We lived as if this day would never come… ..…but now the end is near. Know that I love you with all my heart… ..…That I love you forever and a day. And when that final moment begins… …..the one that lasts, almost, forever. Take my love to strengthen you… ..…until that moment, finally, ends.
Confrontation …. Hostility …. Anger! We live in a world where contentious encounters seem to be part and parcel of everyday life. It is true. Emotions like these have a way of slamming you when you least expect it. Consider the following three examples. How do you react when some guy forces his way into your lane of traffic, giving
Clearly, passionate supporters and detractors abound. But can we sift through all the noise and learn something? Read on. Who opposes the filibuster and why? Frustration is running rampant among Democrats. Repeatedly thwarted by Senate Republican use of the filibuster, the Democrats have been unable to bring their favored legislative initiatives to the floor for a vote. Particularly galling has
Waaaa, waaaa! I can’t get what I want, so I am going to hold my breath until I turn blue. Or I could just change the rules of the Senate and get rid of the filibuster. Filibuster……Kill it or keep it? That is the debate roiling Washington today. The “Filibuster” is a legislative maneuver employed to prevent a bill from
The Doctor is in the house. The diagnosis is clear. You are suffering from acute “PPPSD.” That would be Presumptive Partisan Politics Syndrome Disorder. The New England Journal of Quackery defines PPPSD as “the propensity to automatically assign partisan malfeasance to any position taken by the other party. This condition makes any rational or objective analysis totally impossible, thus rendering
The Democrats and Republicans were playing high stakes political poker. The Democrat opened the betting with one Bernie Sanders. The Republican looked at his cards and said, “I’ll see you and raise a Resurgent Trump.” With a sly grin, the Democrat responded, “I’ll see you with an Elizabeth Warren plus an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.” The Republican realized that he could not
President Biden’s nominee for US Attorney General, Judge Merrick Garland, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee today as part of the confirmation process. He broke from tradition and decided to forgo the usual opening remarks, “Thank you Mister Chairman, Mister Ranking Member, and Members of the Judiciary Committee. I am honored to appear before you today….” Instead, he rose, smiled,
You are on your morning walk, ambling down the road. You see a couple of rocks sitting there where the road begins to turn to the right. They are four or five feet from the edge of the road. You go over and kick them into the dirt. There, that’s better. Does that make you anal? Maybe, maybe not. I
Donald Trump has been acquitted! Champaign corks are popping! There is dancing in the streets! The Democrats are celebrating with joy unbounded! Huh? The Democrats celebrating? How could this be? Isn’t it true that they hold Trump as enemy #1? Well, yes, they do. And that is exactly why they are celebrating. Had the Senate trial ended in a conviction,
Have a MAGA hat, or two, in your closet? Don’t know what to do with them? Consider what Trump staffers recently did with theirs. They boxed them up and sent them to the Biden Transition Team. Inside each hat they left a note saying, “Make America Grovel Again.” Before you think too harshly of those Trumpsters, note that such pranks
Eleven New Year’s Resolutions 1-Jan-21 A) Leap out of bed each morning before 0600 B) Then, before breakfast: 1) Run five miles 2) Do 400 sit ups 3) Read the New York Times & Wall Street Journal from cover to cover 4) Solve Global Warming 5) Negotiate peace for at least one war or two regional conflicts 6-a) Raise $600K
Does President Trump fully understand the legal requirements governing presidential pardons? Has he even bothered to read Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution? It would appear not. Consider his recent pardon of his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. The pardon was issued just after a working lunch with Giuliani at the White House. The president and his attorney
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