Rule
of Flaw
This is a particularly unpleasant day to craft a personal
opinion about the out-of-control gun problem in this
country as the six Conservative Supreme Court apparatchiks
just sentenced untold numbers of American women to painful
deaths by taking away their right to privacy and control
of their own bodies.
Of course, individual states can still provide legal
abortion to those in need by passing abortion-friendly
laws so if this heinous, tone-deaf ruling makes you want
to hurt
someone,
take
it out on
your state
legislators
by voting every goddamn Republican out of office and
replace them with Democrats who will bring sanity and
honor back to this country.
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A Letter to My Brother;
Dear Sarge;
I know we haven't spoken in some time. Although we were
never close, owing to normal sibling rivalry and perhaps
a
general inability to empathize like normal people do,
a severe rift between us opened when George W. Bush,
a president chosen unlawfully by the Supreme Court, decided
to arbitrarily invade a sovereign
nation.
I marched against it but you defended it
by lauding "all the new roads and schools" our military
was building
for those poor, backward folk who would be forever grateful
to America, perhaps eventually softening their memories
of the hundreds of thousands of women and children our
military
killed in the process.
Our arguments over Iraq were loud and intense. My patriotism
(which I always thought meant taking one's leaders to
task
when they begin to go out of control) was
questioned and my continued good health was threatened
by you and your adult children when I suggested the invasion
was a waste of American money and American blood.
During the eight years of relative peace and
quiet of the Obama administration our enmity dulled,
mostly because there was little to argue about.
Then came Trump, who you supported. Who you were convinced
would "make this country great again" (a phrase that,
sadly, can no longer
be used without a large measure of cynicism and suspicion).
And the flames of disagreement roared again.
So, dear brother, it's now been six years since that
odious orange ogre descended that escalator to an adoring,
albeit well-compensated crowd, and I wonder if after
the first five January 6th hearings you
might
be wondering if the Republican Party is still worth your
allegiance. Are the clear facts that Trump went
to every possible length to destroy this fragile Republic,
short of nuking the Capitol, beginning to slowly overcome
whatever
bizarre compulsion you had to support him in the first
place?
And now your daughters and granddaughters all carry time
bombs in their bellies because they live in Texas. All
because
of Trump.... and Mitch Fucking McConnell. And their rich
pal Putin.
So c'mon. Step into the light. Join the Dems. I'll even
introduce you to George Soros. He's everywhere, you know.
Sincerely,
=Lefty=
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