I guess a...
I guess a person just can’t be too safe nowadays.
When I arrived at the local office of my congressman I was greeted with a sign saying something to the effect that the office was only open by “appointment only”.
I didn’t bother even trying the door handle to see if it were locked but I could hear a male voice talking so I knew someone was inside. I figured that this person was talking on the phone because of the long pauses in his speech, you know how it is when you are hearing a phone conversation but not on the phone, you only hear one person.
So the person...
So the person ended his conversation on the phone and I quickly dialed the number to make an appointment. The same voice I had heard previously answered the phone and he asked how he could help me. I said that I wasn’t aware that the office was only open by appointment but I would like to schedule an appointment.
The young man said, “and who would you like to meet with?” Right then several names came to mind but I managed to control the smart ass in me and said “You”. He was surprised I guess as he said “Me” in a questioning tone of voice. “That’s right, You. I’ve got something for you to give the congressman.”
“When would you like to make that appointment for?”, he asked. “Ten minutes ago would have been good; but now will work since I’m standing at the office door and can hear you talking to me even without the phone.”, I replied.
He promptly opened...
He promptly opened the office door and allowed me in.
I handed him the “bogus” oath of office I had request last year which I received six months after requesting it. I call it “bogus” since it wasn’t what I requested.
I requested a copy of the oath of office that my congressman had signed and I got a blank oath of office in a nice blue folder with the US House of Representatives emblem embossed in gold on it.
I guess the government thinks that if you make it look pretty people will overlook the content. My old man used to say, “You can put lipstick on pig but it doesn’t make it any less of a pig.”
The young man...
The young man was named Patrick and I explained that I wanted to return the oath since it wasn’t what I had wanted. I figured that those must be in short supply since it had taken so long to get it. I told him that they could probably pass it off to someone else at some point in time.
Then I asked him that if I would have a letter for the congressman what would be the best way to get it his hands?
“You can send it to any of his three offices and they would make sure it was looked at.” Notice he didn’t say the congressman would look at it. So I asked him straight up, “Does the office staff read the congressman’s mail and decide what makes it to his eyes?”
Yes, that is how it works. So I said , “if you’ll open that folder you’ll find a letter for Dan. Read it over and if you have any questions let me know.” I continued, “I’m in sort of “time crunch” since the election is coming up and I don’t want to wait as long for the answers to my questions as I had too to get that oath.”
He said that the office manger would read it most likely tomorrow. I told Patrick that I really didn’t care who reads it; but I do want answers and I would think that since it involves Dan and not having a proper oath he really might want to look into it.
I might have...
I might have mumbled something about not wanting to have to file a complaint with DOJ charging him with “impersonation of a federal official” as I was leaving the office.
I like doing that “mumbling” bit; just loud enough for the person to hear and he heard me. “What was that, sir...sir DOJ? What? “ “Sorry son, I was just thinking out loud evidently….I look forward to hearing from Dan.” as I headed out the door.
We will see if I get a response back; and if so, how quickly and from who.
I do have...
I do have an update on the TeamUp poker tournament; winnings have been distributed and the winning team players each received $100 HIVE.
I don’t know any more than that on prizes. I do know that in past tournaments they usually would do a little blog about the winners but since the KKK won it; it probably isn’t a good idea right now.
Did I type “KKK”? Yep, I did… it should have been three KINGS.
Oh wait, here...
Oh wait, here is a good one. You have seen and heard that several Confederate Army statues and memorials are being taken down from public view in various places. Houston is one of those places.
Houston, (just so you know), has a black mayor right now and several black council members so it was pretty clear in my mind that they would jump on that band wagon of removing statues.
History is just that; history. The statues are as much works of art as they are anything else but we can’t offend the black folks by having these reminders up around town that slavery once was here in the south.
So those statues need to be locked away never to be seen again, right? Of course that is right; if you use logic. Out of sight is out of mind according to logic.
Well this is Houston, so logic is out the window. At least one of the statues is being moved to the NAACP local headquarters to be put on display. I shit you not.
I guess just...
I guess just being out in public wasn’t good enough for offending the black folks; maybe not enough of them were seeing the statues or just not paying attention to them.
So the city has donated one for display at the NAACP so they can “teach” about slavery and discrimination. This way plenty of black folks who visit the NAACP can be offended regularly to their heart’s content I guess.
Now that is real woke logic.
Until next time,
Sult
Photo credits: Sult N Papper
