{"id":29148,"date":"2024-06-10T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=29148"},"modified":"2024-06-09T22:38:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T02:38:38","slug":"make-it-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/make-it-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Make It Stop!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Apologies to the estates of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Simonides)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Half a league, half a league,<\/em><\/p>\n

Half a league onward,<\/em><\/p>\n

Into the valley of boredom, I crawl.<\/em><\/p>\n

O stranger, tell the readers of OCF that<\/em><\/p>\n

I lie here, obedient to their reading preferences.<\/em><\/p>\n

This summer and fall will be well-nigh unbearable.\u00a0 How many thousands of stupid posts by moronic pundits and half-witted lefty hacks will I have to read.\u00a0 And how many polls of the \u201cswing states\u201d will we see announcing that the electorate is finally waking up to this or that inane platitude about the race?<\/p>\n

How many more times will some hysterical Democrat-water-carrier wring his hands and beg Joe Biden to stand aside and let Gordon Gecko look-alike Gavin Newsom jump into the race?\u00a0 And at the same time how many more progressive lickspittles will wax rhapsodic about Joe Biden\u2019s towering intellect and astounding oratorical skill?<\/p>\n

Of course, I will be rewarded by the weekly comedy of Biden fumbling over one syllable words or his feet.\u00a0 And every once in a while, we\u2019ll have the Benny Hill-like hilarity of Joe being dragged away to the nearest bathroom before his pants explode.\u00a0 Sure, this stuff is great.\u00a0 We all need a good laugh.<\/p>\n

But all in all, we\u2019re all just marking time until we find out whether the Democrats are going to fake the November election results or let Trump win as he obviously would under an honest election.<\/p>\n

Some of you might say I\u2019m whining.<\/p>\n

Well, I am!<\/p>\n

You see, I\u2019ve been trying to come up with an alternate strategy for getting through the five months before the election.\u00a0 I keep thinking I can replace political news with book and movie reviews and photography and science articles.\u00a0 And maybe I could but I find that I\u2019m spending too much time reading the political news to also keep up with these other areas and so it\u2019s a vicious cycle of dependence.\u00a0 Alas, alack.<\/p>\n

Well, maybe I\u2019ll learn and straighten up and fly right.\u00a0 After all the universe is full of interesting things.\u00a0 Like:<\/p>\n