I object to the term “Nazi” because it disguises that the evil lurks in the word “national.”
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Category Archives: Down the drain
Announcing the bombing of Syrian airfield
The video of the Dude’s announcement of retaliation against Syria by launching bombs on some deserted airfields is interesting on several levels.
It was obviously scripted and scrolled at the bottom of the three cameras that recorded the event. The exercise proved that he can read. Whether he can comprehend is another question. The flat affect of the recitation has been interpreted by some as evidence of cold-bloodedness and lack of empathy. Which may be accurate, but is only significant if we expect empathy to be present. HAL, the computer in “2001,” was chilling but only surprising in that computers weren’t expected to have intent. There isn’t any question that the Dude intends to do harm. So, why should a lack of empathy come as a surprise?
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The etiology of the duped electorate
We’ve got an abusive sub-culture in the U.S. It is possible it has evolved out of the intellectual and moral support for slavery. Since particular minorities are no longer able to be subjugated with impunity, the impulse to subjugate is broadly spread. The result is that we have what are called abused elders, abused spouses, abused children and abused animals.
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Culture of Obedience strikes agains
OK, so the data in this report will, like the statistics on African American incarceration, lead some people to conclude that there’s evidence of the criminal proclivities of the population.
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What’s so great about leaders?
They obviate having to think for oneself.
They can be blamed for the followers’ mistakes.
They enable followers to bask in their reflected shine.
Poor Old Donald does not qualify. How long will it take for the fan base to figure that out?
Deprivation of Physician Care
I have never been enthusiastic about the term “health care,” because, of course, healthy people don’t need care. Health care is a sop to the medico-industrial complex which wants a steady and predictable stream of customers coming in for annual check-ups. Since I don’t like being checked, that’s always been a turn-off.
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Lying Perdue
WHY DO OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH LYING TO US? BECAUSE HONORABLE PEOPLE JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHOM THEY TRUSTED WILL DECEIVE.
BESIDES, WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GET HIRED, THEY ARE EXPECTING, NOT KNOWING. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS ON THE JOB, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR MISLEADING. WHAT GEORGIA SENATOR DAVID PERDUE IS SPOUTING IS BEYOND THE PALE.
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Paving Paradise for Visiting Vehicles
It is very difficult to avoid being distracted by the madman we’ve installed in the White House. Sort of like watching a cobra in a basket to make sure it doesn’t suddenly bite. I say that to explain why some projects closer to home have been delayed, including a more detailed look (from the air) at how the marshes and woodlands of the Georgia Coast are being sacrificed to accommodate automotive vehicles in which nobody actually arrives in the Golden Isles.
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That’s the ticket
When the law is not obeyed, file a complaint.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/22122345/Complaint.pdf
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY, INJUNCTIVE, AND MANDAMUS RELIEF
The White House has been destroying presidential records with abandon. Bad public servants!
How to explain the Congressional death march.
The writing is on the wall. In 2016, the House lost 9 more Republican seats and the Senate saw female presence increase to 20 seats. Seniority, upon which power has traditionally rested, is on the way out. So, this is their last chance to make mischief and express their displeasure with an electorate that sent a numbskull to the White House.
“Après moi le déluge” is not necessarily an expression of disinterest. Rather, it is just as likely a matter of intent. “As I depart, I’ll leave a mess behind.” That’s probably what the Unjust Steward in the biblical parable, anticipating revenge, said to himself.