So, Mr. President. Is the cure worse than the disease? The final tortured thoughts of many Americans on their deathbeds will be - how will they ever survive financially if they somehow manage to live? That pain will be the chains that you - and the GOP - wear for eternity.
Are Mitch and the Republican Senators all tucked-in for their Easter naps in their Baby Boomer cribs? Your "greatest generation" fathers are ashamed. Not much of a "leader" are you?
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".
Way to go Ohio! Buckeye proud! So nice to see that "pay to play" is alive and well - and that you can still buy "friendship" for a few million dollars! Cash only, I assume? Disclaimer: all allegedly of course (wink, wink).
The Sheeplicans are eager to help Napoleon take over the farm - but do not understand that they are off to slaughter once they are no longer of any use to him. Remember the ending? "Four legs good, two legs better!"
TBH, I am somewhere between "it is what it is" and "done caring" on this - and it shows. The United States of America had a good run. Time to move on. Given Trump, a dystopia like "The Running Man" makes the most sense.
Weird that those pushing "liberty, freedom, choice" the hardest have a vested personal interest in seasonal economic activity ... and have taxpayer funded healthcare with access to experimental COVID-19 treatments?
Moving on after yet another failure. I guess I should concentrate on the only thing I am barely competent to comprehend. Or break for holiday recess. And not come back. Same difference. Right, Mitch?
There is a theory that religion was a biological adaptation - a trait that evolved alongside consciousness as a coping mechanism for the growing awareness of our mortality. Sounds familiar.
Back to politics. Fun. Yes, this matters. But. I am just barely treading water. And I am exhausted. From being a fool. From being wrong. From the entire assortment of "being a human in 2021" causes.
{A} Those that believe "might makes right" try to comfort themselves with the adage "history is written by the winners". And? That may hold for a lifetime. Or so. But. Eventually? History catches up to the truth.
{A} Happy Valentine's Day America! My 5th Great Uncle and his cousins were the first volunteers in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Army. They were at Bunker Hill and then Long Island - for this.
Democracy is not a natural state for humanity. It is an enlightened state of civilization - and persists for as long as the willingness to sacrifice for the welfare of the community remains stronger than allegiance to a tribe.
(b) Ahh, the romanticization of the black death. And those funny flagellants. I don't know for sure what people in 100+ years are going to think about us when they look back. But it ain't gonna be purdy.
Demographic shifts that impact the balance of power usually move glacially slow. See Israel or Northern Ireland as examples. But can they change in an instant? I guess we'll find out. Or, should I say, most of us will?
Warning! This is a TAME commentary to provide future humans, if there are any, a contemporaneously historical account - about hypocrisy. So. I better not be on the receiving end of any, um ... “descriptors”.
Let us return to the world of politics. A subject that doesn’t require a functioning brain. Or, ideally - heart. Therefore, I am perfectly - overqualified. This is my prediction for the next big conspiracy theory.
THIS is how I process our insanity. Virtually nobody should be dying. And? Nobody should be hungry. Nor homeless. Nor unable to get medical care. I hope future humans view us with disdain. But what if ... they are just more us?
My social media and news feeds are filled with people that would have failed Logic 101. And I don't mean mastering the "complexities" of ideology - such as fascism versus communism. Just simple things. Like THIS.
Seriously. The "incident" is now being compared to a "love-in". My memory from back then is a little fuzzy. On account of not being born yet. But history seems to disagree with that assessment. Anyway. What do I remember from the 70s? The "America Rock" episodes of classic Schoolhouse Rock.