Since about 2005 I have been writing letters to the editor of the Fargo Forum. I was published quite often but as of the November 2012 election it seems they have made some shift in their editorial content. Subsequently, I no longer get published. I have decided to start posting the letters here. Yea for readers of my blog! Now I admit this last one did use the word bunghole in relation to the current president's administration. I do not think that went too far but maybe the same newspapers that publish the gory and lewd accounts of murders and sex crimes, cannot publish the word bunghole. Here is the letter in its entirety. Please enjoy!
In the early nineties, Mike Judge brought us the show “Beavis and Butt-Head”. A cartoon parody of life as a middle-class, teenaged burnout in suburbia. One of the more infamous lines from this series comes from the character Beavis as his alter-ego, the great cornholio, states, “I am the great cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!” After a sugar or caffeine-induced high he slips into the role and begins to make the ridiculous demand for more TP. Anyone who even remotely questions this command is met with the next equally infamous phrase of, “Are you threatening me?” As we watch the Obama administration in action, one wonders when they got a hold of some pixie sticks, descending into a Beavis-like world of inane demands and megalomania. Over the last year, White House reporters have essentially been silenced, given scripted talking points and told to act nice. Bob Woodward of Watergate fame was threatened when exposing lies involving the sequester. And then there were the Benghazi whistle blowers whose careers were threatened by the administration if they cooperated with congressional investigators. Obama also recently made the odd request at a commencement address to, “reject voices that warn against government tyranny.” As this administration wanders around in a delusional state, seeking out perceived threats, I believe it is time for the American people to ask who is really threatening who?
