Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Peaceful transition

Do you have any dark worries about Joe Biden's inauguration? He who should not be named has been thrown off Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and now Parler has been thrown off the platforms, all the president can do is shout at anyone who will listen to him, and there are still a lot of people who hang on his every word.

'The biggest witch-hunt in America's history', he says. 'No violence',  he ends with, giving a virtual knowing wink toward his more extreme followers.

The best we can hope for as his legacy would be his single-handed setting-back of the Republican Party by about 50 years. The worst doesn't bear thinking about.

Can you imagine how different the response would have been if it were Black Lives Matter protesters storming the Capitol? Many more than four dead, and they would not be 3-1 the security forces.

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28 comments:

  1. Jennifer13 January 2021 at 06:16

    Starting this weekend "armed protests" are being planned in all 50 state capitals. These terrorists aren't done and I fear there's going to be more loss of life before this is all over. "Deplorable" is too good a word for Trump supporters. Next Wednesday (inauguration day can't come soon enough).

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  2. Ellen D.13 January 2021 at 07:18

    I agree with Jennifer. It is scary and the more we learn the scarier it all sounds.

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  3. The Weaver of Grass13 January 2021 at 08:10

    None of it bears thinking about As though the Covid crisis were not enough.

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  4. Tasker Dunham13 January 2021 at 08:10

    I wondered what kind of confession you were going to make, given the title.

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    1. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=14 January 2021 at 01:17

      Tasker..Hi..
      Tonnes of info for you on the previous
      post...found a simple solution to your
      problem, though you'll have to work out
      the amount by the info..l found on line..!
      Good luck..hope you find your road way to
      heaven..! :O).

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    2. Tom Stephenson14 January 2021 at 02:37

      Why didn't you leave this comment on the relevant site, Willie? You have ruined any chance of a good trans joke I was going to make now.

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    3. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=14 January 2021 at 02:41

      Oh! Sorry!
      Just thought Tasker might not see
      the info on the previous post..so
      just thought l'd refer it to him..

      Trans joke..? The mind boggles! :).

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  5. the veg artist13 January 2021 at 09:22

    It's a bit like being able to smell something nasty in the air, that feeling that something bad is coming.

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  6. Jean13 January 2021 at 09:29

    When Trump was voted into power we all felt sorry for Americans. Who knew that this is how it could end?

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    1. Tom Stephenson14 January 2021 at 02:39

      Quite a few people suspected it would end something like this.

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  7. Susan13 January 2021 at 11:29

    For an interesting, up to the minute take, look at: YouTube, "The Hill." Select Krystal and Saagor.

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  8. guusje13 January 2021 at 12:46

    Have you heard of the American singer Loudon Wainwright who wrote 4 years ago this song: "I had a dream".
    Youtube. Interesting lyrics.

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    1. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=14 January 2021 at 02:38

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjINbGQ9Vpo

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    2. Tom Stephenson14 January 2021 at 02:40

      Thank you Willie, but I know who Loudon Wainwright is, and I can respond to my own comments. Please don't start taking over again.

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    3. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=14 January 2021 at 02:44

      I like to join in..it's called friendship..
      NOT..taking over..!
      Won't bother you again..! :).

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    4. Tom Stephenson14 January 2021 at 02:48

      I am not asking you to go, Willie. We all like you and value you as a friend. All I am asking is that you give me the chance to respond to comments before you add your contribution. It's called good manners.

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  9. Granny Sue13 January 2021 at 14:22

    And now the House just voted for impeachment. I fear for Biden's safety, and for Harris too. These are some bad days we're living through. I am sad for our country. Just dropping in from Weaver of Grass blog.

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    1. Tom Stephenson14 January 2021 at 02:42

      If it was Obama taking over from Trump, the situation would have been even more dangerous, with all those Confederate flags being held up.

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  10. Debby13 January 2021 at 15:16

    The impeachment hearing was horrifying. So many republicans are willing to write this whole thing off as 'politics'. How are people not horrified by this monster? I will never understand why his actions don't have alarm bells ringing for every American.

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    1. Tom Stephenson14 January 2021 at 02:44

      The Republicans are in damage limitation mode, and their leaders are getting desperate.

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  11. Joanne Noragon13 January 2021 at 17:37

    The spirit of Trump will be around for a long time. About half the country emulates him and really would like the days of Jim Crow back.That's what scary. It's not one man, it's thousands.

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    1. Tom Stephenson14 January 2021 at 02:45

      The hard core will never believe or accept that that Biden won fair and square, despite the tiny margin that Trump won by. Resentment will fester.

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  12. Avus14 January 2021 at 00:44

    I see he is now contemplating starting his own social network site now he has been thrown off all the others. He can then really be a loose cannon and we all know he would have a large following and we all know who they would be!

    Dark times indeed for the poor old USofA

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