I ain’t laughing no more. Back in 2024 my response to this prompt was:
“What makes me laugh? You can be confident the current mercurial political situation in Washington does not make me chuckle, smirk in amusement, snort, or laugh.
But wait. This morning, I discovered there were alternatives. And here are the buttons we can proudly wear to show that ” We’re mad as hell, and we’re not going to take it anymore!!!” Now, I can snub certain parts of the political spectrum with complete confidence that there are alternatives.”
Welcome to the Locked Ward
Yup, Things have moved from the merely absurd to the genuinely insane in only a few years. The activities coming out of the White House are escalating from the mere “Clown Car” level to the Locked Ward Zone. In the old days, people with such violent tendencies and deranged behavior were in padded cells. Of course, modern treatment facilities would put these patients on powerful anti-psychotics.
Who would have guessed that violent ward inmates would be in carefree control of the hospital?
I can only ascribe this turnaround to years of increased tolerance of bizarre political behavior for candidates and elected officials. Devoted fans of absurdism demanded, and eventually received a sort of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” live in Congress and the White House.
What next? The sort of horrid and gruesome affairs of the Grand Guignol of Paris…but wait. The curtain is going up..
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“Locked Ward Zone” is about right. I just scanned the news: “He is destroying everything” says one person about The Clown’s newest redo–the Colonnade. Can nothing be done to stop this tasteless idiot???
Divine Intervention?
There’s an anthem, https://youtu.be/sWLdZFCMx8Y?si=XyK-MZhrte0JE_YH
Absolutely. More and more true every year since they put it out.
It’s amazing how often one of my two radio stations starts the week with this song. It didn’t get that kind of air play when it came out. Cheers me up every time, though!
“Strange women lying in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a form of government!” ha ha ha. One of the best politcal scenes of all time.
I agree!
Whatever that machine is, it doesn’t look like something people would go see.