We as U.S. citizens pay intelligence gatherers and analysts to keep us safe. They provide raw data to be synthesized for decision-makers on going to war or moving troops to potential problem areas around the globe.
Politicians, generals, admirals and the like make decisions to send troops into battle based on intelligence. That information is sacred because it saves American lives. It should not be stolen and stashed (and re-stashed) in public ballrooms and bathrooms of a former president’s golf club.
Today, after all this time, Donald Trump and his fellow indicted associates are in court trying to prove: that this indictment is a personal and political attack on the former president; and that the search was illegally conducted by the FBI.
I guess what bugs me about all this is that everything is always about Donald J Trump. If it rains today, it’s a personal attack on Donald J Trump because he wanted to play golf. If traffic snarls because of his moronic and overblown entourage, it’s everyone else’s fault. If no-one shows up to cheer him on in an empty park across from the courthouse, it’s because Joe Biden kept his supporters from the area.
I’m sick and tired of everything being all about Donald J Trump. He stole classified documents, stored them recklessly, and obstructed justice when the National Archives had to stop bending over backwards to not offend Herr Schitzinpantz leader of the Fourth Reich and involve the FBI. Then the FBI bent over backwards before finally issuing subpoenas then, months later, initiated a quiet search.
This is about our national security, our spies, our soldiers who put their lives on the line for our safety. It has nothing to do with Donald J Trump and his insufferable ego. It has to do with stolen secret papers that are supposed to be continuously maintained by professionals in ultra-secure facilities.
Perhaps if Judge Cannon rules that the search was illegal and tosses the case, it can finally go up for review by more competent judges who weren’t all named to the bench by one Donald J Trump. While we’re on the subject of judges, allowing a private body to recommend judges for political bona fides and loyalty to Donald J Trump leads to rubber-stamping of incompetent and even dangerous judges. Being a judge is a serious job, a reward for a sound mind, fairness and adherence to the rule of law, not solely to the potential leader of the Fourth Reich.
I grew up knowing that the world didn’t revolve around me. Normal people pass that stage by about age five. Our nation’s democracy is at stake in a big way. We have to choose our leaders on what they’ll do to benefit all the people, not just themselves. Running for president just to stay out of jail is not a good enough reason for me. I know I’m not the center of the universe but hope that there are enough of us citizens who care about all of us Americans, not just one. Pass it on. Dee
Cooking with Dee 