Enforcement of the law only enticed the criminals to become the creators, interpreters, and enforcers. It turns out, there are more who would through their countrymen under a bus rather than give up petty change.
I remember when a presidential candidate got the heave ho when there was a picture of a woman, not his wife, sitting on his lap on a boat called Monkey Business.
Or during prohibition when you couldn’t smuggle a 12 year old brandy across state lines. Now you can join the government even if you’ve smuggled a 12 year old called Brandy across state lines.
Oh, the good old days when the rules worked because people accepted the outcomes. Those days are gone. Now, ignore the rules, ignore the enforcers if any even try and do what you want anyway. If you have money and power, the rules do not apply. Sad
The six conservative U.S.Supreme Court Justices couldn’t be happier. Their corruption and special interests will continue indefinitely unabated. With the added bonus, the press will follow the Trump gang, sucking up all the attention, allowing the court to conduct business as usual.
I think your point is to the GOP, government exists only as a means for evil people to grift and to keep others down. This used to be something Americans and media all agreed was a bad idea. Today, enough agree, and the media merely loves to report on houses burning down, and it's all normalized.
In the 1980s I used to say that my late mother could never be attorney general. We lived in El Paso,Texas when I was growing up. Like most divorced or working mothers, she couldn't afford to hire somebody with a green card. So.... you get the idea. :)
George, I watched a movie last weekend where your family took in this obnoxious punk white kid, taught him to speak Japanese and where promptly carted off to a “camp”.
Omg, I remember that. Apparently murder seems to be the line drawn. Except if you murder your pets, that seems to be ok. We need to contact our senators and Congressman call, text, & follow them. We have a democracy for at least 40 days, we can try to keep the loonie at bay.
Right? I also remember when being accused of sexual assault would keep someone off of the Supreme Cou- wait, actually, I’m being told that (checks notes) no, no I unfortunately do not remember that. If it ever was an actual time.
Hi, I’m Collins. I’m starting a 4 year project to track certain metrics we tend to use as indicators of being a successful country. These are not all inclusive and don’t reflect my values. It’s just the few data points I could easily find from consistent sources.
Or when potential Presidential candidates were cancelled because their extra marital affair is exposed. Poor Gary Hart. Dems should bring him back and promote his strong family values.
I can remember when AGs had to recuse themselves when the husband of a person under investigation stopped by for a chat. That gave us Comey and the fake newly discovered emails that turned out to not be newly discovered.
I remember when presidents were shamed and forced from office for wiretapping and lying. Pumpkin-head makes Nixon look like a boy scout. Oh if only Bush hadn't destroyed the 1973 presidential limitations act.
I remember when integrity was “cool!“ and church people didnt support pedophiles, rapists and felons! Why, when THEY want to go back to the “ good old days”, they forget Russia was our enemy… and the POTUS was actually held accountable!
Back then if you did 1 thing wrong, people cared. Then somebody figured out they can hack our brains by doing 100 things wrong in a row and at some point people just stop caring.
Yeah, those were the days. The system started breaking down when a Supreme Court Justice nominee was credibly accused of sexual harassment and assault and still got the job.
No surprise, he's super corrupt and no one will stop him
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I remember those days, too.
https://billybaldwin.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzNxLzFfR5w&rco=1
https://theonion.com/you-people-made-me-give-up-my-peanut-farm-before-i-got-1819585048/
Theyve got better now.
Pethaps it shoukd have been stamled out then.
MAGA is the rottiest cult of stupid and amoral.
Simpler times.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JD4ho5mi6SVHUuvT3hBSUX5mM1ucEg0d10wcCZyExS4/edit
Laughable now. And sad.
The news industry and our political class have different rules for Republicans.
No surprise, he's super corrupt and no one will stop him