Category: Impeachment

A Man of Conviction (Hopefully)

2/8/2021

Hopefully, enough RepubliQans in the Senate will grow backbones overnight so that they will vote to convict Donald Trump of his crimes related to his attempt to overthrow our government with a mob of angry and seditious MAGAts.

Lady G. was right when he tweeted, "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it." I don't expect Lady G to summon up enough courage to vote to convict, though. He's carried Trump's balls on the golf course one too many times to think otherwise.

Our nation was nearly destroyed by Trump -- but the fact of the matter is, though, that he was enabled to do so by the GOP (or should I say QOP? GQP? GOPQ?).

Sadly, most RepubliQan senators are so far down the QAnon rabbit hole that they would rather abandon our constitution and transform our democratic republic into a Banana RepubliQ headed by a grifter.

If inciting an insurrection to overthrow our government is not extreme enough to warrant conviction, then what the (insert the expletive of your choice here) is?

In honor of the Democratic party’s courage to do what is right – and in hopes that enough RepubliQans will break ranks and join them – I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson’s poem “A Criminal conviction” below on the left.

Dickinson’s poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem “The Chemical conviction,” below of the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

A Criminal conviction
Should NOT be lost
Enabled by the Asses
Who fractured Trust –

How Outrageous the Items
If we shall see
How much they sanction Treason
Depresses me!

By Emily Dickinson:

The Chemical conviction
That Nought be lost
Enable in Disaster
My fractured Trust –

The Faces of the Atoms
If I shall see
How more the Finished Creatures
Departed me!

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Right on Q

2/7/2021

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Right on cue, insurrectionists stormed the US Capitol one month ago in an attempt to overthrow our government. And who gave the treasonous rabble that cue? The so-called president-in-chief, Donald Trump.

I was APPALLED and STUNNED. A sitting "president' of the United States attempted to mount a coup to overthrow our Constitution and our government.

I was even more APPALLED and STUNNED when -- just one week later -- 197 Republicans refused to vote to impeach the criminal-in-chief (who should have been arrested for treason on January 6th).

Some GOP reps lamented the "process" -- that the impeachment was just a rush to judgement. I dunno -- in my book, when a sitting "president" mounts insurrection against our democracy in real-time on live TV -- yeah, you move fast.

Some GOP reps begged for unity -- so damned hypocritical of them after (a) they've enabled the most divisive "president" in our nation's history to wreak havoc on our nation for the past four years and (b) they helped to bring on Trump's madness with their continued efforts to perpetuate "the big lie" (that Trump had won the election due to voter fraud). By the way, that one nut-job GOP representative, Marjorie Taylor Greene, filed a motion to impeach Biden on January 21st -- how's that for GOP unity? Info is HERE. Oh -- she's the same coup-coup bird who stood before untold numbers of television cameras during the impeachment proceedings wearing a mask stamped with the word "CENSORED" as she spoke to the world about conspiracy theories.

I cannot understand how anyone can still support Trump OR the GOP. Their insurrection was based on racist efforts to silence the voices and eliminate the votes of Blacks who came through in record numbers to save our country from tyranny. As far as I'm concerned, the GOP should now be registered as a terrorist organization. They are now the RepubliQan Party -- with a capital Q.

Due to the unbelievable events of the past month -- and the unmasking of the true nature of the GOP (the so-called "Blue Lives Matter" peeps who beat officers to death with American flag poles) -- I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's "Too often now the House hears lies" below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem, "Too little way the House must lie," below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Too often now the House hears lies
From every GOP
That holds an undisputed Lease
On White Supremacy –

Too narrow is the Right’s beliefs –
Too militant their sense
Their Consciousness of bigotry
Must lose its dominance –

By Emily Dickinson:

Too little way the House must lie
From every Human Heart
That holds in undisputed Lease
A white inhabitant –

Too narrow is the Right between –
Too imminent the chance –
Each Consciousness must emigrate
And lose its neighbor once –

Trump's impeachment trail begins in two days. Will enough RepubliQans break ranks to convict the traitor? We can only hope.

If an attempted coup to overthrow our government is not enough to convict him, then what the hell is?

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As Time Goes By

1/28/2021

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FOUR WEEKS IN JANUARY:

Week of January 6: So-called president Trump commits treason and incites insurrection when he sends a mob of domestic terrorists to the US Capitol to overthrow our government. Several people die, including a police officer whom the terrorists beat to death with an American flag.

Week of January 13: In a bi-partisan vote, the House of Representatives impeaches so-called president Trump for treason -- making Trump the only president in US history to be impeached twice. Angry Republicans threaten continued violence and make death threats to GOP members of the House who sided with the Democrats in their appropriate and historic action.

Week of January 20: Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. Washington DC and the US Capitol are surrounded by the National Guard to protect everyone from the out-going president and the GOP. Think about that. Guards are posted to protect the ceremony from a sitting president of the United States and a conspiracy-crazed political party.

Week of January 27: The nation gets back to business and attempts to return to order and routine. The GOP continues to peddle the propaganda of fear as their members slide further down the QAnon rabbit hole. News surfaces that many of them attended a planning meeting with Trump and insurrectionists on January 5th, the night before Trump's coup attempt.

At this point, our democratic republic and our Constitution has survived the attacks from Trump and the radical Right -- but really, just by the skin of our teeth! Imagine if state officials in Georgia and other flipped states did not have the courage and convictions to stand up to tyranny? What if those positions had been held by Q-nuts like some of the current members in the House? We could be dealing with a completely different outcome. I shudder to think.

Over the years, the GOP has mastered the art of voter suppression, the propaganda of fear, and the spreading of conspiracy theories. Now they are honing their skills on election fraud. Think about it -- the next time a GOP candidate secretly calls a state official to "find" 11,800 votes -- what will happen? (To be honest, I do think that voter fraud did happen in South Carolina this year -- evidenced by Lady G's call to Georgia to see if they could work out the same deal he likely worked out in his home state.) The current GOP is committed to steeling more of our elections in the future (and ironically, they are always the first to say that if they don't win, the election must be rigged).

Yes, our constitution has "checks and balances" that could have prevented much of what happened over the past four years, but I had no idea how delicate our system was -- because I had no idea that the GOP would so readily and so eagerly hold a Mr. Pillow over Lady Liberty's head in order to suffocate our democracy.

Fortunately, for now, we can breathe again -- but there is much work to be done to protect our Constitution. Hopefully, enough GOP senators will find the courage to vote with the Democrats to convict Trump. Good Lord, the man incited an insurrection to overthrow our government!!! If that is not a crime for a which a sitting president should be impeached and convicted, then what the hell is?

Anyway, the news from the past four weeks called to mind Emmett Lee Dickinson's now-classic poem, "Time does go on," below on the left. His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same first line, below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Time does go on –
I tell with care to those who revel now –
We have survived –
There is the truth –
We must protect it now –

By Emily Dickinson:

Time does go on –
I tell it gay to those who suffer now –
They shall survive –
There is a sun –
They dont believe it now –

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Im-Peachy Keen

1/12/2021

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"For God's sake," tweeted @Rashooley on Twitter, "the controversy shouldn't be Democrats moving to impeach, it should be Republicans not calling for an immediate resignation."

Donald Trump staged a hostile coup to overthrow our government one week ago -- AND HE IS STILL IN OFFICE.

If this is NOT an impeachable offense, then that does not reflect a flaw in our Constitution -- it reveals that we have no longer have a Constitution.

It is highly likely that Trump will be impeached tomorrow -- the first president to be impeached twice -- but how many Republicans will vote to impeach him? And later, to remove him from office?

The GOP is calling for unity -- and we should be unified in removing this cancer from our government -- BECAUSE A SITTING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INCITED INSURRECTION TO OVERTHROW OUR DEMOCATRIC REPUBLIC.

To be honest -- THAT FACT IS UNTHINKABLE. YET THE GOP IS TIP-TOEING AROUND TRUMP'S SEDITIOUS ACTS.

In hopes that some (most) in the GOP will miraculously grow backbones for the coming votes to impeach and remove Trump from office, I offer Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "Dare you save a Soul at the White House?" below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat? below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Dare you save a Soul at the White House?
Then crouch within the door –
Red – is Treason’s common tint –
Shown in the hats they Wore

He fanned them Flame’s conditions,
They quivered from his Praise
Without a conscience, took the light
Of his anointed Blaze

Least Village has its Blacksmith
Whose Anvil pounds the Ore
Stands symbol for the fiendish Fool
These groundless thugs – adore –

Defining this impeachment’s Facts
With Hammer and with Blaze
Because their Designated Fight
Repudiates the Truth –

By Emily Dickinson:

Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?
Then crouch within the door –
Red – is the Fire's common tint –
But when the vivid Ore

Has vanquished Flame's conditions,
It quivers from the Forge
Without a color, but the light
Of unanointed Blaze.

Least Village has its Blacksmith
Whose Anvil's even ring
Stands symbol for the finer Forge
That soundless tugs – within –

Refining these impatient Ores
With Hammer, and with Blaze
Until the Designated Light
Repudiate the Forge –

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MmmPeachMint Sangria

12/18/2019

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From our food editor Verla Burrell-Bordelon:

The House of Representatives voted tonight -- and justifiably so -- to impeach the most corrupt president in our country's history!

We celebrated with some delicious MmmPeachMint Sangria!

Ingredients:

2 large fresh peaches, sliced

¼ cup sugar

¾ cup peach schnapps

1 bottle white wine

1 litre ginger ale

Sprigs of mint

In a small saucepan, bring ¼ cup of sugar and ½ cup of water to a boil, Stir until the sugar dissolve completely. Remove from heat and let the resulting syrup cool.

Pour the cooled syrup, peach schnapps, and a bottle of your favorite white wine over the sliced peaches.

Add chilled ginger ale and stir gently.

Serve in white wine glasses over ice and peach slices, and add sprigs of mint.

Raise a glass and toast the House members who were brave enough to stand up to the treasonous Trump!
Enjoy!

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