These radical MAGA's are not practicing a revolutionary cause, they're only interested in creating a chaos that requires a totalitarian fix.  

(Comment of the Enlightened Prisoner on 2-28-22)

On his 2-24-22, late-night show, Stephen Colbert said thus: 

“It takes a special kind of son of a bitch to see innocent people fleeing their homes and think, ‘How can I make this about me?’” Kimmel said. “But nobody does that better than Donald Trump.”

 Commentator Jennifer Rubin on 2-21-22 offered this Opinion | Trump’s legal problems are about to get a whole lot worse.  The Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

Thank you, Ms. Rubin, for posting the words of this jurist for they speak in loud terms what amounts to insurrectionist language used by Trump in exactly the context of its meaning. You are right to let the public know what amounts to the preponderance of evidence contained in these suits because they represent the Constitutional right of every citizen. The right to our courts of law for addressing grievances, no matter what lofty position the offender occupies.

We are after all, a nation of laws, not of personages.

 Perspective | Prosecuting Trump would set a risky precedent. Not prosecuting would be worse.  

And on 2-19-22, The Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

How come we spend so much money on Special Prosecutors and Inspector Generals who have given sufficient evidence on Trump and many of his administration principals who have committed actionable offenses yet, time goes by? These are offenses against lawful Constitutional and Federal Statue standards and every effort should be taken to set aside a method to rapidly bring these cases to judicial attention and adjudication.

The longer they lie in solitude the less impact they'll have on rulings which set the bar for performance of civil servants. Which they all are, including the President.

 Plea deal for Kushner friend Ken Kurson, pardoned by Trump but charged in state court with stalking his wife, and on 2-16-22, the Enlightened Prisoner comments thus:

The corrupt and criminal behavior of the Trump inter-circle is bottomless. Isn't it amazing how cable news networks like Fox and One American News can spin so much "what about" distraction while avoiding any references to the continuing saga of vile and contemptable behavior that has become the almost daily hallmark of Trump and his cult members? Are you one of those who continues to fund Trump's defense? Better get smart soon or, be embarrassed long time.

The Enlightened Prisoner has observed these outsiders with little to justify their thinking that attack School Administrations about banning books they feel "uncomfortable" about, and lesson plans that may address critical issues of our societal history or the emergence of its alternate life styles.  I publish the letter to the editor in the Seattle Times on 2-13-22, that best represents my own thinking on the subject and express my appreciation for the words of Margaret Garber.  

Schools are for critical thinking: Those who would ban books reveal their own lack of knowledge and insecurities.  In seeking to protect children from knowledge, they instead foster ignorance and fear.  In seeking to ban books, these few would steal educational opportunity and leave children unprepared to live in our world today.  Banning books only serves to make those books more mysterious and desirable. Children are smart and inquisitive. They will find answers for why some people don’t want them to know about some things.  School is the best setting to introduce controversial ideas to children. School is where children should learn to look at all issues with a critical mind. They should be encouraged to seek more information for better understanding; to be open to new ideas and new ways of looking at the world; to be willing to listen to others and to discuss their own opinions.  Yes, exposure to ideas should come at age-appropriate levels and with age-appropriate methods. Where better than in the schools, where teachers are trained to understand these approaches?  The fearful few should never be allowed to limit the learning of our next generation of citizens. The world would only suffer from their ignorance.  Margaret Garber, Seattle

 Opinion | Sarah Palin bombs on witness stand in New York Times trial (And the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus on 2-11-22)

We accept political candidates and their qualifications based on what they tell us, don't we? We allow them to conduct monologs of their political nature without benefit of cross-examination or qualification of their informational sources.

Isn't it about time when we have on judicial record before us such a sterling example of how badly we're taken in by the absurd inadequacy's represented by Sarah Palin? And, that we take legislative steps to design campaigns to explore rather than entertain?

Obviously, our watchdog institution of media exposure isn't getting the job done to facilitate an educated electorate.

 Documents detail U.S. military’s frustration with White House, diplomats over Afghanistan evacuation and on 2-8-22, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

You start a war in a country that has little desire to buy into your concept of ownership or governing, against an enemy with no structural command presence, an enemy with little integrity for the rules or tactics of conscience warfare, and an enemy of dubious concern for the rights or respect of those they profess to represent. And because of our unwelcome presence the battles are fought piecemeal by daily sortie from fortified living quarters.

So, we decide to get out, but politicians decide the military owes an obligation to protect those the enemy could care less about or accept responsibility to maintain. Then those rear-guard troops of ours take the most logical position of circle the wagons and shoot back at anyone who shoots at you because the enemy finds infiltration while hiding behind pleading civilians so much fun.

And now you're here to tell me how we need to look back at how we could have done it better? Hey, we're outa there and the only ones that are suffering are the civilian contractors who know best how to milk a situation made bad by politicians. Just look at their profit line.

 Opinion | Newt Gingrich started us on the road to ruin. Now, he’s back to finish the job. (To this headline, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus on 2-5-22)

"Gingrich pioneered the now-common refusal to negotiate, which brought hopeless gridlock and dysfunction to the political system. “We will not compromise,” he asserted before budget negotiations began."

Oh, what shame indeed

Our country...tis of thee.

 Memo circulated among Trump allies advocated using NSA data in attempt to prove stolen election

"President Donald Trump should invoke the extraordinary powers of the National Security Agency and Defense Department to sift through raw electronic communications in an attempt to show that foreign powers had intervened in the 2020 election to help Joe Biden win." (A direct quote from the article and the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus on 2-3-22)

 Don't you find it ironic that bi-partisan Intelligence Committees in both Congressional Houses had conducted hearings and evidence gathering to conclude that a foreign power had intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win and the conclusive prosecution of that was thwarted by the obstinance of our Republican Senators?

 Opinion | Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have much in common, with one vital, deflating difference (To which the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus on 2-2-22)

It seems both countries worship extravagant displays of self-worth. How meaningless our sense of leadership becomes when we abandon its requirement for stewardship.

And how little credit is given to the efforts of the Clinton, Obama and Biden Administrations who practiced stewardship in realistic terms.