News of the day:
For today:
I was so disappointed and HURT on January 6th when our Capitol Building was defaced and treated with
such disrespect. I was just as disappointed in our President who did nothing at
the time to say, “THIS IS NOT WHAT I MEANT, PLEASE CEASE AND DECIST!” But he let
it go unabated.
Now, from a rally of the former president I hear screams and
calls for Civil War. Folks, someone is crazy! WE CITIZENS OF THE USA supposedly
learned thru our last Uncivil war that folks get killed. Many politicians and
encouragers stay out of the fray, BUT Brothers & sisters, cousins, kin and
friends DIE! In mid 1800 up to 750,000 citizens died, 2.5% of the population killing each other. An all-out civil war today it is estimated a minimum of 7 million of us
Citizens of the USA would die. That is about 5 in every 20 people.
I can’t understand
people’s thoughts. I cannot fathom an ego that encourages this lunacy. THERE WILL BE NO CIVIL WAR, thank
God (my opinion). In that attack on our Capitol Building foolish people
thought they could change the rule of law by force, this is not Uganda, this is
the USA.
Please read with some logic this piece extracted from an article
by Dan Rodricks where he said:
William Gale and
Darrell West, senior fellows at the Brookings
Institution, examined the
civil war question recently and concluded that, despite Republican claims of
electoral fraud and efforts to suppress voting, we will resolve our conflicts
through the ballot box, not combat. “The rule of law remains strong,” they
wrote, noting that the president and federal government have the power to put
down insurrection and punish those who engage in violence.
So I don’t
believe we’re headed for civil war and, instead, agree with Graber about what’s
more likely — less bloody
but just as disastrous — if we remain on our present course: A country
increasingly ungovernable.
End Quote (The highlighted part makes me cry for my country and I
pray for some logic and intelligence to eventually prevail.)
Off my stump again.....
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7 comments:
Like you I was saddened and shocked at the acts on January 5th. We are supposed to be the United States not the divided States. I believe in our Constitution and the rights of liberty and freedom for all. We need to remain united or we will fail.
I am praying for the USA and also for the UK over here. Peace is obtained through forgiveness. The world will not know peace until it learns to forgive. The way we are behaving is making Jesus weep.
God bless.
It's very simple. We are dealing with a few greedy politicians (nothing more and nothing less) who thirst for power. They want to rule -not govern- with no regulations. That is an autocracy. They are easy to identify by applying this question: What good have they done for all of America? Why we are thinking of going to war with each other makes no sense.
As ever, you raise excellent talking points. However, I personally cannot fathom ever arriving at any common ground with the liberal left's socialist agendas.
I don't think anyone wants to see more bloodshed. And I honestly don't think that will ever happen in my lifetime. Sad, but perhaps the only viable solution is the states' irrreconcilable differences recognized in a court of law ... not unlike a divorce.
I so agree with your article and every single comment above. Not much to add, except it does sicken me to read the news. And BTW at about 2 a.m. this morning I read about the Forgetter, I'd forgotten that story about Mom. You're something else, Jack Darnell!!! Warm hugs from Chobee to you two!!!
Thank you for this. I can't add anything more to what you've already said. Well maybe one more thought. We can never, ever let Donald Trump darken the doorstep of the White House again. Ever.
It is very sad. But here is one of the problems…Actually young people do not know about the wars. Sadly because it is not taught in our schools any more. Did you know that they have stopped teaching US History? Thats what I have heard from several teachers.
Sad.
Lisa
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