State of the Union

From our political correspondent Dorothy "Lottie" Dawe:

There really is no need to watch Trump deliver his "State of the Union" address to congress.  He won't tell the truth.

Trump will do nothing but lie and deceive.  He will fake, fool, and falsify.  He will delude and dupe.  He will trick, twist, and take us all for a ride.  He will mislead.  He will boast and bamboozle. He will hoodwink and hornswoggle.   And the GOP will applaud. 

Our democracy is in peril, and if you want to know the state of our union, just read the sign in the picture below.

I am a Muslim, register me. 
I am Mexican, deport me. 
I am African American, imprison me. 
I am LGBTQ+, refuse to serve me. 
I am poor, blame me. 
I am elderly, privatize me. 
I am a woman, defund me. 
I am homeless, ignore me. 
I am disabled, bully me. 
I am sick, uninsure me. 
I am indigenous, pollute me. 
I am a veteran, voucher me. 
​I am an American, lie to me.

We have posted the picture and the poems below before, but on the date of Trump's first State of the Union address, we thought we would post them again.

Below on the left:  What is the state of our union?  Emmett Lee Dickinson hit the nail on his head when he wrote "The morons are bolder than they were."  That is the state of our union.  Dickinson's poem inspired Emily Dickinson to pen her poem, "The morns are meeker than they were" (below on the right). 

​By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
 
The morons are bolder than they were –
The nuts are getting strong –
Steve Bannon’s cheek is plumper –
The Voice of the alt-wrong.
 
That Milo wears a gayer scarf –
And Kellyanne alt-garb
So I can be identified
I’ll put my gold star on.
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By Emily Dickinson:
 
The morns are meeker than they were –
The nuts are getting brown –
The berry's cheek is plumper –
The Rose is out of town.

The Maple wears a gayer scarf –
The field a scarlet gown –
Lest I should be old fashioned
I'll put a trinket on.
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Pictured below:   Trump got the idea for his "gold star" program from the final line of Dickinson's poem above on the left.  He asked Ivanka to design the gold stars which the White House will soon require all of us to wear. 
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Below on the left:  "That Hate is all they have," a poem by Emmett Lee Dickinson written in the 1800s, has captured the MAGA movement.  Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "That Love is al there is" (below on the right). 
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

That Hate is all they have,
And all they have is Hate;
It's not okay, that hate should be
Just how you make us great.

By Emily Dickinson:
 
That Love is all there is,
Is all we know of Love;
It is enough, the freight should be
Proportioned to the groove.