This week Capitol Hill police officer Brian D. Sicknick was honored in the Capitol Rotunda. Sicknick was caught up in the January 6 riots where he sustained serious injuries and died later.
Monthly Archives: February 2021
Worst Quotes of the Week – February 6, 2021
“This categorical statement surely would have surprised the Framers of the First Amendment, who believed in freedom of speech but not so much in democracy. The Framers of our constitutional system thought they were building a ‘republic,’ with limited suffrage and many checks on ‘democracy.”
Alan Dershowitz, claiming that the current impeachment of Donald Trump is an attack on free speech and arguing that freedom of speech is “essential to keeping it a republic, but not necessarily a democracy.”
“If you’re going to pursue this, and you wanna start calling witnesses, and you want to drag this thing out, it would be fair to have Kamala Harris’ tape play where she bailed people out of jail. What more could you do to incite future violence, than to pay the bail of the people who broke up the shops and beat up the cops. How’s that not inciting future violence? Be careful what you wish for my Democratic colleagues; be careful what you wish for.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, on the current impeachment of former President Donald Trump
“I haven’t even looked at what all she’s done. I’d have to hold back a statement on that. Travel in this weather it’s been a little rough looking at any news or whatever.”
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, regarding Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Best Quotes of the Week – February 6, 2021
“When we defend equal rights of the people the world over, of women and girls, of LGBTQ individuals, indigenous communities and people with disabilities, the people of every ethnic background and religion, we also ensure that those rights are protected for our own children here in America.”
President Joe Biden, upon issuing a memorandum to protect LGBTQ rights as part of a human rights agenda for the United States
“There were a lot more Republican leaders, and their constituents, who attempted to push back then than there are now. To a large extent, the people who have inherited the Birch legacy today, I think, are more empowered [and] more visible within the Republican Party. There is much less criticism; there is much less of an effort to drum them out; there is a much greater fear of antagonizing them. They are the so-called Republican base.”
Matthew Dallek, political historian at George Washington University and author of an upcoming history of the John Birch Society, on the growing acceptance of extremism in the Republican Party
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From the ‘Who Gives a F**k’ Files
As if we need any more idiots procreating, here comes some disheartening news: Paris Hilton wants to be a mom. The notorious hotel heiress recently announced – like people really wanted to hear this – that she and her boyfriend, Carter Reum, have begun in vitro fertilization.
Help us, Jesus! The welfare of civilization is at stake!
Hilton has gone through boyfriends like I’ve gone through bottles of vodka. And, as a recovering alcoholic, I should know!
Hilton stated she’d like to have twins, a boy and a girl, and that IVF is “the only way” to ensure that happens. To help her along, Hilton consulted with another longtime friend, an equally disingenuous celebrity famous for nothing else other than being incredibly wealthy – Kim Kardashian. Kardashian had given birth to twins via IVF, which, Hilton declares is something “I didn’t even know about.”
Living in that billionaire bubble, Hilton doesn’t know how most things work – like when you have to pay for your light bill or shop for food. And this chick wants to bring more of her kind into the world. Like I said – civilization is at stake.
I mean, who really gives a fuck?!
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Angry Soul
Have you ever been so angry you literally want to scream or just destroy something? I’ve had too many days like that, especially when I was working in a corporate environment. That’s how I felt today. It was truly one of Those Days. You know the kind – when everything seems to go wrong, virtually from the start. I won’t bore you folks with the agonizing details. But, as it all came to a frustrating end, I can only engage in the most practical of activities: eat cheese and drink red wine. What the hell did you expect from The Chief?!
Trick question: how do you relieve all that anger?
Traditionally I’ve retreated to my usual standbys – exercise, writing, alcohol, masturbation…things that make all the bad shit go away. So far, I have 3 out of those 4 today.
But one of my lifelong vices has been holding onto bad stuff for a loooooong time. Too damn long! I didn’t just hold grudges. I relived certain events or incidents and even conversations where I had the last word and the best ending. The result always concluded in my favor.
Fantasy is nice – when reality is so brutally bland or appalling.
I’ve learned to save fantasy for my dreams and writing potential, which usually coalesce. I’ve learned to let go of past events, incidents, episodes, altercations, conversations…people. I guess that comes with age…I mean, maturity. Understand, dear readers, I’m still holding onto middle age. The way a drowning person holds onto a life preserver. But holding on nonetheless. And I resolved years ago that I would never get “old”. Whatever the hell old is supposed to mean. But more importantly, I’ve learned to let go of stupid shit. It’s always held me back from achieving my grandest goals. It can hold anyone back.
Anger is one of those elements that robs people of their emotional and psychological freedom. I know it would be almost too easy to bemoan what a bad day I had today. One of Those Days where EVERYTHING seemed to go wrong. It would have been easy to be rude to a store clerk or tear out of a parking lot. But what good would any of that have done?
I’m not proselytizing. I hate when people do that! Yet I’ve realized – in my maturity – that some things just go wrong on occasion. Sometimes it’s catastrophic; other times it just irritates the living daylights out of us.
But we have to deal with it and move forward.
I’m staying home this evening – and having more red wine.
A real question: how do you handle your anger?
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