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I am a father, husband, unabashed cat owner, writer of mysteries, and family chief cook and bottle washer. I have reached a point in my life where I hope I have perspective. I try to understand those who disagree with me, I try to help those who need it, and I usually try to see the best in people. Enjoy my posts, disagree with my posts; it doesn't matter. If I make you laugh or challenge an assumption, then my words have not been wasted.
Comics I Follow
Dog Eat Doug
By Brian Anderson
Cat's Cafe
By Matt Tarpley
Crabgrass
By Tauhid Bondia
Ozy and Millie
By Dana Simpson
Phoebe and Her Unicorn
By Dana Simpson
Off the Mark
By Mark Parisi
Cul de Sac
By Richard Thompson
In the Bleachers
By Ben Zaehringer
Steve Benson
Sarah's Scribbles
By Sarah Andersen
Swan Eaters
By Georgia Dunn
Clay Jones
Mike Luckovich
Rob Rogers
Jeff Stahler
Fred Basset
By Alex Graham
Clay Bennett
Pearls Before Swine
By Stephan Pastis
Bloom County 2019
By Berkeley Breathed
Breaking Cat News
By Georgia Dunn
Calvin and Hobbes
By Bill Watterson
Doonesbury
By Garry Trudeau
For Better or For Worse
By Lynn Johnston
FoxTrot Classics
By Bill Amend
FoxTrot
By Bill Amend
Non Sequitur
By Wiley Miller
Peanuts
By Charles Schulz
Trump poses an exetential threat to democracy with his authoritarian intent. Jacob Heilbrunn writes in the NY Times:
“Ever since he gave an interview to Playboy magazine in 1990 decrying Mikhail Gorbachev for failing to hold the Soviet empire together (”not a firm enough hand") and praising the Chinese Communist leadership for crushing the student uprising at Tiananmen Square (“they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength”), Mr. Trump has extolled authoritarian leaders as possessing the right stuff, while he has dismissed democratic ones as weak and feckless."
What our conservative friends here don’t or won’t realize is that nobody is safe under an authoritarian regime. Everyone, but for a few in power at the very top, have the same leash around their necks. Pull too hard, and you will find yourself being yanked back into line. Furthermore, once your fundamental freedoms have been taken away, they won’t be coming back. A red hat will not protect you.
We barely survived the last Trump term. If two or three people had changed their minds at the wrong moment, Trump would not have left power despite losing the previous election. Democracy can appear weak – look at Trump in court. Under an authoritarian regime, he would have been convicted within days and shipped off to prison. Only because of the democratic freedoms we all share is Trump allowed to show his contempt for the law.
Rant. Rave. Call us names and criticize President Biden with every breath. But don’t surrender your freedoms to the likes of Donald Trump. And remember, it won’t be a liberal Democrat that confiscates your guns. It will be the Authoritarian who doesn’t trust you or anyone outside his family. They will be the ones who come in the night and kick open your door. It’s happened many times before throughout history.