Plog Number 23
Insurrectionists on Parade
Hello all, I hope you are doing well. Me, I am just starting a week-long vacation so I am ecstatically happy, hopeful and feel like I will be off work forever. Ha Ha. I know that the time will fly by like never before. But still I will try to live like each of the days are the most important of my life.
I have been binge watching the different witnesses on the January 6th committee. I love Roberts Rules of Order and I enjoy any proceedings that use them. Hence the name Reclaiming my Time. I first learned about Roberts Rules from my nephew who’s name was also Robert may he RIP. I guess I would be addressed as the Gentlelady or Gentlewoman from Ohio LOL.
Since I am always super busy through the week I haven’t seen much of the January 6th committee hearings. I have had to rely on news outlets and snippets to catch up. Today they are showing the entire 7th Public Hearing on MSNBC. It is interesting to sit down and see the whole thing in one sitting. It is fascinating to see the testimony of the witnesses and the commentary that the leaders are offering. I have already spoken of Liz Cheney, but the others are not shabby at all. Chairman Bennie Thompson (D) MS, Zoe Lofgren (D) California, Adam Schiff (D) California, Pete Aguilar (D) California, Jamie Raskin (D) Maryland, Stephanie Murphy (D) Florida. Adam Kinzinger ( R) Illinois, Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R) Wyoming, Elaine Luria (D) Va. The Committee was smart enough to not allow Jim Jordan ( R) Ohio to participate in any way. So there are 9 congressional members, 2 republicans and 7 democrats. It was Congress who voted to form the committee , 222 in favor 190 against. The only 2 republicans that voted in favor were Kinzinger and Cheney. Both Cheney and Kinzinger were sanctioned and punished by their political party but I bet they sleep well at night.
I saw two January 6th insurrectionist giving their testimony to the Select Committee members. They were both white males. One with a tattoo across his face. He looked like a biker that you would see at Geneva on the Lake. The other was a redheaded man with glasses. He spoke of how he was hood winked and totally believed that there was election fraud. They spoke of how they lost employment, friends, respect etc. The biker guy said he thought we were lucky things didn’t go even worse and disintegrate into Civil War. They both sounded contrite, wide eyed and as if they had been badly mislead. They used the term "Snake Oil" several times. They both sounded sorry and wondered why they did the things that they did. I only partially believe that. Certainly they were manipulated but they made conscious choices to do these things. They believed the Big Lie (Stolen Election) while others knew it was false. We knew it was false long before the committee brought out that 45 knew it was a lie and had a plan to plant the lie for his own agenda. I don’t know all the ins and outs of cults and brainwashing but these people were ripe for the picking. It reminds me of Charles Manson. It makes me wary of church leaders swaying their members to vote certain ways. It is a lot and I will have to do research before I even try to Plog about it. But I have a feeling I will.
Until next time.
Reclaim
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