He’s off again
There’s going to be another hiatus here at Chicken Yoghurt. An urgent and unexpected need to find a new place to live has got me sweating like George Bush before a spelling test.
There are vans to book and endless forms and boxes to fill. Incriminating documents don’t shred themselves, you know. The helicopter to airlift us from the roof is hopefully on the way.
There are a few comments below requiring replies that I want to give the time and justice they deserve and will address when I can.
Back soon.
Posted on August 11th, 2005 at 1:42 pm
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Deported, are we?
Out of America …
The tutors found George a difficult pupil, not exactly unwilling, but lethargic and incapable of concentration. At times he was silent and morose and when he was angry, he became obstinate and sullen. At twenty he still wrote like a child. … [W]hen George [succeeded his father], he took [his preferred advisers'] advice on every matter, ignoring other ministers with decades of political experience. … [H]e found a dependable friend in … allegedly the worst prime minister in British history. As George … matured and slowly learned to rule, his opinions became more rigid. He had always regarded the burdens of governing as a sacred, but dreadful obligation imposed on him by the Almighty, and opposition to his policy enraged and embittered him. In 1775 the American War of Independence broke out. The American colonists protested against repeated attempts to impose taxes on them and their anger found outlets in incidents like the “Boston Tea Party” in 1773. George’s American policy was to force the colonists to absolute obedience, but the colonists proclaimed their independence on July 4, 1776 and achieved it at the Peace of Versailles in 1783. (HTML)
Looks like a pretty good performance to me. Can we have the Windsors back, please?
Why would George Bush be sweating before a spelling test? Surely Karl Rove will whisper the right answers to him through a concealed ear-piece.
Yes, but he might fall off his pencil.