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January 27, 2021
The First One Hundred Days of the Biden Administration has it's work cut out for it. While the GOP's call for unity rings hollow in the midst of an insurrection, a pandemic, and the general disorder that's come about in the last four years, we're at a juncture that if we don't work together a bad situation could become far more dire. Accountability has been an ongoing theme for the last administration, yet here we are and no one claims ownership of the acts of sedition that was incurred on home soil by it's own peoples and involved members of the government itself. This is something that's clearly defined in the Constitution and is most definitely defined as a crime. It may seem as if the light at the end of the tunnel may have dimmed a bit, but have heart. We've weathered storms throughout the history of our nation and we'll weather this one together as well.
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January 27, 2021
Re-uploading Tuesday's program because Podbean bloweth with a mighty blowing.
January 22, 2021
It's nice to know I'm not the only one who gets tongue-tied. Chuck Schumer did today, and hilariously. Lauren Bobble-Head Boebert tries to introduce a bill. Talibandiana begins Attack Trans People Season. TrumpTrial delayed. Hopefully, it's not "Justice denied." Rafaelito Eduardo Cruz, the Annointed Booger-Eatin' Future King of America whines about ethics charges. New ethics charges filed in the House against Cawthorn, Gosar, and some other seditious ass from Arizona. Nitwit Nero really was trying to foment a coup. Lindsey Graham finds a lawyer for Nitwit Nero . . . and he's BUTCH!
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January 21, 2021
Breathe, y'all. Breathe. But don't relax.
January 20, 2021
Here we are! The first day of 2021. Breathe a sigh of relief. "Our long national nightmare is finally over!"
January 19, 2021
Oh, mercy! We're less than a day away . . .
January 19, 2021
Our discussion today is focusing on a new administration and the challenges that it's facing in the coming weeks. Civil unrest, a global pandemic, and an outgoing administration that refuses to loose gracefully aren't the making of an easy transition. We're a nation of division, constantly creating a hierarchy that defeats the purpose of the words freedom and liberty, because it's only with unity that those ideas can come to fruition. We stand together and we prosper as our ancestors before us did, because that's the American way.
January 18, 2021
Here's hoping everyone has had a peaceful and meaningful holiday in remembrance of Dr. King.
The seditious attack on the Capitol continues to yield a bumper crop of morans. Naturally, there had to be another West Virginian to embarrass my state. Rep. Lauren "Bobble-head" Boebert gets outed as one of the seditionists who helped MAGATS "case" the Capitol. Arizona MAGAT has a sad over "Lowe's" canceling Josh "Treason-Is-My-Middle-Name" Hawley's fundraiser in Floridastan. Hitler! Stalin! Wake up, Sheeeeeple!
Then, a treat: Dan Fisher joins me for another of our rousing conversations and introduces us to a reeeeallllly fun new game!
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January 18, 2021
What chaos comes from the lack of Civics. Lately we've had the horror of seeing in real time what happens when the proverbial bottom falls out and things come crashing down due to the firm foundation those things were set on collapsing. But were we ever truly firm? What's happened in the years spanning from 1939 till now that we didn't learn this lesson the first time around is mindboggling, that human life is precious, and the only way to liberty and happiness is that all peoples are free. If nothing else can be gained by the last four years of this presidency, it's this, we will most definitely fall as a nation if we don't stop this spiral into Machiavellianism and stabilize the people who've been caught up in this global game of RISK. The moral of the story? Don't cut off your nose to spite your own face. We can thrive if we work together.
