Enough said…
Attempted Coup
Anyone who doubted the insanity of Tramp has to be convinced now that this madman is the worst thing that has happened to this country since … hard to think of a worst.
The political process will never work for a 25th Amendment removal but thank god it’s only two more weeks of this travesty of democracy.
COVID vaccinations
Any one – politician, television commentator, blogger, or other – who denied the existence of the pandemic, who didn’t wear a mask in public, who called for the resignation of Dr. Fauci – should be denied a vaccine – forever.
Roll Back the Madness
A lot of the stupid, illegal, and dangerous shit that Tramp and his cronies have done can be quickly reversed by the new administration.
Other things are more difficult like the stacking of the Supreme Court (which must be changed to eliminate lifetime appointments).
The biggest problem are the 75 millions people out there who voted for him. Not all, but most of whom are racists, misogynists, homophobic, and just plain idiots. And plenty of them are elected officials at all levels of government.
Social media has proven to have much more potential for harm than good. But that genie is out of the bottle and may prove to be the most dangerous challenge that there is to the future of democracy.
We still can’t relax
It seems like I’ve been holding my breath for ten months.
I was so wrong four years ago when I rationalized that Tramp couldn’t do much harm in four years and by then the Democratic Party would get it’s head out of its butt and find a good, young candidate. Well, Tramp has almost killed our democracy, and the Democratic party went with another old white guy. Fortunately their old white guy beat the psychopath old white guy in the old white house. But I fear the damage is done and is so deep and wide that we will never recover.
Is it the culmination of all the mistakes we’ve made as baby boomers who should have been able to establish a new standard for decency, civility, honesty, compassion? But no, Tramp is one of us and he’s a horror show. Not a film fictitious one; he’s the real thing. And he could be just as dangerous out of the presidency as he has been as president.
It’s been a miserable four years on so many levels. Is COVID the plague that we deserve because over 75 million people can vote for such an abomination?
I’m going to try to come out of my bunker and start blogging again – for my own sense of purpose because no one else reads it.
Debate skill is not a good indicator for a good President
Bloomberg has his issues but his lack of debating skills should not be seen as a negative. We have too many glib politicians who are ethically and intellectually challenged but hide that behind their verbal skills. No one does a sound bite better than Tramp but of course he’s a moron.
Make democracy work part 2
The Supreme Court. Supposedly nonpolitical but in reality a political mess.
Yes, the justices need to have long terms to avoid the short term, short leash of political debts. But lifetime? NO! No one should have this kind of job/power for life. Give them a one-time term of 15 years – long enough to outlast any one president or even two, but more than enough for one person.
AND their confirmation has to require a minimum of 2/3 of the Senate. No simple plurality – too partisan for such a powerful job.
As long as there is even one of these…
…Then this is obscene and morally repugnant
Make democracy work.
As a Government major in the late 1960s I felt so positive that changes were coming because of the activities of my generation opposing the Vietnam war and segregation. How naive I was.
My generation – the Baby Boomers – has been what can only be characterized as a failure. We didn’t bring about positive change. And we have to admit to having in our midst two of the worst presidents in history.
Is there hope in the younger generations – whatever fancy
but stupid designations used to label them?
I don’t know. Will they be as
self-centered and as greedy as their fathers and mothers? Will they ever learn that having one sick person
among us who can’t pay for adequate health care means that we have failed as a
society? Will they ever learn that as
long as children are homeless that Palm Beach mansions are obscene? Will they ever learn that the
“big lie” is as dangerous as Hitler ever was and lives in the White House?
This is my first suggestion to make government work for the people, all the people, and not be the power-base for the wealthy.
Every elected government office has to have term limits. And those term limits are designed to both ensure continuity and accountability.
Term limits for Congress:
Senate – 3 terms of 4 years each. No more Lindsey Grahams or Strum Thurmonds. Enough said.
House – 4 terms of 3 years each. Don’t make them begin their reelection campaign the moment they are sworn it.
More to come.
40% ?? What the F*ck!!
I mourn for our country when 40% of the people still support the ass in the White House. Who the hell are these morons? Maybe they are poor but too stupid to know that the only people who have profited from Tramp’s actions in the past three years are the rich. Maybe they are the rich who are richer and never did care about anyone else. Maybe they are the haters who approve of the Republican credo that hates blacks and Hispanics and the poor. Maybe they are Russian sympathizers who realize that Tramp has given control of the international stage to the Russians. Maybe the polls are wrong. We can only hope.