After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on "The
Greatest Show on Earth."
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have moved to
the White House
This has been a very difficult decision for me and for the
entire family
From gold toilet seats and swoosh elevators to blue carpets
and glass windows
White house staff adopted quickly, as attendance has been
dropping for 10 years
Sean Spicer brought the figures up, small hands bore no
reality in a 12-minute segment
This event was the longest segment—a tiger act—modified with
CGI and alternate facts
A magician and a tiger, a new act with a roar and a growl to
make attendance grow and grow
Ringling Bros. has two touring circuses this season and will
perform 30 shows
Representatives for 126 scheduled days while the Senate for three
weeks out of each month
But “days” may be half-days while weeks may be three, four
or more rarely five days long
No animal cruelty, rest days are for their down time devoted
to back handers and lobby gruel
But dark clouds emerge as Los Angeles and Oakland prohibited
the use of bullhooks
Hooks that grab elephants by the mouth inflict pain and instill
fear on its largest animals
No more oversight committees, ethics challenges and real
facts to inflict pain and instill fear
Dipping dots cooling tempers by diverting attention away
from the worries of the day
Owners say their existing animals will go to suitable homes.
Lions, tigers, camels, donkeys, alpacas, kangaroos and llamas
White House agrees as their aging lawmakers will also go to
a home
Lions, tigers, camels, donkeys, alpacas, kangaroos and
llamas
Ringling Bros. tried to remain relevant, hiring its first
African American ringmaster
Then its first female ringmaster, and also launching an
interactive app.
But it was not meant to be, the first female ringmaster did
not fit into the White House
They jumped a step, and went straight into the interactive
application on Twitter
Exotic animals, flashy costumes and death-defying acrobats,
a staple since the mid-1800s
A continuation of the circus tradition with exotic breeds Ryan,
Cruz, Rubio, and McConnell
Death-defy feats in front of their peers, some by age some
by arrogance, all by ignorance.
Come and see the greatest show on earth, facts optional,
memory limited, but its gonna' cost you
Extraordinary plagiarism from Los Angeles times
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-ringling-bros-closing-20170114-story.html
