thependulumswings

God Bless America ends “from sea to shining sea.”  But, should the final line be changed to “from sea to shining Gulf of America?”

It’s debatable, but rest assured there is a sea change in the air.   And, it was so obvious yesterday that it hit hard like a rare winter snowstorm in the deep south.

The contrast hasn’t been this stark since Ronald Reagan took over the mess left by Jimmy Carter.

Forty-Six had one foot out of the door but signed dozens of pardons for those not legally accused of a crime while investigating J6, much less imprisoned.  Forty-seven got his foot in the door and by nightfall had pardoned all but six of those imprisoned for their “crimes” on J6.

The pendulum stopped moving left around midnight on November 5th, 2024.  The pendulum began falling back to the center from there.  Yesterday, it accelerated past the midpoint.

As Joe Biden sat helpless and dumbfounded a few feet away, Donald Trump in his Inaugural Address undressed many of the policies ushered in during the Biden term.   Later he sat down and signed dozens of executive orders turning words into actions.  He delivered on promises from the campaign trail at a dizzying pace.

With a simple signature, the border was closed.  That wasn’t that hard after all.   The WHO once more became “who?”  DEI went off to DIE.

The country went from two genders in 2020 to 73 by 2024.  It swiftly reverted to two yesterday.

Donald wears it on his sleeve.  He likes the First Lady, but unlike the First Lady, he doesn’t keep things under his hat.  His pronouns are here/now.

Isn’t it a special day when free speech and common sense are back in style?

It must be.  Musk saw it as a way for him, his company, and his country to survive and eventually thrive.  Bezos and Zuckerberg saw it coming and borrowed the reverse of an old cigarette jingle.  It would be better to switch than fight.

Of course not everyone gets it.  That is fine.  Debate is what makes us great.

AOC skipped the festivities.  She refused to honor a convicted rapist she said.  George Stephanopoulos said the same on ABC a few months back.   ABC has fifteen million reasons to tone down the reckless rhetoric.  AOC might soon as well.

MSNBC and CNN saw Elon’s sheer exuberance for the moment as a Nazi hand signal.  Increasingly others aren’t very exuberant for legacy left-leaning media anymore.

Hillary Clinton snickered when Trump announced the desire to rename the Gulf of Mexico.  She wouldn’t fare very well at a poker table for dummies.

After three speeches, one sixty-minute no-notes press conference, and three inaugural balls in the evening 78-year-old President 45/47 was already in the Oval Office this AM.   His energy level is, as he might say, “bigly” higher than Biden’s.

There’s much work to be done and Congress needs to get after it as well.

If you prefer common sense yesterday was a good start.