Why? Because I Say So, That's why!

Okay, if you can't rely on the Bible, the Constitution, the faith of our fathers, popular opinion, historical precedent, common sense, or common decency to tell you what's right and what's wrong, then it must mean that everybody gets to decide for himself. I therefore, solely on my own authority, hereby decree that gay people should not be allowed to get married. Of course, the gay people also get to decide for themselves so they will do what they want regardless, but they will do it without my vote. Conversely, if the gay people ever decide to prohibit the straight people from getting married, the straight people will continue to get married if they want to, with or without the consent of the state or anybody else.

I suppose the gay people and the colored people aren't really taking over the world, it just seems that way if you watch lot of television. A few months ago, there was some kind of crisis in Cleveland, Ohio. I don't remember the nature of the crisis, but that's not the point. The point is that the Mayor and the Chief of Police were holding a press conference with a whole entourage of people, who I assume, were also city officials. Maybe some of them were security guards, but that's not the point either. The point is that every single one of those people on that stage was as black as the ace of spades. I passed through Cleveland once, back in the late 60s, and I don't remember seeing a whole lot of Black people walking down the street. There must have been some of them around, but I don't remember noticing them, so they must not have been that numerous, or maybe they just weren't doing anything to draw attention to themselves. From this totally unscientific observation, I find it reasonable to assume that the Blacks have since taken over Cleveland. Maybe there's another explanation for it and, if I really cared, I would have looked it up on Wiki or something, but that's what it looked like to me.

Maybe that's what it's all about after all, perceptions. We have a few Blacks in Cheboygan and, truth be known, we've probably got at least a few gays. Nobody seems to have a problem with this, probably because these people don't do anything to draw attention to themselves. It's not like they're hiding in the closet either, they just go about their business like everybody else, and nobody notices them.

What the people of Cheboygan have noticed is that it's been an unusually cold winter so far, and it's not just our imagination either. According to an article in our local paper, the National Weather Service has officially announced that the average daily temperature in Cheboygan this winter has been 14.2F, breaking the previous record of 17.6F that was set in 1899. We didn't have a record amount of snowfall, but it was somewhat above average at 125 inches. I think the average is about a hundred, and last winter we only got 75. Last year at this time, the frogs were singing in the Beaglesonian Marsh, and this year the marsh is still frozen solid with a foot of snow on top the ice. The last few days have been mild, and the snow is starting to melt, but past experience suggests that we not put away our snow shovels yet. Like I said before, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings."