<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="https://youtu.be/sQREBQzVhzw">https://youtu.be/sQREBQzVhzw</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b><i><u>CRANK IT UP AND SING ALONG !</u></i></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">“On a warm summer’s evening</div><div dir="ltr">in July twenty-fifteen,</div><div dir="ltr">a conman made a gamble:</div><div dir="ltr">tried to build a wall of cards.</div><div dir="ltr">He thought he’d won the payout</div><div dir="ltr">on the day he got elected,</div><div dir="ltr">but then came the new players</div><div dir="ltr">and they were not trumptards.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">When he reached across the table</div><div dir="ltr">to rake in all his winnings,</div><div dir="ltr">a voice cut though the darkness</div><div dir="ltr">and his anger was aroused.</div><div dir="ltr">The words came from the Speaker</div><div dir="ltr">making his life bleaker,</div><div dir="ltr">when she told him that a joker</div><div dir="ltr">could not beat her full House.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">She said, “You should not be bluffing</div><div dir="ltr">when your deck is not a full one.”</div><div dir="ltr">Her words just made him angrier</div><div dir="ltr">so of course he doubled down.</div><div dir="ltr">The night got deathly quiet</div><div dir="ltr">and the silence made him shuffle.</div><div dir="ltr">She knew that he would blink first</div><div dir="ltr">‘cause she wasn’t new in town.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">He didn’t know how to play 'em</div><div dir="ltr">or what to say, when.</div><div dir="ltr">Didn’t read the rules</div><div dir="ltr">‘cause he don’t know how to read.</div><div dir="ltr">He just wiped a booger.</div><div dir="ltr">It was classic Dunning-Kruger.</div><div dir="ltr">He lacks the neural networks</div><div dir="ltr">to know he can’t succeed. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And every gambler knows</div><div dir="ltr">the game cannot be won</div><div dir="ltr">by stealing someone else’s cards</div><div dir="ltr">to claim them as your own.</div><div dir="ltr">When your back’s against the wall</div><div dir="ltr">and you’re betting on the outcome,</div><div dir="ltr">the best that you can hope for</div><div dir="ltr">is to just be left alone.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">But he thinks he’s an ace player</div><div dir="ltr">and the best that ever could be.</div><div dir="ltr">He’s threatening to challenge her</div><div dir="ltr">to another round.</div><div dir="ltr">The stakes are high,</div><div dir="ltr">but not for him.</div><div dir="ltr">He doesn’t care who gets hurt,</div><div dir="ltr">he only wants to win.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">He doesn’t know when to weigh in,</div><div dir="ltr">stuck in his playpen,</div><div dir="ltr">doesn’t know he tips his hand</div><div dir="ltr">by the way he acts.</div><div dir="ltr">He wants to be the big guy,</div><div dir="ltr">the strong suit at the table,</div><div dir="ltr">but he lacks the capacity</div><div dir="ltr">to know that’s what he lacks. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Doesn’t know what he’s sayin’, </div><div dir="ltr">who he’s dismaying.</div><div dir="ltr">Doesn’t know not everyone</div><div dir="ltr">was dealt a diamond flush.</div><div dir="ltr">So he stacks the deck</div><div dir="ltr">for those who do not need it.</div><div dir="ltr">He fills his hand with wild cards.</div><div dir="ltr">He wants to win that much.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Doesn’t know how to play 'em</div><div dir="ltr">or what to say, when </div><div dir="ltr">didn’t read the rule book</div><div dir="ltr">about the deck he stacks</div><div dir="ltr">He will always be a loser.</div><div dir="ltr">It is classic Dunning-Kruger.</div><div dir="ltr">He lacks the neural networks</div><div dir="ltr">to know that’s what he lacks.”</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr">——————————————-<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>