Sunday, February 12, 2006

RAMBLING WITH THE EDITOR - Tony Brockmeyer

A Fairy Tale?

Once upon a time in a Village I will call St. Chuck there lived an evil Queen. The Queen reminded many of Cruella Deville in appearance and in action. The Queen of St. Chuck had a court jester whose name was Willy. She had legal representation named Val and henchmen named Huey, Kev, Glen, Kenny K, Kneel and Wellman. The goal of this group was to control all the lands and taxes that were collected in St. Chuck.

The Queen’s group was outraged when a friendly band of seven began to rain on there reign. This band of seven started off with many accomplishments that immediately created a void in the pockets of Huey and the Queen. The Queen called for a special meeting of her dastardly gang to discuss how the band of seven could be defeated. Huey, Kev, Glen, Kenny K all thought that going after the weakest link would be the best way to foil the marvelous band of seven. This plan along with the court jester’s efforts to divide and conquer the fabulous seven would surely bring control of the treasury back in the hands of the Queen to dole out to her faithful servants.

Huey, Glen and Kenny K went to work on trying to remove the Dot from the band of seven. The Dot was considered weak because of where and how she came to power. They said she was too old and they would tell people she was senile. They enlisted the help of numerous minions who decided by hook or crook they would deliver the Dot’s head to the Queen. The minions received riches for their efforts doled out by the Queen using the precious tax dollars that had been collected from the subjects who populated the Village of St. Chuck. The minions felt they had arrived because they were rubbing elbows with the rich and famous of St. Chuck.

Little did they know that a High Sherifft known as the White Knight had arrived in the Village, sworn to uphold the laws of the land and he would not be bullied by the henchmen or take illegal orders from a jester. The Queen was upset that one of her subjects would dare defy her in their efforts to destroy any and all opposition.

The White Knight enlisted the rest of his ethical round table to investigate the crimes committed under the direct orders of Huey, Kenny K, Glen and the Queen. This investigation was called political and they cried and shouted that Whit Knight should not be in charge of the investigation. Never before had this been said regarding issues in the Village of St. Chuck.

Before the arrival of the High Sheriff, when one of the Queen’s brood broke into a house and beat another, the henchmen gathered but they Had the Black Knight handle it but did not consider their actions political. Many believed the Queen used her relationship with the Black Knight, who worked for St. Chuck, to help sweep many of like incidents under the carpet.

The Black Knight was empowered by the Queen because many of the activities of her brood took place at night when the Black Knight roamed. The Queens cell phone number was given to many of the Black Knights crew and instructions were given to call the queen if any of her offspring were caught violating the laws of St. Chuck. From potential check fraud to selling drugs from a local gym to beating mailboxes with baseball bats, the Black Knight and his crew made sure the Queens kids were protected. The Queen and her round table never thought the covering up of those incidents should be called political. Now when there is something that the White Knight refuses to sweep under the carpet for the Queen, it is called political by her and her band of merry henchmen and they would like to expel him from the Village..

But the Black Knight has been banished to the Lou and can no longer provide protection for the Queen and her family.

This fairy tale would make for a great movie but why rent the movie when you can live it daily?