West is West and never the twain shall meet.” Rudyard Kipling, 1889.

TWAIN; noun, adjective & pronoun; Two…noun, Two items of the same kind.

An example; Elwood Watson and Richard Phillips.

First of all consider these two ‘shout-outs’:

1. Thank you THE DAILY IBERIAN for making my day by including Elwood’s OPINION piece next to mine on 7/13/24…yin and yang?

2. Thanks again TDI for providing me with much manure to stomp on and inspire me to write my own OPINION piece in opposition to Watson’s drivel…much the same as I have done in the past. You have made MY task so much easier…’tis much the same as shooting fish in a barrel and I get some more free time to eat lunch or take a nap or ???

Oh, just where does one begin? First Letter? First word? First falsehood??

I came away with; Elwood’s WHOLE OPINION qualifies as pure ‘Malarkey’… noun; Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive,,,especially regarding Project 2025.

Thanks to you Elwood, I can understand some of the ‘truths’ that many disagree with you on and ACTUALLY get published by TDI.

I think, in my opinion, that those who hold ‘TRUE’ American beliefs would AGREE with the program outlined by Project 2025 rather than the RADICAL agenda now being forced upon us…the present gang on the Hill can advance their agenda, but Project 2025 is “alarming” since it advances a NON-WOKE society? One is Super-Duper for Elwood, the other will give Trump “total control over the executive branch.” A form of TOTALITARIANISM that evokes memories of Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler and FDR?

Yes, YOUR re-cap of Project 2025 looks like the WISHLIST of the Republican platform to save America, one YOU and your ilk reject as it will “dismantle the social safety net, cut wages, undermine our economy and reverse civil rights progress.” Do you actually BELIEVE in the B.S. you spew???

And then YOU call Donald a LIAR because YOU know how he thinks…gee you’re so smart Elwood, and HONEST too.

PERHAPS, my friend, a WHOLE lot of stuff does need revamping due to the tremendous DAMAGE they have caused and will only continue to cause if left (LEFT!!!) unchecked? Buddy, your ‘Rose-Colored Glasses are blurring your vision,,,go see an Ophthalmologist already!!! We’ll ‘Go fund me’ the visit for you.

As I ‘suggested’; EAST-EAST, WEST-WEST or Conservative Ideology is C.I. and Liberal Ideology is L.I. and that TWAIN thing. PLEASE view the old 1959 movie HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR, a highly awarded film that pits two irreconcilable positions that cannot be resolved…sound familiar Woody? They were literally WORLDS apart and ‘part’ that way at the end.

And YET, your ‘side’ chooses to support (for now, at least) a guy who doesn’t know his RACE, his SEX or who IS Putin….’obviously’ to you the BETTER CHOICE???

The same dude who declared that HE is the UNITER, yet we are more divided now than we were during the Civil War and since…a tendency that is still growing and will do so if WE don’t change horses soon…REAL SOON.

HISTORY, my dear History Teacher, should have informed you that TRUMP has been the TARGET from the get-go…impeachments for example. HE was just a REAL target after BOZO said to get out the BULLSEYE!!!

See ANY connection? What would YOUR spin be if TRUMP said that and then shots rang out????

Perhaps YOUR very words will incite VIOLENCE too Elwood…ever think about that? Are you adding ‘Fuel to the fire’ or merely expressing your OPINION?

Dear reader, IF you missed THE DAILY IBERIAN OPINION page of 7/13/24 where Elwood, Mona Charen and I are to be found, GO FIND A COPY. You can see how well TDI has done in their duties to offer various OPINIONS of the EAST/WEST types. They are here to help YOU form your own opinions about very important decisions you should make real soon. But it is YOU who must sort through all the junk and real news…not an easy task nowadays….Read, Sort, ACCEPT, REJECT, take another SIP and try to relax and even sleep well…good luck!

Watson, the TWAIN I spoke of was not Mark Twain..it would read, “‘Never the Clements shall meet” and we don’t want that. NOPE, the Twain is the vast differences of our viewpoints you might say, as in HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR did; “I am Hiroshima, you are Nevers.”….

EAST…WEST…TWAIN???

Hey guys, I simply LOVED the political cartoon too…it sums things up to a tee. Keep up the good work.

Richard Phillips

New Iberia