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The 14th Amendment protects everyone; any rule, any law, any regulation, any policy, that gives one set of people rights other people don’t have is inherently unjust, unconstitutional, and fundamentally at odds at what America should aspire to be.
There's a story about Cato the Elder, who ended every speech he gave, regardless of subject, with "Carthago delenda est" (Carthage must be destroyed). I think someone should try that about certain members of the Trump Administration.
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I just ran across a Tweet claiming Secretary Hegseth is "a natural born leader." I actually laughed out loud.
All you need to know about what has happened to the GOP is that I responded to a Tweet by someone with whom I fundamentally disagree by saying I respect his ability to call out Rep. Boebert. And he blocked me because I have a Ukraine flag. Genius.
Okay, @wirbelsturm13, I wrote a thing. I kinda got off the topic you asked for, but I did my best.
atomiv.substack.com/p/retrib…
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As I am wont to do, I have updated my essay to reflect the award Special Iglesias, the guard who reprimanded Secretary Hegseth, recieved. I have thoughts.
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Okay, there’s a follow-up. Apparently, Secretary Hegseth awarded Specialist Iglesias the Joint Service Commendation Medal for calling him out. This is a fairly prestigious award and, I have been told, is rarely awarded to a person of Spec. Iglesias’ rank. military.com/hegseth-awards-…
Now, something strikes me as weird, and Military.com is very low-key about it, but I think they think this is a little weird, too. This is a Joint Service award. But the Tomb Guards are very much just Army. So, where’s the joint service?
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This is the completed essay on the Tweets. atomiv.substack.com/p/some-t…
@Michell56246709 has been asked to be tagged in.
If you support the current administration, you may not want to read it. Why the hell are you here, anyway?
To everyone who’s been blowing up my timeline, I am working on an essay, called Some Things are Important. Please take a look at it and give me feedback.
It has been suggested that other people use the Tomb of the Unknowns as a backdrop. Maybe. Two things can be wrong at the same time. I am utterly sick and tired of things being okay because other people do them. But let me give you a comparison: people have American
Flags in front of their house. There are a bunch of rules about how the flag should be displayed. I used to get mad about people who didn’t follow those rules. I relaxed. People’s houses are one standard. But then I worked at a historical site. We not only lowered the
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One last thing before I go to bed: there is some talk about punishing that member of the Old Guard. First, I cannot imagine that anyone would cut or obey those orders. Second, do you think he gives a fuck? Some things are important.
I’ve seen someone point out that it wasn’t Sec. Hegseth who did the talking and laughing. True. But a leader, and we’re supposed to think he is one, faced with an epic fuck-up by one of his staff, apologizes for not briefing them correctly or supervising them or something.
I'm going to keep tweeting about this until I have purged my anger. It wasn't just the talking and laughing among Sec. Hegseth's entourage. It wasn't just that they didn't kno what was expected behavior. It's that if you look, you'll see they were there to pose for pictures.
I find the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier immensely moving. The respect shown by the guards is above anything else in the miltary. Two points: The guard has never, ever, stopped. The tomb has never been unguarded. Second, no one wears rank insignia, so as to not outrank the Unknowns
This is worth reading, my friends.
What do I recommend now, Brassy?
First, I recommend we all stop falling for the rage bait "dems" and "liberals" are spamming this place with.
Second, I recommend everyone study up on impeachment and the congressional processes. The number of otherwise intelligent folks that thought yesterday's vote was to actually impeach Hegseth was .... sad.
Next, I recommend we stop engaging with Republicans unless necessary. We have only 20 session (work) days left until the new congress. That's it.
So, what do *I* recommend? We choose our battles very wisely until the new congress is seated and folks do not fall for rage bait without understanding all the circumstances and without gaming out the consequences of the very thing they are upset about.
Okay, I have to plug something I wrote yesterday, cause it's on point here: atomiv.substack.com/p/goddam…
