Dear Joe (Loudmouth),

I'm not too keen on roosters.
Bad experience during my childhood.

We had a very feisty one who used to attack me
every time dad made me go into the chook's yard
to feed the chooks.
This creature would wait for me and then as I approached
would fly at me - scaring the life out of me.
Dad finally got rid of him.

In any case - regarding roosters crowing. I thought
a rooster crows only when he sees the light. Put him
in the dark and he'll never crow.

Dear Foxy.

Well, if I do start up a religion, the offer still stands :) I can't imagine anybody or anything wanting to attack you - did you mistake his ardour for aggression ?

Hmmmm, a rooster starts crowing AFTER he first sees the light ? Since the first imperative of any new ideology is to suppress doubt and enforce agreement, we would probably have to outlaw such misinformation. And like any half-decent ideological movement, that would mean that we have to initiate and give full reign to the 'extractors' beloved of every revolution, to root out non-believers: the 'National Keepers of the Veritable Dawn' [ ].

Love,

Joe

Is Mise thanks for that response and it is very good that you can see the dumbness of the gun lobby and the stupidity of the politicians who have framed laws to suit this crazed minority. Be thankful here in NSW we have The Greens working to protect us from this ratbag element. I am sure David sends his love to you brother Is Mise.

Are you saying there is a bullet out there with John Howard's name on it? I certainly hope not!

Dear Joe (Loudmouth),

Ah, but we must not feel compelled to
embellish the truth - when starting up a
new "ideology," whether it's about
rooster, or "facts" like - that more
guns make places safer, or that Australia
takes in the most refugees, or that
climate change is nothing more than a Greenie/Labor
lie, or that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling WMDs,
or that US President Obama is a closet Muslim
who was born in Kenya, and so forth.

Dear Joe (Loudmouth),

BTW - my grandchildren love the film,
"Rock-a-Doodle." A delightful musical
adventure from Don Bluth, the creator of the
animated classics "An American Tail," and
"The Land Before Time, combining live action and
animation, including the voices of Glen Campbell,
Christopher Plummer and Phil Harris. It's a fast-
paced tale of friendship, courage and rock 'n' roll.

The story becomes a real adventure when flood waters
threaten to destroy the farm and only Chanticleer the
rooster can stop the rain by bringing up the sun with
song, but he has left the farmyard and found overnight
success as an Elvis-style rock 'n' roll singer named
"The King." The animals set out to find Chanticleer in the
big city and save the farm against all-odds.

Hi Foxy,

Hmmm ....... we could build a sort of Bible around that story - Chanticleer as a Moses figure, bringing down the True Written and Unchangeable Word of God out of a cave or from behind a bush. Or even as a Jesus figure - although of course, for that, we would probably have to kill him off, then resurrect him, something like that. Well, if other religions can invent their origin and salvation myths, so can we.

Hey, there could be good money in this :)

Thanks, partner !

Love,

Joe