This Is Actually a Secret Government Blog

Why else would it be of such interest to certain people?

I wrote earlier about how, just hours after posting a comment about a Vietnamese, this blog got it's first visitor from Vietnam. As an experiment, I mentioned Tienanmen Square and wondered what would happen.

It took a day and a half, but what happened is I got my first visitor from China. So welcome, friend.

The Chinese people, like us, have been struggling to create a government that is working for the public weal. And, like us, they're having their ups and downs. I wish them well.

The NY Times has a little story about one of their recent downs here. It's almost like we've exported the Republican Party to China: capitalism unfettered by good government, morality, or intelligence. That's a vast improvement over the Red Guard, certainly, but we all need to set our sights higher than that.

Here's a gift for my Chinese reader:



And here's a time-saving tip for my Chinese reader:

If you have Arlo Guthrie's "Arlo" album, on the reverse side you'll find a piece called "The Pause of Mr. Claus." Listen to it, and then you'll understand what I mean when I say that, for your purposes, I am the "last guy." But I would say that if I were actually encoding secrets on my blog, too, wouldn't I? Whatever you do, don't play "The Pause of Mr. Claus" backwards.

Please say "hi" the next time you drop in.

Postscript: There's something wonderfully ironic about "Fanfare for the Common Man" being played to such a well-dressed, well-tended audience in such an elaborate venue, isn't there?