20220116 Thesaurus: coward

Executive:

• Donald Trump
• Mark Meadows

Senate:

• Tommy Tuberville, Ala.
• Rick Scott, Fla.
• Roger Marshall, Kan.
• John Kennedy, La.
• Cindy Hyde-Smith, Miss.
• Josh Hawley, Mo.
• Ted Cruz, Texas
• Cynthia Lummis, Wyo.

House:

• Robert B. Aderholt, Ala.
• Mo Brooks, Ala.
• Jerry Carl, Ala.
• Barry Moore, Ala.
• Gary Palmer, Ala.
• Mike Rogers, Ala.
• Andy Biggs, Ariz.
• Paul Gosar, Ariz.
• Debbie Lesko, Ariz.
• David Schweikert, Ariz.
• Rick Crawford, Ark.
• Ken Calvert, Calif.
• Mike Garcia, Calif.
• Darrell Issa, Calif.
• Doug LaMalfa, Calif.
• Kevin McCarthy, Calif.
• Devin Nunes, Calif.
• Jay Obernolte, Calif.
• Lauren Boebert, Colo.
• Doug Lamborn, Colo.
• Kat Cammack, Fla.
• Mario Diaz-Balart, Fla.
• Byron Donalds, Fla.
• Neal Dunn, Fla.
• Scott Franklin, Fla.
• Matt Gaetz, Fla.
• Carlos Gimenez, Fla.
• Brian Mast, Fla.
• Bill Posey, Fla.
• John Rutherford, Fla.
• Greg Steube, Fla.
• Daniel Webster, Fla.
• Rick Allen, Ga.
• Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, Ga.
• Andrew Clyde, Ga.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga.
• Jody Hice, Ga.
• Barry Loudermilk, Ga.
• Russ Fulcher, Idaho
• Mike Bost, Ill.
• Mary Miller, Ill.
• Jim Baird, Ind.
• Jim Banks, Ind.
• Greg Pence, Ind.
• Jackie Walorski, Ind.
• Ron Estes, Kan.
• Jacob LaTurner, Kan.
• Tracey Mann, Kan.
• Harold Rogers, Ky.
• Garret Graves, La.
• Clay Higgins, La.
• Mike Johnson, La.
• Steve Scalise, La.
• Andy Harris, Md.
• Jack Bergman, Mich.
• Lisa McClain, Mich.
• Tim Walberg, Mich.
• Michelle Fischbach, Minn.
• Jim Hagedorn, Minn.
• Michael Guest, Miss.
• Trent Kelly, Miss.
• Steven Palazzo, Miss.
• Sam Graves, Mo.
• Vicky Hartzler, Mo.
• Billy Long, Mo.
• Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mo.
• Jason Smith, Mo.
• Matt Rosendale, Mont.
• Dan Bishop, N.C.
• Ted Budd, N.C.
• Madison Cawthorn, N.C.
• Virginia Foxx, N.C.
• Richard Hudson, N.C.
• Gregory F. Murphy, N.C.
• David Rouzer, N.C.
• Jeff Van Drew, N.J.
• Yvette Herrell, N.M.
• Chris Jacobs, N.Y.
• Nicole Malliotakis, N.Y.
• Elise M. Stefanik, N.Y.
• Lee Zeldin, N.Y.
• Adrian Smith, Neb.
• Steve Chabot, Ohio
• Warren Davidson, Ohio
• Bob Gibbs, Ohio
• Bill Johnson, Ohio
• Jim Jordan, Ohio
• Stephanie Bice, Okla.
• Tom Cole, Okla.
• Kevin Hern, Okla.
• Frank Lucas, Okla.
• Markwayne Mullin, Okla.
• Cliff Bentz, Ore.
• John Joyce, Pa.
• Fred Keller, Pa.
• Mike Kelly, Pa.
• Daniel Meuser, Pa.
• Scott Perry, Pa.
• Guy Reschenthaler, Pa.
• Lloyd Smucker, Pa.
• Glenn Thompson, Pa.
• Jeff Duncan, S.C.
• Ralph Norman, S.C.
• Tom Rice, S.C.
• William Timmons, S.C.
• Joe Wilson, S.C.
• Tim Burchett, Tenn.
• Scott DesJarlais, Tenn.
• Chuck Fleischmann, Tenn.
• Mark E. Green, Tenn.
• Diana Harshbarger, Tenn.
• David Kustoff, Tenn.
• John Rose, Tenn.
• Jodey Arrington, Texas
• Brian Babin, Texas
• Michael C. Burgess, Texas
• John R. Carter, Texas
• Michael Cloud, Texas
• Pat Fallon, Texas
• Louie Gohmert, Texas
• Lance Gooden, Texas
• Ronny Jackson, Texas
• Troy Nehls, Texas
• August Pfluger, Texas
• Pete Sessions, Texas
• Beth Van Duyne, Texas
• Randy Weber, Texas
• Roger Williams, Texas
• Ron Wright, Texas
• Burgess Owens, Utah
• Chris Stewart, Utah
• Ben Cline, Va.
• Bob Good, Va.
• Morgan Griffith, Va.
• Robert J. Wittman, Va.
• Carol Miller, W.Va.
• Alexander X. Mooney, W.Va.
• Scott Fitzgerald, Wis.
• Tom Tiffany, Wis.

The above are parties that supported the January 6th insurrection in 2021. Over 10,000 others implemented the siege on the capitol. All are disgraceful cowards, yet many still occupy seats in Washington. Unfortunately, the same democracy that these individuals would discard is saving their collective butt. However, no one is above the law.

Howdy and greetings from our tin can by the sea. Sorry for the ominous preface, but someone's gotta state it upfront - the republican party has become a party of cowardice. I'm not exactly enthralled with the democrats, either - they don't know what they want to be when they grow up - but the republicans are a good-old-boys-old-white-men party whose demographic is dying. And in those dying gasps, it's condoning every act of cowardice imaginable. 

Just a note: if you are elected, then you are considered a leader, so ready or not, LEAD! Too often those that should be leading instead hide behind aggregates in order to diffuse their cowardice among many. 

Part of me is sickened that we are "remembering" the acts on 1/6/2021, and part of me says that it will be changed in the retelling if we don't baseline it. Here's a video from the New York Times to help with the baseline. 

We also have COVID's omicron variant running amok and it looks like we'll be dealing with inflation for the beginning of the year. Global warming? It's here and there's not much of a coordinated plan to reduce green house gases that are fueling it. Diversity? 2021 saw improvements in board level demographics, however, the needle moved from 14% to 16%. Considering that 50% of the world is female, that's a huge underrepresentation. At this rate, we will cross 50% in 2039. Why is it moving so slow? Ask a member of the good-old-boys-old-white-men party.

You're searching for good times
But just wait and see
You'll come running back (I said, don't worry darling)
You'll come running back (spend the rest of my life with you, baby)
You'll come running back to me
- The Rolling Stones, "Time is on My Side", 12 X 5, The Rolling Stones, 1964