Cheito’s Concern.

Whenever my friend Cheíto calls me unexpectedly, I know something is really bothering him… in his own basic way of thinking he actually has some very keen insights.

-“RAFA!!!!” “Juat’sup Man?” “We ain’t talk in a lon’ tain”

-“Cheíto, Bro… what’s goin‘on?”

-“I’n worryd man” “too many thins happenin’ and none too good”

I’ve had my own worries during these past days. All I hear from the direction of our capital and neighboring alleys has not been good. Yes, we all know there isn’t a single government which has been free of sin, but these specific sins are worrisome. They indicate a mind set which wants to control and negate, at all costs, any kind of dissent to said control.

-“juat’s goin’on man?”  “souns like our presiden’ has ben takin’ gvmint lessons from Cuba”…

-“Whoa Cheíto…. What do you mean?”

-“he’s lyin’, he’s havin people look’t at, he’s usin’ the tax people to push other people aroun’…”

I have to say that Cheíto, once again, was getting to the core of the issue… not much running around for him. In essence, his concerns are pretty much the same concerns I have had for a while. All reports from people inside the government circles, especially those who profess to have access to the resident, indicate he is a man who does not like to be contradicted, or who looks for advice from folk who may not represent the mainstream of American thinking.

Every executive is free to look for advice from any quarter; it is just that this particular office represents ALL people, not just those who come from specific quarters.

-“Jus’ juat happen’ in binguzi?” “ju noe… that plas over the other side of the worl’ where some peple were kilt?”… “Why did nobody help?”

-“Well… looks like there were some mixups in the communication and some troops that were ready were not allowed to go help them over at the embassy”

-“Who’the boss o’that?”

-“Well… looks like Hillary took the blame for a while…”

-“bu’ the President is the bossman, righ’?”

After a minute of silence… he asked…

-“What ‘bout the tax thin’?”... “ju noe… where people were pushed ‘round and lookid at?” 

-“Well… looks like the acting director has been fired… although he was supposed to leave soon anyway…”

-“Whu pu’im there?”

-“The President”

-“Aha” … “What’bout the udder thin with those guys in the papers?”…”where they were getting’ private informashun dey were not suppos’ to get?”

-“Somebody else in the State Department is taking the blame for this… they are the people in charge of this”

-“Who dey repor’ to?”…

-“The President”

-“But…” he continued… “the President says he don’ noe nuthin’ … that these peeple di’ all this on der’own, right?”

-“Well… looks like he’s implying some people acted on their own despite their having to report to him, that he didn’t know these things were being done” 

-“Dam… he sees nuthin’… he noes nuthin’… he does nuthin’… then, my fren’… What the hell is he doin’ there?”

As I said… in his simple way… Cheíto is not so simple… and neither should be the rest of us.

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