Ghost Troop Home Page April Fools Part 4
Dear Mr. Coleman,
You were my sure and steady friend before April Fools Day, and have been ever since – and all that’s saying a lot. You have told me “Be careful.” a hundred times, “Cool down.” Another hundred times and “Duck!” just once. Thanks to you I didn’t crash and burn, and I stayed alive. I’ll keep trying to talk with you when I stop by on the way to my walk with Dexter, but I understand that you’re not always up to a long talk.
Dexter and I (and Mrs. May, who has been coming along lately), are enjoying the fall weather. That fox I saw last fall in the woods out back of your place is still there, or so a local rabbit hunter tells me, and a few days ago I crept up on a smaller fox, and got to within ten yards, so that makes two. You know, when I think of those foxes back there I can’t imagine hunting them down because I know how much the thick woods favor them. I’ve tried to cut my way-through back in winter, while the snakes were asleep and you could see your way through the bare branches. Sir, I used my machete left-hand and right-hand for the better part of the morning, moving every which way, sweat pouring. My arms ached, my back ached, my legs ached – and my hands were blistered when I stopped. I hadn’t moved half a mile.
Know what? I wound up backtracking to a ditch, knee deep in cold water, and walking it out of the woods, boots full and sloshing all the way home. It didn’t feel good, let me tell you, but it was the only way clear of what I’d gotten myself into.
What do you think of my
parable, Mr. Coleman? In the paragraph above,
I’m the U. S. Army, the woods is the
It looks to me like we’re
about to have a clash of dynasties, with the Republicans standing behind Bush
less and less and Democrats rallying behind Ted Kennedy. Bush has badly miscalculated his expansion of
the white man’s world, and there’s hell to pay for it. He is hostile to his generals and CIA, and
blaming his media. Kennedy is the
torch-bearer, and couldn’t have picked a better role than to redeem his family
legacy by denouncing George Bush in the Senate.
He won’t go away.
I was watching C-SPAN the
other day and listening to the speeches in the House of Representatives. The Democrats have a good point when they say
we’re spending a lot on
I’ve got to say, I’m proud
to be Baptist, Southern, Republican, white and male. When I look at what a poor performance my
elected brethren are doing it makes me feel like the best of my party in
I’ll think it over, but I won’t do anything before I talk with you.
I hope you’re enjoying the
I’ve brought you a couple of folding chairs, one for out front, one for in the back. I hope you’ll enjoy them. That one you have hanging together with wire is what we were talking about the other day – “jerry-rigged,” right? Anyhow, these are strong enough to stretch back in when you’re so inclined, so go right ahead. Sit back and think of all the laughs we have had on the world’s best April Fools joke, and laugh a little more when you think that it ain’t over yet. My compliments to Mrs. Coleman. Always your friend,
Captain Eric Holmes May,
MI,
Ghost Troop Home Page April Fools Part 4