February is the final month of metrological winter. Other than Valentine's Day, there are no real holidays to celebrate. January is now gone, but it brought us reminders of an old-fashioned Wisconsin winter.
Now the sun is slowly gaining a higher angle and it is possible to take a nap in the sunshine like and old cat letting the sun warm its bones. With the passage of time comes changes to our lives. This was true when the second Donald Trump Administration was sworn in on Jan 20.
Fifty percent of the country supports many ideas of the Trump administration. Fifty percent oppose those same ideas. The country remains divided and will remain so until enough oxen get gored to force another change.
Whenever a new administration — be if federal, state, county or local — comes to power, the highest elected official usually beats their chest and tells people that "there's a new sheriff in town so it is time to shape up or ship out". President Harry Truman had a line for incoming General of the Army Dwight Eisenhauer when he was inaugurated President: "Poor Ike. He will say do this and do that and nothing at all will happen.
This is not the Army." Right now, President Trump has the bully pulpit. He has the momentum of an incoming president.
He has plans, he has executive orders, he has ideas and he will soon run into the reality of he is just one part of three parts of government. He will find out that the Congress of the United States is often where dreams go to die. There are ba.