Guns After I had delivered a leadership workshop to an executive group we went to lunch at an upscale suburban restaurant not far from the meeting venue. I sat across a small table from a guy who had a pistol in a holster clipped to his belt. I’m not a gun guy and I felt… [read more]
New AP Class in Florida; Ukraine; The Key Word
Caution: The first section of this post contains infectious snark. It is contraindicated for those not yet vaccinated against the current virulent right wing strains of BS-2022 and BS-2023. Note that constitutional virologists are predicting an exceptionally deadly strain next year. Subscribe here (⇒⇓) to stay up to date on this threat. There has been… [read more]
Five Years Without Valentines
It was five years ago today when Valentines stopped for 17 high schoolers and teachers at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. They were killed by a former student. Apparently, he had issues. Maybe he was full of hatred for others who were doing well and he, not so well. Maybe others were… [read more]
SOTU
This was absolutely the best SOTU I’ve seen in terms of both content and style, with strong persuasion value for independents and undecideds. They’re some of the people who will decide the next elections. I especially loved Biden’s rope-a-dope over Social Security and Medicare. He suckered in the liars/haters/cheaters and showed them to be the… [read more]
Maybe We Should Try It
Final Comments of President Biden’s State of the Union Address, February 7, 2023 “And finally, to my Republican partners I say – and this is from the heart – no joke: cut the crap. “Stop the brinkmanship over the debt ceiling. Not even you are dumb enough to pull that stupid default stunt again. I… [read more]
Theocracy Is Just A Tool
What do you think about the Framers, the guys who hammered out the Constitution in a locked room with windows nailed shut and, obviously, no air conditioning, this over the course of the very hot Philadelphia summer of 1787? Are they the forebears of all national bedrock, the seers with the ability to establish the… [read more]
Slapping Forehead
Thursday is my dog Blue’s birthday. He’s five and he’s a great dog, so I urge you to raise a bone or a biscuit in his honor. Woof! Then focus on Punxsutawney Phil’s time to shine and a reminder that Groundhog Day is more than an entertaining movie. It’s a reminder of Einstein’s definition of… [read more]
The Best We Can Do
Monterey Park, CA After hearing an interview with Brandon Tsay, the man who disarmed the Monterrey Park shooter, Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action, said, “We are asking everyday civilians to stand up to gunmen because our lawmakers are too cowardly to stand up to gun makers.” * You know in your bones that… [read more]
The Through-Line
Last Sunday’s post dealt with the goal of extremist Republicans: destruction. They want to destroy democracy and replace it with autocracy – fascism. They want to destroy the Constitution and replace it with some tool of absolute power only for themselves. They want to destroy facts and truth and replace them with propaganda and self-serving… [read more]
Destruction
It’s painfully obvious that the primary purpose of the debt ceiling is to provide a leverage point for Republican wackos to use to pretend to be deeply concerned about government spending. They know they’re unable to club government to death like a baby seal or put it in the dryer and shrink it like a… [read more]
