The News-Journal’s J. L. Miller has broken the news that the mysterious force(s) behind the so-called Delaware Issues Forum site is none other than Charles Irenee Augustus Alexis Eleuthere Lammotte Bouvier de Flanders Copeland.
And, of course, Copeland says that there “…was no intent to be all that mysterious.” He simply didn’t want to ‘influence the results of the (anonymous on-line) survey’. An admirable sentiment indeed.
Except, of course, the self-same Copeland put the site up on National Teabagging Day (‘bulo wanted to participate, but his wife was having none of it), and that the same duPont heir led the crowd at the Wilmington rally in a chant of “No more debt! No more debt”, which, of course, could hardly be considered trying to influence public opinion. (And, of course, if Wilmington Trust hadn’t bailed the Copeland family out of debt with an extremely favorable financial settlement years ago, Copeland would be slinging Slurpees right about now.) The Beast Who Slumbers is betting that someone from that rally has a paper with the website address on it, just guessin’…
Before he gets to his favorite quote from Miller’s article, and before he links to the Most Perfectly-Apt Music Video Ever (copyright pending), it is time for another angry MEANDERING ASIDE! The Beast Who Slumbers believes in giving credit where credit is due, he really does. J. L. Miller wrote a neat story about this in today’s News-Journal. ‘Bulo went to Delaware Online to provide a link to their Bleeping Website (copyright also pending). He searched and searched for the story. He simply could not find it. It may be there somewhere, but El Somnambulo flunked Chinese Algebra, so he failed in his mission. The News-Journal website flat out sucks. Even when you WANT to give their website some hits, you can’t do it.
Now, back to ‘bulo’s fair and balanced reporting on Copeland, already in progress. Quoting from Miller’s unlinkable article, we find this gem:
Asked what’s in it for him, Copeland replied, “I don’t know the answer to that question.”
Now, ‘bulo is nothing if not sympatico. He has traveled from tank town to tank town seeking to realize his dream of someday wearing that gold lucha libre belt. Although he and silverspoonista compadre Copeland come from different universes, both share the same existential questions about what to do with their lives. Whenever the Beast Who Slumbers finds himself staring at the abyss, he gains succor and solace from the following. He hopes that Carlito Copeland listens, and understands that he is not alone in his profound search for meaning:
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