I love reading or hearing of new words or variations of words. Keeps your brain working, it is fun - and gives you yet another word to forget! Here is another one I read at midnight tonite. Rascallity. Or, as spelled today - rascality.
Here are some definitions for it.
" mischievous or dishonest behavior or activity".
"reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. devilment, mischief, mischief-making, roguery, shenanigan, roguishness, devilry, deviltry,"
"the character or behavior of a rascal."
"rabble."
By now you should have sensed where we are going with these definitions. No matter how one spells it. John Adams, our First VP, under Washington and his successor, spelled it as presented in the title and who am I to argue with such a distinguished man.
So, dear readers, what is the point of this posting? First, to have a tad of fun with a new word and then, to understand that the rascallity Adams wrote of or referred to is neither gone nor forgotten. In fact, it is alive, and, unfortunately well in our current day America. Would that it was not. Heed the warnings given by men of honor as to its import to our country.
"George Washington thought that partisanship would end America; Thomas Jefferson believed the end would come from sectional divisions and conflict over slavery; Alexander Hamilton, a weak federal government; and John Adams, the lack of virtue among the citizens. (“There is so much Rascallity, so much Venality and Corruption, so much Avarice and Ambition, such a Rage for Profit and Commerce,” Adams wrote.)"
Hint, hint? There is, in fact and deed, much evidence of the unfortunate streak of rascallity present in the America of today, too much so. We respect the prescience of our Founding Fathers as they warned the new country, the United States of America, as to what could break this country apart. Almost 250 years ago, and how correct they remain today!!!
Certainly, a hell of a lot better and brighter and patriotic and caring than so many of our pols today, especially from within the GOP, the Republican Party, the present day one that has Lincon crying and fussing within his grave, mourning the devolution of a once freedom, rights respecting, forward looking political party. Today, the members of this Party, 21% of them, continue to maintain that the election was 'stolen' and Biden is not the legitimate President. Oy!!! For how long are we supposed to live with this nonsense, as dangerous as it is ridiculous!
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to divorce America, have it turn into city-states, weak and irrelevant in the world of today and certainly of the future. A Red country. A Blue country. A Purple country! What crap! What dangerous crap spewing forth from the mouth of an open Fascist. This woman obviously never heard of the adage that a wise person keeps his mouth closed and thinks long and hard before opening it. Would that she would internalize and incorporate that maxim into her daily life. Certainly, our definitions of rascallity apply to her along with her buddies of the heart and corrupted soul - Gosar, Cruz, Perry, Jordan, in fact all of the traitors and conspirators to this country even as they sit in supposed stewardship and guardianship of it and its safety. Liars, one and all. Along with that disgraced and disgraceful former President, the shame of America -Trump.
Voices are being raised all over the country, the world at large, as to when will the cohorts of treason be punished, brought to the bar to pay for their treason. I wonder the same. I cannot understand what we gain by only punishing the little people. Yes, they were awful, emulating the hand to hand fighting of ancient warfare, of spear and shield and stomping, even killing, their fellow countrymen and women.
However, it means nothing, nothing at all, if we do not bring down the entire weight of the law upon those 'rascallious' rapscallion leaders. What the hell is Garland waiting for? No one is going to make it easy, confess all the names and eagerly provide a paper trail of proof, not now nor in the future. Yet in their very words they expose themselves, using words and sentences which imply the truth of what they prefer to bury deep.
How could they expect this? How? Why? Because their moral flies are definitely open, and their guilt is clear. What will the exposure of some misdeeds mean anyway, they ask? Are they for real or do they think we are so stupid as to allow the planners to get away with it, even repeat it - and this time succeed? Marc Antony knew he had to turn the people against the leaders of the opposing factor, not only on the dupes who went along with them. And he did so quite well, did he not? Even got Cleopatra in the bargain! Does Melania count, especially with her newly exposed self-pride, her arrogance, as she sells digital images of her eyes for crypto currency only!!! Lots of it. I kid you not.
A pro Trump lawyer talks of planning meetings that took place on his 'plantation'. Were there slaves as well??? The Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks of adoption rather than abortion, forcing women to carry the unwanted pregnancy to term! What the hell!!!! This is the typical 'non - partisanship' we can expect from that Court, much, much, to our detriment as a country of decency, justice and respect for human rights. Rascallity indeed. Rascals by the dozens.
"the American Dark Ages.
Isn’t that what our nation has been stewing in these past few years — a medieval pottage of religious extremism, anti-science sneering, conspiracy theories and ill-conceived, ragtag, spear-and-pole crusades? Heck, we even have a plague."
Eerie, is it not?
We must fight against this, create our own new Renaissance, and turn away all those who would see this country destroyed rather than return it to a time of sanity, of forward thinking, of real leaders, loyal to this country. Those leaders would look beyond themselves, beyond maintenance of their wealth and power, instead place the country and its residents first. They would spurn the cult politics that has shamefully and dangerously emerged today.
"He continues to be the leader of an organization that uses violence or the threat of violence to disrupt democratic processes. That is terrorism,” what sort of connects everything is violence and the threat of violence that now animates so much of our political discourse coming from Republican leadership, from right-wing media .. it’s that acceptance of violence, the threat of violence, as part of a political agenda that I think I underestimated on Jan. 6."
Folks, a fun word or not, rascallity has become the go to word for the behavior of the GOP and too many of its "up and coming" leaders. These Fascistas, "America First" adherents are open about their perverted beliefs and desired actions. We must be as obvious and open as they are. We must support Democracy. We must support the ideas of the Founding Fathers, feet of clay or not. It is our only road out of this mess. Punish the guilty, all the guilty, wipe the slate clean and let us start all over again or at least from a point of sanity and continue on. We must, else all is lost.
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