Day 8 – He Knows Better – So What?

Wednesday January 27, 2021

I’ve heard that Ted Cruz, or Mitch McConnell, or some other politician knows better, but … And then there is the excuse. If they know better and they do something else they should be held to account. They should be labelled for what they are – hypocrites and liars. In some cases, traitors and seditionists. What’s the phrase “call a spade a spade” ?

Now there’s Tom Cotton the self described Army Ranger, except we now know he’s not. He went to the Ranger school. Hey, I went to West Point – nice place. I also went to the Naval Academy, and Rome. Maybe Cotton actually took a class or two at the Ranger School. Apparently, it’s open to anyone in the Army. I took karate. Do you think that makes me a black belt? 

I have to wonder about these guys and the people who keep electing them. Cruz is described as the most hated man in Washington. I think Cotton isn’t far behind. But then there’s Rand Paul. I guy who with a leaf blower so pissed off his neighbor that said neighbor came over and beat him up and broke three of Paul’s ribs. I have to wonder what you can do with a leaf blower to cause that kind of reaction? But then again Paul is a self certified ophthalmologist. Yeah, certifying with the board everyone else gets certified by was too much or too bothersome for him. He set up his own board and then certified himself. Amazing. “He’s certified ya know?” Yes, we know.

Now we get to the impeachment proceeding for the second trial of one Donald J. Trump. First, Mitch McConnell says he couldn’t possibly hold the trial until one hour after Biden is sworn in. Now he’s saying what’s the point? And you can’t do it because it’s not constitutional. Paul is saying the same thing. Apparently, they don’t know the law, the Constitution, history, or precedent – OR, they know better and are lying.

I leave it to the reader to decide. Hint: They are f*cking lying!!!

So, how long to we let these intelligent idiots play these games?

Then there’s Mr. Lemke. And I ask you, “Is Mr. Lenke any different than the group of lying hypocrites above?” Mr. Lemke has been arrested by the FBI. He has threatened a Congressman and a news reporter and their families. He claims to be trained military and police. Unfortunately, the sources that he claims to have worked for say they have never heard of him.

I find it cute also that last week various Republicans were saying they feared for their lives and their families lives because they might be threatened because people were angry. Yeah? Take a lesson from most black people in this country or many of your Democratic colleagues who get threatened every week. Maybe, you should take some training from them?

Ah me. Then there’s the case or cases against the police who cuffed kids and a mother, made them lie on a pavement in a parking lot face down for two hours because they thought the car they were in was stolen. It wasn’t. Oh sorry. Their bad. You can go now. Have a nice day.

There’s a new law on the books since the killing of George Floyd. I think it specifies that a police person can be held personally liable for up to $20,000 for such stuff. Hum, I bet after one or two of those fines you might think about finding a new line of work? As one lawyer put it, “no longer hiding behind City Hall’s skirt.”

Malcolm Gladwell pointed to a study that showed that a person is more likely to get shot by a policeman when more than one officer shows up. Why is that? It seems it’s a “safety in numbers” argument and a “you don’t want to look bad in front of your buds.” 

This brings me to the January 6^th storming of the Capitol. The more we learn, the worse we realize it was. Mob rule is like the multiple policeman scenario, but on steroids. There is no police training to hopefully merit some restraint. A mob has a consciousness all its own. Individuals goad one another on. Remember the scenes where people get tired of watching someone up on  a ledge and they strat yelling. “Jump!” That’s mob mentality.

The insurrectionists on Jan 6th were chanting, “Hang Mike Pence.” Individuals were actively looking for Nancy Pelosi and saying when they found her they would put a bullet in her head. Would they have done it? You bet. A mob has a different mentality from anything else you’ve experienced.  Later, those caught are saying, “Oh, I was caught up in the moment.” I agree you were. How does twenty years sound? 

Then there are the people who incited the riot. The speakers who told the mob to do what they did. The people in the mob invoked by name Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. There were others like Rudy Giuliani. How about the people who were paid to organize and got the permit? How about the media that stoked the flames for weeks, months, and years? 

They are all guilty. 

Do we end it now or do we let them get away with it? Ask Neville Chamberlain.

Or better yet ask why did Picasso paint Guernica and what did it commemorate?

( Nothing like being shot in the back by twin 50 caliber machine guns from a plane after having your house bombed I say. ) 

Don’t worry. It can’t happen here. They know better.

PS Crusader Fort, Amman Jordan