Over the last few weeks, the world has watched the United States’ apparent befuddlement over spy-balloons and, as yet, unidentified flying objects that have travelled over North America, eventually to be shot-down by the United States. While the Chinese took credit for the spy-balloon, no one claims ownership of the other devices. Of course, some Republican Members of Congress were quick to criticize the Biden Administration for delaying destruction of the objects until the military were able to determine that people on the ground would be safe, which was the benchmark for authorizing their removal.

At the same time we were all engaged in perusing the sky, many of us were watching the President deliver his State of the Union message. Again, the Republican disdain for the welfare of Americans was revealed. Despite lying about it to the American people, the truth readily became apparent: Republican Senators Rick Scott, Mike Lee, et al, were seeking to modify and/or destroy many of our entitlements—including Medicare and Social Security— when and if they secured full control of Congress. Despite their stonewalling and prevarication over the days following this “big reveal,” there was no way out for these phony “guardians of the public trust.”

While all this was going on, instead of dealing with the many domestic and foreign policy issues that need to be discussed, debated and decided, the Republican-led House was busy exploring the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop, who (or what?) is the real George Santos, finding dirt on President Biden, how real are “Jewish” Space Lasers, and so many other “important” matters of state. Based on this agenda, you would think that crime, gun control, police brutality, racial and economic inequality, the economy, Ukraine, China, etc, were all problems that require little or no attention. I guess I missed it when our immediate past President, that most “stable of geniuses,” solved what ails us. So, while awaiting the Republican Renaissance, I guess we should continue to watch the sky and hope that ET will soon come home and, perhaps, save us?