It's Friday...Mr. Robin makes rash predictions for which there is no ointment...but there's a troll in Florida that farts glitter so all is not lost!

Hey, hey everybody…it’s Friday! Time to dust off your old hardhat that doubles as a two-beer can holder with a hose coming down to your mouth. You’ll need that hardhat for when you topple over after one too many two-beer loads.

But you deserve that. It’s been a hell of a week, hasn’t it? Let’s see Fearless Leader was on national TV (preempting NCIS, by the way) giving his State of the Union speech. Of course, in the process he managed to run right over House Sneaker Nancy of the Chuck & Nancy Show by not allowing her the traditional “privilege” of introducing the president.
Fearless Leader just got up there and spoke. He later told aides he needed no stinking introduction, “Everyone knows who I am, the greatest president of all time!”

Of course, Sneaker Nancy got in her own digs. She made smirking faces throughout, was tweeting under her desk, performed a snarky clap in his direction, and otherwise appeared distracted by trying to follow Fearless Leader’s script.

As State of the Union speeches go, it wasn’t bad. Guess that means someone else wrote it. He was all over the place, covering a lot of topics near and dear to (some of) the American people. He spoke of unified nonpartisan governance (snort)…that’ll never happen. Of course, he could barely wait to get back to the White House where Melania gave him his phone back so he could take up the usual rants in Twitter, but for a time he seemed…dare, I say…almost presidential.

But that was then, this is now.

I was going to take up today’s post with news from Universal Studios in Orlando (again, with Florida) that they’ve added a new troll to those that greet visitors as they come through the gates.

So what, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. This is a naked troll farts on visitors as he greets them and when said naked troll farts, he expels a cloud of glitter.

Bet that shut you up.

Yep, the new troll with fabulous flatulence is known as Guy Diamond.

The thing is, this is a good thing for the economy…sort of. It seems that Universal Studios Orlando had to hire two new employees whose job it is to sweep up the glitter and presumably stuff it back in Guy’s ass.

And, you just thought this was a weird week? Commence heavy drinking now.

As I said, I was going to take up most of today’s post discussing naked flatulent trolls and somehow blaming Trump for the decay of American civilization (har har). But then I finally read the latest offering from the Dems in Congress, this whole Green New Deal trotted out by newbie Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (she prefers AOC) and decided to devote some time to that.

Let me start by saying that for those of you, like Fearless Leader and Sneaker Nancy, who figure AOC is a flash in the pan who will disappear after her term is up, you’re wrong. She was elected from a district that is probably one of the most liberal on the east coast. She isn’t going anywhere. She will keep her seat, probably for as long as she wants it.

When the Green New Deal was announced, I honestly didn’t pay much attention to it. But then I read into the details. You know what? It’s not perfect, far from it. I think this was intended to be a guiding document, not the end-all, be-all. And, you know what else? She’s on to something.

It’s a different world than it was a decade or so ago. The GOP had their chance. They ruled America with an aluminum alloy fist. I’ve stated many times in this stupid blog how they managed to gain so much power and hold it for so long, by telling lower- to middle-class Americans what they wanted to hear…namely, “We’re the party for you! You stick with us and we’ll all be living the American dream that Norman Rockwell painted! You’ll see!”

But, as I’ve also pointed out, those debts came due and most of the undereducated, desperately struggling Americans they brought along are finally beginning to realize that mega-wealthy aren’t going to give them a leg up. They (i.e., mega-wealthy creeps) got what they wanted, your vote. Now they’re done with you until you’re needed again. Hopefully you won’t starve or become die because you couldn’t afford a lifesaving prescription.

So, truly, the time is probably ripe for pushing something like the Green New Deal. AOC is a force to be reckoned with, no doubt. I had kind of dismissed her as another loudmouthed radical liberal, but I’m beginning to see the genius in what she’s doing.

If you’ve not read the non-binding 14-page resolution she pushed forward this week, I would encourage you do so. As I said, it’s not perfect, in fact it’s woefully flawed, but it’s a stake in the ground (okay, a flaming arrow) and the beginning of a new movement.

And, no, it’s not because I would happily accept payment from the government for being “unwilling” to work (still not sure how that works).

It’s a new day in America. Mark my words, this is only the start.
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That is all!