Wednesday, November 19, 2025

These People are Not Like Us...


Saying it yet again, in another way:

I. He has attacked our heroic reporters for doing their job;

II. He has defended a man our CIA (and others) said was guilty of having a reporter killed, butchered. And this was a US-based reporter... In spite of the evidence, he just waved it all away and decided to proclaim, himself, that this wealthy and elite prince was innocent! (This was a prince whose daddy appointed him the Prime Minister, sort of like our own president getting wealthy thanks to his daddy's wealth before him... and by endless lawsuits) The point being, this is not a freely elected noble leader, this is a wealthy prince having a brave reporter butchered to death and getting away with it;*

IIa. It should be noted that the felon president isn't coddling a likely butcher out of the kindness of his heart... he's arranging oil deals, golf deals, investment deals for his family and other ultra-rich families... my friends, this should NOT be so;

III. He has boasted about getting away with sexual assault - boasted and laughed about being able to get away with it because he was rich and powerful and privileged;

IV. He has publicly boasted and laughed about using that same privilege to ogle half-naked teen-aged girls;

V. He was a frequent friend of a now-convicted (and now-dead) pedophile;

VI. He said of the pedophile's assistant, "I wish her well..." and his administration got her a cozier jail cell after some unknown "deal" was made;

VII. He has pardoned convicted criminals who assaulted police officers in a public insurrection at the Capitol;

VIII. He has pardoned millionaire and billionaire friends who were legally convicted of crimes and cons;

VIX. He has praised and defended and lauded/allied with dictators, oppressors, murderers, fascists while at the same time attacked and belittled our traditional partners - nations that are free republics, not dictatorships or run by strong men;

VX. He has refused to be transparent about his finances and the ways he and his family are enriching themselves with his presidency;

And I could go on and on. This is not a normal presidency. At some point, dear conservatives, you really need to finally say, "Whoa, THIS is too much... I've been conned. He truly was corrupt and indecent and vulgar and acted in ways that enriched him and his name and empowered actual criminals, racists, nazis and sexual assailants."

Please, join the majority of the nation in standing opposed to a criminal and corrupt administration. If nothing else, conservatives used to be concerned about crimes. This is a criminal administration, pardoning and defending wife abusers, child abusers, wealthy thieves, murderers and just the worst of people.

* RE: powerful people like the Saudi Prince getting away with literal murder, it should be noted that this is the way of our world for people like the prince and the pervert president. Even the Biden administration refused to hold the prince accountable. These people are not like Us.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Growing Old

I heard John Burroughs
in the Autumn woods today
he said
“How beautifully leaves grow old.
How full of light and color are their last days.”
and I could not disagree
not if I wanted to

But after their light is dimmed
and after their color faded
Autumn leaves still grow old beautifully
becoming Winter leaves with
the common decency to leave
some of themselves behind

I hope to grow old like that