Another day, another fifteen lies to unpack from the White House. President Agent Orange Julius Caesar Lord Dampnut Von Trumpenstein is unable to say five things without one of them being a lie. When he is caught, he sends out one of his soulless minions to lie for him. Sarah “Supercuts is Good Enough for Me” Huckabee Sanders had to explain how Trump didn’t get a call from the Boy Scouts of America saying, “best speech since Henry V” and then had to explain how Mexico’s President didn’t tell Trump he was really happy with the wall and immigration. Instead of saying, “You know, President Orangutan exaggerates sometimes. It’s part of his colorful personality. It matches his skin color,” Sanders is forced to contort herself like Yogi Coudoux. (Blast from the past. Only a child from the 80s will catch that one. Youtube: Yogi Coudoux That’s Incredible.)
It might be fun, or funny to continue to catch Donald Trumpskin in his lies, but if he is willing to lie about something as stupid as getting a phone call from the Boy Scouts can we trust him to tell the truth about anything? (The answer is NO.)
Speaking of lies, the Washington Post released a transcript of phone calls Trump made back in Feb. to the PM of Australia and the President of Mexico. If you read the whole thing, you’ll understand that Trump has been off his rocker for the entire presidency. A few of his statements are so looney that they defy explanation. “I’m the world’s greatest person that does not want to let people into the country.” “I hate these people…They are not going to be wonderful people who go on to work for the local milk people.” If you had a five-year old say this stuff, you’d get him tested.
Stephen “Skynet Robot By Day, Guy You Catch Looking in Your Window By Night” Miller had a press conference to release the most recent Trump attempt to pander to the White Supremacist wing of the party. Miller and Jim Acosta got into a verbal kerfuffle that was more annoying than any episode of Real Housewives. Miller, who should remind everyone of that kid who didn’t get punched enough in high school, and Acosta went around in circles about the Statue of Liberty. (What Miller was saying was filled with Alt Right dog whistles.) Acosta should have tossed down his press credentials and walked up to the podium and knocked the smirk off of Miller’s rubber-skinned face. The most annoying part of the exchange was the number of times Miller said, “Actually” and “Jim.” Somebody on YouTube needs to put up a counter on one of the videos.
While you’re at YouTube, make sure to stop in on the Souvlaki Hut’s ad, at least you can still trust good advertising.
Why is my page titled South of the Strait? Well I live in a far corner of the United States. I live in a small town south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. If I was going to throw a rock across the strait it would land in Canada. I used to be an English teacher. I have worked in Westport, Port Angeles, and Sequim, Washington... and I did two years of substitute teaching in Coalinga, California.
I've moved around a lot, living in: Sterling,Kansas; Chicago; Jordan, Montana; Lemoore, California; Auckland, New Zealand; Spokane, Washington; Gambier, Ohio.
What do I write? For WordPress I used to print once a week for general comments. I wrote reviews of music concerts my daughter made me attend. (Each month she would want us to drive to Seattle to see a music group. I usually stood in the back watching weird stuff.) I also wrote about trips I have taken in Europe where I liked getting lost. I also wrote during the few months when my son was treated for cancer. (He is officially free of cancer of five years.) About three years ago I decided to stop writing blogs so I could concentrate on writing a few books. I have completed three books...or maybe four. I have now compiled my short stories poems and memoirs on Amazon. You can get it at Amazon now..."A Work In Progress"--Jon Eekhoff. I have been very close to getting a printed book called "Lost Summer" but I was never offered $1,000,000.00. (It's set in Paris, 1920's, with baseball, writers, artist, and actually true stuff.) I wrote a book about college basketball called "Laidlaw." It's kind of a mix of "Moby Dick" and a coach who is about to get fired so he takes his team out for a free drive around the West. My most recent book is "California Tales." These are connected stories about the missionary churches in California. They are sad, funny, inspiring, and odd. I had the entire book done in my head and had just one section to finish the next day...and that is when I fell 20 feet from my roof and landed on the cement. (Like a lot of men, I thought I could maintain my own roof instead of leaving it to the professionals.) I don't remember anything about my accident but I am told I was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Though conscious and responsive after surgery to remove part of my skull, I don't remember anything from my first month there. I spent another month of Harborview working on walking, speaking, and writing. That was two years ago. As a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) survivor, I could have quit writing, but I am not going to quit. I work with the University of Washington Speech and Hearing Clinic.
So, here I am. I am married and live here in Sequim with my wife Cheryl. Our kids live in nearby cities. Writing is now an exhausting exercise, but something I plan to keep working on.
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