Tuesday Thoughts

Isn't it amazing that Joe Biden can tell people/employers to ignore the 5th US Court of Appeals ruling which stayed his vax mandate?  He told businesses "to proceed" with forcing employees to get vaccinated. Why isn't this a headline in the newspapers or on the nightly news?  I thought, apparently incorrectly, that we had a Constitutional system of separation of powers, of checks and balances (as opposed to Czechs and Norwegians).  For the President to issue such a statement is dangerous.  Now, I ask, who is endangering Constitutional government? Here's a hint. It's not Viking Helmet Man. BTW, every time Don Trump lied there was some "meter," a media-type there to count, to point out the lie.  Oh, there were hundreds of them, thousands even. Where is a similar "lie meter" for Joe Biden?  Why aren't the media doing the same with this President?  As a NY Post columnist wrote, "He can't tell the truth two times in a row." Vulgar?  Is "Let's Go Brandon" vulgar?  Is it disrespectful to the President?  I have heard such claims and they reveal a lot--especially about the people who think so.  First, is "Let's Go Brandon" vulgar?  No more so, I'd think, than someone saying, "I was screwed" after getting a raw deal.  "Screwed" takes the place of the f-bomb, right?  Second, conceding that it is vulgar, and I don't think it is, where were all these upset people, so concerned about respecting the President, when all the f-bombs were directed at Trump?  Was there any entertainment awards show, for instance, that didn't include the obligatory "F Trump?"  And wasn't that met with wild applause from the attendees?  So, once again, we have a double standard.  What is it some pundits say?  "If liberals didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all."  Third, "Let's Go Brandon" is a great slap at the media.  It was very clear at the raceway where the winning driver was interviewed that the crowd was not at all chanting, "Let's Go Brandon."  Yet, many in the media ran with that, at least for a while, ignoring the obvious. Of course, I know the response to all this. "But that's different."