Prickly City by Scott Stantis for May 25, 2020

Call the names of the soliders who’ve fallen

Let them be carried like seeds on the wind

Call the names of the kinsmen who’ve followed

Let them be remembered where ere freedom rings.

Apoligies to my friend Heather Dale

Trump Disciples all believe that FDR was a terrible president with all his socialist ideas like Social Security.

And Trump is the greatest president who, if reelected, will abolish Social Social security and all them other leftist concepts like Medicare and unions and fake news.

And you do have a very legitimate fear of CV19, so wear the mask. Wash your hands. Isolate.

Taking precautions isn’t fear, it’s intelligence. Soldiers wearing body armor; it doesn’t mean they’re being governed by fear.

Fear makes you lie to yourself about the seriousness of a situation, and pretend it’s not as dangerous as it is.

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

Clara Barton

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”

― Marie Curie

God bless us, we’re all pretty heroic despite some idiotic squabbles. Thank you Governor Doug Burgum https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1263967145454690305

May God keep the souls of those who stood for our freedom.

Freedom is never free.

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” Ronald Reagan

Day 32 of the Georgia Economic Recovery.

Serious question to friend Darsan (and anyone else who wants to chime in.) I must have a blind spot regarding Mr. Trump (even thought I voted against him in 2016.) Your post here, and many others I have seen elsewhere, express a fear that Mr. Trump wishes to abolish large elements of the Constitution and will do so by fiat. So I know this is not just you and our leftist friends on this page; I assume there is something real motivating those fears.

I do not see anything in his policies that reflect that. Are those fears tweet-based, or have I missed something in particular? Tax cuts are not exactly the actions of a dictator, nor are domestic deregulation and defunding international overlords. The only actions I see that support your perspective are his constraints on immigration and international trade, and that does not meaningfully injure American citizens.

I have not been shy about posting my thoughts on the specific constrictive actions of democrat governors in the recent past, so I hope -so inspired – you will cite what Trump actions distress you, unless it is a mere fear of potential.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUv_ii5xHKc

Today is Memorial Day, let’s take a moment “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion”

Abraham Lincoln

Why is Carmen, who, in all other respects seems to be a Reagan Republican, quoting FDR?

Great quote by Dr. Walter E Williams one month ago:

The absolute worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, and possibly its most unrecoverable damage, is the massive power that Americans have given to their federal, state and local governments to regulate our lives in the name of protecting our health. Taking back that power should be the most urgent component of our recovery efforts. It’s going to be challenging; once a politician, and his bureaucracy, gains power, he will fight tooth and nail to keep it.