From The People Who Brought You Pearl Harbor

 I really admire Hillary Clinton, and I voted for her in 2016. But I also knew that she was greatly disliked by many Americans, and I feared for the worst when she was made the nominee. 

And, of course, the worst happened. It happened because the leadership decided she should be president, regardless of her actual electability, and they imposed her on the ticket in spite of, not because of what the voters wanted (which seems to have been Bernie Sanders). And, so, what we also got was Donald Trump, four years of chaos, Covid, and a very near economic disaster. 

But I think we now have a very similar situation on our hands. When Democratic elites, media members, and various pundits demanded Biden step down, they were effectively stating that their opinion about who should be president was more important than what voters believed -- and voters repeatedly said that they were sticking with Biden, regardless.

I think, then, that we need to look very hard at this situation. And we need to ask, in future, if the Party’s leadership needs to be shaken up a bit.

And maybe reconstructed entirely.

A pompous ass...

They Just Don’t Get It.

I read an article a while back on the recent attempt by some “high ranking” Democrats to replace Joe Biden with someone younger and “more with it.” The article made the interesting point that the move was coming from “Democratic elites and nonpartisan pundits.”* 

The problem being, of course, that’s not who votes. Who votes is people, not pundits and not elites. And if either group had bothered to actually ask anyone who lives outside the Beltway or where-ever, they would have discovered that there was absolutely no support for the dangerous and probably suicidal move of switching horses in mid-stream, or given our present circumstances, in mid-tidal wave.

The fact that they would suggest such an idea without bothering to discover whether there was any support for it, says a great deal about our Elites...and little that is flattering.

Perhaps we need to ask if the Democratic party really needs leadership of that sort. Of, in other words, Democrats who are so un-democratic.

A member of the party elite...a.k.a., a pompous ass.

* Footnote: “This Wouldn’t Be the First Time an Incumbent Stepped Aside. Here’s What Happened Last Time,” By JOSHUA ZEITZ, 07/03/2024 05:00 AM EDT, Politico Magazine.

#Democrats, #Elites #VoteBlue #anti-Biden

Those Who Know Best...don’t.

What fascinates me about the recent attempt to force Biden out for someone else...someone “more fit”...is that effort seems to be coming entirely from Democratic Party insiders and potent pundits of several sorts. It does not seem to be coming from, or even be supported, by most ordinary voters.

In other words, it is an effort by Elites to remove a candidate who has been a bit too plebeian for them. That is amazing. And it makes one realize that the Democratic leadership is dangerously removed from the ordinary voters who do not live inside the Beltway, or in certain enclaves on the coasts.

Which also may explain how Donald Trump got elected in the first place.

After November, when Biden is (please God) safely in the White House for another four years, we will need to consider that fact. And perhaps plan action.

 

They're just so sure they know best.

Happy Fourth

 Before I get started blogging, I thought I'd share this. It's also on my regular blog (at https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/happy-fourth-of-july) but I thought I'd share it here.

This is a dark and dangerous, but let's at least celebrate the events, and the people, who made America a nation, and one with aspirations of Democracy at that.

Okay, I'm back

 Hi, Everyone,

So, as you know, I do most of my blogging now at michaeljaytucker.com. But I feel the need to something a bit more political. So, at least through the end of this year, I'll posting here as well.

Stay tuned.

cheers

mjt

My most recent Xcargo postings

My Candles At Work

Hey Everyone!

There's been a lot o' stuff happening in my life, and so, alas, I've not be posting here as much as I should. 

Anyway, here's what's been on my blog the last few weeks:

Dec 13, "The Art Of The Wax," https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/the-art-of-the-wax

So, as you know, I’m in the middle of one of my infamous multipart series, this one on making candles, which is the hobby I sort of picked up during lockdown and I was bored to the proverbial tears. Or even tears without proverbs. Which is worse, I’m sure. ‘Cause you know what they say. A rolling English major gathers no moss when there’s a dog in the apple a day and it’s always late than better. 

I’m sure they say that. Heard it a million times.

Okay, today’s the day I’m going to talk about working with wax.

Which is really kinda…strangely enough…a lot of fun.

And sort of artistic.

Dec 20, "Wax, Wicks, And Shapes," https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/wax-wicks-and-shapes

Okay, last time I talked about doing color and wax and candles. Today, I’m going to talk about shapes and wax.

It’s gonna be fascinating, I’m sure.

Okay, maybe I’m not sure…but, heck, we can all pretend, can’t we?

 

Dec 27, "Merry (belated) Christmas," https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/merry-belated-christmas

So this is just a belated Happy Holidays message. I wasn’t able to post before now because, as you know if you read my social media, I became a grandfather for the second time last week. We’ve been down visiting the kids and their kids in Austin over the last few days.

Anyway, I wanted to announce the birth of Miles Tillman Tucker, who joins his big, three-year-old sister Hazel Muir Tucker, on the planet Earth as of December 21, 2021. 

 

Jan 1, "Happy New Year!" https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/happy-new-year

Happy 2022 everyone! Have a great time tonight, but be safe! No drinking and driving, and avoid Covid. I haven't got that many friends, and I sure as heck don't want to lose any of you!

 

Jan 3, "Okay, I Can’t Help It. I’m A Political Animal," https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/okay-i-can-t-help-it-i-m-a-political-animal

Yes folks, I tried to lay off politics in my personal blog. But, alas, I just can't help it. I'm a political animal. 

Stay tuned! More to come!

~mjt

 

To Wax Eloquent…or at least to pour it

Some of my candles in operation...

I forgot that yesterday was Monday, and that my current blog posting was going up. Sorry. But, better late than never.

This week's column is all about pouring hot wax, and getting some charming little wax burns in the process. Grand time was had by all. You betcha.

Did you ever spill hot wax on some very sensitive part of your anatomy? Say, while you’re using an oven mitt that isn’t nearly as heatproof as you’d think a oven mitt would be and you are picking up a metal container (full of wax) and you are trying to schlep the damn thing across your deck, and you discover that a flower pot has mysteriously appeared in exactly the spot where you intended to put your left foot?

Please don’t answer that question.

Some things are just too painful to share.

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/to-wax-eloquent-or-at-least-to-pour-it 

Melting Away Again In Margaritaville …

 Some of my candles...

My current blog posting, all about melting candle wax, preparing candle wax, and spilling candle wax on very sensitive places. Great fun for everyone...

Okay, back to candle making!

Time before last, I talked a bit about wicks and made many very stupid jokes about being wick-ed and so on. This time, we’re going to get around to actually melting wax. Yes, it’s going to be a hot time in the double boiler tonight.

As you’ll recall, I got into candle making out of sheer boredom. It was lockdown and there wasn’t much to do, and there’s only so many times you can order delivery from The Pit Barbecue or Fortune Garden Chinese and pretend that you’re eating out. So, I turned to candles for, ah, a spark of life.

I had a bunch of used candle stubs left over from various times and places, and I had some other wax from one place or another, including some “curse-reversing candles” that I’d gotten, kinda as a joke, but which proved to not reverse many curses that I’ve seen, and, truth, given how dimly they burned, they weren’t really that great as candles, either. But maybe I’m being too harsh. And, honestly, once I get the incantation right, and sacrifice a few small furry animals by the light of a full moon, I’m sure they’ll do just fine.

Anyway…

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/melting-away-again-in-margaritaville

Fire Safety While Working With Candles

Here's my most recent blog posting. It's on fire safety if you're working with wax. And, believe me, if you have any plans to make candles, you need to be careful.

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/fire-wax-and-safety

A Wick-ed Good Time

 

My current blog posting. All about wicks. Lots of dumb stuff follows:

For example: "...a whole bunch of my early efforts ended up with their wicks off-center. I mean, way off-center. As in the poor things looked like a cross between an inebriated tiki torch and Lon Chaney as Quasimodo. During an earthquake. On springs."

Football, Sports, High School…My Fury

We don't need more of these...

This week's blog posting. It's all about how furious I am that schools are using windfall Covid funds from the government to pay for...more sports. Not education. Sports.

Argh.

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/football-sports-high-school-my-fury

“One Meatball…” and other weirdnesses

 In which I explore a silly song...and the hard life of a musical genius.

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/one-meatball-and-other-weirdnesses

“And gave her father 40 Wax…”

 

This one ran on Oct 25, 2021, and was all about the joys of (ouch!) hot wax...

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/and-gave-her-father-40-wax

QAnon Fatherhood…and lack thereof

 

The horror of it ...

This one ran today (Oct 28 2021) and deals with an incredibly tragic situation. It is the story of a young man, a Parkland school shooting survivor, whose own father became a QAnon cultist and now believes that the boy is part of a "False Flag" operation.

It is, as I say, fantastically tragic, and says much about QAnon in all its horror.

Go here: 

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/qanon-fatherhood-and-lack-thereof

Sonnet 39

 

This ran on Oct 18, 2021, and was in homage to my beloved Martha. That was her birthday. And she will always be the Lady of the Sonnet to me....

A video: 

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/sonnet-29

What Day Is This?

 

Is this their day?

This appeared on Oct 11, 2021, and is my reaction to the Columbus Day. Or is it Indigenous Peoples' Day? Well...

Today is either Columbus Day, or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or just old Monday, depending on which calendar you read, and which politics you happen to embrace.

Should I explain that? Probably not. Probably nobody in North America doesn’t get it. But, just on the off chance…

Go here: https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/what-day-is-this

Giordano Bruno: Part 2

The trial of Giordano Bruno. This is a bronze relief done by the artist Ettore Ferrari (1845-1929). Source: Wikipedia

This the second part of my piece on Giordano Bruno and his meaning today. It ran on Oct 7, 2021

When they took Bruno to his execution, they fastened his tongue with a wooden vice so that he couldn’t speak.

Thus, even in the spare few moments before his death, as he traveled his last mile…

They feared not his actions…

But his words.

Go here: https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/giordano-bruno-part-2

Homage to Giordano…and vaccines

 

My blog posting from Sep 30, 2021

Three seemingly unrelated facts:

First, the least important fact (well, important to me, but maybe not to others): my birthday is February 17.

Much more important, on February 17, 1600, the philosopher and scientist Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for a variety of intellectual “crimes.”

And, finally, on July 25, 2021, at a mass rally in London attended by “thousands” of anti-vaccine militants, British conspiracy theorist Kate Shemirani told the crowd that soon doctors and nurses promoting the anti-Covid vaccine would be tried like Nazi-era war criminals, and “hung” (sic) as a consequence.

And I’m afraid.

For the rest, go here: 

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/homage-to-giordano-and-vaccines

Depth Charges!

My current personal blog posting is a Depth Charges...the lowest form of Explosive-Cargo!

This week I talk about getting violently hung-over, learning to hate cicadas, not quite getting Covid, and...and...and...

Never ever being even remotely as cool as my old Dad.

Sigh.

check it out: 

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/depth-charges-1

Life of the party, that's me...

Waxing Poetic

Most recent blog posting. Still more about making candles. And wax. Plus more wax. And then, for a change, some wax...

https://www.michaeljaytucker.com/post/waxing-poetic

This image has nothing to do with the column. But it made you look. Ha. Pervert.