Political Correctness is a Good Thing.

Look, folks. It’s time we stop acting like political correctness is the ultimate evil. It’s not.

How Bernie Sanders Changed America

2016 is a year of political history. In different ways, and to varying degrees, everybody made history.

Hillary Clinton is the first woman to ever be nominated for the presidency by a major political party.

Donald Trump received more votes than any republican candidate in the history of the republican primaries.

So yeah… Clinton and Trump are making history.

But they aren’t changing history. They haven’t changed the country itself.

“Do As I Say, Not As I Said.”

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz… on the Constitution:

“We need to put people on the bench that understand the Constitution is not a living and breathing document. It is to be interpreted as originally meant.” – Marco Rubio

“My touchstone for every question is the constitution.” – Ted Cruz

This Isn’t Poetic Justice.

“Donald Trump is a monster of the republicans’ own making.”

I hear this often.

And if I’m being totally honest here, it’s something I’ve said myself, quite often.

But the more I think about it, the more I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just not true.

Clyde’s Rulebook

While I think Bill Maher is a jerk to many of his guests, he does make some good points sometimes. I just wish he wasn’t so smug about it, maybe then I could watch his show without hoping he gets hit by a bus on his way out of the studio. But the one thing I will take away from his show is the “New Rules” segment. Except I’m making them into my own rules. Break one of these rules … I don’t know. You might get fined, like one of those traffic cameras that sends you a ticket in the mail. I might talk about you here and tell people you’re an a-hole. Or – and this is the worst thing I can think of – I just won’t like you. I won’t respect you, I won’t listen to anything you have to say. You will be, for all intents and purposes, a non-entity to me. You will be to me what regular citizens are to members of Congress (ba-dum-tish!).

Alright, let’s get down to it.

We’re Back…

I’m not gonna’ get right to it… This is just a quick note to let you know that Clyde and I are back. We’ve been away for a long time. Real life demanded that we take care of some business at home.

It’s a damn handshake…

At Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa, President Obama – while going to his seat – shook several hands. One of those hands belonged to Raul Castro.

And, of course, republicans have gone apeshit over it. John McCain even invoked Godwin’s Law and compared it to shaking hands with Hitler.

Welcome to December

Here we are, already in December. It seems like it was just a couple weeks ago that Jerry was telling me we should start this blog and use it as a kind of therapy. That conversation went something like this:

50 Years Ago Today

50 years ago today President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas during a parade. Almost immediately the conspiracy theories started up; the CIA, the mafia, anti-Castro Cuban exile groups, the military industrial complex, sitting Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Cuban President Fidel Castro, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the KGB… The list goes on and on. It might also shock you to know that if you believe there was a conspiracy, you’re in the majority. Nearly 75% of the people polled by CBS said that they think there was some type of conspiracy and/or coverup.

While some theories are more likely than others, we’re told that five different governmental committees each decided independently that Oswald had acted alone and wasn’t, as Oswald himself said, a patsy. (I won’t go into the different theories – you’re on the internet so you can look those up yourself.) Some are ridiculous (yet entertaining), others may leave you wondering if you really know what’s going on.

The short answer is no – we have no idea what’s going on. We go by what we’re told, and with increasing frequency, we’re being told either a) less and less or b) the official variation of the story.

Folks, stand up to your government. Call them out on their bullshit. Write to your Representatives. Write to the president. Let your voice be heard.

Because if you don’t, pretty soon we’ll all be dodging our own version of the magic bullet, be it legit or … well, legit.

Best,
Clyde O. Watson

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