One of the most basic human needs is … water. Without it, we die … it’s that simple. Brendan over at Blind Injustice has written a post to remind us first of the importance of potable water, and second, how water supplies around the globe, and yes even here in the U.S., are diminishing. Thanks, Brendan, for a wake-up-call post we should all be reminded of.
When some of us (particularly those of us of means) in the United States think of places that lack access to clean drinking water, we think of certain countries on the African continent. And, it is true that parts of Africa struggle to access even the most basic of water services—nine of the ten worst countries in the world in terms of access to clean water are located on that continent.[1]
However, I am concerned that many of us may be blind to issues of water access at home, in the United States of America. Furthermore, I am concerned that many of us may be blind about how this access to water is a racial justice issue.
Sure, a major report on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, a few years ago cited systemic racism as being at the core…
Keith’s words today are so true, so important, they should be heard by every person in this country, young and old alike. Please take a few minutes to read his words, to contemplate them in this period when some are trying to literally bury the history of this nation. Thank you, Keith.
I read this week from an UPI article that 60% of millennials and Gen-Zers are unaware that 6 million Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust by the Nazis in World War II. I use the word “exterminated” as that is what the Nazis did by gassing Jews after they rounded them up. If the brashness of this statement offends – I apologize for the needed candor. It is meant to wake people up.
But, the Nazi genocide of Jews is among too many persecutions around the world and over time. The United States has had three persecutions of groups of people, two of which leading to many deaths. We should never forget these sad parts of our history or white-wash (word intentionally chosen) them away.
– European settlers of the US over time seized land from, killed many and moved Native Americans over the course of three centuries. Even today…
I was chatting with our friend David, the same friend who gave me the idea for last night’s music post, and he mentioned Sam & Dave … WOW! I haven’t thought of them in ages … probably some 40 years! But immediately tonight’s song came into my head and, as often happens, it decided to make itself at home and stay for a while. And so, my friends, I am sharing my earworm with you!
The song was written by the songwriting team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, who came up with the title of the song spontaneously when Hayes was trying to get Porter to hurry out of the Stax Studios restroom and get back to songwriting. The original title was Hold On, I’m Comin’, but some radio stations objected to its “suggestive nature”, and labels on most copies of the single gave the title as “Hold On! I’m A Comin'”. 🙄
Released in 1966, this song was deemed too prurient to air by many radio stations, and it stalled at #21 in the US. The lyrics are actually quite innocent, with the duo offering emotional support to help a lady through some tough times, but back in those days, people had not yet been exposed to the likes of Madonna I guess.
Sam & Dave recorded for Stax Records, which was a popular soul music label in the ’60s and early ’70s. Isaac Hayes was also on the label, which created a very loose and comfortable atmosphere for their artists – at least until they had a financial meltdown in the mid-’70s. While Motown worked hard on the visual styles and choreography of their artists, Stax left most of that up to the singers, which meant that most of them just came out and sang. Sam & Dave were the exception, doing lots of crazy dancing and improvisation in their stage shows, which was always on display when they performed this song.
When I played Sam Cooke’s You Send Me last night, I noted that I was surprised to see that Aretha Franklin had also covered it, for I had no idea. What a coincidence that tonight’s song was also covered by Aretha in 1981 for her album, Love All the Hurt Away! Again, as with last night’s song, I prefer the original by Sam & Dave, but will include both so you can choose your favourite!
This song was featured in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. It plays from a cassette in Jake and Elwood’s car during the first police car chase. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd modeled their act on Sam & Dave.
An interesting bit of trivia … Booker T. Jones of Booker T. & the MGs played the tambourine on this song!
One thing confuses me, and when Clive gets out of the hospital, perhaps he can answer this question for me. While this song did not chart in the United Kingdom, it was certified ‘Silver’ with sales of over 200,000.
Hold On, I’m Comin’ Sam & Dave
Don’t you ever feel sad
Lean on me when times are bad
When the day comes and you’re down
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Just hold on, I’m comin’
Hold on, I’m comin’
I’m goin’ my way, your lover
If you get cold, yeah, I will be your cover
Don’t have to worry (worry) ’cause I’m here (I’m here)
No need to suffer baby (protect you)
‘Cause I’m here (yeah, yeah)
Just hold on, I’m comin’
Hold on, I’m comin’
Hold on, I’m comin’
Hold on, I’m comin’
Looky here
Reach out to me for satisfaction, yeah
Looky here Dave, that’s all she got to do
Call my name, yeah, for quick reaction
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now don’t you ever feel sad
Lean on me when the times are bad
When the day comes and you’re down, baby
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Just hold on, I’m comin’
Hold on, I’m comin’
Just hold on (don’t you worry)
I’m comin’ (here we come)
Hold on (we’re about to save you)
I’m comin’ (yeah)
Hold on (don’t you worry)
I’m comin’ (here I come)
Hold on
Take a look at the above picture. How many people do you see wearing a mask? Look how close the people are. Social distancing? HAH! I think not! This was the scene at the 4-day music festival in Chicago called Lollapalooza held this past weekend. Approximately 100,000 people attended each of the four days. To attend, people had to either provide a Covid-19 vaccine card or proof of a negative Covid-19 test from the previous 72 hours. Big f*cking deal. This event should not have even been held, but to allow nearly a half-million people during the event to mix and mingle sans masks is the height of stupidity.
My daughter is a member of the Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums band, and as such they typically play at 15-20 events in the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada each year, including a Winter Storm festival in St. Louis, Missouri, in January. All but one of their events this year was cancelled, and the Winter Storm festival for next January has already been cancelled due to the pandemic. Yes, the organizers and sponsors of these events are losing money, but they value human life over profit.
Infectious disease expert Dr. Tina Tan said: “When you have 100,000 or more people who are in a fairly enclosed space and there’s no social distancing, the vast majority are not wearing masks, you are going to get some transmission of Covid-19 Delta variant.”
It has already been proven that even if you are fully vaccinated, you can transmit the virus. Even if you are fully vaccinated, you can catch the virus and become ill. Doesn’t it just make sense to stay home??? Oh … there’s that word again … ‘sense’ … a lot of people seem to have none.
Chicago is already averaging more than 200 new cases per day, a significant increase from a few months ago. It could be two to three weeks before the effect of Lollapalooza on the city’s case rate is known, and there is also concern about people who visited the city for the festival taking the virus back home with them. Picture the parents who attended, leaving their children behind with Grandma and Grandpa … “Oh look, kids, I brought you souvenirs from the festival and one other thing … a killer virus!”
A reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times asked the question, “Why was Lollapalooza allowed to go forward?” Easy answer … $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
The average cost of a ticket was $545, and that did not include food, drinks, souvenirs, parking, etc. Multiply that times 100,000 people. Let me save you the trouble … over $54 million. Hell no, they weren’t going to give that up, no matter how many deaths may come as a result.
I have long lamented that the human species seems determined to bring about its own extinction and this event is further proof to support my premise. Climate change, chemicals in our food, plastic in our oceans, nuclear weapons, and so much more … all man-made disasters that, if we don’t wake up and work toward fixing the problem, will render this earth uninhabitable not only by humans, but by thousands of species. And now … the utter greed and stupidity of people as a response to the pandemic that has already killed more than 4 million people worldwide.
I don’t typically do a re-blog of a re-blog, for I do understand that it’s tedious to have to click once, read a small bit, then click again to read the rest, but in this case, I make an exception, for our friend Jerry (aka Grumpy) has written a post that I think is worth both your time and that extra ‘click’. Our other friend, Jeff, over at On the Fence Voters has re-blogged Jerry’s post and I am re-blogging Jeff’s reblog of Jerry’s … confused yet? Yeah, me too. So, just read it because Jerry offers remarkable insight that we all need to be aware of. Thanks Jerry! Thanks Jeff!!!
Our friend Jerry over at Grumpy’s Grumblings has another excellent post detailing the continued capitulation of the white evangelical community toward the disgraced former president. I’ve included a link at the end to continue reading. Thanks Jerry!
In my wildest dreams and worst nightmares, prior to November 2016 I never could have imagined Donald J. Trump being elected as President of the United States. The mere thought of it seemed like an outrageous joke. But it happened.
Then, I was sure that in only a matter of months, the American people—including those who voted for him—would see Donald Trump as the vicious, mean-spirited, self-serving dunce he really is. (Although, I was shocked that any person, much less millions of Americans, couldn’t see that right from the start.) But it didn’t happen.
I felt certain that at some point, most of the evangelicals who voted for the world’s greatest grifter would…
Mid-term elections are just fifteen months away … or, to phrase it another way, mid-term elections are fifteen months away, approximately 450 days, and a lot can happen in fifteen months. In all my history as a political animal, I’ve never put a lot of importance on the “party”, but more on the individual. Today, though, that has all changed as we are in the age of uber-partisanship and the values of the two parties are miles apart. From where I stand, the Republican Party shoots itself in the foot a little more every day, but I also understand that not everyone shares my viewpoint. However, I think that in the midterms in some 450 days, it will be the end of this nation as we know it if the Republican Party manages to capture a majority in both chambers of Congress. And folks … it could happen. Every day they lie through their teeth to voters who may not be inclined to seek the truth, but find it easier to believe what they are told by the likes of Kevin McCarthy, Louie Gohmert, Mitch McConnell and others who long ago sold their consciences.
Our friend TokyoSand over at Political Charge has written a post showing just one reason that the Republicans cannot be allowed to re-take majority roles in Congress. I strongly urge you to read her post and give this some thought …
Republicans Must Not Be Allowed to Retake the House
Last night, reports surfaced that Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was at an event, raising money for the midterms, where he riled up the crowd by saying he wanted them to watch Nancy Pelosi hand him the Speaker’s gavel after they won the midterms. He followed up by saying, “It will be hard not to hit her with it.”
Read that again.
The top Republican in the House chose to casually suggest violence against the female Speaker of the House because he knew that’s what his supporters and voters want to hear. This, after Trump supporters specifically sought out Pelosi during the January 6th insurrection.
Snarky? Moi? Surely you jest! Okay, yeah, I admit that I am just a bit on the snarky side these days. Perhaps it is just a product of my old age, or lack of sleep. Or, perhaps it is … PEOPLE! Just when I think I’ve heard it all, somebody flits across my radar to show me I haven’t. And just when we think humans can go no lower, somebody comes along to prove to us that there are new lows being dug every day.
Say WHAT???
Charlie Gerow is a Republican running for governor of Pennsylvania in next year’s election. Sadly, the incumbent, Tom Wolfe, is term limited and cannot run again, for he has been, from everything I know, a good governor. But back to Charlie Gerow …
Gerow is under investigation in connection with an accident between a car and a motorcycle accident on July 21st on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The motorcyclist, Logan Carl Abbott, died. Now, Gerow claims he wasn’t involved in the accident and didn’t hit Abbott, but … a funny thing happened just a few miles down the highway from the scene of the accident. Construction workers were working on the highway when they saw Gerow’s car go by ‘at a high rate of speed’, making a horrible racket with sparks flying everywhere … because … there was a motorcycle stuck to the front grill of Gerow’s car!
A few miles further up the highway, State Police were watching for speeders and pulled Gerow over. Gerow claims he is innocent, and his lawyer has decided … with no evidence, mind you … that the disabled motorcycle must have been lying on the highway and Gerow hit it with his car, without realizing it. Now … I have a problem with this scenario, and I seriously hope the Pennsylvania State Police have the sense to see the problem. First … if you hit a motorcycle, especially at a high rate of speed, you know it. It will make a horrible noise. It will jerk your vehicle and throw you forward and rattle your brains a bit. And the construction workers said that it was making a horrible noise, dragging the ground and causing sparks to fly … and this was several miles from where the accident happened, so ol’ Charlie must have been deaf and blind, in which case he shouldn’t be driving anyway.
Charlie’s lawyer must have been grasping at straws … I’m surprised any honest lawyer would even take this case! Oh wait … ‘honest lawyer’ — what an oxymoron! The most logical answer is that Charlie was under the influence of something … alcohol or drugs. One person who attended the fundraiser from which Charlie had just come claims she never saw him drink a drop, and one of his associates claims he doesn’t drink alcohol. Sorry, folks, it isn’t adding up for me. And there is no way in hell … no matter what the circumstances … that this guy should become the governor of Pennsylvania. NO WAY!!!
Oops, Marco!
Republicans don’t miss too many opportunities to mock or denigrate members of the Biden administration, and Marco Rubio, Republican senator from Florida, grabbed for the golden ring … and missed … last Thursday.
Responding to a video of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arriving in the Philippines – masked and wearing a face shield – Rubio tweeted …
“Our @SecDef is vaccinated. But he arrives in the Philippines wearing a mask AND a face shield. Embarrassing COVID theatre.”
But guess what, Marco? As Politico editor Dave Brown posted in response:
From the embassy: “The Philippine government has mandated that everyone must wear full-coverage face shields together with face masks while in public places. Local governments continue to implement additional requirements to slow the virus’ spread”
Hmmmm … is that egg I see on Marco’s face?
Uh-oh … the rent is due
Congress failed to pass legislation that would have extended the moratorium on housing evictions yesterday … actually, it didn’t seem that they even tried all that hard. Even congressional Democrats didn’t go the extra mile to get this done, and now Congress is on summer break for the month of August. More than seven million households owe back rent and could face eviction this month.
One Democratic Senator, Cori Bush, tried on Friday night to convince her colleagues to get off their collective arses. She actually slept on the steps of the Capitol on Friday night, saying …
“How are we on vacation when we have millions of people who could start to be evicted tonight? I am dirty, sticky, sweaty. I still have on what I had on last night. This is how people will have to live if we don’t do something. Seven million, 6 million, 11 million, however many it is, they deserve human dignity and deserve for people that represent them to show up, do the work, to make sure basic needs are met today.”
A noble gesture, and I do applaud her efforts, but they were all for naught. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blames the president for not giving them more notice, but the truth is they were all aware of the Supreme Court ruling a month ago that said the moratorium would only be allowed to be extended by an act of Congress. It isn’t rocket science, folks!
The New York Times has published an interactive map that enables you to see how many people in a given county are likely to be subject to eviction. In my own neighborhood, it is only about 14%, but in some areas, especially South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi, it can be as high as nearly 30%! A few states and cities, like California, New York and New Jersey, have enacted their own temporary eviction bans that last a bit longer, but they are too few.
Today, with the surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus, experts are predicting that there will yet again be closings and layoffs, and many people still have not been able to return to work. One of my readers argued the other day that they are too lazy to return, but that is not the case at all. Some companies closed their doors for good last year, as the pandemic drove them into bankruptcy, and other companies have brought only a portion of their workers back at this point.
Remember, my friends, the pandemic is NOT over, nor is it likely to be anytime soon, given the resistance of far too many to being vaccinated. Some have been unable to return to work due to their health or their childcare providers being closed due to the pandemic. There are many reasons, but the sad fact is that the majority of those who are vulnerable to eviction are families with children. Landlords, for the most part, are only concerned with their profit, not humanity.
Bumbling Boris … or … Brollygate!
Last but not least, I thought you might enjoy a bit of humour from ‘cross the big pond! Boris is often a bumbling figure, and learning to use an umbrella, or a ‘brolly’, is worthy of at least a few chuckles.
Last night I read that a number of House Republicans are protesting the mandate that Congressional aides and visitors must wear masks, as per the U.S. Capitol Police. Of course they are … that is all they do, is object to anything and everything. They are much like the annoying, obnoxious lawyer who jumps up and dramatically yells “Objection, your Honour” every time the prosecution calls a witness or asks a question. I have referred to the GOP more than once as “The party of ‘No’” and this just proves my point.
The Republican members of Congress, with few exceptions, are parrots, repeating their chants over and over again, never speaking with intellect, never saying anything of substance. It’s just a continual chant of “Hell no, we won’t go”. Hell no, they won’t support the right of We the People, the taxpayers who pay their bloated salaries, to vote. Hell no, they won’t support taking care of the people of this nation who have suffered financially and otherwise during this ongoing pandemic. Hell no, they won’t tell their constituents to get the vaccine so that this nation might someday rise above the ashes of COVID. Hell no, they won’t encourage people to wear a mask in order to protect themselves and others, for they won’t even wear a mask themselves. Hell no, they won’t vote for an increase in the minimum wage such that every working person is at the very least above the poverty level. Hell no, they don’t want an investigation into the attempted coup on January 6th because they are ALL complicit to one extent or another. Hell no, the Republicans DO NOT CARE ONE WHIT for the people of this country.
I am sick and tired of listening to Kevin McCarthy telling lies that he knows are lies, as he tries to worm his way into the heart of only one person … the former guy. I am fed up to the gills with Jim Jordan and his rolled up blue sleeves and yellow necktie (does the ‘man’ not own any other clothing?) as he continues to push back, without cause, against every single thing that President Biden and his administration are trying to do for We the People! I literally feel nauseous every time I see the newbies like Margie Greene, Matt Gaetz, Josh Hawley, and Lauren Boebert pretend to be viable members of our legislative body, while at the same time toting guns into the Capitol, supporting conspiracy theories, and killing their own constituents by lying to them.
And what is being done to stop the madness? Nothing. Talk, talk, talk, and more talk on Capitol Hill, and nothing changes. But it isn’t only the politicians … what the hell are We the People doing? Nothing. The anti-vaxxers are in the streets screeching about their ‘god-given’ right to refuse the vaccine, to refuse to wear a mask, but where are the protests about our constitutionally mandated voting rights being taken away? The 2nd Amendment supporters are vocal enough, but where are the rest of us, those of us who believe that our right to safety is more important than their right to their killing machines? Understand that I include myself in this conversation, for I’m not out protesting loudly, either, but merely sitting in my kitchen office writing a blog, occasionally writing to members of Congress to express my displeasure, and lying awake nights cursing at the ceiling. We are, it seems, the silent majority. Meanwhile, the Republicans are being heard loud and clear, killing whatever is left of this nation. The Founding Fathers would not be proud of what we have become.
A few nights ago a friend left the following comment on one of my posts:
“And so America ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper. A voice from beneath the rubble, ‘I really didn’t mean to kill America. I just wanted to hear myself talk.’”
Some days my head simply spins on its axis (my neck) trying to keep up with everything happening in the nation, the world today. There are days that I can pick a topic, focus, and write a relatively coherent post on a single topic. Other days, however, I simply cannot gain that level of focus that is requisite, so instead I toss out a few snippets, usually snarky ones. Today is such a day. The week is topsy-turvy and my mind is spinning at somewhere around 136 rpm (revolutions per minute). Thus, today I give you another episode of Snarky Snippets …
Will Congress find their conscience, or will millions be living on the streets soon?
The current eviction moratorium, that prohibits landlords from evicting tenants who have fallen behind on their rent, is set to expire tomorrow. This means, in a nutshell, that millions of people could be without a home soon … millions, not hundreds, not thousands, but millions, the majority of them children. It was hoped that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) would extend the moratorium, given the new surge in cases due to the Delta variant (and the anti-vaxxers), but last month, when the Supreme Court upheld the current moratorium, they also made it clear that it could not be extended again except by an act of Congress.
President Biden called on Congress to act “without delay” to extend the eviction moratorium. Biden’s request prompted House and Senate Democrats to begin exploring whether they could rally enough votes to approve the new protections for renters. It remains unclear if Congress has the time and support to act ahead of the current July 31st deadline.
I have very little doubt that the members of the House of Representatives will rally and manage to vote ‘yea’ on a hastily prepared bill that will keep millions of people sheltered. However, once such a bill reaches the Senate, possibly even sometime today, it will almost certainly go into the “Dead Bills” bin along with the For the People Act and probably hundreds of other pieces of legislation that the senate Republicans, along with Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are holding up in a game of roulette. Let’s hope I’m wrong, for with the current heat wave that is affecting some 20 states at the moment, this is no time to be living on the streets.
The Four Stooges … or the Four Gs
Yesterday, Representatives Matt Gaetz (the sex trafficker), Margie Greene (QAnon member in good standing), Paul Gosar (white supremacist extraordinaire), and Louie Gohmert (the idiot in too many ways to count), went to the D.C. Department of Corrections (where they should all be standing on the other side) in an attempt to visit some of the prisoners who have been arrested in connection with their role in attacking Congress and the Capitol on January 6th. They were turned away by jail officials. The Four Gs claimed they were there to inspect the treatment of suspects. Funny, isn’t it, that at least tens of thousands pass through the prison system each year, yet these three never came to check on those people.
Now, I may have a suspicious mind, but given that the four were accompanied by cameras from right-wing news organizations, I have a sneaking hunch that this was intended as a photo op, as an excuse to rile the masses yet again, as they surely knew they couldn’t just waltz in and visit with the prisoners of their choice.
When told that they were “obstructing entrance into this facility,” Gohmert responded …
“We’re the people that vote on whether or not to fund you, at what level, and we’re trespassing?”
WHOA … can we say ‘abuse of power’ or throwing one’s weight around? For the record, Congress has ZERO influence, for the D.C. Detention Center is not a federal facility and is fully funded by Washington, D.C. taxpayers.
The action at the jail was the group’s second this week, after they barged into the Justice Department on Tuesday trying to ask questions about the detention of January 6th suspects awaiting trial and whether any were being held in solitary confinement. Gosar called them “political prisoners” who are being “persecuted” and unjustly punished. Oh wait … pobrecitos … were they not the ones dressed like maniacal cavemen carrying clubs, bear spray, and other weapons on that fateful day? Were they not the ones that scaled the outer walls of the Capitol, beat police officers, broke windows to gain access, and caused millions of dollars in damage to OUR property? Excuse me, perhaps I’m thinking of a different bunch of bozos.
Gohmert seemed to be the spokesperson for the bunch and said …
“The supervisor came down and was standing right here and turned her back on me. The other one said she won’t talk anymore and that we’re trespassers. We’re in totalitarian, Marxist territory here. This is the way third-world people get treated.”
Get a life, Louie!!!
And of course, ol’ Margie also feigned indignance …
“We suspect there is a two-tier justice system in the United States, for Trump supporters that are charged for Jan. 6 and catch-and-release for BLM rioters.”
Yeah, that’s right, Margie … when a cop pulls a person over, the first question out of his mouth is to ask whether the person is a trumpeter or not … if he is, then he is carted off to the Gulag, never to be seen or heard from again. Sheesh, but how did we manage to get so many dumbasses in Congress this time ‘round??? And four of ‘em whose surname starts with ‘G’. One media outlet, The Hill, referred to them as the ‘seditious four’ … sounds about right to me.
A dangerous thing to say
One of the Four G’s, Margie Greene, made a very dangerous statement when speaking to the Alabama Federation of Republican Women last week. First, she told the group that President Biden “is going to be sending one of his police state friends to your door,” referring to the volunteers the president has mentioned sending to rural areas to help people better understand and have access to the vaccination. But the worst part was when she told them …
“We all love our Second Amendment rights, and we don’t like the federal government coming on our property to tell us what to do. You have HIPAA rights and you do not have to tell your medical information and you can tell them to get off your front porch and get off your front lawn.”
WHOA NELLIE! This is a lawmaker, a member of Congress, advising people to get their guns out … this is incitement to violence, plain and simple! In my book, that statement alone is grounds for her immediate expulsion from Congress. Mr. Kevin McCarthy damn well better take action … it is long past due.
Today, I am deeply disappointed in a large portion of this nation. Oh, there are many reasons, but my current angst is fueled by some responses I have read and heard to the testimony of the four police officers before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection on Tuesday.
First, I would like to ask that you watch this 8-minute interview Don Lemon did with Officer Michael Fanone yesterday. Lemon plays a clip of a voicemail that Officer Fanone received during the time he was testifying and … it is so vile, so disgusting, so cruel … but I think it’s important to understand how a certain segment of our society thinks. My apologies, but I cannot embed this video, however here is the link:
Tragic and disgusting. Officer Fanone and every other officer who defended the Capitol and protected our lawmakers on that day are heroes, and yet this is how we treat them???
And then there were a multitude of comments from a variety of sources. I won’t give the people who uttered these comments the attention they seek by mentioning their names, only their words …
Corrections officers around the country get the shit kicked out of them and their faces slashed many times yearly by violent inmates, yet you never see any of them crying like a little bitches at congressional hearings.
I am shocked at the cowardice. They should be fired – not fit for duty.
Cowards all.
Did they not even practice their fake crying before this hearing?
Let’s hear the testimonies of the cops from Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Portland and all the other cities who had to deal with BLM/ANTIFA riots last summer.
What a pussy. “You guys won, you held.” Um, people weren’t there to do anything, they got bored and left. That’s because it wasn’t an insurrection and more than half the people there walked in open doors with the permission of the police.
Some of the people uttering this filth are our elected officials, others are media ‘personalities’. But the comment that disturbed me the most, I think, came from one of my own readers, a man I consider a friend, Scott Lawlor …
“this was not an insurrection, it was mostly peaceful people going to make their voices heard on results they didn’t agree with. now, for the record, anyone who broke the law, which was a minority by the way, should absolutely be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
they took their grievances to the seat of power, which is a better thing to do than, oh, I don’t know, burn buildings, attack people and steal, like blm and antifa did last summer causing around 2 billion dollars in property damage. The democrats in this hearing are just a bunch of crybabies, you can tell the emotionalism is all fake and for show. We weren’t an hour away from marshal law, AOC wasn’t fearing for her life since she wasn’t even there, this is just all lies and propaganda by the democrat elites and the media to paint every single republican and conservative as a brainless white supremacist and I am sick and tired of the intollerence from these elitists who believe the narrative and continue to give voice to their obvious disdain for anyone who may thing differently from them.
It’s a free country and just as a progressive can say, write, and think anything they want, I have the freedom to disagree with those thoughts but it seems to me that it’s the democrats who are more intollerant than any conservatives I know.”
He then included a video put out by The Rubin Report titled “Shameful Theatrics” whereby Dave Rubin basically echoes what Scott said, only took far longer to say it. I must admit that it seems to me people in this country no longer care about truth, about facts, about fairness and I despair for the future of this country. People hear someone like Tucker Carlson or Dave Rubin giving their own distorted view of the facts, whether about the COVID vaccine or Black Lives Matter or voting rights or the January 6th insurrection (and yes, it WAS an insurrection!) and they become as parrots, chirping that opinion to others, mindless of the facts.
It is a pitiful reflection on a nation when facts are thrown in the trash and sensationalism becomes the norm, when heroes who save lives are denigrated, and when truth is mocked.
