I'm warbling the song by The King, Elvis, not The Donald.)


Speaking of which...

...suddenly I turned, step by step, inch by inch, heading for check-out with my treasures, when my eyes did light on another new book...

INSANE CLOWN PRESIDENT: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus

...and sure enough, I stopped, browsed, and almost bought the damned thing.

Fortunately, I came to my senses, thinking why in the hell would I want to relive the campaign that brought us President Donald Trump and his Insane Clown Posse. (My apologies to the Juggalo.)

I mean...

...I've been reading, posting, and commenting DAILY on the dispatches from the 2017 circus!

And you know what...

...I have fallen into The Donald's trap.

King Donald wants everyone to be fixated on him, hinging on (cringing on) every word he says or tweets. His daily outrages keep everyone off balance, distracted from the real world, reacting to his world of lies, his "fake news", his "alternative facts".

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

It’s just too overwhelming. I'm putting Donald in the box for awhile and sealing it up tight. I do not think I can think about him for 4 years.

And, sadly, when I try to soothe my frazzled nerves and assure myself that President Trump will surely be impeached and removed long before four years are up...

...there looms the specter that is Mike Pence, religious zealot.

God bless us, everyone...

...not just those who think those of us who think differently from them are damned.

Anyway...

...from this day forward, I am going to try to fight my addiction, and leave the circus behind.


I will continue to post articles (Trump administration, Rauner administration, et al) that directly impact education.


Probably not so coincidentally, one of my favorite 60s songs has been playing on Sirius radio (and over and over and over again, my friend, in my head) this past month:

Eve of Destruction (YouTube Video)

It's time to update the lyrics again, Barry!

Maybe we could tweak the following stanza...

...with the following:


Well, wasn't that depressing...

...such an easy mood to slip into these days.

Sorry, I just don't have a don't worry, be happy tune in me...

...but I will close on a hopeful if somber note.