The Republic is dead

[nadinbrzezinski]

no way around it folks, and of course the press has not written the obit either.

But it is dead

We are about to have a Senate confirm a person who refused to tell us that torture was torture

We have a house that refuses to use the strong medicine for times like this... because it would not be prudent

We the people have been screaming, but unless we are willing to take stronger measures... nobody is listening

Just like Rome, it is dead

Fait Acompli

And that window you see slamming is the end of a nation of laws

You see, NOT using the strong medicine means the precedent is set.

If we are not willing to use that medicine NOW... then when?

So it is time to think about how to survive the coming night.

And to the naysayers... you enabled this.

History will place you side by side with Good Germans, Good Italians, Good Chileans... and Good Romans... people who refused to act when they still had time.

I hope you are proud of yourselves and that you live long to reap the fruits and suffer through them.