In March of 1936, British politician Sir Austen Chamberlain
was speaking to a trade union about the tumultuous times they were experiencing
when he mentioned an ancient Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times." No research has ever verified any such curse,
Chinese or otherwise, which hasn't prevented the quote from finding its way
into our modern lexicon. It never really
made sense to me that the quote would be related to a curse unless bland & boring is your cup of tea.
One thing is certain; we "Baby Boomers" timed our arrival perfectly to be witnesses to
some very interesting times
indeed. From the space program & moon landings to presidential
assassinations and the Berlin
wall coming down. From the hippies and
the peace movement of the 60's to 911 &
global warming. From Rock & roll to the personal computer...our time
here so far has seldom been boring or bland.
Of all the historic events we've witnessed; the one now
playing out in Washington D.C. with the impeachment of Donald Trump is far from
over; and its repercussions will be felt for many years to come. That is why I invested the time to watch all
of the public testimony on the Ukraine
issue, and nearly all of the recent floor "debates" leading up to the historic vote on 45's impeachment.
When I was young, politicians were also statesmen and
orators, some better than others, but all spoke in coherent complete
sentences. Some were good enough to stir
up real feelings, which is a power that should never be abused. I've always liked listening to great
speakers, regardless of the subject, I like the eloquence and artistry of
language. Watching the Ukraine
testimony, and the floor impeachment "debates"
was like watching patriots and statesmen at work being heckled & harassed by a group of Meth addicts with ADHD.
The Democrats to an individual, were full of steely eyed
resolve as they each spoke elegantly about the facts before them. The Republicans on the other hand mostly read
from a sheet of talking points with
their heads bowed, unable or unwilling to make eye contact. A few of the GOP
Trump defenders were loud & shrill;
tossing out lie after lie like howler monkeys throwing handfuls of
excrement. Grade schoolers on a sugar
high have more decorum than I saw from Trumps defenders, and are more
articulate of speech.
The WORM defense (White
Old Republican Men)
of Trump mainly consisted of transparently absurd foot-dragging tactics by GOP representatives
who clearly would rather muddy the water than actually debate the issues
at hand: in an attempt to delay the vote, so they could later claim the Dems
held a "midnight
impeachment vote." So
sleazy! Just like spoiled brat children;
the GOP defenders answered serious
charges with taunting, name calling, obfuscation, hysteria...and when that
didn't work they resorted to just making shit up.
IMPEACHED
Trump repeatedly attacks teen age climate activist Greta Thurnberg (who has Asperger's Syndrome) and the GOP politicians are silent; but when a witness made an oblique reference to Trump's son Baron, they literally lost their shit for 2 straight days! Such hypocrisy.
It is also worth noting here that those WORM
defenders never once defended trumps character,
morality, honesty, or integrity - Not Once - and for a simple reason,
he has none of those things.
Instead they prattled on about the process being flawed, despite the
fact much of it was written and voted in by them. Yeah, not a single
republican congressman or senator said as much as a single word supporting
Trumps character. Its good to know there
are some lines they won't cross, some lies they won't swear by.
Adam Schiff referred to Trumps Ukraine gambit as "A crime in progress" which I think
in all fairness applies to Trumps entire time in office as well. It's also fair to say that Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham are driving the getaway car when it comes to the
crimes Trump was impeached for.
McConnell is currently blocking 121 bills from being
approved, including new laws that would protect our elections from foreign
intervention & influence! That is
why he has earned the name Moscow Mitch, and frequently refers to
himself as "the grim reaper."
Nancy Pelosi is playing hardball with the senate by waiting
to send articles of impeachment to the senate, until they confirm the format of the impeachment trial...since they
have previously said they will call no
witnesses, hear no testimony, see
no documents. It's called damage
control. Obviously, they don't want more truths to see the light of day. Why do we always allow them to defend the Truth with a wall of lies?
"Where
ever law ends, tyranny begins" ~ John Locke
The constitution states, and requires that a
senate impeachment trial be conducted in a fair and unbiased manner. The day Trump was impeached we saw both
Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham state unequivocally for the news cameras
that they would be "taking their
cues directly from Trumps white house, and have already decided how they will
vote." Doesn't sound like fair
and unbiased to me. They are both up for
re-election in 2020, its time to vote them out of office because it is quite
clear neither of them are working for us or even our country.
"America
~ An Acceptable Loss ~
Meanwhile back at the office for management and budget; new
emails have surfaced incriminating Trump even deeper into the quagmire,
prompting Chuck Schumer to say the
Democrats are possibly looking at some new articles of
impeachment. I simply can't wait to see
how that plays out!
This whole thing about Trump being our president has now
de-evolved to a point beyond international embarrassment. The sheer amount of damage Trump continues to
wreck upon America
has degraded his significance to that of having a rabid raccoon in our
garage. We have to remove him from the
garage before he destroys even more stuff (those
freedoms we take for granted as example).
If we just smack the raccoon a few times with the broom without
driving him out of our garage, then he's not only still there but now
he's mad as hell & backed into a
corner.
Trump supporters at his rally the night of his impeachment
came to be inspired but instead got a madman in mid-meltdown as Trump railed on
about dishwashers, showers and toilets for nearly 20 minutes. Earlier the same day Trump sent a six page
letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It
was full of rambling incoherent self-important rantings, personal attacks and
several outright lies. (what else is new?) I doubt that Trump comprehends this, but that
letter will go into the permanent record for this impeachment and will do much
to influence the picture history will paint of him.
With the stain of impeachment a permanent black spot, Trump is
no longer a "Teflon Don" because this will stick to him forever. Furthermore, he needs to win the
2020 election to stay out of jail; as New York
still has charges pending against him.
Insiders are saying Trump is mad as hell over being
impeached, which was obvious from his last two rallies. He is ramping up his divisive rhetoric to
fire up his base, framing the 2020 election as "Us vs Them" to his
supporters. Like that raccoon in the
garage, Trump is now cornered &
angry, which makes him dangerous. He
doesn't need to pretend to be the nice guy anymore, and we all should know by
now how he deals with those who anger or cross him. He has single handedly intimidated the entire
republican party into supporting him no matter what. That is, in and of itself
exceedingly dangerous. With his toxic
narcissism riding atop his hyper-inflated ego Trump may well decide that if he
has to go he will just take the country down with him, before he flies back home
to Russia.
"Most of us can read the writing on the wall,
we just assume its addressed to someone else."
~Ivern Bell~
It wasn't too long ago that Rudy Giuliani went on national
television and gave us the quintessential Orwellian quote, "Truth
isn't Truth." Now we have
McConnell and Graham saying "the facts don't matter" if you
support Trump. PR no longer stands for
public relations, nowadays it refers to Propaganda Reality.
With Trumps impeachment the democrats are just taking out
the garbage because the Donald never did any odor control. Every gambit he touched became a smelly mess
or full on disaster. Trumps "presidency"
has seen him stumble from one scandal to the next with barely a time out in
between to catch our wits.
Our government is nothing more than an aging Kleptocracy
and the reason Trump got impeached is because he broke the rules & doesn't play well with others. For generations both houses of congress have
been stealing America
blind as they enrich themselves &
their corporate sponsors. The democrats
are little different than the republicans.
Throughout this impeachment the Dems have conducted themselves as if
they are squeaky clean and above reproach; kinda like putting on your best
clothes before going to church. In
reality, they are just as complicit in the destruction of this nation. Right wing, left wing makes no difference
when both wings are on the same vulture, and the flight plan never
changes. The Dems are just as guilty of
plundering the treasury and malfeasance as the GOP, its just that its the Dems
turn to play the good cop.
So, Trump has been impeached, but his buddies in the senate have
announced their trial will be a kangaroo
court without witnesses, testimony or truth; and their intention to vote
acquittal on both articles of impeachment, nullifying the whole process. Just another bait & switch street theater for the masses, another nothing
burger. Just another day in America . Everything begins to make sense, and
motivations become transparent one you finally realize that the system isn't
broken...it was designed to operate exactly as you've always seen.
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Had a flicker of respect for Pelosi there when she shut the goons up with a gesture, shut the WORMS boo's up with just bulging her eyes, crunching her mouth up and a pointed finger.
ReplyDeleteThat was also my favorite moment from the impeachment proceedings; however, as I remember it, it was her democrat colleagues who began cheering, not booing, as she announced the results of the vote on articles of impeachment. That fast but brief reaction was all she needed to show the world who is in charge.
DeleteAnd the Hill reports "The move comes after North Korea threatened to give Washington a “Christmas gift” unless the U.S. makes concessions in nuclear talks with the country. Negotiations between U.S. and North Korean officials stalled earlier this year after a summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended abruptly.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. flew four aircraft, the RC-135W Rivet Joint, E-8C, RQ-4 Global Hawk and RC-135S Cobra Ball, over the country between Tuesday and early Wednesday. The planes were believed to have carried out missions in and around the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap reported."
Right on cue. Evil circus
Right on cue indeed. Its all just international street theater. Probably just more empty rhetoric between 2 morons; however nobody needs a nuclear war like a despised, impeached president with rapidly sinking poll numbers, so who knows? With Fukushima we're already getting all the radiation from a nuke war, might as well have the war too and clean the slate once and for all.
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