Notable & Cretinous: George Moneo Grovels

"The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated." — George Moneo, "The Rumors of My Demise...," Babalú, February 27, 2008

George licked the boot as bootlickers will do and was granted absolution by Val. A man who would degrade himself to Val Prieto is beneath contempt, and you can't get much more beneath contempt (or anything else) than George Moneo.

We note that George announced his reintegration (after 3 days of reeducation) to the ranks of Babalú's contributors in a closed thread, which means that Babalú's readers are unable to ask such pertinent questions as why his last post was deleted and his name removed from the roster of Babalú's contributing editors, an omission which Val tried to conceal on several ocassions by suppressing the roster altogether.

We note with some satisfaction that such is the influence and outreach of the Review of Cuban-American Blogs that George was obliged to dispel "rumors" of his ouster which were only reported here, and which, incidentally, he does not deny. The fact that he has returned to Babalú and is no longer therefore a dead letter there does not address the question of his ouster and is no denial of it.

This incident — the airbrushing of George and his subsequent reappearance as one of the "superb cadre" of Babalú contributors — proves yet again Babalú's infinite contempt for its readers as well as its adoption of Castroite modalities derived ultimately from the Bolsheviks to rewrite its scandalous history.


POSTSCRIPT:

George L. Moneo said...

LOL! Manny, you are as predictable as the sun rising in the east! Thanks for helping me win a bet...
2/27/2008 11:46 PM


Manuel A.Tellechea said...

George:

The more you deny, the more you affirm.
2/27/2008 11:50 PM


George L. Moneo said...

Manny, as a journalist you're an excellent fiction writer. I made a bet that I could get you to write at least 3 paragraphs if I wrote one line on Babalu. I won, hands down, with one paragraph to spare. I'll be thinking of you when I enjoy my lunch.

Thanks for showing the world that all I had to do was to gently pull the chain and the monkey jumped...
2/28/2008 12:08 AM


Manuel A.Tellechea said...

George:

Of all the Babalunian writers, I have always paid the least attention to you for a reason which you yourself admitted recently: you rarely write about Cuba at Babalú.

I know that my lack of attention wounds you. I hardly think, however flattering it sounds, that you would engineer your own eviction from Babalú in order to get me to write three paragraphs about you.

In any case, here are 3 more paragraphs. Maybe they will buy you dinner.
2/28/2008 12:21 AM