January 8, 2021
Dear Everyone:
Happy New Year!
Oh, my goodness.
Just when we think the Narcissist-in-Chief
can’t drag us any further down his personal Rabbit Hole, he proves us
wrong.
This week, he made history, when he encouraged
hundreds of his self-deluded followers to storm the barricades and seize
control of the Capitol in an effort to thwart the formality of affirming
the Electoral College’s conclusion that Trump did not get reelected as
President.
Yes, Trump lost the election of 2020; but that
doesn’t mean he has to accept the facts.
After all, he’s been spinning “alternative facts” for far more
than the just last five years.
This time, he pulled his “look over there!” act by insisting that
he couldn’t possibly have lost, therefore the election had to have been
“rigged”. He doesn’t need
proof. He knows it’s
true.
As do his fervent followers.
They know that Covid-19 is a “Democratic Hoax” designed to
rob them of their rights, including the right to not wear a mask in
public, the right to attend popular sporting events, the right to go to
a concert, eat at a restaurant, and most importantly, the right to get a
haircut!!!
As Trump said himself, while attempting to
coerce the Georgia Secretary of State, “People are angry.”
Indeed they were and Trump decided to use that anger to his
advantage. This week, he
activated “Trump’s Thugs” by inciting a riot.
In writing, where everyone can see it.
That one is going to be difficult to deny in court.
Even now charges are being made against people
who are being arrested. Many
of them incriminated themselves by posting photos of their
“achievements”, like the guy sitting with his feet up on Nancy Pelosi’s
desk.
“Reading the Riot Act” is not just an
expression. It comes from a
time when someone would face an angry crowd and, literally, read the
text of the Act out loud to them, letting them know precisely what would
happen if they did not disperse.
Ironically, the Act invokes the President’s authority.
In this case, it was the President who incited the riot.
Bear in mind that this is the same person who
boasted that he could shoot someone in the middle of New York City’s 5th
Avenue and not suffer any consequences.
Unfortunately, this is not a good defense when a person is
charged with accessory to murder.
Of course, Trump has been aided and abetted by
numerous Republican politicians, including “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz and the
imbecilic Lindsay Graham.
Collectively, we can dub these people “Craven Pieces of Crap”, or CPOC.
Now count the number of CPOC’s who are calling
for Trump to resign.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died through his incompetence,
but when it’s their wellbeing that was threatened, suddenly “he’s
gone too far!”
The important thing is to remember their names.
When the midterm elections come up, every one of them should have
“CPOC” emblazoned across their faces.
Meanwhile, back in
the real world…
Sometime last week, “Jeannie” had a question
about using her “new” smartphone, which is actually my “old” one.
When I got a new smartphone, I gave the old one to her as a
“hand-me-down”. She had
called me on her cordless “house” phone so she could work with the cell
phone independently.
As I tried to explain to her how to use a
particular application (“app”), her voice suddenly got muffled.
“Jeannie”:
“Mmph-hhm-mphm…”
Me:
“I can’t hear you.”
“Jeannie”:
“Mmph-hhm-mphm…”
Me:
“I can’t hear you.”
“Jeannie”:
“Mmph-hhm-mphm…”
Me:
“I CAN’T HEAR YOU!”
Finally, her voice became more distinct, which
is when I discovered what had happened.
She had tucked the cordless phone under her
chin so she could have both hands free.
Only instead of the phone, it was the television remote control
she had under her chin.
To add to the confusion, this is a “voice”
remote control, which means you can give the TV/cable box verbal
instructions. So not only
was I perplexed, but so was the hapless TV.
In the end, I don’t know if we fixed the
problem with the cell phone or not.
Rinse, repeat.
Love, as always,
Pete
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