9/11/2020
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WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Welcome to the New American Digest: 2003-2020
From my youth up I never liked the city.
I never forgot the mountains where I was born.
The world caught me and harnessed me
And drove me through dust, thirty years away from home.
Migratory birds return to the same tree.
Fish find their way back to the pools where they were hatched.
I have been over the whole country,
And I have come back at last to the garden of my childhood.
My farm is only ten acres.
The farm house has eight or nine rooms.
Elms and willows shade the back garden.
Peach trees stand by the front door.
The village is out of sight.
You can hear dogs bark in the alleys,
And cocks crow in the mulberry trees.
When you come through the gate into the court
You will find no dust or mess.
Peace and quiet live in every room.
I am content to stay here the rest of my life.
At last I have found myself.
— Tao Yuan Ming (Tao Qian) Chinese, 365-427
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Not to be a nit-picky old bastard, but for the love of God, seeing those in attendance wearing the mask of submission is disgusting enough. To see the color guard in face diapers is disgusting, insulting beyond words.
JWM
@ jwm
I couldn’t agree with your observation more than I do. Absolutely sickening display of cowardice/stupidity.
Not to put too fine a point on it but I believe that the color guard is required to obey orders regarding the uniform of the day.
It’s a no win for those who participate at the White House.
Either…
accept the ratio and drag from those who hate the masks. (I count myself among the hate but it doesn’t extend to the workers and the members of the service who have NO CHOICE in the matter.)
or…
Have the meaning of the moment of silence lost in the peals of hate from the haters of America among the media and the vile co-citizens of this nation.
Looking at that:
I hearby and through the powers vested in me issue an American Digest Pardon for wearing the masks.
I looked twice, I only saw a mask on the sgt at arms, of the uniformed troops.
But yeah, masks blow.