From the Washington Post: Mitt Romney made history in 2020 by becoming the first senator to vote to convict a president of his own party at an impeachment trial. And Romney is now making some history again.
Category: Renewables – Politics
The Breadth of Corruption that Is Trump
Here’s a good reminder of how criminally corrupt Trump and his entire administration was, and how astonishing it is that tens of millions of American voters simply couldn’t care less.
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Sarah Palin Was “The Gateway Drug”
A reader notes: Sarah Palin was the gateway drug to the crazy GOP. Here we go again! Now that’s funny! “The gateway drug.” Wish I’d thought of that. Think of what a different world we’ve have now had Sarah Palin …
Where Does Happiness Come From?
Here are some interesting words from one Ralph Marston, and they echo what Abe Lincoln said, “We’re just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.” Yet this has never seemed true to me. From where I …
Some of Us Find the Ukrainians To Be Inspiring, But Not All
It certainly is remarkable that the bravery of Ukrainians of all ages isn’t inspiring us Americans to do a better job in defending our democracy. Both in congress and in the electorate as a whole, there are far too many …
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The Character of Good Leaders
We actually do have a few senators and representatives who seem to measure up to what Dr. King is looking for here, but they stand among a slim minority. American elections are driven by enormous sums of money that are …
The Wave Crests
Thought I’d share the cartoon here, because it certainly does seem that this is what’s happening. Sadly, the process is moving forward at a pace thousands of times slower than an ocean wave gathers steam and ultimately breaks, but it’s …
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Republican Voters and the Role of Government
A reader asks, “What is wrong with Republicans? Don’t any of them get diabetes?” The problem is that these congresspeople represent people who don’t think that government should be in the business of doing anything good for the American people. …
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Should Trump Be Indicted?
This is a hot topic right now, and there are numerous perspectives. According to some jackass on Sunday morning news TV, that’s “up to the American people, and they don’t care.” Wrong on both accounts.
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Legitimate Political Discourse
As George Carlin noted in the video below, we tend to use language that separates us from the punishing blows of harsh realities, and as time passes, our use of euphemisms grows ever more intense.
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