Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for February 19, 2024

“I object to this characterization, that story was made up by a biographer!”

A propos for Presidents Day

Now that’s the pits!!!!

One of Washington’s younger brothers was envious of the attention that George received for telling the truth after chopping down their father’s favorite cherry tree. He decided to do something bad himself and confess so he could also be praised.

That night, he went out and pushed the outhouse into the Potomac Rover.

The next morning, he came down to find old Colonel Washington sitting grumpily at the breakfast table. “Father, I cannot tell a lie. Last night, I pushed the outhouse into the Potomac River,” he said proudly.

Colonel Washington pulled off his leather belt and gave the younger brother the beating of his life.

The younger brother asked tearfully, “Father, when Geroge told the truth about chopping down the cherry tree, you rewarded him. But when I told the truth about the outhouse, you punished me. Why?”

Colonel Washington said, “Son, the difference is that when George chopped down the cherry tree, I wasn’t in it!”

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past”.

Especially in the American South. The quote is from the greatest literary figure from Mississippi, William Faulkner. It’s in his book “Requiem for a Nun”.

Fake News!

“William Faulkner”

Didn’t he play Columbo?

Don Cherry ran for president?

He couldn’t tell a lie!

Yeah! BTW, happy Presidents Day!

Times sure are different now…One guy couldn’t tell a lie, another guy can’t tell the TRUTH.

“Trump says he would encourage Russia to ‘do whatever the hell they want’ to any NATO country that doesn’t pay enough.”

Fruit of the loons!

George Washington was probably the greatest deceiver in the history of our nation prior to Fox News. The misinformation he fed the British about American troop strengths and movements did at least as much to win the Revolution as the actual fighting did.

Sun Tzu (The Art of War) would have been proud of him

I cannot tell a lie – I feel like I want to chop down another cherry tree.

George has been am-bushed.

… next, the tree’s gonna go off about George’s “Wooden Choppers” and what that REALLY means.

That´s Tree-son!

Love it! Thanks for mentioning Presidents’ Day.

The tree’s been accused of cherrymandering.

Meanwhile Sam Adams was creating his best brew …..

“Stick to the point. Time’s a’wastin’. Chop-chop.”