Judging the first 100 days in
office is ridiculous, artificial and something invented by the news media.
That’s how U.S. President Forrest
Trump sees it. I feel it is important however, as president of my family, to
review my performance for the first 100 days of each year.
Trump’s first 100 days have been
fantastic, spectacular, unbelievably good, the best of any president ever and
best of any to come. He instantly achieved his prediction of being “the greatest jobs president that God ever created.”
My 100 days report card is not
nearly that effusive because I don’t have his vast store of superlatives. But I
can report some modest successes, and some failures.
First, in the area of foreign
affairs, I had none. In fact I didn’t even have any domestic affairs.
I did travel abroad for
consultations. I went to California to ask my granddog Rusty to join my cabinet
of advisors. When it comes to cabinet advisors, I pick only the best of the
best.
Rusty is a pretty smart cookie
with ideas on how to make life even better for the family pets. He is thrilled
to be in my inner circle because the publicity will boost sales of a new dog
food that he is promoting.
I also travelled to Hamilton for talks
with Louie, my first great-granddog. He is a chocolate brown lab and advised me
that more money must be spent to ensure a constant supply of tennis balls are
available at the cottage shoreline.
Over in Mississauga I met with
Georgia, my Great Dane granddog and senior special advisor. She told me that our
family congress would vote for a budget that includes money for a new, larger
and more comfortable couch. Grandcat Rainbow agreed wholeheartedly.
Money has been a problem during
the first 100 days. The nine-year-old presidential pickup truck needed major
repairs. So did two of the presidential teeth.
Despite these financial setbacks I
remain steadfast in my promise to build a wall to keep the red squirrels out of
our great cottage land. They are aggressive, noisy good-for-nothings. Bad, bad.
Totally destructive.
Nobody builds walls better than me
because I have fantastic ability and I am really smart. Squirrels are dumb and
actually I would like to see them ride the MOAB into squirrel heaven.
Unfortunately the courts stupidly
have ruled that red squirrels are a protected species and must be treated
nicely. Dumb. Really dumb. Judges need their heads examined.
Meanwhile, the first 100 days
infrastructure program is running a bit behind. The new back window project and
some other stuff are not completed yet.
These projects and the squirrel
wall are making it difficult to bring in a balanced budget, which is a must
because I am not allowed to increase our debt.
Ontario Premier Kathy says she is
going to balance her budget despite millions of dollars of new vote-getting
spending. She can do that because when she wants to spend more, she borrows
more.
Her debt, now more than $300
billion, equals the debt of all the other nine provinces combined. Interest
charges on that debt are $12 billion a year.
If I run up too much debt, a guy
with a head bandana and tattoos arrives in a tow truck and takes away my pickup.
And the bank kicks me out of my house. Then there’s nothing to do except wander
into the woods, sit on a tree stump and listen to the birds.
I can report that I did file my
income tax return ahead of this week’s deadline. I am willing to make my
returns public in case anyone out there needs a really good laugh.
Overall, it’s been a pretty good
first 100 days. However, I didn’t realize that being president of the family
was so complicated. Hockey tournaments to drive to, baseball practices to
attend. School concerts. Easter gatherings. Helping to pick out birthday and
anniversary cards.
The media doesn’t understand all
the complications I must deal with. Reporters are meanies who say everything I do is wrong.
I’d like to hit them so hard their heads spin. But then my editor might not let
me write this column anymore.
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