Quick…identify the following and tell me which one is the dummy?
Dummy #1 is our pal, Maximon, whose birthday celebrations went this week..there’s a piece on the Examiner site called ‘Mortars at Midnight’ , which should give you an idea of how I”ve spent my week..as for Dummy#2…still holed up in the Brazilian embassy and smoking something that’s eating his brain. Let’s count the ways he’s being played with. 1. The congress must approve his reinstatement, but only 20% of the congress is gonna follow the party line. 2. Assuming he gets over that hurdle, and the elections are scheduled for the end of November…right, as if. You’ve got some serious logistical problems, like printing ballots, the polling places, who’s gonna watch over the circus(Jimmmmy Carter, where are you?) and so on…the likelihood of Door #1 actually getting passed is ‘slim and none’….the likelihood of Door#2 is equally far-fetched. Mel….they’re playing with you, dontcha get it? then again, now that he’s in-country and waving the cowboy hat, he’s stuck with the hand he dealt himself. Alas, poor Honduras…tourism down 70%, aid programs cut off, visas revoked for the politicians and what’s next? Ortega hasn’t said a word, Hugo isn’t pontificating and the Castro brothers are being very quiet. Mel smells…of failure.
if you care, I’ve been bonking out mayan/jade/maximon crap all week…www.examiner.com/x-22480-central-america-travel-examiner considering the work/pay ratio, I’m probably dummy#3
Sunday, off to Sumpango…sounds almost like sumbitch..in Mayan…for the annual Day of the Dead massive/huge/gigantic kite flying expo, where they fly the suckers in hopes of contacting dead/departed family who are up there waiting(and laughing)…yes, I’ve been warned about pickpockets and no, I’m not taking anything valuable, including my mind.
and maybe, just maybe, on Monday I’ll have the final piece of the puzzle for my residency papers, if they don’t change the regulations over the weekend: this week it was a different size photo and a copy of ALL the pages in your passport, not just the first two. I’m good to go, on both counts, thanks to a ‘heads up’ from Rick, who just went thru the hoops sideways. May I go to my room now? a long week…you get up and go to the 1 am festivities, stay til 4am and then come back at noon for the luncheon for Max…and yes, I did contribute two bottles of Johnny Walker Red: I don’t know why THIS congregation can’t settle for cheap cane liquor, like the rest of ’em do..zzzzz
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