Shanghai'd

Some of you may wonder where I have been. I'm really not sure. Really! Some people I don't know very well, asked me to go to a tea party. When I entered the building at the address I was given, I was whacked over the head. The next thing I knew, I was in a moving vehicle, blindfolded and tied up.
To make a long story short, I ended up on a farm somewhere in the southwest, someplace hot and dry. Maybe Arizona. Anyway, I ended up working in the fields for what seemed like weeks, but was probably only a matter of days. I finally managed to escape late one night, and I was able to hitch (hitchhike) a ride most of the way back here, from a truck driver.
I had a bit of time on the ride back to think about it what happened to me, and my best guess, is that all those idiotic Republicans and Tea Partiers are getting too successful in keeping out the the illegal immigrants from Mexico. Now, they don't have anyone to work the fields. And of course, they sure don't want to do it themselves. So now they're shanghai'ing whoever they can, including US citizens, like yours truly, to get the work done. Maybe I can get a book deal out of this. How about, "I Was Kidnapped by Rabid Tea Partiers!", for a title?
The truth shall set you free! Hallelujah!!
Anyroad, I'm back. Much has been happening in the world. And as soon as I find out what, I'll probably have something to say about it. Interestingly enough, it seems, that while I was gone, Albert managed to take care of Eddie without eating him. Kind of amazing, actually. Neither one of them seemed to even know I was gone. Show's you how much I'm appreciated around here.
A final note of warning. If I were you, I wouldn't be accepting any invitations to any tea parties, unless they are from VERY good friends. Even then, BE CAREFUL! Those right wing fanatics are lurking everywhere!