War

"The most dangerous war is that which has its origin in just claims denied or in a clash of opposing rights - and not merely opposing interests - when each side can see no reason in justice why it should yield its claim to the other."  Eamon De Valera  (Irish leader for a Free State).  This quote pretty much sums up last night's two-sided standoff on a border wall with Mexico.  Not good news. Better news is that my furry grey pelt greets me each AM flattened on the floor awaiting a rub on his belly with my feet.  No wonder cat videos are so popular. 

"Nanny Liberalism": 'Punish the poor until they become viruous.'  Mayor Jim Kenny ( from a liberal, Democrat place) said that he remains committed to the beverage tax which poor and working people can avoid paying.  He's not alone in passing rules which nanny about unwise choices only address the "poor and working." Why? How can they avoid a tax?  "This is a tax on a product that doesn't have to be purchased and is bad for you," Kenny said.   Refer to the quote above, in which it's apparent that two opposing ideologies will never meet.   Venturing out of my home to shop, I am guaranteed to see consumers sliding cases of Mountain Dew, Coke and Pepsi ( laden with sugar  'bad' for them) into their carts. Some instances involve 3 or 4 or 5 cases of 12 packs. These 'bad' people  have never heard of  Mayor Jim.  If they have heard of Mayor Jim stripping the rights from his 'bad' constituency like flaying rabbits, what do you think they would do? Strip their freedom?  Where I live, a pelt represents a legitimate victory of freedom.