Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Don Henley's The End of the Innocence is a song from the 1980s that sounds mightily relevant today:
O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king

Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie

In the present day, we have a president who thinks that he is above the law, that he was elected to be king. "L'État, c'est moi" is the motto of the Trump Administration. Trump, as enabled by his coterie of bootlickers, truly believes that he can do what he wants with no consequences.


13 comments:

  1. To what, in particular, are you referring?

    Was there a link that I am not seeing?

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  2. Les injures sont les raisons de ceux qui ont tort.

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  3. Good one, CP88.
    https://french.stackexchange.com/questions/13786/please-help-me-find-this-quote-of-rousseau
    In the spirit of Patriotism being the last refuge of the scoundrel

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  4. The injury of the raisin makes 5 tarts?

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  5. On the other hand, the courts and the IRS don't seem to be having any of it just now.

    -Doug in Oakland

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  6. He’s pointing out how the lyrics fit our current situation. Unless you believe It’s Okay If You’re A Republican (IOKIYAR) to defy Congressional oversight.

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  7. Correct Philo, often misattributed.

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  8. Not like the Dems ignored Congress during Barry's administration.

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  9. Ah, B., reliable as the Post Office with his “whataboutism” response. Please, do cite examples.

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  10. Barry and the Dems didn’t check with Congress when he had Bin Laden killed. Is that what you’re talking about, B?

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  11. Still waiting, B., like always, for the evidence for your “whataboutism” claim.

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  12. It's almost like B can't discuss Trump's apparent flaws without making unsubstantiated claims are never supported with any evidence.

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