№ 362: Get Me Rewrite?

“A lady asked Dr. Franklin, ‘Well Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?’
‘A republic replied the Doctor. If you can keep it.’” 
— Dr. James McHenry, Maryland delegate to the Constitutional Convention

. . .national constitutions have lasted an average of only seventeen years since 1789.

— The Lifespan of Written Constitutions (2009)

Seventeen years? Goodness gracious, oh my!

Is that time enough for wet ink to dry?

As to the study of Constitutional Law,

you have to wonder whatever for.

Unrevealed “laws” can prove unreliable.

Especially when compared to the Bible,

the Quran, the Vedas and all Dialectics*

which are fixed, irrefutable and less eclectic
views of the place of the human race in Creation, 
a subject still subject to some disputation.

After several millenia of intensive study

our understanding sadly's no better than muddy.

__________________
*Dialectics are, in theory, discussions as opposed to revealed TRUTHS. But try telling that to a dialectician.

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BONUS: Melania's serenade to Donald on his birthday. Click 

№ 361: Just Say No

Try to imagine what Donald'd be,

like, if he was tripping on LSD

or if he slipped into Tijuana

to do tequila and marijuana.
(Late night hosts could make a joke
about smoking crack with Diet Coke.)

OR if he — fingers crossed holding breath — 

with some of his fans did him some meth.

I've tried and concluded because who he is,

he would remain just as he is

because, I must say in his behalf,

drugs have little effect on a sociopath.

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№ 360.1: EXTRA! Half-Cocked Sessions Defrocked?

WaPo: We’re ministers in Jeff Sessions’s church. His immigration stance defies our values.

The attorney general’s words and actions led us, and hundreds of fellow United Methodists, to write a letter formally charging him with violating church doctrine.

I am always amazed

(this goes to my bias)

to discover “Christians”

who are not also liars.

Too many “Christians”

find their expression

in missing the meaning

and praising the message.

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№ 360: Going Viral

Quartz: Viruses love what we’ve done with the planet

Humans like to think of themselves as the dominant force of life on the planet, but stepping into the Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, makes you reconsider that perspective. . . .The more of the planet humans take over, the more we inadvertently make it a viral paradise, and a dangerous place for us to live.

We believe (by and large),

after the gods, we are in charge. . .

BUT civilization is viruses' plot

and sadly for us, true that is not.

It cannot be accidental that

what we do fulfills their potential.

Working for viruses is no bed of roses —

certainly not what you'd call symbiosis.

BUT if you're thinking nothing could EVER be drearier,

imagine being ruled by bacteria.

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№ 359: Appalling Epistle To The Hopeful

What if the world turned upside down,
“South” on the “top”, “North” on the “bottom”?
If conquered and conqueror were to change places
languages, cultures, religions and races,
“perps” and “vics” would, of course, switch, 
exploiters would be the exploited,
making a significant difference in which
groups are indicted and which invited.

Our nature does not have better angels
when we are dealing with “strangers”.
Instinct, experience and history predict
everything different endangers.

The arc of that history is not, in fact, long.
It does not bend, it meanders
slowly (or quickly) going nowhere,
dumping rampant disasters on hapless bystanders.

It is what it is,
say a prayer or a curse
because under Trump 
it's getting worse.

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№ 358.2: EXTRA! The Finagle Frontier Stardate 0.0.0.0 (a presidential proclamation)

USA Today: Trump renews Space Force plan, but Congress lukewarm on plan it must approve

Today, June 18^th, let the word go fourth

I hereby decree the U.S. Space Force

whose initial mission will be, or course,

eliminating space-borne threats to our nation

the worst of which. . . no reservation. . .

Trump-hating Jeff Bezos

who rips off the Post Office.

When I order Space Force to blast his Blue Origin,

there'll be nothing left for Baldy Jeff to make porridge in.

This brandy new branch of the military

should concentrate on launching Hillary

into deep space, leaving no trace

of her voting majority electability.

This is, really, the best news yet.

If you love me, sign up,

be a real space cadet.

From now on we reach for the stars

under Space Force commander,

Princess Ivanka of Mars

where we'll deport Spanish-speaking illegal aliens

along with all stuffy Episcopalians.

This is moving quickly

and, as you know, I don't like to brag,

but all by myself I created the new Space Force flag.

№ 358.1: EXTRA! No Room At The Inn (Again)

USA Today: What Melania Trump, past first ladies have to say on 'zero tolerance'immigration policy

In a memo, [U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard III] Sessions said anyone entering the country illegally will be met with "the full prosecutorial powers of the Department of Justice."

“But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not,

to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14 (KJV)

J-man said that? Well then, okay.

We'll see to it that the l'il buggers suffer.

We'll take their mommies and daddies away

and put them in cages in warehouses

in conditions so dire some few may expire

and so it goes in the corrupt Trump Empire.

№ 358: Comparative Religion

The Register: There are some 4,300 religions of the world.

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention divert,

today's center ring topic: “Who Causes More Hurt?”

Christians and Muslims? Historic bad news.

So, too, present day and Bible-time Jews.

That said, these three are not the worst.

Buddhists and Hindus are equally cursed.

Confucians and followers of Zoroaster,

when they're in power are a disaster.

Add Atheists, Animists, Wiccans, Sikhs

and, lest we forget, also ancientest Greeks.

The principal point of all belief systems?

Differentiation between believers and victims.

Baha'i, Shinto,Taoist, Jain —

ALL the above share in the blame

for the calamity we call humanity.

Religions may differ in what is avowed
but killing the enemy is always allowed.

Some few cannibals may be more discreet.

'tis said they kill only what they can eat.

The Week In Rearview (June 17, 2018)

Monday, June 11

№ 353: Sooey Ungenerous

   If Trump were not “human”

№ 353.1: EXTRA! So That's What's Become Of The Old Constitution

   Is it time to move on,

Tuesday, June 12

№ 354: An Inside Scoop

   If you're wondering what

   caused Donald Trump's Canada,

   airborne, melt-down hissy fit,

Wednesday June 13

№ 355: BLISS (a Trumpinfant time-line)

   and then something happened

Thursday, June 14

№ 356: E=mc racist?

   saints aren't perfect

Friday, June 15

№ 357: The State Of The Press

   press clipped wings

№ 357.1: EXTRA! What Sessions Mentions (or beware evil weevils quoting scripture)
   Who would not love
   be there the day
   Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III
   passes away?

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