Transparency in the midst of destruction

(Here’s your warning — this post may seem far different than the usual post you’re used to reading from me. You may not like it even. You might even want to quit reading just a couple of paragraphs in. You might say — “You’re being too political!” or some other such comment. Here’s what I’ll say — stick with it until the end.)

The one good thing that seems to be coming as a result of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is that it appears that many more people are seeing through a whole bunch of BS and not putting up with it, calling it what is, and showing how ridiculous such things are.

Was anyone really fooled by Putin’s poor attempt at legitimizing an invasion of Ukraine? Anyone? And where in the world does he get such huge tables so that people can sit so far away from him? It’s the physical representation of how ridiculous and over the top Putin’s arguments and actions are. He’s causing suffering and death in Ukraine, and he’s going to be the cause of suffering for his own people. But he doesn’t care.

Our former president’s statement that Putin was a genius for attacking Ukraine like it was some kind of corporate take over of an ideal real estate venture is a case in point of ridiculousness. And in a surprise to no one, he doubled down. Because that’s what he does. Every. Single. Time. It’s predictable. Why is anyone listening to anything he says on anything? We all know it’s going to be the opposite of what is right. It’s just going to be about one of two things — him or might makes right…