That’s a cliché. It’s also historically inaccurate. Yes, large parts of Rome caught fire in 64 A.D., wiping out entire neighborhoods. Nero did not commit arson, and no documentary evidence has ever emerged that he ordered it done. Nor did he play his harp while watching the fire from his balcony.
Historians have made lots of hay over a number of salient facts. Nero despised large swaths of the city, and both feared and hated the growing influence of the Christian Community in Rome. The devastating fire of 64 A.D. allowed the Roman Emperor to address both issues. Construction contractors rebuilt large swaths of the city according to new building codes favored by the emperor. Rome commenced its largest beatification program since Augustus. Nero ordered the arrest, torture, and execution of hundreds of Christians living in Rome, under the thin pretext that they started the fire.
Impeachment and Gamesmanship.
The cities of America are not burning. Not literally. Not yet. Our problems are just as real, though. Some are more visible than others. Armies of migrants with no heritage of freedom and ordered liberty are flooding our borders. Multitudes of them stress our social welfare apparatus with a belligerent sense of entitlement.
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Some problems are less visible. Trillion dollar deficits continue to pile up. Everyone knows this can’t possibly continue indefinitely. Either the system will collapse of it’s own weight, the Treasury Department will devalue the Dollar, or the U.S. Government will default on all $23 Trillion of the National Debt. Yet those who can actually do something about it, refuse to do so. Why? Because this would require hard work, and hard decisions. It would require saying “no” to those who produce nothing, yet vote enthusiastically and in large blocs.
Those who would presume to rule us (mere “governing” is for suckers, you know) are simply too lazy to actually fix the problem. True solutions are difficult. It’s so much easier to cycle the taxpayer’s labor to the donor class and other political clients. It’s so much easer to impeach. It’s even fun. So why fix problems when one can have fun?
Today, the President of The United States will go on “trial” in the Senate based on articles of impeachment that list not a single Federal Statute. Speculation at this point amounts to nothing more than wishful thinking. Will Chief Justice Roberts insert himself into the process, or like William Rehnquist, will he simply act as a timekeeper? Will The Senate call additional witnesses? Hmm.
Fine. Here is my dream witness list in no particular order:
Adam Schiff
Jerry Nadler
Nancy Pelosi
Barack Obama (never happening, I know)
Hunter Biden
Joe Biden (unlikely, but it could happen)
Jim Comey
John Brennan
James Clapper
I want to see The Senate place every single one of these yahoos under oath, and I want copious, detailed confessions of their various roles in this farce we’ve all had to put up with during the last three years. A boy can dream.
It’s useful to keep in mind that this is a political process, not a legal one. Normal evidentiary rules do not apply, thus making every U.S. Senator a wild card. May God grant them all wisdom and a conscious.
Best quote to start off the week:
Here’s the setup: for the first time in over 50 years, The NY Times did not endorse a Democratic in a presidential election. Instead, they endorsed two Democrats – Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobachar.
“In case one goes flat, we’ve got a spare.” – Greg Gutfeld
Final Thoughts
Can someone just tell Jerry Nadler to shut up? The impeachment process in The House is done, and the trial has moved over to The Senate. He doesn’t get to say what’s “off the table.
Selah.
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