think themselves “The Just”.
What we think of them,
they think of us.
Sadly, with people,
'twas ever thus.
Brutus and Bonaparte. Attila the Hun.
Are they the bad guys just 'coz
the other guys won?
One happy thought is,
no matter how rotten,
for those who survive them,
bad guys are forgotten.
Except, of course,
in history courses
depending on who and
what are the sources.
Throughout Eurasia,
looking hither and yon,
one finds few fans
of Genghis Khan,
save in Mongolia
where he is revered
as that nation's
national hero.
Eight hundred years on
would it be a surprise
if Donald were seen
in a similar guise?
As he himself says,
“We'll see. Time will tell.”
I put the odds at
snowball in hell.
Looking back at what
I said in beginning
should we be in fear
of GOP winning?
Stick a fork in it.
It's over and done.
Open your eyes.
We lost. They won.
Not every Republicans
equally craved
destroying America
in order to save it.
It's like before, when
with joyful rambunction,
to stay in power,
they undid Reconstruction.
Now we will have
new tribulations
in both domestic
and foreign relations.
Still I have hope
we may change gears—
in three or four
hundred more years.
Æthelred the Unrædy* was not well advised,
that nickname's an Old English joke.
Other than that he was not a bad fellow,
contemporaries
found him a rather good bloke†.
Later historians have been less kind
for reasons time has obscured.
This suggests to discerning observers
your rep when you're dead cannot be assured.
Continual changing and rearranging
after you go can be life-changing.
————————— * His
epithet does not derive from the modern word “unready”, but
rather from the Old English unræd meaning “poorly advised”; it
is a pun on his name, which means “well advised”. — Wikipedia † “[A] tall, handsome man, elegant in manners, beautiful
in countenance and interesting in his deportment.” —
Ibid
WHAT
is the meaning of meaning?
WHY
does it fail to explain?
EVER
much of anything, really?
NOT!
that I mean to complain.
HOWEVER
I am of the opinion
IF
God had a half of a brain
THEN
he would call everything off
NEVER!
to try it again.
Nothing amounts to a hill of beans.
Not that it matters whatever it means.
If you find your world going kerflooey
you'd best form a friendship with this guy called Louis.
Many concerned
with privacy issues
seem to be unaware
for 95% of our history
we roamed nomadicly
gathering, hunting,
without decent plumbing.
There were no bath
or other rooms —
so sly eyes could pry on
shy “brides” and “grooms”.
Never was there
a lid on your id.
Everyone knew
whatever you did.
Privacy “loss”?
Media hype!
All that it is
is reverting to type.
Hugh Hefner held,
as you may be aware,
there could be an “l”
in pubic hair.
Trump lawyer: ‘Nothing wrong with information from Russians’
On Fox News Sunday, he claimed Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. . .was full of “calumny, lies and distortion”.
On CNN’s State of the Union, the former New York mayor. . .claimed the special counsel’s team
“came close to torturing people”. . . .
Asked on NBC’s Meet the Press why Trump was so angry at Mueller and
former White House counsel Don McGahn, a key witness, Giuliani replied:
“Because they tried to frame him.”
RUDYLAND, April 22
This so-called report? A fat pack of lies
saying my client is innocent.
Even if he had committed his crimes,
being caught at it was NOT his intent.
Now I, his lawyer, speak freely — at last! —
now that Most Holy Easter is past.
Given this man whom I represent
I should never have given up lying for Lent.
With truth and lies you have to be coy or
give up pretending you are a lawyer.
