kairos12
kairos12's JournalI hear MAGA crazies are
fearful of big gubmit placing chips in people.
Count me in for Doritos.
I go back to this today. Very relevant during Shrub's reign. Even more so today.
https://richardlfloyd.com/2020/11/22/pity-the-nation-a-poem-for-our-time-by-lawrence-ferlinghetti/“PITY THE NATION”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007
Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own
Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty!
copyright Lawrence Ferlingetti
As I look back at the original inspiration for this by Kahlil Gibran.
“Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion.
Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave
and eats a bread it does not harvest.
Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero,
and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful.
Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream,
yet submits in its awakening.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
save when it walks in a funeral,
boasts not except among its ruins,
and will rebel not save when its neck is laid
between the sword and the block.
Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox,
whose philosopher is a juggler,
and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking
Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpeting,
and farewells him with hooting,
only to welcome another with trumpeting again.
Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years
and whose strongmen are yet in the cradle.
Pity the nation divided into fragments,
each fragment deeming itself a nation.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Garden of The Prophet
Both way too prophetic.
I like my horror figures self-sustaining.
Jason and all those other horror figures always make the way back in a self-sufficient way.
Horror figure, The Tangerine Turd, has way too many MAGA Renfields: SCOTUS, MAGA Congress, asleep at the switch media, modern day Elmer Gantrys, foreign intelligence, etc., propping him up.
If you are going to be a horror figure, at least pull yourself up by your own overpriced, ridiculous hightops.
Read today. LOL! The inventor of autocorrect died today.
The funnel will be held tomato.
Everybody calm down. I recall how Bush v. Gore was delayed
2 months.
Hey, wait a minute.
The writers of the Constitution probably didn't conceive of
place in history where, one branch of government, and part of another, were in support of an insurrectionist, who also happened to be an ex-President.
Also, who was also a foreign asset.
Who knew?
MAGA Cries about increased retail theft has validity.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lauren-boeberts-son-arrested-over-110857705.htmlsnip:
Rep. Lauren Boebert's 18-year-old son, Tyler Boebert, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon and is facing 22 charges, including several felony charges relating to a string of crimes in her Colorado district.
What a disgusting bunch of grifters.
MAGA Talking Points Now, and in the future
No weapons for Ukraine. Money for the border only. Defend America. Ukraine corrupt, America First.
Next: Biden lost Ukraine. Biden Weak.
Count on it.
President's Day alway seems to bring out the mattress sales specials.
Just a quick reminder on a way to save money. You can convert any sofa into a sofa bed by by forgetting your anniversary.
You're welcome.
I recall a fav
tennis shoe from my youth was PF Flyers. I think they are still around.
In honor of Chump's new tennis shoe maybe we should christen them:
PF Liars.
Presumed Fucking Liars.
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