Thursday, December 26, 2019

Weighing . . .


. . . and choosing . . .


(from The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by H.L. Mencken)
". . . Here was the beginning of intelligence in the boy - the beginning of that weighing and choosing faculty which seems to give man at once his sense of mastery and his feeling of helplessness. The old notion that doubt was a crime crept away. There remained in its place the new notion that the only real crime in the world - the only unmanly, unspeakable and unforgivable offense against the race - was unreasoning belief. Thus the orthodoxy of the Nietzsche home turned upon and devoured itself .  .  . "





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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Steps . . .


Nothing good just magically occurs
Or is built instantaneously
For a thing to have beauty
And substance and strength
It must be undertaken with appropiate gravity

For some this is baffling
And produces great vex
Desiring immediate gratification
Can prevent the careful taking of steps


Steps
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

More Game . . .



Nunes didn’t blush his moral compass
Doesn’t function in reality very much
Moving like a tag team in the final
Seconds he and co-conspirators made their rush

It’s just a game
When you’re preoccupied
And the flame
Of burning fear’s inside you
When you think you’ve won consider damage
That’s been done to things much bigger than you
And how it hurt everyone

Winning is your singular preoccupation coloring
Each thing that you do and you say
This to the extent that jettisoned is all you learned
Back in your grammar school and from your mother

It’s just a game
One you learned from
Those with no shame
Or principles to which you’re
Blinded by the cloud that has developed
Over you and me and thickening now and soon may end what was
So long ago hard fought and died for
Carefully considered by some brave and valiant ones

Disregarding factuality while
Fabricating spouting fallacies at our expense
Is it sheer ambition are you threatened
Do you think this is the right thing to do
And can you live with yourself
When it’s through


Game
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Monday, December 23, 2019

Gaming . . .


Gaming happens
In so many ways
On boards and on screens
And in systems some days

Mostly it's harmless
Many times to amuse
But it gets very scary
When your country you could lose


Gaming
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Sunday, December 22, 2019

Game . . .



Natches didn’t blush his moral compass
Doesn’t function in reality very much
Moving like a tag team in the final
Seconds he and co-conspirators made their rush

It’s just a game
When you’re preoccupied
And the flame
Of burning fear’s inside you
When you think you’ve won consider damage
That’s been done to things much bigger than you
And how it hurt everyone

Winning is your singular preoccupation coloring
Each thing that you do and you say
This to the extent that jettisoned is all you learned
Back in your grammar school and from your mother


Game
©2019 Raymond M. Jozwiak




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Saturday, December 21, 2019

No . . .


. . . kidding, Time . . . 


(from https://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/)
". . . It’s a country where many who felt powerless have a new champion, where much frustration has given way to excitement and where politics has become the greatest show on earth. Here men in combat helmets and military assault rifles now patrol the streets outside a golden residential tower in midtown Manhattan. And almost every day at about the same time they let pass a street performer who wears no pants, tight white underwear and cowboy boots, so he can sing a song in the lobby for the television cameras with Trump’s name written in red and blue on his butt. It’s an America of renewed hope and paralyzing fear, a country few expected less than a year ago. Because of Donald John Trump, whatever happens next, it will never be like it was before. . . "


(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-mocks-greta-thunberg-after-she-wins-time-person-year-n1100531)
". . . President Donald Trump mocked teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter Thursday after she was named Time magazine's Person of the Year, calling her win "ridiculous" and suggesting she take anger management classes. . ."So ridiculous," Trump tweeted. "Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!". . ."




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Friday, December 20, 2019

Everything . . .

. . . I do . . . 



[Senate Majority leader Mitch] McConnell declared: "Everything I do during this, I'm coordinating with the White House counsel. There will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this to the extent that we can." . . . In an impeachment trial, the Senate essentially acts as the jury, while the chief justice of the United States is the presiding judge. So McConnell's comments are essentially the equivalent of having a courtroom trial at which the defendant is coordinating with the jury before the proceeding even begins.. . . According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, more than 7 in 10 Americans think top Trump administration officials, such as acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton, should be allowed to testify before Congress. That includes 64 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of independents. . . A bipartisan consensus like that is extremely rare. . ."




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