Talk of martial law, Insurrection Act draws notice of Jan. 6 committee, a WAPO article and on 4-27-22, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

"Trump would often mock advisers or lawyers who told him such moves were illegal. John F. Kelly, the president’s former chief of staff, told other advisers they were wasting their time by telling Trump some of his ideas were against the law. “He doesn’t care,” Kelly said to others, according to a person with direct knowledge of the comments." (Quoted from the article.)

The preponderance of evidence is already in. Trump was absolutely the most incompetent President in our County's history. His base of support needs to realize they're in bed with a fool who's holding them captive.

 Opinion | Biden needs to explain why GOP lies and bullying are a danger to democracy, and the Enlightened Prisoner responded to the WAPO Editorial on 4-25-22, thus:

"Quite simply, politicians are a menace to democracy when they think they are beyond accountability, free from the obligation to follow the will of the voters and able to use instruments of power to punish enemies."

Absolute rationale Ms. Rubin. Further evidence? Go to the follow the money web sites that contain the contributors list for our Congressional elected. How very few contributors have any agenda interests in the jurisdiction of that elected public servant.

And why do the rules allow our politicians public event venues that lack a debate platform and instead become self-serving monologs that dog whistle their base while accountability goes unchallenged?

 Opinion | That ‘homeless person’ could be someone’s son. Mine, for instance.  On 4-21-22, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

This story sadly reflects on the utter frustration of dealing with human conditions within a society cursed by the lawful protections of unrestricted freedoms. How those who choose not to be willing contributors to societal norms of order and respect for the rights of community standards continue to operate with relative impunity. Until they cross the border of lawlessness and become occupants of incarceration.

There they become temporary guests and unwilling housing witnesses within a system already overburdened with unscrupulous opportunists harboring a career of total disregard for their responsibility to the rights of others. Of course this cannot have a good ending.

But yet we continue to provide our tax funding to detect and hold securely the unscrupulous opportunists at the expense of those social members who are our hidden population of the mentally impaired with a contrary purpose of mind we can't understand.

And cheer on the efforts of political opportunists that promote largeness for our police, incarceration, and military resources. What a country.

 In Southwest WA, a far-right clash tests power of Trump’s endorsement of Joe Kent in race for Congress seat and on 1-13-22, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

Wow, the MAGA cult says we've got a "Sleepy" Joe in Washington DC. Well, seems like Washington State now has a "Seditious" Joe?

Seems like our qualification standards for political elected or appointed office in this country have fallen into the chasm of separatism that produced the era of McCarthyism. At the very least it seems we've given in to the loss of rational reasoning as a political tool. This trend towards radicalism as a political incentive is taking us down a dark path that doesn't have a good destination folks.

 Two dads took their kids on a trip. A stranger called them ‘pedophiles.’ (A WAPO story and on 4-16-22, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:)

How embarrassing to know citizens of this country can be so crass and callous in a public place. How unmannered our country has become since our 4-year exposure to our elected King of Crass who used the White House pulpit to promote his fear and hate agenda.

And what describes crass, lack of sensitivity, refinement, and intelligence.

 Scandal-plagued ex-EPA chief Scott Pruitt to run for Senate in Oklahoma.  (WAPO article and on 4-16-22, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

Scott Pruitt was one of many Trump appointees who used their political office to prove they were there to benefit naught but their selfish and immoral life's styles. There were many Inspector General's reports written in chilling detail that evidenced those appointees' misuse of the offices' purpose and financial resources.

The fact that those reports landed on the desk of Trump appointed Attorney Generals for wanton disregard is glaring prove of the criminal empire Trump's Administration brought to our government's table. And it was Trump himself who set the standard by declaring don't trust anything about your government.

The biggest mistake Oklahoma voters will make is to believe what Scott Pruitt says about himself, not what his record says about him.

 Lachlan Murdoch, once the ambivalent Fox heir, expresses his views, and on 4-10-22 the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

“How can we expect people to defend the values, interests and sovereignty of this nation,” Murdoch asked, “if we teach our children only our faults and none of our virtues.”

Lachlan Murdock tells you why it's important for an elite to control the news values of a nation. Google the broadcaster's "Fairness Doctrine". And ask why news has become a business plan instead of a public service.

It'll make you understand that Pogo knew of what he spoke when he said, "We have met the enemy and they is us."

 Opinion | Clarence Thomas and his wife’s texts: a kerfuffle over appearances. On 4-1-22, the Enlightened Prisoner commented thus:

Finding out that Justice Thomas has a domestic enclave that harbors an element of kerfuffle exposure to conservative views is akin to finding that Trump, the leader of the MAGA cult of gullible deplorables has an enclave of indignation for any who oppose his views of tyrannical politics.

Perhaps it's time these two (ahem), "Gentleman" which occupied positions that were capable of deciding the fate of our social order should come to the realization that their singular flaw of intellectual acuity is that both display obvious traits of being dumb as a box of rocks? We've voted one off the island, what do we do about the other?