You ever notice how certain scripts just keep repeating? I recently happened upon an old newscast from the CBS Evening News (with Dan Rather), from early 1983. There was no particular reason that prompted me to watch this. There was nothing about the date of the program that was memorable for any reason. I just decided, "what the hell? Let's see what was in the news back then." I know I was alive at the time, though I am quite confident that I was not watching when this originally aired. Given the year, I can say that time was devoted to the destruction of brain cells.
For those who can recall Dan Rather, and really from any stage of his career, there were certain signature inflections in his delivery which meant that, at least in his mind, what he was telling you was very important. True to form, in this 1983 broadcast, Dan delivers that sickly-sweet scent of mock gravitas at about one minute in. The central theme of this entire report was simply this: Because we are telling you this, you must be concerned that these events may "touch off a dangerous new round of complications in the Middle East". Just think how many times we have all heard that exact phrase in the last forty-three years. In this story, the characters were Qaddafi, Mubarak; the principles Libya, Egypt and Sudan. The Nimitz carrier group was dispatched to sit upon the Gulf of Sidra. Other than these distinctions, the story remains the same today. We are still in the Middle East up to our asses. Maybe higher.
The whys and wherefores for this may be debated ad infinitum, but not here, not today. We seek not those answers, only a recognition of the pattern. Because once you recognize the pattern, the whys and wherefores are meaningless. Knowledge of the culprit only satisfies the public curiosity, provided there is any. Knowledge of the culprit does not correct the condition or the damage done. Recognition of the pattern prepares you for the next iteration.
Our regular readers are most likely familiar with the reference in our title today. For any new readers, or others who may not know, the Clan of Fudd is a reference to The Fall of Otto, King of the Carnivorous Rabbits, a short story originally published here 6 August, 2024. You can find it in our August '24 archive.
Without telling the whole story, The Fall of Otto chronicles the final collapse of a corrupt and moribund line of rulers, the House of Otto. It is the personal tale of it's final Monarch, King Otto the Just, the seventeenth of his line. Otto the Just was thrust upon the throne with little preparation, in much the same fashion as Tsar Nicholas II. He was meant for the throne someday, just not when his ticket came up. But Otto the Just, in his idle days before being burdened by a crown, had learned some things about the House of Otto's statecraft. At the age of fourteen, five years before taking the throne, it was accidentally revealed to him that their nemesis, an alien band of monkey creatures called the Clan of Fudd, was in fact a fraud. The Clan of Fudd were imperial soldiers disguised in monkey suits. After this startling revelation the young prince began to avail himself of the family's vast archives. He discovered many more skeletons in the family closet and thus assumed the throne with a mind toward reform.
The point in this narrative is, of course, to shine the light upon the conjuring of bogeymen. The ridiculous lengths that some will go to in order to maintain the long con. One is cautioned to remain incredulous at this exposure, yet there it is, plain to see time and again. As the world continues to shrink, it's growing more difficult to sell the script. When villains are everywhere there are none to be found, except in some vague and unsettling suggestion.
There is a movie coming out soon, maybe you've heard about. Disclosure Day, a Spielberg feature. I have heard some chatter around this, tagging it with what has become a cliche du jour: psyop. I'll not use that term, other than to make this mention. Is the movie part of a psyop? Maybe? It could be, I guess, but think about this. How many times, especially in the last ten years let's say, has this term been assigned as a means of discrediting any critics of something which does not desire scrutiny? Don't be too quick to embrace that term. Now, that having been said...
If there is to be a real disclosure event surrounding alien life visiting this planet, then I suspect that it will come in a fashion akin to the young Otto's enlightenment to the fraud of their rule. We'll be sold half-truths and hype, designed to scare or distract us. Probably both. Don't be a dumb rabbit. Don't be fooled by fools in monkey suits.
