You probably know that I am a history buff. I taught it for a few years in high school and have always been untriaged by it. There is an old adage which goes something like this: Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it.
April eighteenth 1775 is an important date in American history. It marked the beginning of what would become the Revolutionary War. Several people took it upon themselves to go through neighborhoods and alert residents that the British Army was expanding its efforts to quell what it deemed a revolt by the colonists. They were, of course, correct. A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, entitled The Midnight ride of Paul Revere is a classic example. It reads in part:
On the eighteenth of April in seventy-five
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year
And the midnight ride of Paul Revere
The poem was enormously popular when it was released, although much of was pure fiction. He did not shout, “The British are coming!” for example, simply because the colonists considered themselves British; however, that doesn’t detract from the essence of the story.
I firmly believe that we are on the verge of a new revolution. The Democrat Party is in serious trouble and is crumbling from within. Radicals like Jasmine Crockett eliminate any significance it ever possessed. As I’m sure you know, Maryland’s Senator Chris Van Hollen has been to El Salvador in an effort to rescind the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a member of the infamous Ms13 gang. Van Hollen refers to Garcia as a “Maryland man” and one of his constituents while he entered the country illegally and spent a good chunk of time beating his wife!
Obviously, it didn’t take long for the Ambulance Chasing Liars Union to convince her to file a suit against the government for . . . hell, I don’t know! Unless I’m mistaken, he entered the country illegally which is a crime. He has no constitutional rights! Yet, Van Hollen flew to El Salvador at his constituent’s expense to attempt to return Garcia to the US. No one knows how many of his real constituents suffered at the hands of MS13 and I’m relatively certain that he didn’t commiserate with any of the victims. Donald Trump did so and it was greatly appreciated!
The Republican Party also has its issues. Several prominent members reject Trump’s policies. Fortunately, they are in the minority.
I am more and more convinced that the single solution to that mess in D.C. is the Constitutional Convention of States. Thirty-eight states have to ratify and I think the present total is nineteen. Representatives from each state gather to make and submit changes to the Constitution which then must be approved by two thirds of both houses of Congress. A balanced budget and term limits are two commonly mentioned changes; however there are numerous others.
Should there be another revolution, perhaps the following poem will become a part of history and I will be famous:
On the eighteenth of April in twenty-five
Is the Democratic Party still alive?
It’s certainly taken an enormous dump
From the midnight ride of Donald Trump
Then, again, probably not.
Paco
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