Pieces

Raining bits and pieces. A part here. A part there. Here an indictment. There a guilty plea. There a plea deal. And then court cases completing with verdicts and prison sentences. And probation. Years of probation.

Many cases pending. Still working their way through the process. More to learn. More to add to other cases. All building. The crescendo swells. Sounds beginning. Each legal case related to the others. Each a piece of one another. All leading to a primary case. A primary suspect. The defendant #1.

We sense who that is. It is a he. Someone who works in the White House. Someone with vast staff and resources to run the federal government. It was not enough for him. He needed more money. More influence. More authority. He feels his muscles and pushes limits. Opens his mouth. Powers his vocal chords. Words come out. Sentences partially formed create messages that are questionable. Facts are not fully connected. Logic is a bit disjointed.

Claims are bold. Stories are told as if history. Not much is true. Not much is achieved. The platform of the future is but a scaffold. None too strong, it moves in the breeze and threatens to buckle.

Sad. So very sad. A great nation. A nation with achievement and reputation. Strong and trustworthy. The capital of truth and honor well-earned but now misspent. Wasted.

Government is not about one person. Or one reputation.

Government is service to the people for the long-term and for worthy purpose. It is to be self-sustaining for the people. The nation shall stand. As one. The one of our unity. Not the oneness of a sole person.

That’s the lesson in all this. The public servant serves not himself. He serves all of us.

We lead for the good of our community of one nation. Comprised by millions of smaller communities made up by individuals. But community is the core concept that holds it all together.

E Pluribus Unum.

Indeed.

December 21, 2018