Oh the places I have not been

No matter how long I live in Texas there will always be places I have not been.  Here is a list of some of those places:

I have been to Hearn, but I have not been to His’n

I have been to Mexia, but I have not been to Mycornia.

I have been to Comfort, but I have not been to Payne.

I have been to Houston, but I have not been to Housounce.

I have been to Waco, but I have not been to Stable.

I have been to Lufkin, but I have not been to Lufstranger.

I have been to Cistern, but I have not been to Brethren.

I have been to San Antonio, but I have not been to Saint Ziva.

I have been to Fort Worth, but I have not been to Fort Poor.

I have been to Needville, but I have not been to Satedville.

I have been to Dallas, but have not been to Dalleg.

I have been to Weatherford, but I have not been to Weatherchevy.

I have been to Austin, but I have not been to Austeel.

I have been to Brownsville, but I have not been to Blueville.

I have been to Mission, but I have not been to Mosque.

I have been to Crockett, but I have not been to Bowie.

I have been to Waxahachie, but I have not been to Watchalivebirthie.

I have been to Plano, but I have not been to Fancyio.

I have been to Abilene, but I have not been to Abastraight.

I have been to Alice, but I have not been to Wonderland.

I have been to Corsicana, but I have not been to Nohecannota.

And on and on…

Misplaced Loyalty

There was a man who was madly in love with his beautiful wife.  Even after 3 years of marriage, he felt the same way about her as he did the night he proposed.  He loved her.  Deeply and completely.

The feeling was not mutual, however.  And though the wife spent a lot of time telling her husband how much she loved him and how much she supported him and how she was always working to make his life better, the truth was she did not really believe any of that.  She had a hunger for other men as some have a hunger for wealth and power.   As often as she could she would cheat on her husband.  Sometimes just one night or one afternoon stands with men she met in grocery stores.  Sometimes a longer-lasting affair with standing dates at a local motel.  The bottom line was that she was in no way faithful to him or supportive of him and simply told him things he wanted to hear to keep him around and provide her with a certain standard of living, wealth and prestige.

Others became aware of the wife’s behavior.  They began to talk about her lies and her infidelity and her lack of commitment to her wedding vows.  Some even risked sharing their concerns with the husband.

But the husband could not see it, could not believe it, and would not believe it.  As the evidence grew more and more obvious to others the husband dug his heels in and attacked those who would say bad things about his wife.  He ended friendships with the critics and developed new friendships where the only prerequisite is that the new friend supported his wife.

The world knew he was a cuckold, a fool, a blind believer in a false image.  But he persisted in his blind loyalty and denial of the facts.  The world assumed that someday he would wake up and become angry and heartbroken.  He may have secretly known that as well.  But on the surface, he continued to proclaim his devotion to his harlot wife, loyalty to those who supported him and his devotion, and attack anyone who criticized her. 

He was like a Trump supporter.

Sounds Like

Increasing testimony and evidence point to the fact that the President obstructed justice.  The House begins an inquiry.  Sounds like America to me.

Increasing testimony and evidence point to the fact that the President used taxpayer dollars approved by Congress to leverage a foreign nation into conducting an investigation into the son of a Democratic opponent.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

After months of testimony presented mostly live, the House votes to impeach the President on 2 counts with reams of testimony transcripts and piles of evidence.  Sounds like America to me.

The President orders people not to testify, not to honor House subpoenas, and refuses to release documents.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The President calls it a hoax.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The Senate Majority Leader stalls the Senate trial until he gets the rules he wants.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The Senate Majority Leader announces he is working with the President to organize the Senate trial.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The President dismisses all the testimony and all the evidence by saying he did nothing wrong and besides, look at the unemployment rate.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

When the Senate trial begins the Senate decides to hear no testimony or review evidence.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The Senate votes to acquit the President after no witnesses, no testimony, and no presentation of evidence. Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The President celebrates his victory and claims he has been exonerated by a trial with no witnesses, no evidence, and no testimony.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The President begins to fire everyone who was subpoenaed and testified under oath.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The President is determined to find evidence that the son of a Democratic candidate for office had in fact done the very things his daughter and son are currently doing from positions in the White House.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

The President awards America’s highest honor to a man with no education, no experience in government, no resume except being a talk show host and the source of more divineness, insults, polarizing vitriol and conspiracy theories than anyone else on the air.  But he thinks like the President.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

Supporters of the President go after anyone who voted to remove him from office or participated in the testimony or evidence gathering.  Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

Three branches of government.  Checks and balances.  Liberty and Justice for all.  No man is above the law.  Freedom of speech.  Only in America, not in a dictatorship.

Sounds like America is now a dictatorship to me.