It came to pass in the 2nd year of the reign of His Obamaness as POTUS of the Realm of 57 States, that gatherings of the Donkey Clan were held across the land in order to summon the Donkeys into herds around the Lord and Lady Donkeys who wished to represent the Clan in the Hallowed Temple in the East, the place where big decisions were made on behalf of the serfs and peasants of the Realm. Often without them knowing it.These gatherings were festive occasions with loud exaltations and grand proclamations delivered by His Obamaness and His Princes and Princesses, with vivid accounts dutifully reported by the Guild of Town Criers loyal to His Obamaness.And so it was in one of these gatherings that Joe the Court Jester, who before the people sat in the seat closest to His Obamaness, but away from the people was often off in foreign lands on missions of great unimportance, would be called upon to do what would in later years be known as...warm up the crowd.  The people looked with...(Read Full Post)