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Returning to the madness

Had to ignore doctor's orders and return to the columnist's chair to discuss the first anniversary of the Ukraine invasion and the continued madness of a GOP move to make the AR-15 our "National Gun."


GOP fabulist liar George Santos (lower right) and two other Republican wing nuts who follow his endorsement of the AR-15 as “America’s National Gun.”

By DOUG THOMPSON
February 24, 2023

For the first time in weeks, I am sitting at my desk trying to write a column for Capitol Hill Blue, something I have been doing for this political news site for more than 28 years. My left leg, with skin cells and blood badly infected, is propped up, per the doctor’s orders. I am limited to no more than 30 minutes of such time a day. This site informed readers last week that I was down and not writing. I’m still down but will try to return to writing.

Lots to write about on this first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a war crime in the eyes of many, us included. With billions of aid from America and NATO allies, the invasion that Russian president/dictator Vladimir Putin said would be quick and easy, shows a small nation holding on.

Some wonder if American action will bring a war between us and Russia. Given the problems Putin has found in trying to take over its neighbor, we doubt that even he is insane enough to take on a nation with a lot more power and resources.

America is sending tanks, warplanes, bombs, drones, ammo, and other resources. We’re not alone. Other NATO governments are stepping in as well. They figure stopping Russia now could prevent them from having to fight Putin off later.

Let’s hope not and let’s also hope the right-wingnuts that control the Republican Party don’t hamper President Joe Biden and the American military in any efforts needed to prevent this from turning into an all-out nuclear war.

Speaking of right-wingnuts, the lies-spouting New York freshman Congressman George Santos, who lied about his background, heritage, mother, and just about everything else, has joined three other Republicans who want to make the assault-style AR-15, used in most mass murders in America, our “National Gun.

Writes Alexandra Petri in The Washington Post:


Ludicrous? Of course. Stupid? Without a doubt. Consider the sources, four of the kind of frantic idiots that are now part of the GOP majority of the House of Representatives. Collectively, the combined IQ of these wombats might reach 100, but we doubt it.

Adds Petri:


This is a good time for me to listen to my aching leg and take it back to bed.

See you the next time.

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If nothing else, Putin has exposed his military to be nothing more than meat for a meat grinder. His equipment is outdated or doesn't work. His men are poorly trained. His military has not kept pace with updating or training as it was thought to have been because of grift and embezzlement of the monies allocated to do so.

It makes me wonder if his nukes have even been maintained. I am going out on a limb and speculating...probably not.

It seems that Putin is betting that he can wage a war of psychological attrition, and he may have good reason to try this gambit because several generations of Americans have no earthly idea what it means to have a war, a real actual war against another nation, brought to our doorsteps.

They're watching the devastation in all these Ukrainian cities, seeing ordinary people just like them having their lives uprooted, seeing Ukrainians just like them being killed in random strikes, and projecting that on their lives here at home.
And it gives them pause.

I'm afraid that there is a case to be made for saying that America does not have the stomach for this.
Not that it matters though, because if such an unthinkable turn of events were to happen, if a real life "Red Dawn" situation were to occur, we would be forced to grow the nuts and guts needed to face it in short order, because that is human nature.
But for now, the fear and reticence is center stage.

But Putin thinks in strongman terms, believing that he can stare down this or that sitting presidential administration and out-wait the incumbent while leveraging his dark money to alter the course of American politics.
He already has evidence that says that approach works, in the form of an orange haired mob boss who has owed him substantial amounts of money.

And he clearly believes that if he can catapult the old mob boss or an equivalent back into power again, that together with projected financial doom as the cost of preserving a democracy that not all Americans believe in will equal a winning hand that allows him to achieve victory in America without expending a single bullet on our shores.

I think many years ago I typed one of Republicans platform items was to shove a loaded Uzi in every new born's hands. I was mistaken. I should have typed shove a loaded AR-15 in every new born's hands.

Recently, former VP Mike Pence, a '24 POTUS hopeful, stated the following regarding Ukraine and Russia:

This statement is notable for several reasons: (1) While Pence's statement is courageous, it runs counter to the current pro-Putin, pro-Russia stance popular in the GOP today. (2) The tone, attitude, temperament, and sanity of the GOP in the past decade has taken a back seat to nihilism, showmanship, and culture war battles.

Pence is reminding everyone that this shift isn't just in style in the GOP, but in GOP action and GOP policy.

It’s not enough for Republicans to ignore mass shootings, they now want to venerate the AR-15, the weapon that makes most of them happen.

We live in sick, petty times when the lives of schoolchildren don't matter to the GOP as much as trolling the Libs does.