Wednesday - Counting down the days to Nov. 3 - Amy Coney Barrett is not an honorable person

 I am counting down the days to the night of November 3 when the polls have closed. I am keeping my hopes in check. Optimism is good, but working at it makes it better. The battle now is to get out the vote. The Repulsive Republicans are doing what they can to undermine the election, suppressing voting among potential opponents where they can and propagandizing against the vote where they can't. They hypocritically promote themselves, as pro-democracy - and they are fine with democracy when things are going their way, but when it's not, they will do everything in their power to sabotage the system. There are things that state governments could do but those who control them do what they can to insure they remain in control - gerrymandering being a principal tool, controlling the voting process in a way to make opposition voting more difficult, putting up barriers to voting or taking them down, depending on which serves the ruling party best. It's a corrupt system and undermines respect for government. There are times when I find my attitude toward our so-called representational system eroding. But then I look around and find myself forced to acknowledge that it's the one I'm stuck with, so let me do what I can to make it better.

The President, Doofus Donald Trump, is flailing in every direction, full of sound and fury but not making much sense. He acts recklessly at his rallies, endangering the health of his supporters. He announces a policy one day and then a day later reverses course. He screams that the swamp is trying to erase his presidency yet anyone who looks at all clearly at his government sees a corrupt morass as bad as anything, if not worse, that's come before. 

I mentioned in a couple of earlier posts that if Amy Coney Barrett was an honorable person, and an honorable conservative, she would refuse the nomination, or delay accepting until after the election, and then only accepting if the dishonorable President somehow manages to get himself re-elected, which we are working to prevent. Today, a substantial number of Notre Dame University faculty sent her an open letter asking her to do the right thing for the USA. Great minds think alike.

 Today's photos take me back to a time before the Pandemic. These were shot a few years ago in Grand Central Terminal, on different days and times. Even at night, the terminal was busy.

 

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