Category: Politics

bush league republican’ts

whbeebe

What is terrifying about the current Republican’t attempt to select a House Speaker from within their ranks is what the House will turn into after they finally select a Speaker. And they will. Eventually.

They’ll get there because Kevin McCarthy, who doesn’t have any backbone, will make outrageous concessions to the crazies apposing him in the Republican’t House caucus. God help this nation when the Republican’ts get through this because the inmates will indeed be in charge of the mad House.

The only good to come out of this process, if you want to call it good, is that perhaps even more will pull away from Trump, and perhaps, even Trumpism. But I’m not counting on it.

As of 2:20 pm there’s been a seventh vote for Speaker, and McCarthy has lost again.

Update

As of 7 pm McCarthy’s failed ten ballots, and moving on to an eleventh.

Update #2

As of 8 pm McCarthy’s failed eleven ballots. Damn, son, give it up already!

sheep and goats

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Matthew Chapter 25
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

I am reminded of what we as Christians are called to do in this verse. Especially when I read of how the governors of Florida and Texas bus and fly migrants from their borders up to Martha’s Vineyard or the Vice Presidents residence in Washington D.C. These words become especially sharp when I see the rich white nationalist Christians preach their prosperity gospel to other rich white nationalist Christians.

I have lost my religion because of such corruption within American Protestantism, and have been unchurched as a result for over a decade now. But I still have my faith and belief.