September 11, 2022

9/11 at 21

I will confess that in a week where the news has become a thick pasty blob, it can be hard to remember 9/11 but impossible to forget it. We are still stinging from it, not just because of the dead, but because that set in motion many things that will continue to do damage. This is when the Media really came into it's power, realizing that it was not only possible, but profitable , to drive stampedes over the cliff. It was when America lost it's prime position in the world, for both bad and good. I say this because we had not appreciated at the time that we were being led along a path that would destroy us as much as others, be it with high debt to China, or the effects of Climate change. We did not realize that common sense was not very common, and that yes, the right wing really would love it fascism to the point where they would they would make killing other Americans an accepted part of practice.

As much as I think getting older makes you wiser, it does not. It can, but there must be a lot of vanity left behind, to exchange fort hat wisdom, and time will tell if we can make that change, as a nation, and as people.

September 10, 2022

Biden's right. You're not going to reform the MAGA movement--you have to crush it

https://www.cltampa.com/news/bidens-right-youre-not-going-to-reform-the-maga-movement-you-have-to-crush-it-14116541

This is a perfect antidote to those that love to attack the left for being too harsh. Many of the centrists seem to talk as if our goal is not to protect the rights and liberties of the party's base, but that we have to spend our efforts trying to beg the rigths to see thigns our way, while they smash our heads in.

Take this nonsense:

"The Washington Post’s editorial board cried over Biden’s supposed appeal to partisanship instead of patriotism. “You don’t persuade people by scolding or demeaning them, but that’s how the president’s speech landed for many conservatives of goodwill,” the edit board scolded."

Are these the same "goodwill" people that let Trump do things that even Reagan would not try? How much longer are we to let our people die while we search for people to throw us the crumbs?

September 8, 2022

To any that would kick Elizabeth now

I can admit, there were times I was angry with her, especially about Diana. However, from her work in the Second World war, to helping form charities, I can say that she was one woman that tried to do her best for her country, which is more than can be said of many. I see many who can buy and sell her in the UK, not trying half as hard to represent their nation.

Best wishes Queen Elizabeth.

PS: Yes I know there is a LOT to be dealt with, from the new PM, to Brexit, to Boris et al. Yes there is the question of who gets to sit on that throne, and all the sordidness involved. I can even be bold to say that neither Charles nor Andrew seem up to the task. But for now, let us mourn the end of an era.