A day that will live in infamy

Right? Left? Centre?
Political news and debate.
Put your views and articles up for debate and destruction!
Post Reply
User avatar
BoSoxGal
Posts: 20123
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:36 pm
Location: The Heart of Red Sox Nation

A day that will live in infamy

Post by BoSoxGal »

IMG_3412.jpeg
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan

User avatar
BoSoxGal
Posts: 20123
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:36 pm
Location: The Heart of Red Sox Nation

Re: A day that will live in infamy

Post by BoSoxGal »

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan

User avatar
Bicycle Bill
Posts: 9814
Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:10 pm
Location: Living in a suburb of Berkeley on the Prairie along with my Yellow Rose of Texas

Re: A day that will live in infamy

Post by Bicycle Bill »

I was just thinking about that phrase (a day of infamy) yesterday, recalling that FDR stated that December 7th, 1941 would be "a date which will live in infamy" after Japan launched an attack on a territory of the US, and I was wondering why the attack by the US on the capital of a SOVEREIGN NATION in an action that resulted in the removal of its duly-elected and installed leader — and the stated intent for the invaders to "run the country" for an undetermined time — wasn't pretty much the same thing.

Now, thanks to BSG's post, I realize that
1) the term had already been used, which means that
2) under Trump's regime there have been so many days (and acts) of infamy that if we start using that term to call them what they are, we're going to have to start numbering them like Super Bowls...
Image
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?

User avatar
BoSoxGal
Posts: 20123
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:36 pm
Location: The Heart of Red Sox Nation

Re: A day that will live in infamy

Post by BoSoxGal »

IMG_3418.jpeg
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan

Big RR
Posts: 14924
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:47 pm

Re: A day that will live in infamy

Post by Big RR »

Actuall, the bigger "Day of Infamy" was when Trump was reelected after the Jan 6 events. That is a much bigger threat to our system of government.

Post Reply