Auntie Ginnie (better known as "She who must be Obeyed") has written the following post. I am merely her underpaid, underloved means of passing on this Bedtime story!!!!
A Bedtime story for Children!!
Once upon a time there was a Big Leader who liked Money & Power. "I want all the money in my country" he said, so he instructed his Central Bank not to send any U$D to the commercial banks, so the commercial banks were not able to pay their depositors. Ask your Auntie PIB, children, about the problems she had, & your Grandma Ginnie who had a similar experience in Puerto Plata.
Of COURSE, Big Leader wasn't going to be greedy, he wasn't going to keep ALL of the money for himself, he was going to use it to pay off his supporters (known as Partially Paid Honchos or PPH). And he had some bad luck - One of the commercial banks went down BIG TIME. But even this wasn't ALL bad luck, because Big Leader could use this as an excuse for all sorts of jolly things!!
"Now I've got the money, how do I keep the POWER?" asked Big Leader. Even he realised that Partially Paid Honchos were cooling their supportive ardour, that his people blamed him for rising food prices & massive power outrages & that the normally peaceful citizens of his country were taking to the streets to protest!
"I know how" said Big Leader. "I'll tell my police to suppress peaceful marches, thus making them anything BUT peaceful & I'll encourage Civil Unrest. That way I can't possibly allow elections next year, because it wouldn't be safe, and if I don't allow elections .... I'll still be Big Leader!!! I seem to remember that worked well for one of my predecessors Mr. 'T'. "
And so, of course, Big Leader was quick to learn lessons from even BIGGER Leader who ran a country to the north. "I think I'll introduce a 'Patriot Act' to give me even MORE power" he said!!
And so, children, we leave Big Leader counting his US Dollars & reinforcing his armour plated car. Sleep well!!!
End of a Fairy Tale .......... OR IS IT???????
As a postscript, the cost of car windscreens seems to have risen a lot recently. On 6th August there was a protest in Barrio Costero, Puerto Plata. Stones were thrown & in the process of this, a Taxi driver's windscreen was broken. The taxi driver was also a policeman, so he pulled out his gun & shot the stone thrower in the mouth. DEAD! The victim was 22 years of age - WHAT a WASTE of a life!!
But then, the policeman was only doing what his President had told him to do, wasn't he??
Written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orwell - for those of you able to understand the significance!!! - Ginnie (AKA "She who must be Obeyed").
A Bedtime story for Children!!
Once upon a time there was a Big Leader who liked Money & Power. "I want all the money in my country" he said, so he instructed his Central Bank not to send any U$D to the commercial banks, so the commercial banks were not able to pay their depositors. Ask your Auntie PIB, children, about the problems she had, & your Grandma Ginnie who had a similar experience in Puerto Plata.
Of COURSE, Big Leader wasn't going to be greedy, he wasn't going to keep ALL of the money for himself, he was going to use it to pay off his supporters (known as Partially Paid Honchos or PPH). And he had some bad luck - One of the commercial banks went down BIG TIME. But even this wasn't ALL bad luck, because Big Leader could use this as an excuse for all sorts of jolly things!!
"Now I've got the money, how do I keep the POWER?" asked Big Leader. Even he realised that Partially Paid Honchos were cooling their supportive ardour, that his people blamed him for rising food prices & massive power outrages & that the normally peaceful citizens of his country were taking to the streets to protest!
"I know how" said Big Leader. "I'll tell my police to suppress peaceful marches, thus making them anything BUT peaceful & I'll encourage Civil Unrest. That way I can't possibly allow elections next year, because it wouldn't be safe, and if I don't allow elections .... I'll still be Big Leader!!! I seem to remember that worked well for one of my predecessors Mr. 'T'. "
And so, of course, Big Leader was quick to learn lessons from even BIGGER Leader who ran a country to the north. "I think I'll introduce a 'Patriot Act' to give me even MORE power" he said!!
And so, children, we leave Big Leader counting his US Dollars & reinforcing his armour plated car. Sleep well!!!
End of a Fairy Tale .......... OR IS IT???????
As a postscript, the cost of car windscreens seems to have risen a lot recently. On 6th August there was a protest in Barrio Costero, Puerto Plata. Stones were thrown & in the process of this, a Taxi driver's windscreen was broken. The taxi driver was also a policeman, so he pulled out his gun & shot the stone thrower in the mouth. DEAD! The victim was 22 years of age - WHAT a WASTE of a life!!
But then, the policeman was only doing what his President had told him to do, wasn't he??
Written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orwell - for those of you able to understand the significance!!! - Ginnie (AKA "She who must be Obeyed").
