Those that ignore history and its lessons - are ignorant. And usually idiots. There's a great deal of overlap between those two sets - but think of it as correlation not causation.
The joy William Wallace must feel to see that commoners are still willing to sacrifice for the nobility! Such bravehearts! And cowardbrains!
Is this how we want it to end? To answer the paradox of what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object: total obliteration.
I really should have paid more attention to those campfire ghost stories at my Confirmation retreat. A few million Hail Marys and Our Fathers? No? Well, at least I won't have to worry about packing a sweater.
Fascism by any other name still sounds like? You swear to defend that thing called the CONSTITUTION, because it's your sacred vow that this experiment "of the people, by the people, for the people - shall not perish from the earth".
Buildings, statues, movies, books ... the things we create are not history. They are just a "story". Someone's materialized thoughts. The beauty of true history is not that it is written - but that we have the ability to rewrite it.
Satan's millennial daughter Enid on her latest assignment. Statues are for the living. If the new homeowners want to toss the hideous garden gnome you left behind in the trash - that's their right. Move them or lose them.
A patriot sacrifices all for others. A traitor stops at nothing to save themselves. Trump's no Lincoln. He'd sell the souls of his wife, kids - country - to the devil, if it bought him a few more flame-free days.
A country is defined by its people - not a statue or a flag. The great historical irony that the strongest "my heritage" chorus comes from the "hippies" of the 60s and 70s as they shout - "get off my lawn you lazy millennials"!
The first time I remember visiting death was age 3. I fell down a flight of stairs and cracked my head open on a brick chimney. If I've really just been in a coma all these years, consider this my consent to opt out.
America's 1st birthday for my 5th GGPs: Washington nearly assassinated in the front yard; Lafayette shot off his horse, landed in the garden; and Cornwallis stopped in for tea. So. Yeah. More stable than our 244th.
'Twas birthed as a fun, clever way to see history preserved. I wish - I could say I mattered. But as each day is cast, each more depressing than the last? I may not mind sleeping, in a bed of hot volcanic ash.
America - just how close are we to making it to the "other side"?
John Marshall Harlan from Plessy v. Ferguson. My cousin from Kentucky was a deeply flawed man, but chose the right side of history. It's the condemned ghosts of the other seven that continue to haunt us.
Funny thing about that comma in Article II, Section 1? The oath "and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" is NOT limited to your term of office.
As yesterday, the sun will rise tomorrow. But today's sunset will cast a shadow of butterfly effect and psychological affect far into the future. Events unfold and humans respond in unpredictable and unfathomable ways.
Absurd? Sad? Prophetic? I literally have no clue anymore. It’s like living in a bizarre alternate reality. The President. Of the United States. Yes, of America. Gave a 45 minute “speech”. On Facebook.
I have now successfully learned 300+ ways not to make a good cartoon. I've also learned that apparently the root cause is that I am just as much of an a**hole as he was. Learning is NOT fun.
A warning to the world. Solve this puzzle. Also. Once upon a time, as an ATD doing summer stock I had a director refuse any canned effects. So many recordings. I thought I was immune to ASMR. Nope.
I got to talk with Gene Kranz after attending a speech he gave in Houston. If you wonder what someone is thinking? Ask! It's not ... ugh. I need some time in space away from humans. Return and re-entry? Optional.