Governor Granite declared this week "absolute authority" to dissolve boards or to do anything else he wants, more or less. Meaning he absolutely will do more to make sure the people of the state has less.
It's worth remembering, at this moment, that our foreign governor arose from the ooze of the Tea Party. One of the traits Faux News programmed into the tea partier was a strong anti-authority bent. Anti-government, anti-establishment, anti-authority was the order of the Don't Tread on Me set.
But the governor has taken his title to heart and is giving it his all, authoritatively. When reminded power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely the governor paused to take a selfie.
"What? Me Worry?" he noted.
There are several in Frankfort who argue something called the state constitution is the absolute authority in matters of governorship, but Bevin says it doesn't exist.
"I do not believe there is such a thing. It's not on the ark, I looked. And if it isn't in the Ark, where would it be? I believe the previous administration started the rumor of a state constitution on Facebook. Name me one Kentucky school kid who's seen it."
Reluctantly, we must concede the Granite one's point. You'd think there'd be one, but we sure haven't seen it. At least not on the 7th grade class trip to Frankfort.
"Until someone brings one to my office, I"m going to continue making it up as I go," concluded the governor.
The current attorney general, whose last name resembles that of the previous governor, has countered with a press conference announcing the 27th lawsuit (so far) against the governor's over-reach. While the AG enjoys slightly better name recognition than the last AG on election day, his lawsuits haven't made much noise.
When asked to respond to another lawsuit, Governor Cartman responded in a rising voice, "Respect My AUTHORITAH!!!"
Between the time I write this and the time you're reading this, something called the "Brexit" may or may not have happened. We won't pretend to have an opinion on whether or not Great Britain should be in the European Union. It's just weird that a country with a royal family would be chafing to be "free".
Of course, it's weird a government designed to be ruled by it's citizens is so despised by half of it's citizens. The if it's fixed we'll break it run of Governor Bevin is just a preview of what a President Trump would look like. Defy authority, unless it's mine, which is absolute. I'm going to break it, you're going to pay for it.
I'm wondering if soon a lot of people, namely that 13% of the population who actually voted for Governor Bevin, will be wanting to pull a Bexit. I don't think anti-authority types are going to give much rope to a government guy who claims absolute authority. Are they?
Who am I kidding. I know there won't be a Bexit. They'll suck it up like Mama's milk. These folk don't want an authority, they want a dictator. Looks like the Governor does too.