I Have a Dream

 I am old enough to remember that speech.  I remember the riots when he was assasinated.  I remember segregation that had lingered late in the District.

I remember Brianna Taylor, George Flloyd, "hands up don't shoot" and "I can't breathe."

Myabe the country desparately needed that ugly pus filled pimple to pop on January 6th, so we can realize we are are in this together-on many levels.

As the saying goes, "if you're not with us you're against us", and I think a good punishment would be to send them all off to Mars-before they manage to turn this planet into a frozen barren dead planet.

How I saw it

 I was overcome with a feeling of restlessness the morning of January 6th.  The clock was standing still.  I was waiting for PBS live coverage of the electoral count.

Not able to find anything at noon, the next hour dragged. At 1 pm PBS's signal kept pixelating-but CBS was carrying live coverage.  Nancy Pelosi was demading Republicans exceeding the social distance limit clear the floor and retire to the balcony.  Republicans kept demanding they stay-Pence finally shot down their reasoning.  From the camera angle, I was unable to determine if the Republicans complied.  It appeared that they sat and did not go to the balcony.

The first two states called went to Trump, quickly.  The next state, Arizona, called for Biden was immediately objected.  Congress retreated for debate.  The WIllow and I watched until Cruz took the microphone.  Neither of us cared to be subjected to his blather, so we watched some of the extras on the Game of Thrones blue ray collection she had gifted me for Christmas.

About 2:30 I asked if we could check in on the live coverage.  The screen was suddenly full of flag waving monkeys clinging off the face of the Capitol.  LIke many viewers, we sat and watched the images in shock.

I noted many of the police on the front lines were women-short ones.  Or black.  Where was the riot gear?  We watched as riot shields were ripped away from officers inside out of sight and used as weapons to shatter windows.   

One camera positioned outside the Capitol showed several yellow flags with red squiggles (similar to the flag of South Vietnam) with a barrel of flags nearby.  It looked like a supply station for rioters.

Still, where were the troops?  Leaders of Congress were making calls to anyone and everyone to get back up but mysteriously hands were tied for hours.  It took the National Guard  over three hours to show up.

I was astonished that Congress came back and finished their job.

He should have been removed last year.  In fact, he should never have been elected, according to the millions who marched worldwide in protest January 21, 2017. The only positive thing that I can see came from the last four years is that all the rats were coaxed out of their holes.