The Draft Dodger Speaks
Let's face it, he's a
draft dodger. His buddy JD was a correspondent, but that counts right? That's like, well, at least he was in the same
area as the people who risked their lives.
So they can't follow the rules of Arlington Cemetery. The Cemetery says, no campaign photographs, etc. but this is the king, right? He doesn't have to worry about rules. He can't be prosecuted because the SUPREME COURT said he can't.
And he wants to point out that the withdrawal from Afghanistan was messy? He had four years to withdraw as he promised, and he
never did it. Same with Obama; both promised to get out. We wanted out for over ten years. People were dying; nothing was happening. So remind us that it was messy. But I'll remember how you dithered and you were unable to do it yourself. Just get out - Biden at least did it.
So you want to make a big deal out of military service.
Draft dodger - what was it, you had a problem with your foot? A rich doctor said you had a problem with your foot? Or was it your ankle? Or maybe one of your toes? And now you want us to notice what, that you can do whatever you want?
Sorry, I'm getting a little tired of this already.
Prairie Leveretts
A plains pioneer biographyBr>
James Walker Leverett (1830-1916) was born in 1830 and came out to Illinois on a stagecoach with his parents as a boy of four. He grew up on a farm near Quincy, but ended up moving out the prairie three times, once trying to homestead in southeast Nebraska Territory. This story tells about his life. I was interested in it for several reasons; one, the period of time is fascinating. Two, I also had many children and bounced around the prairie. Three, a lot of people claim him as a descendant and it's interesting to map out how we're related and make the connection. The story is interesting for more than the Leverett family, though. He's a guy who was totally in his period, knowing how to build and join wood to make houses, and he has a lot of wisdom to share with the modern generation.
Kindle version
here.
Paperback version in review.
Hardback coming! (maybe ACX?)
Three very good reasons
These are reasons
not to vote for Trump, whether you choose Harris or some third-party candidate who may or may not make any difference. I do feel that everyone should vote, even if they vote "no" or vote communist. Make your opinions known!
First, he's a pedophile rapist. That alone should disqualify him from running. He has, what, sixteen people who have accused him of assault? But then there's
this Vox article. You might read this and say, "they have nothing to go on." I read it and say "his guilt is
all over this situation. He
was hanging around with Jeffrey Epstein. That's what they were doing. She filed charges
twice. She was thirteen, and there's no way he could have
not known.
Second, "You'll never have to vote again." He means it. The campaign can walk it back all they want. But he has no sense of humor, and eventually he says everything he thinks even if it's accusing someone else of something he thinks. In this case, he has no regard, or comtempt, for both the constitution
and the process, these elections that he keeps losing. He has no qualms about getting his followers to do whatever violence necessary to put him on top, and then he'll pardon them and we'll get rid of this messy democracy altogether.
His downfall may be that we like democracy, messy as it is. The Constitution
protects us from tyrants and we can actually remember eleven generations ago when we needed to seal the deal and keep tyrant kings out of power. We set up a democracy
on purpose. We
want to vote.
Third, the earth is in crisis. This was my original reason. It is painfully obvious that we need someone to lead us through a climate crisis. He is not the one; he doesn't even believe in it. He can't see beyond the end of his nose; during the pandemic, he started out with denial and then got totally absorbed in how it made him
look. People are dying here. We need someone who can lead the nation. What appears today to be just rapidly heating up/burning up/flooding will tomorrow, or within four years, be much worse.
That's it. I not only don't vote for him, I vote for whoever has the best chance of keeping him out of there. Which in this case is Harris. It's a pretty low bar. I actually think she'll be good, and do good things, but I have to admit I would vote for her if she was over 90, or had the wrong position on Israel, or whatever. We have an urgent choice, and have to do the right thing.
