Absurdity, Allegory and China

In the last couple of months I have blogged here several times on things not necessarily China. I have not been comfortable doing that, and I’ve had the intention of opening a new blog that would deal with the American political scene. I see what is happening in the US as being both very historic and very weird, and how it will shake down is anyone’s guess. It is hard for me not to write about it. So, on that note, I have opened another blog to deal with that other darker side. The name of the blog is Dick in Chains, the ‘Dick’ being Dick Cheney (who has the dubious distinction of having the blog named for how I hope to see him in the future). I will say it now, that if you have any positive feelings regarding Mr. Cheney, I strongly warn you off. Some of what I have written and intend to write is highly irreverent. I have no plans to walk away from this one, and I have a long piece on Western China that I am in the process of working on, though I am a heavily vetting it for obvious reasons.

So, this is just to say that I will not be cluttering up my China blog with US-specific political rants. I have migrated several pieces from this blog over to the new one, so for those who read this blog, you’ve probably read almost everything that is currently up there, though not the latest which deals with writing epitaphs for Mr Cheney, just in case he ‘steps out.’ Better to be ready than to be caught with your pants down on such things.