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I Hope The Justice System
This is a comment I placed on a poem, this evening, but I believe that the comment should also stand alone as a prose response to recent events in the United States:
I hope the Justice System will avail itself of the triple opportunity to disqualify the former occupant of the White House from ever holding office again, by convicting him criminally in New York on the "stormy" charges; in Georgia, on the intimidation of the Secretary of State and the solicitation of conspiratorial activity to "trump up" eleven thousand more votes; and, the worst of his actions, inciting insurrection at which injury and death were the effects, including terrorizing elected officials as they attempted to transact the Constitution's mandated actiion of certifying the election---in which We the People told him, "You're fired."
They are telling me, now, that the recent bank failures can be traced back to his Administration's loosening and lessening of the solvency tests and regulations; and, in my state, the train wreck that released toxic waste into air, soil, and water was due to faulty breaks that were not maintained at code---due to his Administration's loosening and lessening of the safety regulations required of Class I railroads. At least, this is what I am hearing. Therefore, those who have the elective or appointive power, under applicable law, should move for a major lessening of that's man's opportunity to hold any office, and a loosening of his grip on his party, and on our future. His book, "The Art Of The Deal," or whatever it is called, should be shelved right next to two other books on social change and government change, entitled Mein Kampf and What Is To Be Done?
Starward
It was commendable that you
It was commendable that you graciously stayed above the common partisan quagmire that resorts to name calling and juvenile vitriol, so your well-conceived and charismatic comment, worthy of publication as an editorial, could stand on the merits of your logic.
You make a strong case, with conviction, against overzealous deregulation as you remind us that many of those pesky regulations are put into place to protect public health, safety and security.
I have several conservative close friends and relatives (And yes, we coexist peacefully and respectfully!) who are giving me the impression that the next Republican superstar will be Golden Boy in Florida and that Trump's star is fading.
Thank you kindly for all your support and valuable insight.
Thank you for the kind
Thank you for the kind comment. I also enjoyed the news about Trump's star beginning to decline; I truly hope that is the case, it would be the answer to prayer.
Your comment reminded me about the great French Poet, Ambassador Paul Claudel, who believed that the star Algol (the name is Arabic for Ogre or Ghoul) was, somehow, inherently evil. So now, one of Algol's adopted sons has troubled us recently. I do not think History will find him much different, in personality, than the Bavarian housepainter or the failed lawyer now on display across from the Kremlin.
Starward