King for a Day

Nonsense comes in Threes

King for a Day

Voices come in Threes

By Stephen L. Wilmeth

            Trying to keep a bunch of yearling bulls together is akin to herding pigs.

            The comparison isn’t new. In fact, J. Frank Dobie suggested exactly the same thing in his classic, The Longhorns. He chronicled various long drives to market. Of course, the centerpiece was always the longhorns, but there were also pig and turkey drives that offered tasking beyond the order of cruel and unusual.

            In the case of the pigs, the boys worked for weeks to put together a herd of pigs to drive north only to lose half of them in the first half mile of travel. The turkeys were a bit easier and learned to home in on the wagon to roost through the night. It was their safe place. The grand old Conestoga looked like a frosted cake, though, when the troupe arrived at their destination, Denver. The only problem was the white icing looking stuff wasn’t.

            In our case, we are down to missing one bull. I found where he went through the fence so I will be looking for him. He probably believes he is spectacular, a regular Casanova, but he is far from being alone.

With increasing frequency, other characters are thinking they were pretty special, too.

Nonsense comes in Threes

Stewart reported first that El Paso alone scored over 2200 illegals on Memorial Day. You know, a big Estados Unidos holiday begets a run on nuevos ciudadanos while the getting is good.

Come one, come all!

Lordsburg and Deming must have had a run on the all you can eat and get sweepstakes as well. There was one pod of Border Patrol vans going west empty for another pickup that included two older units and seven brand new ones. The latter didn’t even have the CBP colors painted yet. They were solid white which might mean they were probably leased. The demand for free rides to the processing turnstiles is accelerating at an exhilarating pace. Texas alone is expecting this month to be up 13% from last month which was a record.

And, there is nothing in the pipeline that appears to be curbing the flow. Nothing!

The next big hole in the heart of our Republic was the special counsel’s swan song epilogue on his exit from the center ring of the freak show he has orchestrated. He looked like what he was an old man wanting to be relevant. He ought to at least interpret the parable that he has wrought. We are perfectly capable of discerning what white stuff on a Conestoga wagon actually is.

Then, there was yet another black robed Beelzebub scribe (BS) from somewhere who arose to declare money from the DOD cannot be used on the border wall because Congress didn’t approve of its use for the protection of American interests. From out in left field, an activist judge struck down the President one more time and the progressives cheered.

The continuing state of our nation is hobbled by chaos, but what remains as fact, the border crisis, needs fixing. From our vantage point down here, this is getting serious.

Voices come in Threes

Three Americans, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison took it upon themselves to convince the American public that the Constitution was worthy of adoption. They did this through a series of essays that were printed in newspapers. John Jay took the springboard seat to write several iterations of the Federalist Papers after Alexander Hamilton penned the general introduction as the first installment.

Jay’s focus was security of American interests. Although, his style was wordy, one sentence in Federalist Paper III stands out beyond others.

It is not a new observation that the people of any country seldom adopt and steadily persevere for many years in an erroneous opinion respecting their interests.

What a simplistic statement of fact for any number of issues that faced Americans at the time of post revolution, and which continues to this day. Honest efforts to secure one’s surroundings give you a pretty good idea of what needs to happen in your neighborhood. You don’t have to be a genius to figure out basic needs, but our system has long rendered local and personal control either mute or incapable.

Back in Federalist Paper II, Jay recognized the importance of congress to support the notion of sovereignty of the People when he wrote it is worthy of remark that not only the first, but every succeeding congress … have invariably joined with the people in thinking that the prosperity of America depended on its Union.

When was the last time any congress (be it local or national) that decisions were made that positively impacted local needs or joined with the people? Further, three clear voices are no longer big enough to shout instructions.

It now takes a special interest mob to move an issue.

King for a Day

In Friday’s local paper, it was noted New Mexico’s senior senator, one of the Udall cousins, was going to do his part in resolving the border crisis by securing money to reimburse local governments and NGOs for their efforts to cordially receive the unlawful intruders across New Mexico’s international border. Such profound wisdom of leadership has no peer, does it?

Yes, he got some spotlight, but the activist judge from another progressive bench did the same. So did the various and sundry two dozen liberal candidates for the presidency. Each arose to claim the mark of distinction in the public opinion sweepstakes.

John Jay got it wrong. He assured us we would have a continuing and cordial Union. One that affords us the best security that can be devised against hostilities at home and abroad if the various states would only adopt the Constitution.

What we got was a contest for King for a Day.

Stephen L. Wilmeth is a rancher from southern New Mexico. “It’s not icing … it’s turkey shit!”