Atticus
Atticus's JournalSeriously---if you can imagine yourself to be an mildly interested citizen who
has not closely followed what is happening with impeachment, could you possibly watch these Republicans and not ask aloud why they were not even trying to rebut or explain the evidence ; why they were doing their best to rudely obstruct the proceedings; or, why they persist in repeating thoroughly debunked Russian propaganda?
Hm-m-m?
Have you ever watched a fire? I don't mean "Have you looked at a fire" or "Have you seen a fire?".
Have you "watched" a fire; looked into it long enough to let the undulating orange flames begin to mesmerize you; free your buttoned-down mind to drift and wander and go to places it has been away from too long?
Now, will be the first to admit that it helps to pull the cork out of a bottle of something smooth and strong to sip as you stare into the glowing ever changing canyons of what used to be mere wood, but it isn't really necessary. The only requirement is that you relax and surrender your conscious mind to serendipity; you let your mind travel down whatever paths present themselves.
I think there is something primeval about a fire that stirs me to appreciate that, as I sit before it, I am warm and dry and really want for nothing. I am safe and with those who care about me. And, I consider how many in this world are not so blessed.
Whether it is the warmth of the fireplace or the rye whiskey, I sleep better after an evening before the fire. And, as the fire dies and my bed beckons, a fragment of a poem read long ago speaks to me again: "And blue bleak embers, ah my dear, fall, gall themselves and gash gold-vermilion".
Hope your evening goes as well as mine is.
The day after Mueller testified before Congress,
Trump declared himself exonerated and promptly phoned the Ukranian president to ask for a "favor".
If, as most expect, he is not convicted by his GOP Senate, he will naturally crow that he is exonerated, but what else will the "day after" bring this time?
One could hardly think of a profanity not publicly voiced by Donald Trump and yet,
we are urged to condemn Joe Biden for calling a "damned liar" a damned liar.
So, lend me your imaginations for a few moments---
---imagine four farmhands in a barn lot with a deep pit on one side and a large pile of manure on the other.
Farmhand A shovels a basket full of manure and then walks over and hans it to Farmhand B. B walks over and hands the basket to C and C delivers it to D over by the pit. D empties the basket into the pit and returns the basket. This is repeated until all the manure is deposited into the pit.
Which farmhand is Joe Biden?
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Farmhand A, of course. He doesn't take shit from anyone!
I thought the speed with which the Biden campaign produced that great ad featuring
footage of NATO leaders mocking Trump was amazing! Had to be about a 24 hour turnaround.
Does anyone believe that a man who testified in the same manner and with the same
passion as Prof. Pamela Karlan did would be criticized in the same manner and with the same ferocity as she is?
I think she was just "too uppity" for the "good old boys".
We have to acknowledge and confront the sad fact that, for a significant percentage of Americans, only white straight Christian males should ever occupy the White House or any truly significant leadership position.
"It's right there in the Bible!"
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