A Second Revolution

"Anything I say, do it my way now
Anything I say, do it my way
Don't you get to feeling independent
'Cause I'm gonna force you to obey."

The above lyrics come from the 1975 animated short "No More Kings" which is a simplified story of the American Independence movement.  This short comes to mind because the current U.S. president seems to have a king-like hold over most of the Republican senators under him.  They have lied, cheated, and twisted the system in order to keep their leader in power, despite all the evidence that he is a bona-fide criminal.

"Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret."
"Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike."
"Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. O.K.? Do it."

These and other snippets of information from the hearings made it quite clear that the Republicans and the president were acting in their own interests.  Several senators even blatantly broke the rules set down at the beginning, with no consequence.  Their coup-de-grace was voting to suppress witnesses and evidence that would have made a large difference in the impeachment's outcome.

The takeaway is that they don't care about the rule of law.  They don't care about the people that they were elected to serve.  They even stated outright, on record, that they knew the president was guilty.  Then they argued, "Yes, he did it, but so what?"  How does one defend this sort of corruption?

A horrible irony took place the very same day, when masked and armed gunmen stormed the Kentucky Capitol building in protest of proposed legislation on gun controls.  Thankfully no shots were fired, but their actions were no less than terrorism.

Many people, particularly those of a conservative bent, have been screaming for years that they would rise up in case a tyrant ever took office.

Now, there IS one.  And he's essentially being allowed to act with impunity.

So what they really meant was that they wanted THEIR tyrant in office. Someone who would go after "those people" and leave them alone.  Because as long as they could stay home and imagine themselves as the hero of their own personal gun-toting narrative, they were going to do absolutely nothing.

Now, the Constitution has just been given the middle finger.  George Washington, the man who refused to be king and helped write that document, would be turning in his grave.  So would all the other founders.

The United States is no longer a constitutional democracy.  It's a dictatorship.

I foresee war coming.