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    VOX POPULI

    Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg

     

    Dwight David Eisenhower had to deal with the racial unrest in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.

    There is context here.

    There are tomes discussing this context; these tomes abound.

    This previous Supreme  Commander of the ETO and of course the principal director of the Allied DDay Invasion subsequently became the Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in WWII. 

    Ike ended up President of The United States of America.

    This great man from Texas had never been a champion of Civil Rights. He once rued the day that he had appointed Earl Warren as Chief Justice of our Supreme Court.

    But Ike had to 'step up to the plate' when Little Rock exploded whilst 'Negro Children' were attempting to enter school.

     

     

    And Ike stepped up to that plate and took the pitch and hit it out of the park.

    As Jesus admonished, he who is without sin might throw the first stone.

    Ike is a hero of mine.

    JFK HAD TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE YEARS LATER.

     

    Nixon comes along years later and captions the title LAW AND ORDER.

    Dick Wolf certainly applauded this title. hahahah

     

    Nowadays, George W. Bush does not seem that bad!

     

    YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU BACK!

     

     

     

     

    And sixty years following Ike's great message, we are faced with this idiot:

     

     

    THERE HAS TO BE A RIGHT AND A WRONG.

    Mike M has a fine blog on this subject.

    But I recall when there WERE real leaders in this country.

    AND THAT TIME IS GONE

     

     

     

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    Nicely done, Dick.


    Thank you Missy.

    Makes my morn. ha


    Great job Richard. 

    Your use of 'vox populi', the mood or beliefs of the people, reminded me of the Klemperer diaries, 1933-45, in the which he constantly tries to discern the vox populi in the Third Reich from his home in Dresden, as the regime goes from victory to calamity.

    One quote, from July 1941, when the Nazi tide seemed unstoppable, seems applicable to the Trump regime. That being, who criticized and opposed it, and who did not, will hopefully weigh heavily on their future in politics:

    July, 1941 - I am in jail for blackout violation. Local jail.

    Questionnaire of the fourth Reich: "when were you imprisoned under the previous government? If not, why?"

    It is honorable to be imprisoned now, it will be advantageous to any future character reference. 


    I wikied the phrase  vox populi and I was astounded to see it attributed to William of Malmesbury in the twelfth century. William wrote in the same Latin as was recited in weekly Mass when I was a child.

    I had thought it came from Cicero.

    I had been familiar with William during my King Arthur phase because he severely criticized The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth. hahahah

    Certainly all dictators feel they represent the voice of the people.

    Anyway, thanks for the link and the reference to the Questionnaire!


    Tweets in the morning.
    Partially Nazi all day.
    Tomorrow, the same.


    Brecht warned us early

    The dread bitch that birthed Hitler

    Is in heat again


    An excellent fellow to read at this time! I would think he belongs on Maiello's thread, too.


    hahahahah

    I GOT NOTHIN!


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    Hi Moat.

    Tantrums in the night

    From a leader with such fright

    That he loses sight

        if his true true aims

    This spoiled brat is lost

    Repubs running for cover

    From their leader's gaffs

    hahahahah

    Money is the goal

    For this man it is so true

    But it just feeds him

         But it feeds his fatness

         And he needs to feed his psyche

         A psyche so frail

     

    Some would feed the fatso

    But should we  feed this psycho?

    .......

    Oh Moat, this is all too complicated for me.

    hahahahah


    love it, Richard! you say too complicated for me and I say: nonsense, you got it down like no one else!


    You are what you eat.
    By their fruits you shall know them.
    Take this, my body.

    What you see is what you get.
    Nothing is simpler than that.


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