Reflections From a Murky Pond

Bikini Interlude – An Elsewhere Edition

Just a quick and pleasant reminder that, especially as we move into Autumn, bikinis are fine, good even, in a lot more places than just the beach.

There’s a lot of times when it feels like that. I work to fish; fish to forget work; rinse, repeat. Ah well, there are far worse ways of going through life.

So far in what passes for Kamala’s campaign it’s been like that. She’s spent the majority of it dodging the press. She’s made it clear that she’s going to do whatever it takes to not give interviews or hold press conferences, with a couple of carefully curated and prerecorded ones with allied media outlets being as close to an exception as it’s likely to get. It’s so overt and extreme that even staunchly Democrat outlets are complaining about it, albeit with very soft and almost apologetic voices.

And yes, her and her staff have shown that they’re more than willing to take extreme measures to make sure that the press keeps their distance from her. She even pulled out – or was pulled out by her handlers – of giving the commencement address at the most Left-wing, Democrat college, UC Berkeley, giving the excuse that they were currently in a labor dispute with the local chapter of the AFSCME union, which had called for a speaker boycott.

Babylon Bee or not, the fact that Kamala’s only interview – and a carefully scripted and curated on at that – was held jointly with Tim Walz didn’t go over very well with some feminists and some Blacks, especially Black women. They were offended by the appearance of her needing to have a White man there to lean on if needed.

So yeah; where’s Kamala? The answer is wherever the press isn’t. And, as certain sorts in the Lamestream Media claim, that’s a good thing for her campaign. Read whatever you like into that statement.

Times have certainly changed, especially in the realm of work. But hey! At least Jason isn’t trying to do the whole remote thing and do his job from home via Zoom or Teams. 😆

There’s no doubt that America, like all nations, cultures, and peoples, is a land partially built upon myths. Just listen to a Liberal rant when they hear about making America great again, or an American when Liberals try to rewrite – normally to a more Black and White – parts of history. In both cases, there will be an immediate acknowledgment that this is so. Simply put, America is Americana as much as anything else.

But now, 23 years – approximately an entire generation – since the Muslims enacted the greatest act of terrorism in modern history, we seem to have a new American myth, that of widespread unity in the aftermath of 9/11. And, that is what and all it is – a myth, a wondrous but false bit of exceptionalism to be added to Americana.

The truth is that by 9/12 various Democrats were already online, proudly proclaiming that the attack was America’s fault and we deserved it and worse. The truth is that by 9/12 the were many Muslims celebrating the attack, and others whose only concern over it was their fear of Americans’ response. The truth is that 9/12 literally was when Democrats brought the term “Islamophobia” to the forefront of sociopolitical discourse, and it was the inception of what has become #Wokeness.

No. Our nation coming together as one on 9/12 is just a new American myth. Many of us did, but far too many within our borders chose to side with the Muslim terrorists instead, and many more than that chose to politically profiteer off of it.