WEAR A MASK

The past 4 years have been difficult years for America because of the corruption, chaos, and incompetence of Trump and the sycophants surrounding him  culminating in the especially tragic COVID pandemic of 2020 exacerbated by politicization and neglect by the White House. But we are now beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel with the election of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president in January who are bringing along a superstar competent cabinet. Also we have seen the beginning of vaccinations. But we are still not out of trouble yet. There is much to be done. The run off election in Georgia in January is extremely important. The election of Ossoff and Warnock to the Senate will facilitate Biden’s job of correcting the damage of the outgoing president and his cronies, if only it will happen. It will take time to get the population vaccinated. There are some who will not trust it. It is known that the vaccine will prevent serious illness in the person vaccinated, but it is still not known whether it will prevent that person from being contagious to others. SO, IT WILL BE STILL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO WEAR A MASK AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING! Have a happy and safe new year. Next year will be an improvement over this one.

SUPREME COURT

Trump thought that by appointing Radical Right Wing judges to the Supreme Court he would pack the court with judges who would be loyal to him and protect him no matter what misdeeds he performed. But Donald was wrong. Those judges turned out to have integrity (more integrity than so many Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives). They were loyal to America more than to Trump. So Donald was not able to steal the presidency and turn America into a Trumpish autocratic dictatorship. God bless America. The system worked.

GEORGIA SENATOR CANDIDATE DEBATES

I saw the debate between Reverend Warnock and Senator Loeffler on television. The contrast between the two was striking. Reverend Warncock expressed his views and questioned his opponent in a normal and competent manner. Senator Loeffler appeared to be a robot saying the same programmed slogans over and over again. One wonders if she were turned around would we see a battery pack embedded in her back?

I didn’t see the Ossoff debate. I understand that Senator Perdue did not show up. So Jon Ossoff spoke to an empty lectern. Apparently Perdue was too chicken to answer questions about using his public office to further his personal investment misdeeds.

CONSERVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE ARE COMPATIBLE

The terms Conservative and Progressive are compatible. I am a Democrat in that I vote in the Democratic primaries and usually vote for Democrat nominees in the general elections. I consider myself a conservative Progressive which you might call a moderate Progressive or a moderate Democrat or a Left of Center Democrat. I am happy that Joe Biden was elected president because he aligns most closely with my views. He supports Progressive Ideas where they are really necessary but is willing to listen to Conservative Republicans and compromise where it is necessary to move forward. I believe that Kamala Harris is also a Conservative Progressive although perhaps slightly heavier on the Progressive. I believe Barak Obama is also a conservative Progressive. His opponents and many supporters assumed he was Progressive without the conservative before he was elected President, but if one had looked at his past actions and writings one could see that he was actually a conservative Progressive. I do not consider the extreme Right to be conservative. There is nothing conservative about Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell and his radical right Republicans in the Senate. I hope that Jon Ossoff and Rev. Warnock win in the Georgia senator election in January which will enhance Biden’s ability to clean up the mess that Trump will leave behind when he leaves office. Biden will bring sanity, honesty, competence, and conservative Progress to American government which has already been shown in his choices presented for his Cabinet.

By the way, if you live in Georgia, remember to vote for Jon Ossoff and Reverend Warnock in the run-off election for senators.