A Recipe for Cooking the Cock

In the East a birth year is a big deal because it is alleged to have archetypal relationship to animal beasts. It is believed that a person takes on the characteristics of the beast-year of birth. Thus from the knowledge of a person's birth year, one can gauge the person's predispositions. It was then not surprising that the Ninjas of medieval Japan, who were adept at stealth and surprise, exploited such a knowledge to  their advantage. For example, a person born in the year of the Ox  is prone to be a complainer. So, the Ninja would probably feign sympathy with the bitching, gain confidence and the poor fellow would not know what hit him.

This brings us to our favorite subject, the dictator of the Republic of Adnagu who demonstrates all the characteristics of the Cock. Those who have eyes have seen, those who have ears have heard and those who have sense have long known that, throughout his more than two decades of reign, the man is very predictable. He is very combative, eccentric, selfish and likes public adulation. Yet he also seems very insecure and needy of constant humoring. Further, as a perfectionist he does not admit to being wrong. So, if the opposition is to make any headway in wresting power from the man, it needs to employee some Ninja tactics. A test case Ninja tactic against the dictator was recently employed by the wily Obibi across the pond to the west. 

First, the Obibi orchestrated a leak that the Cock was involved in assisting a mutiny in the Forestland. As expected, the Cock became unhinged. He threatened pulling his troops away from propping up a failed state. He dispensed (at taxpayers' expense) an emissary to Obibiland to register his displeasure. Soon Obibi's representative in town showered the Cock with praises and declared that the Cock was the right person to bring peace to Forestland. The Cock grabbed the bait. Checkmate! 

Whatever the outcome, Obibi will achieve its objective. If the Cock brings lasting peace to Forestland, one nagging problem in this part of the world will have been solved. If he fails, be sure the push of accusation for alleged assistance to the mutineers will continue to hang over the Cock like the sword of Damocles. 

  

Of God, Guns, Gays, No-New Taxes and Millions of Dough

My friends turned Gothic in spite of their supposed education. Numbers didn't mean diddly, let alone the fact that their academic research efforts were anchored on numbers--that is, statistics. And so, no matter what one told them their candidate was a non-starter and it was better to use someone more likely to put up a credible challenge to the Ogre of Uganda, they circled the wagon of emotional stupidity.

Fast forward to the US elections of 2012 and the difference would be the same with the pitiful Karl Rove , the Republican King-Maker. Rove of the Republican-leaning Fox News became apoplectic when the station projected Obama as the winner of Ohio state, hence the presidential race.The 300-million dollars seat of power could not let go, not unlike my "educated" Uganda buddies. All some of  us would do was chuckle and say: look, daddy, my little contribution, leveraged with others trounced your more than a quarter-billion juggernaut--dig?. Appealing to the "godly" evangelicals didn't help you either.Harping against gun control did not do the trick. The gays won in four states, and that says a lot. No-new-taxes sounded hollow as a credible fiscal and economic policy. 

In the end, liberalism triumphed: we are in this together and let us be supportive of one another when we are here--after all, we are not going to get out of here alive!