What keeps the world from reverting to the Neanderthal with each generation is the continuing, ongoing mythos… the huge body of common knowledge that unites our minds as cells are united in the body of man… | |
— Robert M. Pirsig | |
[I’m looking at you Texas and Mississippi… How many “extra” / more have to die before you tell your folks to wear masks? — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | With Friends Like This… |
2019 | Still Better Than Third |
2018 | A Tough Row To Hoe |
2017 | Just In Case |
2016 | Republicans Eat Their Young |
2015 | Still 99% |
2014 | Affirming The Wall |
2013 | Maintain The Freedom |
2012 | All Good |
2011 | Fountains Of Life |
Staying Alive | |
Posts Tagged ‘American Politics’
Republican Governors Don’t Help
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Common Knowledge, Common Sense, COVID-19, Mississippi, Mythos, Neanderthal, Quotes, Republican Governors, Robert M. Pirsig, Texas, Wearing Masks on March 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Right Up Until Armed Insurrectionists Attack Congress
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Belligerence, Education, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Patience, Philosophy, Quotes, Simple-Minded on March 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Be patient with the belligerence of the simple-minded. It’s not easy to understand that one doesn’t understand. | |
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Sometimes Human Nature Stays The Same |
2019 | Sometimes Too Subtle |
2018 | A Lot Like Teaching |
2017 | Wake Up |
2016 | I Like Dreaming |
2015 | Importance |
2014 | Unearned Humility |
2013 | Science Is Trial And Error |
2012 | Franklin’s Creed |
2011 | First Steps |
2010 | Home Ill… |
How Many Democracy Loving Conservatives Are In The Senate?
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #ConvictTrump, American Politics, Mahatma Gandhi, Philosophy, Quotes on February 13, 2021| Leave a Comment »
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. | |
— Mahatma Gandhi | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Love And Charity |
2019 | Tomorrow Is Valentine’s Day |
Inverted U Curve | |
2018 | Still More Prejudice |
A Well Trod Path Of Hopes, Expectations And Surprise | |
2017 | …And With It Civilization |
2016 | Just Like My Mother |
2015 | All Omissions Are Mine |
2014 | Precise Order |
2013 | Uh, No. Not Really… |
Deep Regions | |
2012 | A Pre-Valentine’s Day Message |
2011 | Easy Like Sunday Morning |
May I Have A Little More, Please… | |
2010 | Valleys and Peaks |
Mike Could Have Saved Us A Bundle On Border Walls
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, American Politics, Michael Jordan, Philosophy, Quotes, Walls on February 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. | |
— Michael Jordan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | And Then There Was Yellow |
At This Moment | |
2019 | Sin Less Every Day |
2018 | Probably Only A Little Easier |
2017 | Stars Above |
2016 | Where Do You Stand? |
Health Update | |
2015 | Leaving On A Mid-Night Train |
2014 | Questioned Faith |
2013 | At Home In Fire |
2012 | A Tale Of Two Books |
More Meaning | |
2011 | Back At The Millstone |
To Learn, Teach | |
Guns Or Butter
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Abraham Flexner, American Politics, Choice, Civilization, Economics, Philosophy, Quotes, War on February 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. | |
— Abraham Flexner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Haunting Illusions |
True Color | |
Crackin’ The Flags | |
2019 | Maybe A Slight Advantage |
We Should Never Give Up On Our Dreams | |
2018 | As I Recall |
2017 | Truly Generous |
2016 | Choose Your Destiny |
2015 | Fast And Firm |
2014 | Neither Head Nor Heart |
2013 | Lonely, Foolish, Love Songs |
Batting 1.000 | |
Coward, n. | |
2012 | At Least A Little More Difficult |
2011 | Speaking Of Fear |
The Republican Party Can Survive Trumpism (If It Wants To)
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Ernest Hemingway, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength, Surviving Trumpism, The Republican Party, Weakness on February 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The world breaks everyone, and afterwards many are strong in the broken places. | |
— Ernest Hemingway | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Art Work |
One Person (Republican) Can Make A Majority | |
2019 | Hopefully, Closer To Noon |
Can You See The Bottom? | |
2018 | Stock Market Sets Another Record Under #DumbDonald |
#LyingDonald: About That Special Prosecutor Testimony | |
2017 | We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet |
2016 | But You Have To Learn It Feels Good |
2015 | Never Stop |
2014 | Caution |
2013 | Treat Her Like A Lady |
2012 | Build New Worlds |
2011 | I Grok Elegance |
Standing Relish | |
Do Senate Republicans Believe In The Constitution And The Rule Of Law (Or Not)?
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45 - The Loser, American Politics, Free And Fair Elections, Philosophy, Preaching, Quotes, Republicans, St. Francis of Assisi, Walk The Talk, Walking on February 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
There is no use in walking anywhere to preach if your walking isn’t your preaching. | |
— St. Francis of Assisi | |
[I’m predicting they (the Republicans) talk about “free and fair” elections, but they don’t really believe in them OR support them – especially when a Republican President is willing to use a riot to overturn an election he’s lost. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Morally Treasonable |
2019 | Lost Again Or Still? |
2018 | Why #LazyDonald Starts Work At 11AM |
2017 | At Least Most Of The Time |
2016 | But Doctor, I Never Learned How To Read |
2015 | Punch The Keys, For God’s Sake! |
2014 | Ouch! |
2013 | Revelations |
2012 | Movies And Juicing |
Brady Gets #4 (Prediction) | |
Happy To Get Up | |
2011 | What About Good Blogs? |
2010 | Slowly, Slowly… |
Can The Senate Find Truth?
Posted in Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged American Politics, Favorite Lines, Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Who Will Answer? -- music video, YouTube on February 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Who Will Answer? |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
From the canyons of the mind, | |
We wander on and stumble blindly | |
Through the often-tangled maze | |
Of starless nights and sunless days, | |
While asking for some kind of clue | |
Or road to lead us to the truth, | |
But who will answer? | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | All Foam And All Dreams |
2019 | Why #IncompetentDonald May Be The Most Successful President Ever |
Latina Fish Story | |
2018 | Blocking The Light And Air |
2017 | It’s Even Dimmer When You Don’t Have It |
2016 | Inconvenienced By Degree |
2015 | Sincerity |
2014 | Prayers For Junior |
Senseless | |
2013 | Interesting Drink |
Super Bowl XLVII Declared A No Bird Zone | |
2012 | Smile |
2011 | Come Forward |
Senate: Defend The Constitution – Convict Trump
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #ConvictTrump, #DefendTheConstitution, #ImpeachTrump, American Politics, Battles, Fighting, John Greenleaf Whittier, Philosophy, Quotes, Winning on February 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought. | |
— John Greenleaf Whittier | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | All Foam And All Dreams |
2019 | Why #IncompetentDonald May Be The Most Successful President Ever |
Latina Fish Story | |
2018 | Blocking The Light And Air |
2017 | It’s Even Dimmer When You Don’t Have It |
2016 | Inconvenienced By Degree |
2015 | Sincerity |
2014 | Prayers For Junior |
Senseless | |
2013 | Interesting Drink |
Super Bowl XLVII Declared A No Bird Zone | |
2012 | Smile |
2011 | Come Forward |
Will The Senate Convict An Insurrectionist?
Posted in Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Politics, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged #ConvictTrump, #DefendTheConstitution, #ProtectDemocracy, American Politics, History, Included Video, One In A Row -- music video, Political Leadership, Quotes, Willie Nelson, YouTube on February 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »
One In A Row |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
And if you can look into my eyes | |
One time without telling lies | |
Well that makes one in a row | |
One in a row, one in a row | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Senate Perfidy |
2019 | Contributing To Congress |
Yellow Signs Of Spring | |
2018 | But Take Heart |
Poetic Marker | |
2017 | The Few, The Many, The Most |
2016 | To My Brother |
2015 | For Junior |
A Roman Rome | |
2014 | Hmmm |
2013 | What’s A Motto With You? |
2012 | Worthy Companions |
2011 | Bourne Again |
Which Ten Are You In? | |
Not Here, Not Again
Posted in History, Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DefendTheConstitution, #Impeach45, #ProtectDemocracy, American Politics, Eleanor Roosevelt, History, Political Leadership, Profiles In Courage, Quotes on February 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
[We will soon see if the Senate is interested in protecting Democracy or whether party continues to be more important than country. What we saw last month was a President promote civil insurrection to destabilize the Congress while it was performing its Constitutionally mandated duty of confirming a democratically held (and fair) election, simply because he (and his insurrectionist supports) lost the election. The President did this in front of the cameras and there is no denying his culpability. He spent almost a year promoting the line that the election would be unfair and, in fact, “stolen” if he lost. He then spent two months after the election calling on his supporters to come to Washington to “protest” to Congress about them approving the legitimate results of the election. On the day (6 January 2021), he called on his followers to halt the proceedings in Congress and he promised to walk to Congress with them in protest. Of course, being a coward, he did no such thing. He retreated to the White House, where he could be protected from the immediate results of his induced riot. | |
The former President should be tried and convicted of violation of his oath of office and then the Senate should vote to remove the privileges of his former Office – primarily retirement pay and the ability to run for future public office. That is what should happen. I have very little faith it will. The simple truth is Republicans seek a return to power in an off-year (non-Presidential) election next year (November 2022), and they don’t want to jeopardize that election protecting the Constitution or the Country by punishing a faithless (IMHO a traitorous) former President. | |
We’ll see if there are any “Profiles In Courage” in the Republican Party, but my money is on this leopard not changing its spots. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Senate Perfidy |
2019 | Contributing To Congress |
Yellow Signs Of Spring | |
2018 | But Take Heart |
Poetic Marker | |
2017 | The Few, The Many, The Most |
2016 | To My Brother |
2015 | For Junior |
A Roman Rome | |
2014 | Hmmm |
2013 | What’s A Motto With You? |
2012 | Worthy Companions |
2011 | Bourne Again |
Which Ten Are You In? | |
Will Republican Senators Convict A Former President?
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Impeachment, Quotes, Republican Senators, Winnie the Pooh on February 1, 2021| 2 Comments »
I always get to where I’m going by walking away from where I have been. | |
— Winnie the Pooh | |
[IMHO: Republican Senators will NEVER convict a former President IF he is a Republican. But heaven help any former President who happens to be a Democrat if the Republicans EVER get control of both the House and the Senate (at the same time) again. Every living former Democratic President will be up for impeachment. Mark my words!!! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Republican Acceptance Of Abuse Of Office |
2019 | The Courage Of Four Skills |
2018 | And Stable Genius, Too |
2017 | And So We Continue |
2016 | Feeling Endangered? |
2015 | One Day |
2014 | Too Bad |
2013 | Unfinished |
2012 | First Steps Along The Path |
2011 | A Small Part Of Future Webs |
Dealing With Trumpism, Racism and Fascism In America
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Difficulty, Education, Fascism, Journey, Lao-Tzu, Learning, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Miles, Philosophy, Quotes, Racism, Steps, Trumpism on January 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. | |
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca | |
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. | |
— Lao-tzu | |
[We are going to HAVE to be in it for the long haul folks. So, get settled in… There’s lots of work ahead. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | And So Must Good Government |
2019 | Are You Done Watching? |
2018 | Spineless Capitulation By The Democrats |
Woe Is Me… | |
2017 | Sincerely Yours |
2016 | Only Good To Say |
2015 | A Series Of Temporary Conditions |
2014 | Gaps |
2013 | Duty |
2012 | Cost Not Price |
Superheroes | |
2011 | The Simple Normalcy Of Everyday Life – “Squirrel!” |
Inauguration Day 2021
Posted in Faith, Included Video, Leadership, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged American Politics, Faith, Favorite Lines, Inauguration Day 2021, Included Video, Leadership, MVP, Philosophy, President Biden, Quotes, The Boys Are Back In Town -- music video, Thin Lizzy, Vice-President Harris, YouTube on January 20, 2021| 1 Comment »
The Boys Are Back In Town |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
I said the boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
[Congratulations to President Joe Biden and to our first female (“MVP” – Madam VP) Vice-President Kamala Harris. We are praying for you and your new Administration. We do not expect you to SAVE us. We expect you to LEAD us. We don’t believe you’ll make life easy for us. We just hope you’ll be able to make it a little bit easier. Now, let’s get to work!! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Posting As A Continual Exercise |
2019 | Border Security – Yes, Border Wall – No |
2018 | Supporting Survival Values |
2017 | Inauguration Day 2017 [Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right! — KMAB] |
2016 | Or A Pot Of Gold After The Storm |
2015 | One, Two, Three… |
2014 | Lend Your Hand |
2013 | Amnesty, n. |
2012 | Best Resolv’d |
The Clock Is Running | |
2011 | Magic |
Tomorrow President Biden Starts Wrestling
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Alligator Wrestling, American Politics, Brains, Harold Washington, Leadership, Patience, Philosophy, Problems, Quotes, Swamps on January 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Most of our problems can be solved. Some of them will take brains, and some of them will take patience, but all of them will have to be wrestled with like an alligator in the swamp. | |
— Harold Washington | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Burden Of Faith |
On To Superbowl LIV (54)!! | |
2019 | Are Your Dogs Barking? |
Dangerous Waistcoats | |
2018 | And 40+ Years Later? |
2017 | He Is Alone |
2016 | Compensation |
2015 | Charlie Redux |
2014 | The Crux |
2013 | Erosion And Rechannelling |
Alliance, n. | |
2012 | How Many Thought… (One I Know Of) |
Choices And Decisions | |
2011 | Speed Spoils |
Simply Intended | |
2010 | A Second 4 Hour Jog |