Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Yesterday was cold for us, which of course does not mean we'd get any sympathy from the rest of the country, but the chill was a bit disconcerting. It fits in with the strange goings on in Washington, D.C., where it seems Republicans want to ignore the election and keep on as if it had never occurred. Didn't they swear to uphold the Constitution? Aren't they elected by us? It does send a chill up my spine. Dr. Strangelove and how I decided to declare the U.S. my fiefdom. Most of us in this country want a break from this craziness, so we can stop the pandemic and do work for the people. But the people who find this attractive? Do they really want to see what having no power and representation looks like? This is a bully's game: to make decent people stand down and let them take over the schoolyard. We saw The Untouchables a couple of nights ago, as a nod to Sean Connery, and at one point we turned to each other and said "mafia". Robert de Niro playing Al Capone was Trump personified. Let's hope sanity prevails, because this is no game we're playing, this is the stability of our nation. Great Britain found out when Brexit played out and people realized they had wrought suffering and havoc on themselves. Bullies expect to be held in check, because they have no self mechanism to turn off the destruction. Trump will not concede, so an alternate plan must be put in place. But McConnell has broken his vows as a senator. He should be impeached.