What's So Tariffic About Tariffs?

From Mia Cope

It’s been a little overcast here for the last couple of days. So I’ve been watching more than my share of television. It seems that everyone is talking about tariffs on every channel.¹

I don’t know about you, but I’m experiencing something akin to outrage. And I have to qualify that feeling only as something “akin” since I am a very peaceful, human-loving dog and am not motivated too often by anger.

Daddy says that there are two types of madness running rampant in America right now. There’s the madness of those who want to save the ship of state by blowing a big hole in it. And those who are mad because the first group thinks a big hole is useful in this situation.

And, Daddy thinks that there is another group who could avert the Titanic-like ending to all this. I don’t know much about government, but I think he said they were Sinators.²

Daddy told me that I shouldn’t bring all of this up because some people might not want to hear from a dog with a political opinion. I explained that this was a pawlitical opinion — not political — and my outrage over the treatment of penguins. I don’t personally know any penguins. But I like the idea of flightless birds. Although, Animal Planet says they’re good swimmers under water and I’m pretty much a surface floater. However, if people are blowing holes in the bottom of ships the underwater swimming thing would be useful.

I’m also not happy about many other things that are hurting people right now. Why do people do those things to each other?

Daddy says it’s about fear and power. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to be afraid. I’m not sure what power is. Momma says I shouldn’t worry about power because of my smiling face. So I’m just going to smile.

But let’s lay off the penguins and the stuff that hurts people. Okay?³

1. Which is a little odd since, when I have control of the remote, we only watch “Animal Planet.” That’s where I heard there is great concern from the penguin community toward the US president placing a tariff on the islands of McDonald and Heard where only penguins and some seals live. Here, in fact, is a response from the self-described Alpha Penguin of Heard Island. Click here for the official statement.

And click here for a perfectly reasonable explanation of why in the world the US would do such a thing.

2. I’m having to use phonetic spelling because Daddy was talking real fast. There was another group who I didn’t catch the title for. I think it started with “House of Repro____” something.

3. Daddy says there is a possibility that even a pawlitical opinion will make some of my readers angry and that they will unsubscribe from Notes from Casa de Togo. I hope that’s not going to happen. But if this is your last Note to read, I want to wish you well.