So brave Speaker Paul Ryan is very serious about being a good speaker of the House. You know, the kind of speaker who doesn't let the nihilist wing of the Republican Party take the country hostage and shut down the government because "principles." The kind who isn't run out of town, leaving his party in tatters and tears. (
Yeats was probably writing about the same sort of rhetorical bombthrowers and political arsonists, though, so it's appropriate. The poem seems to be about the Irish revolution and Troubles. So, yeah, "passionate intensity" probably referred to people like IRA leader Michael Collins and other incendiary firebrands from Ireland in the late teens/20s.
Paul Ryan: the eel-spined speakers of mealy resolve.
Driftglass is a treasury of Brooksian fail.
Wow! Over 520mph!
But enough of the live footage from Trump's advisers.
Sole exception: Mike Nelson.
Trump is like Candyman. Ryan has called him out three times and now he is real.
That and some holy jesus. but since you said it
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It's ok for Sleepy Ben, though. He knows Jesus personally and squared it with the big guy.
My Chicago library (where I do Obamacare) is also packed. With the kids!
Also, we are all voting twice. Obv.
And we are certainly slouching towards Bethlehem
OTOH, Rethugs have found there is a definite correlation between their lack of principles and increases in their amount of principal...
Yeats was probably writing about the same sort of rhetorical bombthrowers and political arsonists, though, so it's appropriate. The poem seems to be about the Irish revolution and Troubles. So, yeah, "passionate intensity" probably referred to people like IRA leader Michael Collins and other incendiary firebrands from Ireland in the late teens/20s.
Well that would certainly be swell. Sadly, I can't allow myself to entertain that as I am not even sure we won't have a President Trump.
Guess ya' got to start somewhere.
And I believe there was a cock involved. No word on how huge.
Leave baby Jesus out of it.