Bits and Pieces

Impeach or Not?


I don’t care if the president is impeached or not. It is only a legal term meaning ‘indictment’; that means there is enough evidence to hold a person responsible for actions that may amount to cause for removal from office. It is an accusation and a process. It is not a judgment; that comes from the Senate acting as a jury. Because the ‘jury’ is stacked in favor of republicans, it is not likely that the president will be removed from office.


Why anyone would want the nation to go through the arduous and destabilizing process of impeachment is beyond my understanding. However, if the president is a danger to himself and others, or is supporting unconstitutional actions, he can be removed from office by other means. He has protections; so do the people of the nation.


Making impeachment more of a political issue is not wise. Democrats should refrain from such. Nancy Pelosi is correct in her position on this issue; a wise woman and a leader. Others need to take note.


National Debt


Republicans have always shouted NO! to debt. Yet they are the ones who have amassed the most debt over the years. Foolish wars (especially those without end!) cost enormously. Tax reductions seriously undercut government revenues; it is a debt maker in disguise. Tax cuts unsupported by expense reductions also cause rising debt. This has happened under the current administration to the tune of more than $1 trillion.  Increasing military spending and space exploration simultaneously broadens the debt even more. Cutting domestic spending is not the only answer to rising debt. Nor should it be for moral reasons. The party of no debt has proven otherwise. They need to solve the problem other than beating the poor and elderly out of earned benefits they paid for in the first place.


Power Politics: “Nuclear Option” in judgeships; Senate Vote Options; more


The Senate Leader, Mitch McConnell, is brewing a method to approve the president’s judgeship  nominations quickly and with less oversight by democrats. If you wish to warp the government and its workings toward your own ideology, then you support McConnell. If you wish our government to be of, for and by the people, you would oppose McConnell. Balance and fairness. Not power and force. The lack of bi-partisan workings of Congress is a scourge on our nation’s history. The ‘we win, you lose’ mentality destroys more than it gains. We need to be very careful. Our form of government is being morphed into something quite ugly.


Evidence of our brokenness continues to mount. This is the Constitutional crisis we speak of.

Beware!


March 15, 2019