Ruminations

President “Not My Fault” (Sad!)

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

As if on cue, a defender of the White House rushed to respond…. Yes, Benghazi. Still. Clearly, and unsurprisingly, this passionate defender missed my point (and, by doing so, reinforced my point).

Nothing that is going on now is about President Obama or Secretary Clinton. What is going on now, and in the future, is about Trump – no one else is making the decision about what we do next.

Yet he could not resist. He cannot speak unless he is attacking someone – he must always attack, always denigrate, always demean, and always cast himself as a victim of that other person’s failings.

Good Government

We Persist

Bryan Watson2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

We are now being tested, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. What progress we have won seems to be slipping away, not by the natural forces of time and change, but by the sinister forces of greed and wealth and power and deceit. Like our predecessors whose radical ideas have gone before, we must persist.

A Teaching Moment, Squandered

Bryan Watson6 years ago3 years ago03 mins

Give 30 minutes to walk out and return, then give an hour to study of these basic tenets of being a citizen in the US, their history, the difficulties of conflicts between rights and safety, how bills become law, and how protests change (or don’t change) law, how courts decide conflicts.

Basic civics education.

Good Government

Review: ‘Gunfight, My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America’

Lisa Pruitt1 year ago1 year ago039 mins

But guns have long signaled something different in rural places than in urban ones. Just as significant, guns now signify something radically different than they did a few decades ago. In short, guns have become highly politicized, both a cause and a symbol of our nation’s accelerating polarization

Promises made, Promises broken

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

Uncertainty damages business … and people too. Too bad about the student loan forgiveness plan. I remember (in 2012) when the Bush tax cuts of 2003 were scheduled to expire. Republicans raised a hue and cry about the “uncertainty” that this cast upon our economy. Businesses didn’t know how to plan – should they expect…

Kill Off Debate Combat Now!

Bryan Watson5 years ago02 mins

The current combative format and style of these so-called “debates” is exactly Trump’s wheelhouse. If that style continues into the general election, whoever is running against Trump will get crushed.

Government should be optimistic

Bryan Watson4 years ago3 years ago03 mins

“The West Wing”, Season 3, Episode 12: “100,000 Airplanes” (January 16, 2002) SCENE: The team is gathered in the Oval Office. President Bartlett has told them that he wants to include something in his State of the Union speech to say that we will cure cancer. His advisers explain, one by one, why he can’t…

Is This Heaven?

Bryan Watson4 years ago3 years ago02 mins

But for the 24-hour political newscasters, the Iowa caucus results were a panic moment. And now, 36 hours later, they are still mumbling and grumbling, talking about apps and coding problems and the horror of having to wait.

Results AND Resistance

Bryan Watson6 years ago04 mins

What do we resist? We resist job losses. We resist wage stagnation. We resist corporate welfare. We resist corruption. We resist cruelty. We resist dictators.

We resist Republicans.

Article III

Bryan Watson5 years ago05 mins

Contempt of Congress and obstruction of congressional investigaton is the crucial charge in the impeachment litany. It ask the simple but central question: Does Congress matter?

“We have met the enemy and he is us.”

Wings and Mainstreams

Step Away – Find Your Pathway

Review: ‘Gunfight, My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America’

“Fear was a big part of it”

A People In Motion

President “Not My Fault” (Sad!)

We Persist

A Teaching Moment, Squandered

Review: ‘Gunfight, My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America’

Promises made, Promises broken

Kill Off Debate Combat Now!

Government should be optimistic

Is This Heaven?

Results AND Resistance

Article III