Dimensionally Barrett

The Onion nailed it sometime ago. We will continue to hear politicians and the NRA bullshit about “what to do about this?” Ad nauseam. And no, this is not a two-sided argument:  Democrats have repeatedly submitted commonsense gun legislation and the Republicans have repeatedly stonewalled or shot it down. This is not going to be a post written in measured tones. No deep analysis of facts, arguments or figures. We’re way past that. I should be writing in all caps. This, and every article that has anything to do with shootings, gun control, lives lost because of the one and lack of the other, should all be posted in ALL CAPS, like so many primal screams. No, what follows is going to be declarative and judgmental- often harsh - about this country and our society as it is. We are not a particularly smart, or brave, much less, free country. We are not brave, if we feel a need to own guns too. We are not smart: we can’t even pass decent legislation, even if or rather, particularly when ...

Huh, the Supreme Court building...looking morally vacant. I hope no one was surprised by the SCOTUS ruling on limited immunity regarding the 45th president's criminal cases. I'm unpleasantly shocked that it finally happened, but now that's passed, all I can think of right now is ruminating on how it's all come to this. Essentially, the ruling paves the way for any number of possible futures of governance in this country. I don't feel like reading tea leaves, but in the short term, it has rendered holding power at the highest level accountable nearly impossible.  The ruling is vague enough to tie up cases in what is to be considered "official business" at any given point in a president's tenure, but no matter how you may want to spin it, its meaning is clear; the president cannot be tried for criminal acts while in office. The president is now quite literally "above the law" and this, to anyone paying attention - and I'll definitely be rev...