In the run-up to overturning Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS dropped three decisions this week tossing out the separation of church and state, changing Miranda "rights" to Miranda "suggestions" and striking down a state (New York) law restricting the issuing of concealed carry permits. This is the apotheosis of Mitch McConnell’s manipulation of Senate rules to refuse to consider a nomination in the last year of Barack Obama’s second term while ramming through three Christo-fascist appointments (including one the month before the 2020 election) under the Kleptocrat.
I want to scream my lungs out.
And I think the appropriate
musical piece for today is Gil Scott-Heron’s 1970 “The Revolution Will Not Be
Televised”. Even though, in listening to it again, I know that the revolution
may not be televised, but there will indeed be videos of the pigs shooting brothers in
the streets—and 18-year-old white supremacists raking crowds with automatic
fire in the streets, churches, schools, theatres and everywhere else—on social
media, as cable and broadcast “news” organizations frantically try to acquire
rights to the footage “with credit”. Nixon, Mitchell, Agnew and Abrams have
been replaced by Trump, Barr, Pence and Flynn, but the crimes are all the same
and there’s infinitely more money swirling around in the background.
Dunno what happened to Xerox and not sure how much Coke it would take these days to make things go better. Well, how much Coca-Cola. Now
it would be Kim Kardashian blowing her nose, not Jackie Onassis. No idea who
would write the theme song, but Kid Rock would sing it.
And I want to scream my lungs out.
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