Stand Up
Woke up on Sunday morning to the news that Orenthal had been released from prison.
I clicked on and read the article about where he might choose to live, and when he will grant his first interview.
Why are we drawn to him?
What should happen is that he lives his life free of any our speculation. He's a rotten human being...
...yet people will remain interested.
Then we have the hurricane Maria response argument, and regardless of whether or not people think the facts are being skewed or not, the Donald railed on a Twitter about those people wanting everything done for them.
A colossally dumb thing to say...
...kicking people when they're fighting to stay alive.
What got me about it was that immediately after the tweet was published a Trump supporter was on one of the news shows breaking down why it was the right thing to say at the right time.
The guy was spinning himself into the ground trying to make the nonsensical make sense.
"They should try and help themselves instead of looking to be saved."
Really???
Later on someone posed a question on social media asking:
"Why don't people condemn the president when what he says is absolutely wrong?"
And that's an interesting question.
The line that separates what is right from what is wrong has become so blurred that there really isn't all that much risk in behaving badly.
Don't you think that down deep Tom Price knew that taking a private jet to Philly to Washington was wrong?
He did it anyway.
Isn't the fact that people are financially benefitting off being in office still wrong?
It used to be.
Now it's shrugged off.
And emails!!!
Dear Lord, there was a wild cry to lock up a user who used a private email for government business.
Well, guess what?
Six members of the current cabinet have been busted doing the exact same thing.
Ho-hum.
Who cares?
One of my kids busted a minor rule at school about a month ago. He was mad because the rule was dumb.
My wife sided with him.
"Did you know the rule?" I asked.
"Yeah, but it's dumb."
"You think it's dumb," I said. "And you broke it, knowing it was there. You have to live with the result."
"Don't you think it's a dumb rule?" Sam asked.
"Doesn't matter," I said. "Can't just pick and choose which rules to follow."
I know I'm right!
Can't keep blurring the lines.
Right is stil right and wrong is still wrong.
Pushing the envelope, not calling out bad behavior...
...well, it leads to chaos.
20 or 30 years from now when someone asks me about 2017 one word will come to mind:
Chaos.
We have to go back to calling out bad words, behaviors and actions...
...or we're in big trouble.
I clicked on and read the article about where he might choose to live, and when he will grant his first interview.
Why are we drawn to him?
What should happen is that he lives his life free of any our speculation. He's a rotten human being...
...yet people will remain interested.
Then we have the hurricane Maria response argument, and regardless of whether or not people think the facts are being skewed or not, the Donald railed on a Twitter about those people wanting everything done for them.
A colossally dumb thing to say...
...kicking people when they're fighting to stay alive.
What got me about it was that immediately after the tweet was published a Trump supporter was on one of the news shows breaking down why it was the right thing to say at the right time.
The guy was spinning himself into the ground trying to make the nonsensical make sense.
"They should try and help themselves instead of looking to be saved."
Really???
Later on someone posed a question on social media asking:
"Why don't people condemn the president when what he says is absolutely wrong?"
And that's an interesting question.
The line that separates what is right from what is wrong has become so blurred that there really isn't all that much risk in behaving badly.
Don't you think that down deep Tom Price knew that taking a private jet to Philly to Washington was wrong?
He did it anyway.
Isn't the fact that people are financially benefitting off being in office still wrong?
It used to be.
Now it's shrugged off.
And emails!!!
Dear Lord, there was a wild cry to lock up a user who used a private email for government business.
Well, guess what?
Six members of the current cabinet have been busted doing the exact same thing.
Ho-hum.
Who cares?
One of my kids busted a minor rule at school about a month ago. He was mad because the rule was dumb.
My wife sided with him.
"Did you know the rule?" I asked.
"Yeah, but it's dumb."
"You think it's dumb," I said. "And you broke it, knowing it was there. You have to live with the result."
"Don't you think it's a dumb rule?" Sam asked.
"Doesn't matter," I said. "Can't just pick and choose which rules to follow."
I know I'm right!
Can't keep blurring the lines.
Right is stil right and wrong is still wrong.
Pushing the envelope, not calling out bad behavior...
...well, it leads to chaos.
20 or 30 years from now when someone asks me about 2017 one word will come to mind:
Chaos.
We have to go back to calling out bad words, behaviors and actions...
...or we're in big trouble.
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