Random Thoughts

the 2020--do I have to say anything else? 

This year has been one continuous sh*t-show. (Pardon my language, but I have no other words to describe this year.) I just want it over. I'm exhausted to the bone with the vitriol, worn to nothing with the virtue signaling of the perpetually offended, and numb to everything else. 

Is it over yet? Please tell me it's over. 

So, sometimes I think I'm as stupid as the proverbial box of rocks, or fence post, or a hammer...but honestly, do I have to prove it to myself on a regular basis? This blog post is proof of my rampant stupidity. I'm going to make a quasi-political post.

I was saddened to hear of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While I seldom agreed with her political leanings--which can be found in her judicial writing, I did admire her as a trail-blazer, as an intense advocate for equal rights, as a mother, as a wife fiercely loyal to her husband, and as someone who refused to allow politics to define her friendships. In spite of their political differences, and can anyone imagine more polar opposites politically than herself and SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia, she and Scalia were the best of friends. 

All of this brings me to my point. At one point, in the last year or so I believe, Justice Ginsburg said that she wished she had a magic wand she could wave to make people be civil once more to each other. She said she hoped more sane heads would prevail in this current political climate. She didn't point fingers at one side or the other. She laid blame where it belongs--at the feet of darn near everyone in politics. (And, anyone who wants to jump on the bandwagon of "but they do it more"...don't. Just don't.) Yes, I also read of her supposed last, dying wishes--and if true, even Justice Ginsburg would understand that if wishes were horses, beggars would ride and last wishes exert very little pressure on constitutionality. 

So, the President will most likely nominate someone to fill Ginsburg's seat. The other side will melt down. Heck, they're already threatening to "burn it all down" again. (Yawn) The President's side will argue it's not only his right but his constitutional duty to name someone to fill that seat. The other side will scream and cry and rage that we're X amount of days from an election. And, for the most part, the vast majority of Americans will shake their heads and wonder when childish behavior and temper tantrums became de rigueur for all elected officials and we'll go about our daily lives.  See, the vast majority of Americans also think that Washington, DC should be like Vegas--that what happens in DC stays in DC. 

Or to put it in another manner...Dear DC, my cow died. I really don't need your bull. This political junkie is suffering from massive political burnout.