Wondering on Wednesday (v149)

Wondering why the map is so big that is had room for me to be wondering all over it, for starters.

If you were telling a joke, and people laughed, I wonder why you'd say you weren't expecting them to laugh? Or conversely, if you weren't telling a joke, and people laughed, and you said you weren't expecting that reaction, why would you say you were telling a joke? 

If you give a speech talking about how what happens in high school stays in high school, or a speech saying that what happens in law school stays in law school, why would you pretend that it's completely meaningless what you're keeping in high school and law school? 

If you and your friends never had any dates with a girl named Renate, why would you all mention her - repeatedly - in your yearbook, I wonder? And what exactly is a Renate Alumni?

If you believe that your Senate Committee is perfectly capable of investigating allegations of sexual harassment, and of questioning the accused and his accuser, why would you not do the questioning yourself, I wonder? Why hire someone to do it for you?

And if you were a Senator, why would you cede your official responsibility to someone else? Five minutes is precious time, I would think, to do your sworn duty.  And if you're willing to cede your responsibility to someone else on the questioning side, can I vote on your behalf?

If you're a social media company and you're trying to eliminate hate and fake news and lies and manipulative information, I wonder why you're not suspending the president's accounts?

And if the president is allowed to joke about something that's not funny, and we are to believe him when he says he was just kidding, I wonder why we're to assume that everyone else is lying when they say they were just joking around? And why we are supposed to take the president at his word when he says he was kidding, or misspoke, or was taken out of context, but everyone else needs multiple corroborating witnesses if we are to believe them?

Why is it that when China targets American farmers, it's election interference but when Russia actually interferes with our elections, it's a 400 pound guy on a bed in a basement? I'm really wondering about that one. 

If you want to clear your name for anything, I wonder, why would you go on Fox News? Aren't you really just trying to energize your fans, instead of really getting out the truth to others why might actually be swayed by your answers to difficult questions?

If you want credibility for what you're going to say, no matter what it is, I wonder why you'd pick Michael Avenatti as your lawyer?

Similarly, if you're looking to find your way, with short notice, through the ins and outs of a Congressional hearing, I wonder why anyone would question you getting a 'connected' lawyer, one familiar with what you have to face?  

And why is it a political, partisan problem, I wonder, when someone gets a Democrat as an attorney, but it's not a problem when someone gets a Republican as an attorney? 

I have to wonder about this stuff, it's so hard to keep track of what's right and what's wrong.