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JANUARY 6th - Epiphany for many - Pearl Harbor II for Wokenstiens

The Magi brought gifts of gold, frankincense & myrrh to the newborn Christ. I imagine they might have been expecting more than a baby, but the Mysterium does enjoy surprising us mortals. What that baby will be is the core of the message of the Gospels. Not all subscribe, and even those who do wrestle with the meaning, practice and "whatness" of it all.

In other part of the world, the SWAMP, this is the worst day since Pearl Harbor, worse than 911, Remember the Maine! and others assaults on our Republic because of a ill planned and implemented rally turned riot. It is one of the things I really fault #45 for failing to realize. He knew the PermaState, the Careerist, and their Cabal were against him and always looking for ways to destroy him and the MAGA movement. (BTW I consider the MAGA movement bigger than President Trump, it is the next generation of the Tea Party movement of '10 and movements for smaller and more accountable government before the Tea Party Movement.

Watching McCarthy flounders in his bid for Speaker is one of the best things I have seen since the election of 2016. I hope it is the beginning of the ENOUGH movement. I have had enough of frauds we elect and the PermaState that supports and utilizes them. I know the process of reform is going to be long and difficult, and perhaps impossible because Bureaucracy have longer staying power that the public does for prolonged attention and sacrifice needed to break the bureaucracy. But it needs to be broken, shattered into so many pieces that Humpty Dumpty would have better odds at recovery.

Quotes about politics seem fitting for the day. How about some fun quotes from The Portable Curmudgeon to mark this momentous day? By nature curmudgeon quotes tend to be more skeptical and cynical than most. I am fine with the skeptical side of curmudgeon but more cynical resistant. I would rather know the motive and intentions of others before I prejudge them. Once you make you intentions/attitude know to another, they have every reason to question and judge them. That is life in the sandbox of reality, many are unable to handle to rules of sandbox and make terrible playmates. Anyways, off to some of the quotes!

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. - George Jean Nathan

All politics is based on the indifference of the majority. - James Reston

It makes no difference who you vote for—the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people. - Gore Vidal

Since Gore made that quote, it has decreased, some might say less than even 1%. The cult of the Cabal wants adoration, recognition and the adulation of the masses they generally hold in contempt. For the record the Cabal consists of the Enemedia, DC Careerists, Academia, Wokertainment, Big Tech & Big Pharma. Many card carrying members of the Cabal hold the public in contempt, but also cannot live without it. It is a strange relationship. Reston's quote is very telling of the current state of the Republic. Indifference supported by self-absorption is a tough shell to crack. It may be our ruin as we miss the Nation die while busy scrolling on our phones.

It will be a long climb out of this valley of self-absorption and mindless distraction, but we are already in the process, one mind at a time. There will be many incapable of being stirred into action, but good leaders can arise and have that will do their best to stir the citizenry, not claim to think for it or continue the parental role many want the government to be. Blessed Epiphany fellow Disciples, Happy New Year fellow neighbors and buckle up all you Local's Supporters.