Alex Pretti Is Still Dead

And so is Renee Good.

But who can remember?

So is that kid in the photo from Kent State, lying in the street, shot  by National Guard on campus. That kid was not even in the protest, just walking by.

(For that matter, so was the black man in the photo of the the police dog which became famous.)

This is what state terrorism, in other words, state totalitarianism, looks like.

Sieg!

Heil!

At the Democratic "forum" in Portsmouth last week no questions were asked of the six Democrats seeking the nomination to run for Congress about Alex Pretti or Renee Good. Last month's news. (Actually, February's news.) So, ICE, government murders caught on video, not really a topic any more. That was so last February. "Qualified immunity," they call it. Police are above the law. Police are the law. They were just following orders. The Democrats do not debate any of this in their "forums." The Democrats here in New Hampshire do not debate. They have forums, which sounds less confrontational. And the last thing we want in New Hampshire is confrontation. Or discord. Or to be reminded that maybe, just down the road, ICE will construct a "detention center." Arbeit Macht Frie. Nobody's seen ICE round these parts lately, anyway. No way they might come back. And for damn sure, nobody wants to be reminded of all that unpleasantness.

Or, for that matter: Remember Ukraine? Remember when we were upset about the Russians trying to do to Ukraine what the Israelis did to Gaza? So unpleasant. Better to not talk about it. 

Remember her?

 

You May Say That I Ain't Free

So, oh, well. Move on to the next outrage. The CDC refuses to publish a report showing the most recent COVID vaccine reduced hospitalizations. The US Navy is stopping ships as part of the war against Iran nobody voted for. Secretary of Treasury defends bribes from Qatar to the Trump family. What are a couple of deaths of some Midwestern middle class people, really? 

But It Don't Worry Me

Just bury my heart at Minneapolis and move on.

What?

Custer died for our sins. Who did Alex Pretti and Renee Good die for?

Me Worry?

Don't be a martyr.

As the Bard said,

Don't follow leaders

Watch the parkin' meters.

Look out kid

They keep it all hid

Better jump down a manhole

Light yourself a candle.

The price of bread may worry some
But it don’t worry me
Tax relief may never come
But it don’t worry me

Economy’s depressed, not me
My spirit’s high as it can be
And you may say that I ain’t free
But it don’t worry me

It don’t worry me
It don’t worry me
You may say that I ain’t free
But it don’t worry me

They say this train don’t give out rides
Well, it don’t worry me
The whole world is taking sides
But it don’t worry me

'Cause in my empire life is sweet
Oh, just ask any beau you meet
And life may be a one-way street
But it don’t worry me

It don’t worry me
It don’t worry me
You may say that I ain’t free
But it don’t worry me

--Keith Carradine, "Nashville" (the movie)