Some people, and by that I mean Trump advisor Stephen Miller, the guy who apparently learned how to carry an umbrella from his boss, is upset that President Obama gave some pretty fiery and yes, pretty political remarks, in his eulogy of Rep. John Lewis yesterday.
Now, I'm just guessing here, but I think the Lewis family would have told him not to do something like that, if they didn't want it to happen, what do you think? And do you think maybe attacking Obama is a way to deflect people's attention away from the pariah that is his boss, the only living president who did not participate in the civil rights icon's funeral? Maybe it's just me who thinks that, I don't know.
Speaking of the pariah, he and his Attorney General, Snitty Snitty Bill Barr, have been touting the possibility that foreign governments are going to print up millions of ballots and submit them, thereby poisoning the presidential election. The ballots, you see, presumably would be votes for Joe Biden - a man with actual foreign policy experience - as if that would be more helpful than having a fickle, childish hotelier-turned-TV-celebrity in the Oval Office. I tell you, I shake my head at some of this. But not Snitty Snitty - he has "common sense" that makes him think this is going to happen.
I'm trying to picture that level of interference, not only because there will be thousands of different ballots in use in November, gathering votes for everything from dog catcher to president, that would have to be perfectly replicated, and be assigned to actual registered voters who have signatures on file, in the correct jurisdiction... So, is it common sense, or an attempt to sow seeds of doubt in our election processes?
Miller, and Obama, and Trump, and Barr -- you can figure out whether they're on the good week list or the bad week list. The folks below? Yeah, they're all on the good week list.
- The California artist who painted flowers, using a syringe, for 1800 people who work at a Brooklyn hospital.
- The Wisconsin bus driver who gave a brand new bicycle to a ten-year-old who kept her company when her bus broke down.
- The 12-year-old who read his hero's favorite poem during yesterday's funeral service for John Lewis.
And I'll leave you today with some of the words of John Lewis, which were published yesterday, the day of his funeral, as he requested.
Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.
You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, through decades and centuries before you. The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time. Continue to build union between movements stretching across the globe because we must put away our willingness to profit from the exploitation of others.
Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.
When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.There is no doubt about which list to put Lewis on, is there? Nope - he'll be on the good list for the ages.
TGIF, everyone.
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