AMERICA CASTS HER SHADOW, FINALLY

After all the tumult and shouting, after the chaos, the finger-pointing, the excess emotion, and the voting, America did what America does best she survived, and like a Phoenix, she rose and fulfilled her promise.

We have so much to be thankful for I don't know where to begin. Let's start with survival. Most of us survived the pandemic, survived the recession, survived the political chaos, and survived a contentious election. We proved once again that America is not static, she is living and breathing, subject to bumps and bruises but at the end of the day, a survivor.

These past four years have tested our Republic, they have given us a glimpse, albeit a small one, of what an autocracy can do.

"Autocracy: a government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others"

We have much to be thankful for during this holiday season, we not only survived four-years of constitutional testing, but we also proved that democracy is the core principle of government for and by the people, as messy and inefficient as it may be.

"Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives."

Have a wonderful holiday, love and appreciate your friends and family, wear a mask, and thank God you live in the greatest country on earth.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

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CHAOS REVISITED

" a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order." Isn't four years of this enough, seriously? The constant media drumbeat, TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP, dominating the headlines, the news shows, and our conversation. This did not happen by accident, this was a calculated strategy by a certified narcissist. "Narcissism: a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others." The Trump supporters say that "this is just Trump being Trump" that, my friends, is precisely the problem. Now that he's lost the election and his sycophants in Congress have replaced their horns with silence, if not acceptance, wouldn't you think the man would suck it up, acknowledge the inevitable, exhibit a modicum of humility and devise an exit strategy that would highlight his accomplishments not feed his addi...

SILENCE IS APPROVAL~Jewish Meme

How often do we learn something awful, clam up, and ignore it, hoping it will go away. It never does, it just gets worse and our silence becomes its enabler. Life is like that, we don't want to get involved. We have enough to worry about and ignorance, after all, is bliss. Wrong, ignorance is acceptance. The easy analogy is governance. We sit in a management meeting or a board of directors where we become aware of something nefarious and keep silent for fear of being disloyal. To speak up takes courage and courage has consequences. When a whistleblower comes forward they are vilified, they become the victim of power and power corrupts. We've seen this in Washington for years, management teams being selected for their weakness rather than their strength. Weakness breeds indecision and silence, strength breeds courage. A new administration always starts with a ray of hope that the management team, aka the cabinet, will be outspoken and advise and consent with courage, no...

A NEW NORMAL, OR IS IT?

The more things change, the more they stay the same, “plus ça change , plus c'est la même chose “ – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, 1849 COVID-19 is raging across the country, case counts are setting new records day after day with deaths a lagging indicator. President-Elect Joe Biden is on course to put the nation's health #1 on his agenda with the appointment of a new commission to advise him on mitigation and containment strategy. Joe knows he's not a medical expert, much less a trained scientist, COVID is not a political issue it's a national health issue, it's an economic issue, it's a jobs issue. An election will not control COVID-19, science and leadership will. We'll have a new administration but the same problem, what's needed is public acceptance of a strategy driven by science and common sense. "Ah, is it just me or does anybody see The new improved tomorrow isn't what it used to be Yesterday keeps comin' 'round, it's just...

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