<div dir="ltr">I love it, Milan. Thanks,<div><br></div><div>Jann</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 3:54 PM Milan Hamilton via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34);min-width:502px;padding:0px"><div role="list"><div role="listitem" aria-expanded="true" style="clear:both;padding-bottom:0px;max-width:100000px;outline:none"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;float:left;width:936px"><div style="padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left:0px;border-top:none;border-radius:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15p"><div style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:864px"><div><div id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15s" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15r" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div>(I may have sent this from an incorrect Email address. I have too damned many)</div><div> Sorry<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Well well well. No matter what you may think of whethe<span style="background-color:transparent">Well well well. No matter what you may think of whether our current President has what it takes to have the job he got elected to, or to run again for the Octogenarian-in-Chief in 2024, you gotta admit the ship of State is a little steadier than when He-who-shall-not-be-named was rocking the boat. This gives me the inspiration to write number 15 in the Adventures of Joe Biden saga (again with a nod to Ogden Nash's Adventures of Isabel):</span></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34);min-width:502px;padding:0px"><div role="list"><div role="listitem" aria-expanded="true" style="clear:both;padding-bottom:0px;max-width:100000px;outline:none"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;float:left;width:936px"><div style="padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left:0px;border-top:none;border-radius:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15p"><div style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:864px"><div><div id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15s" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15r" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:19.9733px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adventures of Joe Biden 15</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Joe Biden half-way through his first two years</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Faced the prediction of Red Wave fears;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kevin was licking his chops at the thought</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Of taking the Speakership, which he’d long sought.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mitch was plotting in hopes they were right,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The leadership return was clearly in sight.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Joe Biden, he didn’t scream or scurry,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">He calmly said “What? Me worry?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">He believed our democracy would see us through</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">And last night, believe it! Georgia’s turning blue!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Milan Hamilton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">December 7, 2022 </span></p></div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px;padding:0px;width:auto;background:rgb(242,242,242);margin:0px"></div></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:0px;width:auto;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-top:none;margin:0px;background:transparent"><div style="border-top:0px;padding:0px"><div style="clear:both;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border-top:none"><div id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15t"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 16px;vertical-align:top;width:44px"><img id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:m7_0" name="m_7438531522120938325_:m7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AEdFTp5ZtWLLanEuwSYLvnlIDK7uOSmEMSSJ4a6R1VfG=s80-p" style="display: block; width: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 50%;"></td><td style="padding:0px;width:864px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:1px;padding:0px;border:none;margin:0px"><div style="color:inherit;height:auto;padding:0px;display:flex;line-height:20px"><span id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15m" role="link" style="border:1px solid rgb(116,119,117);display:inline-flex;font-size:0.875rem;background:none;border-radius:18px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,71,70);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:8px">Reply</span><span id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15n" role="link" style="border:1px solid rgb(116,119,117);display:inline-flex;font-size:0.875rem;background:none;border-radius:18px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,71,70);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:8px">Reply all</span><span id="m_7438531522120938325gmail-:15o" role="link" style="border:1px solid rgb(116,119,117);display:inline-flex;font-size:0.875rem;background:none;border-radius:18px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,71,70);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:8px">Forward</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><br><br></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><br></div></div>
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