have noted that this is in DU Minor.

Reading some of the OP/threads indicates my essay may be out of tune. Oh, well.

would offer a sensible choice for the Supreme Court should a vacancy occur.


~PEACE~

Thank you!

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Straight up 12-bar. I do prefer a nice shuffle.

I've got some direct to disc I haven't listened to in a while.

I was listening to the "live" LP from the Plastic Ono Band's "Sometime in New York City" while writing the OP. I used part of a Frank Zappa quote from the concert where he played with the Lennons for the "title" of it. First thing that came to mind ....

...how some arrowheads appear almost as perfect as the day they were chipped and honed; others more worn down by age and environment; some made of more durable material, others of more ephemeral composition; all arrowheads, to be sure, but maybe some more suited for different tasks.

I remind myself that these folks all chose public service, and that's not something everyone can handle. It's all about what you want these folks to do, I suppose. We all come to this process with a myriad of motivations, interests, and concerns. We'll choose the best candidate for the task we envision them undertaking; or, perhaps, we'll choose the one who's most available and is closest to being able to accomplish the task we have in mind.

Earlier this spring, while walking the same path, I found a pristine Levanna point. It is at least 500 years older than the Madison today, and a lot larger. It was also paper-thin, by far the thinnest I've ever seen. But not a chip out of it. As crisp and sharp as the day it was made!

Systems are curious things. I'm sure that the vast majority of Democratic politicians enter the arena, for good reasons. They believe that they can improve people's quality of life, by way of the system. They may hope to institute much needed change within that system.

Yet, entering the national political arena is similar to falling into a river swollen by spring melts and rains. It takes you places in its strong currents and undercurrents. People begin to become aware of its true nature; they almost always adjust, to deal with the stark realities of the system; then, they get sucked in to the point that they become part of it. Most then begin to take the undercurrents for granted, and justify their compromising with it, but failing to examine if they have compromised themselves.