A Youngster’s Christmas Dream
Well, I’m afraid little Johnny is going to be disappointed this Christmas.
But if he still wants the same present next year (and who doesn’t?) he just may be in luck.
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Fox News Writers Are Working Overtime
There are a great number of extremely positive signals from Biden’s first 11 months in office.
That’s good news for all Americans–except the people who need to fabricate “stories” for Fox News and the others.
The Fox Will Not Be Guarding the Hen House
It’s fairly obvious that this is the biggest cover-up for the most heinous crime in U.S. history.
Trump’s associates are in the process of learning what everyone else ever connected to him already has, i.e., that the only possible outcome is disaster.
In this case, “disaster” means long prison sentences. We’re a long way from criminal convictions but it seems we’re on that road.
We’re Not Giving Up on American Democracy
What Bernie says here is important, but, IMO, we’re actually further away from giving up now than we were a few years ago.
Until Trump’s response to the 2020 election, i.e., multiple attempts at treason, we had a dishonest administration that had been soundly defeated at the polls and would soon be just a sad piece of U.S. history.
Now we’re fighting for the life of American democracy. Giving up now means turning the United States into Hungary or Russia or the Philippines.
Trump and Treason–We’re Closing In
Trump and treason. Trump and treason. They go together.
If you’re too young to understand this, please click here.
Seriously, we’re knocking on the door.
I keep worrying that he’ll somehow avoid prosecution, but then I remember that excusing him sends an engraved invitation to the next would-be traitor. America will not let that happen.
Trickle-Down Economics
Do “grown men” really believe in trickle-down economics? I doubt it. Politicians purport to believe in all sorts of crap that they know for a fact doesn’t exist.
Do you think all these U.S. representatives and senators in red states believe the election was rigged, or that climate change is a hoax, or that vaccinations are dangerous/ineffective? Of course not.
In general, these people are well-educated people. The problem is that most of their constituents are total boobs.
You want to run for the senate in Oklahoma on the platform of exposing the truth about Donald Trump or aggressive climate change mitigation? You’d have an easier time flying to the moon on a surf board.
Approaches To Theology
Theologians have a number of theories as to what God is, and for what He should be accredited. The God of the old testament dates back at least 2100 years, possibly 2600. The book of Genesis tells us about the nature of God and His activities, which are told through various stories of the Creation, the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, and the Tower of Babel.
At many points later in the Bible, it becomes explicit that God has a plan for us all. From Jeremiah 29:11 — “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
That’s all well and good, but there are some beliefs that seem, at least to me, extreme. In particular, the quote at the left asserts that everything in this universe is created by God in real time.
It seems to deny the concept of free will that we all believe we possess. That’s especially problematic given that free will plays a big role in explaining how a beneficent and omnipotent God could allow such levels of evil and misery in the world.
If God is making whatever happens in my day according to His will, why shouldn’t I wake up to a stiff Bloody Mary and let things degenerate further from there? What’s the justification for punishing criminals, who are powerless to behave honestly and decently?
Again, seems extreme from any vantage point.
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On Optimism
Optimism is in short supply today. Progressives foresee a world dominated by world fascism, and cite as evidence the continuing presence of Donald Trump on the American political scene. Conservatives foresee a world dominated by progressives, and lazy poor immigrants mooching off of hard-working white people.
That leads me to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his quote here. To write, “All things have contributed to your advancement” and therefore should be objects of your gratitude is arguably the most optimistic viewpoint ever asserted in the English language.
Let ‘Em Die
This guy has nailed the simplicity of what’s happening in Congress at this point.
We have people dying because they can’t afford insulin, who are being denied relief by an extremely rich person whose politics forbids the U.S. government from providing aid to common Americans.
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Passing “Build Back Better”
I had that idea too, but I’m not sure it has any real validity.
The vast majority of the people of West Virginia are Trump supporters from hell; they have nothing but contempt for government spending aimed at helping the common American. They are told this is socialism, and they don’t have the resources to understand that they’re being lied to.
They are going to have a tough time understanding that BBB would enable each of them to live longer, healthier, happier, and more productive lives.
That BBB will also stimulate the economy while making our country more competitive in the global marketplace is not part of the regional conversation.
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