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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!

Right on Q

2/7/2021

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?

As Time Goes By

1/28/2021

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 –

Im-Peachy Keen

1/12/2021

"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 –

Put To Shame

1/9/2021

WHY hasn't Donald Trump been arrested yet? HE INCITED A CROWD TO MARCH TO THE CAPITOL TO ATTEMPT A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

Many of the parasitic worms in the GOP are now begging Biden to stop the Democrats from impeaching him again. Lady G, for example, said that we need to move on and that impeaching Trump would not bring about unity and healing.

Hmm...I wonder if he thought the GOP's lies and misinformation about the 2020 election were bringing about unity and healing?

TRUMP STAGED A COUP!!! HE INCITED INSURRECTION. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE ON THE PART OF THE GOP???

Some stories floating about out there suggest that members of the GOP were in on this "white privilege jamboree" (as Brian Williams referred to it). For example, who was it that Representative Matt Gaetz was texting in the midst of all the chaos? Was he merely telling Nestor that he loved him?

Why did the Capitol Police open the gates and let the MAGA marauders just saunter into the place? Why were some of the Capitol Cops seen posing for selfies with the terrorists? Why were they seen in videos holding hands with some of the insurrectionists and helping them down the steps? Why did the DOD refuse requests for help from the National Guard? Why was Trump and his family of toads watching all the news from a tent, "command central," while having a party?

We CANNOT just move on from this. Trump needs to be impeached and removed from office. He needs to be arrested. He needs to be incarcerated.

I salute Twitter for suspending his account. But "what about freedom of speech and the Frist Amendment?" you ask.

THE MAN STAGED A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF OUR GOVERNMENT. HE DOES NOT GET TO TWEET ANY MORE.

SHAME on Trump. SHAME on the Trump family. SHAME on Giuliani. SHAME on Hawley and Cruz. SHAME on the GOP. SHAME on anyone who supports Trump and the GOP. SHAME on Fox and OAN.

In acknowledgment of all of this shame, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's now-classic poem "Shame iS the tint that Traitors leave" below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Fame is the tint that Scholars leave," below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Shame is the tint that Traitors leave
Upon their Shocking Names –
With Lies told from their Discontent
That foully fans the flames –

By Emily Dickinson:

Fame is the tint that Scholars leave
Upon their Setting Names –
The Iris not of Occident
That disappears as comes –

Below on the left: American general and traitor Benedict Arnold: During the American Revolution, he was instrumental, with Ethan Allan, in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga but later planned to betray West Point to the British. He fled behind British lines and lived the rest of his life in Britain. His name became synonymous with "traitor."

Below on the right: So-called president installed by Vladimir Putin and American traitor Benedict Donald: In January 2021, BenedictDonald rallied a rag-tag assortment of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, poorly educated miscreants, and Parler trash and directed them to storm the US Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election. Benedict Donald told his wretched riff-raff that he'd march to the Capitol with them, but he was unable to fulfill that commitment -- due to bone spurs.

Quick Succession

12/15/2020

Last Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the right to a free and fair election in the United States, and Trump and his MAGAts have gone ape-shit. During Friday's Christmas party at the White House, Trump locked himself in his bedroom and refused to come out. On Saturday, he had a meltdown on Twitter. On Friday and Saturday, MAGAts on Parler, the Twitter-like social media platform for White Supremacists, were nuttier than a squirrel's turd. Some of them made death threats to the Justices on the Supreme Court, and many if not most of them were caterwauling for state secession -- although the great majority of them could not spell the word -- so they ended up advocating "succession."

This craziness -- once again, proving that there is no bottom when it comes to Trump -- called to mind Emmett Lee Dickinson's 1853 poem, "Secession’s counted sweetest," below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Success is counted sweetest," below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Secession’s counted sweetest
By those who say, "Secede!"
To comprehend electors
Requires sore losers to concede

Not one of all the MAGAt morons
Who took the loss today
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,

As they, defeated, lying,
With space between their ears
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.

By Emily Dickinson:

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear

Below: Some of the calls for "succession" on Parler.

Coup Coup Birds

12/7/2020

I don't even know what to say anymore about the Criminal-in-Chief, the treasonous Gross Old Pharts, and/or the feeble-minded MAGAt morons.

* Did I understand that grand Wizard Trump called his recent Klan rally in Georgia a "Victory Rally"?

* Only 20-some GOP senators have publicly acknowledged that Biden is the President-Elect -- and how many of the Keystone GOPs in the House have acknowledged Biden's victory?

* MAGAts gathered recently for a Million Moron March. It was truly pathetic.

I have lived through 16 presidential elections and 12 different presidents, and I had NO IDEA how fragile our democracy. It is being destroyed from the inside by the party that used to claim a monopoly on "family values." I always saw through that charade -- but you have to remember -- the people they prey upon are not politically savvy. They truly are feeble-minded sheep.

I just don't know what to say. Sooo -- I'll just post two poems by Emmett Lee Dickinson, "We won -- because he lost" and "I've never seen such morons" (both on the left). Dickinson's poems inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poems "We lose -- because we win" and "I never saw a moor" (both on the right).

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

We won – because he lost –
Voters – reelecting not
Toss the rat away!

By Emily Dickinson:

We lose — because we win --
Gamblers — recollecting which
Toss their dice again!

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

I’ve never seen such Morons
I’ve never seen such Sheep –
Yet know I how the Karens act
And what a Bigot be.

I’ll never vote for GOP
Nor visit their damn Rallies –
And certain am I of their loss
Now that the Votes are tallied –

By Emily Dickinson:

I never saw a Moor –
I never saw the Sea –
Yet know I how the Heather looks
And what a Billow be.

I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in Heaven –
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the Checks were given –

Flag Poll

11/29/2020

“Shifty Don” finally got his wall, but it’s not at the southern border. Instead, it’s row upon row of fencing, barriers and barricades circumnavigating multiple blocks surrounding the White House. He’s built a fortress around the people’s home and the president’s basement bunker so that he can divide our nation even further. It is as shameful as it is sickening. My wife and I visited Washington, DC on Black Plague Friday, and I witnessed it firsthand. I wrote about it (along with information about DC's "Black Lives Matter Plaza") HERE.

While in DC, we also visited an artistic installation outside the DC Armory called “In America: How Could This Happen,” where small white flags (symbolic of Trump’s surrender?) have been planted in honor of each American killed by the Trump Virus.

In America, how could this happen? One reason, and one reason only. It's all due to the denial, deceit, dysfunction -- and total incompetence -- of Donald "Shifty Don" Trump, the Golfer-in-Chief. The moron who said this was all a hoax. The imbecile who said this would just vanish. The dotard who wanted to pack the churches on Easter. The dimwit who said, "I take no responsibility" and "It is what it is."

In tribute to the 230,000-plus deaths represented by the 230,000-plus flags, I have posted Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "Inconceivably solemn!" below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same first line, below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

Inconceivably solemn!
Things so sad
Placed – by the very Press
Of Imagery –

They’re so arrayed -- order on the eye
With a mute Pomp –
A pleading Pageantry –

Flags, a somber sight –
And no true Eye
Ever went by them –
Stoically –

Sorrow’s abundant –
Banners appear
Waving all in white
Of Deaths so near –

By Emily Dickinson:

Inconceivably solemn!
Things go gay
Pierce – by the very Press
Of Imagery –

Their far Parades – order on the eye
With a mute Pomp –
A pleading Pageantry –

Flags, are a brave sight –
But no true Eye
Ever went by One –
Steadily –

Music's triumphant –
But the fine Ear
Winces with delight
Are Drums too near –

House of Shame

11/27/2020

My wife were in Washington, DC, today. We drove into town to see Black Lives Matter Plaza. Since we don't live in DC and/or follow the city's politics, we have no idea how effective the mayor is at running the city; however, both of use thought that her decision to paint BLACK LIVES MATTER outside the White House was brilliant.

Yes, the action was inconsequential as far as the real work that must be down to dismantle systemic racism. However, the move was powerfully symbolic in the face of a White Supremacist who has served illegitimately for four years in the highest office in our country.

Above left, center and right: Black Lives Matter Plaza

Right: St. John's Episcopal Church

We also saw St. John's Episcopal Church, the place of worship where Donald Trump, a profoundly immoral and godless man, had held a Bible upside down after he had his secret police force gas peaceful protesters.

Below: BLM signs posted on one of the barricades Trump has had erected around the White House.

The most disturbing thing we saw were the rows of fences and barricades Trump has had erected around the White House. It is shameful and truly disgusting. It is a national disgrace.

I grew up just outside of Washington, and when I was a teenager, I used to drive into town and park at the Ellipse -- and there would be the White House. It was an inspiring sight to behold. Now, Trump has it surrounded by wire fences and multiple barricades. The People's House now resembles a war zone prison compound.

So Trump now has his wall -- except that it's not at our southern border. Instead, it surrounds the White House. And Mexico didn't pay for it. American taxpayer dollars did. Trump has turned the people's House into a House of Shame. It was truly a sickening sight to see.

Trump's wall called to mind Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem, "We see thee clearer for the Fence," below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "I see thee clearer for the Grave," below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

We see thee clearer for the Fence
That took its place around
No Mirror could illumine thee
Like that now a Pound –

We know thee better for the Act
That made thee feel immune
The structure ‘round our People’s House
Attests the Bird’s a loon.

By Emily Dickinson:

I see thee clearer for the Grave
That took thy face between
No Mirror could illumine thee
Like that impassive stone --

I know thee better for the Act
That made thee first unknown
The stature of the empty nest
Attests the Bird that's gone.

Alternative Landscape

11/9/2020

With the big news last Saturday that Joe Biden is our president-elect, news of Rudy Giuliani's press briefing at Philadelphia's Four Seasons -- er, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping -- almost got lost in the day's celebrations -- and that would have been tragic because the event was so surreal and so completely laughable, that it would have been a shame if we'd all missed the fun.

Here's what happened:

* On Saturday morning, Trump tweeted about a "big press conference" to be held at the Four Seasons at 11:00 a.m. Shortly, after that, though, he deleted that message, and sent out a new tweet stating that the briefing would be at 11:30 a.m. at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

* The Four Seasons Hotel then tweeted out that the press briefing was not at their hotel, and that they had absolutely nothing to do with it.

* The place in question -- the Four Seasons Total Landscaping -- looked like something out of an episode of "The Sopranos." It was next door to a place called "Fantasy Island," an adult bookstore with private "viewing booths" for adult videos, and it was across the street from the Delaware Valley Cremation Center.

I'm not sure why the briefing was held at this locale -- although I suspect Trump's team knew that this would be the perfect place to spread manure.

* Trump did not attend the press conference. Instead, he golfed. The event -- straight out of the sit-com "VEEP" -- was headed up by America's Clown, Rudy Giuliani, and it did not get off to a good start for almost simultaneously, Pennsylvania called their race for Biden -- and then all of the major networks and news outlets declared Joe Biden our new president-elect.

Giuliani found out the news from the reporters at his super-spreader (of manure).

He responded like a buffoon -- and then most of the reporters packed up their gear and ran off to cover the real news.

The entire affair was pathetic and irrelevant -- and sadly laughable.

Below: My favorite character at this circus wasn't America's Clown, Rudy Giuliani, nor was it the dude in his underwear. Instead, it was the stoic mummer in the Trump mask. He looked as confused and crusty as the criminal-in-chief.

The entire event called to mind Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem "On the bleakness of his lot," below on the left. Dickinson's poem inspired his third cousin Emily to pen her poem "On the bleakness of my lot," below on the right.

By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

On the bleakness of his lot
Gloom he strove to raise –
At the Total Garden store
Sour grapes and lies –

Spoil and Fraud, if steadfast said
Will reward his Base –
Sleight of Hand, by America’s clown
Pacified an Ass –

By Emily Dickinson:

On the Bleakness of my Lot
Bloom I strove to raise –
Late - my Garden of a Rock
Yielded Grape - and Maize –

Soil of Flint, if steadfast tilled
Will reward the Hand –
Seed of Palm, by Lybian Sun
Fructified in Sand –

Below: Some of my favorite tweets about the event:

A fun first-hand account about the fiasco is HERE.-- definitely worth the read! : )