Well Congress' shining hour did not last too long. Already scrambling, dissembling, and covering up is occurring. Each day brings more revelations both of heroics and traitorous behavior. Some Repubs did have the decency to condemn the President and his actions with several even voting to impeach. I am especially galled by the cabinet members and other "appointed" cronies who are rapidly jumping ship as the scandal extends. An American President exhorted his followers to attack the Capitol and the "R's" want to claim the Democrats are sowing "Division"! Really. Well if you want to show unity how about voting to get this dangerous loser out of the presidential office before he blows up chunks (literally, he has the codes) as he is cut off from his bully pulpits of choice -social media. However it is refreshing not to hear the rantings on a daily/hourly basis.
The majority of Repubs are still defending Bozo yet banks, businesses, big donors and the PGA (of all insults) are deserting him quicker than ants on an anthill threatened by an anteater. Not to mention a large portion of the population. If everyone but you can see the emporer has no clothes you may find yourself a little chilled yourself; and not in a good way.
DIGRESS: There has always been a cabal that believes only certain "enlightened" people should control our lives where education and freedom of choice are not to be trusted to the masses. As long as you are the one in control - through religion, guilt, money, power, etc. that's just fine. Unfortunately these people keep getting elected (through religion,guilt, money, power, etc) and moving closer to putting their plans in place. White supremecy is also in play as evidenced by the pale horse's asses who trashed the Capitol.
Interesting note. The current White House occupant has followed the advice of the incoming President about distributing all of the vaccine available and trusting the manufacturers to keep up with demand. What a novel idea. However the circus of getting the vaccine continues. With no federal plan in place, there is no model to work from. Older people already at high risk are camping out all night for a "first come, first serve" scenerio in Florida. But hey those folks will probably never equate that loyally voting Repub has awarded them second class citizenry.
Our own contest for the shot was a little "hairy" but ultimately successful. Quietly resenting those who were able to snag the golden ticket was a surprising emotion to attribute to myself. Though part of me thinks the younger people should not have to wait so long while we "old farts" get stuck first. Anyway in vaccine roulette, one bets on their ability to slam information into a tiny screen in the 7 and a half minutes that appointment times show up.
I literally had my smart phone glued to my hand through eating, drinking, sleeping and "other" activities, which can be done one-handed if you get my drift. When the heralded notice appeared I shrieked and with shaking hands/fingers was able to put in mountains of info into the tiny screen and nail down appointments. Do I feel slightly guilty when I run into an 81 year old friend who claims they are "befuddled" by their smart phone and are stymied on how to nail down an appointment. Yes and No to be honest.
Anyway, what will the next week bring. We already have National Guards sleeping in the Capitol dome and typically, Repubs complaining they have to go through metal detectors now. Hello, many of us have been dealing with metal detectors in our workplace for years. Pesky things are there because they're trying to keep you ALIVE since allegedly part of the rioting was an "inside job".
I hope to get back to more light-hearted missives soon. I did take the edge off by writing to my Congress person though. God Bless America!
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