Avoiding the Sausage Shop

 

As the saying goes: “Anyone who loves the law or sausages should never watch either being made.” And so it is that I am avoiding the day-to-day debate on who should do what and to whom — or not. I made a similar resolution in 2023 to not post/comment on the presidential campaign, but then broke it through several posts about the reasons I thought it critical to re-elect President Trump. Those reasons had nothing to do with the man beyond the implications to our constitutional form of government if the people did not repudiate — at the ballot — the deprivation of his, and our, civil liberties.

We succeeded in repudiating progressive lawfare and other malign policies and practices. President Trump is now vigorously carrying out his agenda. There will be missteps and setbacks, but early indications are that what I viewed as a reprieve in our march to destruction might actually turn out to be some level of reform.

But if you watch pitch by pitch it will drive you mad. Or at least it would drive me mad. So I will decline to enter the fight over mean tweets, the quality of nominees, third rails and monetary policy. Instead, I will look to whether the people’s mood has lightened, whether they have regained hope for a better tomorrow. Economic recovery will be uneven so negative stories will continue to be out there. But can initial optimism be sustained and grow? That is what will concern me — not the petty infighting that is as predictable as sunrise. And I accept that ultimate justice will not be meted out in this world.

So when you think to pen a jeremiad or comment upon one, consider writing a poem instead. Even a limerick would be good.

Keeping it light, or even writing a post on something apolitical (something our members do regularly and well), will do wonders for your mood. Failing that, don’t forget that you can just keep on scrolling. 

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  1. Sisyphus Member
    Sisyphus
    @Sisyphus

    Well said. If we focus on hoeing our own row and don’t borrow far away troubles to be anxious about, the resulting peace of mind is itself a great treasure.

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  2. Clavius Thatcher
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    @Clavius

    Sound advice!

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  3. DonG (¡Afuera!) Coolidge
    DonG (¡Afuera!)
    @DonG

    The signal to noise ration is very low right now.   The Left media is not only loud, they are generally wrong. 

    About those Limericks. 

    Grok wrote us a Limerick about Limericks:

    There once was a poem called limerick,
    Whose rhythm and rhyme were quite trick,
    With a beat so unique,
    It would make your mind speak,
    In patterns that stick, quick and slick!

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  4. Sisyphus Member
    Sisyphus
    @Sisyphus

    Are you anxious, concerned, panicky? Do you religiously follow the likes of Joy Reid, Joe Scarborough, Jim Acosta, or that Margaret person on Face the Nation? You may be yet another victim of gullible news consumer syndrome. Follow Mollie on X until symptoms abate. Once it becomes clear what deranged confidence grifters these “journalists” really are, ones response to their hysterics is to be calmed and assured that God is in his Heaven and all is right with the world. 

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  5. Macho Grande' Coolidge
    Macho Grande'
    @ChrisCampion

    Wait – not posting on politics on Ricochet?

    This way lies pleasant madness.

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  6. Red Herring Coolidge
    Red Herring
    @EHerring

    We hear that Trump is the agent of chaos. Actually it is the pushback against Trump that causes chaos and it is intentional.  For example, everyone knows what DEI added to training.  Tuskegee airmen heroics was taught in basic military education. It didn’t needed to be added to DEI training. Any lesson on them could continue to be taught as before. Saying Trump banned it was intentional to create a backlash. If this “chaos” bothers you, don’t follow the news closely or understand and inoculate yourself  to the enemy’s tactics.

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  7. The Reticulator Member
    The Reticulator
    @TheReticulator

    Like the Russians say: “I’m not very good at politics.  Leave that to the people at the top.  They know things we don’t know.  They know what’s best.”

    That’s a composite of things I’ve heard over and over in street interviews. 

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