Well, there it was… Pressie turned up with his entire Cabinet at the US 250th Independence Anniversary bash at the new Four Points Sheraton off the Heroes Highway!! That’s near where Rubio had complained he’d gotten “concussions” from its Chinese shoddy workmanship!! From what your Eyewitness saw in the pics of the celebration, there wasn’t any (visible!) evidence of any guest being concussed to get there – so he figured the bumps must’ve since been straightened out!! But from the glasses of vino consumed in the customary clinking of glasses at these affairs, he wouldn’t swear the guests mightn’t have ended the night confabulated – if not concussed!!
Your Eyewitness – having just joined in our 60th anniversary bash – had to marvel at the 90-year head start the Yanks have on us in running their affairs!! Compared to them, we’re just a babe in swaddling clothes!! Hopefully that might excuse any missteps committed. In their 250 years the Yanks haven’t done too badly after kicking out Britain’s mad King George III, have they?!! Expanded domestically to span the entire lower half of the North American continent – and internationally, replaced Britain as the dominant power across the globe!!
It wasn’t too long after they’d declared independence from the Brits – 36 years as a matter of fact – that they declared war against them in 1812!! By 1823 they were confident enough to announce their “Monroe Doctrine” – warning Britain and all the other European nations with their “empires” to keep their grubby (and bloody) paws off the Western hemisphere!! By the end of the century, Venezuela invoked that doctrine to ask the US to bring Britain to the table to settle our western borders. The result was the 1899 Arbitral Award that gave us the “full and final” award that Venezuela’s now challenging!!
Well, Pressie took the opportunity to remind the Yanks that we’re a strategic ally of theirs and cited our role as a founding member of the “Shield of the Americas” as part of our commitment. His concluding statement invoked our wish to follow their development rise: “Our vision for the future is one in which the United States acts as a reliable partner who respects the distinct path that each sovereign nation must walk, and we have found that reliability, we have found that trust, and we have found that partnership.”
Pressie understands, of course, that the US has its own strategic interests – and will always act to further those interests. As such, he’s pragmatically accepting those interests while encouraging them to allow us a measure of flexibility to further OUR interests that might necessitate some necessary divergence!
Your Eyewitness joins with the rest of his compatriots in wishing the US a happy 250th anniversary!!
…Climate Change
They say, “who don’t hear gonna have to feel” before they learn some lessons!! For decades, the scientific community’s been warning – like Jeremiahs – about global warming being nigh upon us because we’re spewing all that carbon dioxide into the air that then causes temperatures to rise: global warming!! But there arose a movement in the US that dubbed such folks as so many wacko Chicken Littles simply creating unnecessary hysteria!!
As such, the advice to reduce carbon emissions – especially from fossil fuels like coal and heavy oils – was summarily rejected!! Well, in addition to Europe having a heatwave that’s caused mass rioting over getting air conditioners, the US is now enjoying theirs. At Thursday midnight, the temp in NYC was 94+ and electricity was turned off in several neighbourhoods because the demand was too high!!
Their Washington National Mall Saturday’s “Salute to America 250 Celebration & Fireworks” event might have to be cancelled since temperatures gonna reach 107 degrees!!
So, is climate change now gonna be accepted?
…National Mausoleum
Your Eyewitness saw a complaint about rabid stray dogs attacking persons at Burnham’s mausoleum. Well, once asked to make a call against violence, Burnham replied, “Only those who own the dog can call off the dog!”
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