sticking by their guns

 

This was taken about a week ago.  If it happened on the equinox the sun would be equidistant between the IBM building and the London House.  Unfortunately on that day the view was wrapped up behind clouds.  I kind of like the photo though, I think it has that misty morning vibe which I have to admit is probably because my windows are coated with winter dirt.

Us early risers are no fans of daylight savings time.  As the days grew longer the sun came earlier so that I could see a little glow after a shower and a coffee and a brief scan of the news.  But daylight time shut the door and now it is another cup of coffee and the Sun-Times before the glow arrives.  Kind of lonely those long dark hours when the city is asleep, though there are always cars crossing the Lake Shore Drive bridge.  Who are these people?  Where are they going?

Though I wish it was shorter, I do like the two changes every year.  A little cheap thrill I think.  I think spring forward, fall back, but then if I think about it too long I always get a little confused.  But it's probably a good thing, that little queasy feeling when you are secure in space, but a little adrift in time.

Way back in the dawn of the blog Beagles and I were discussing being in the army and I said one of the things besides shining my shoes and polishing my brass that I didn't like was the fact that your superior could order you to do anything.  And Beagles said that if you think your superior is asking you to do something wrong or illegal you can refuse to carry out the order.

That stopped me in my tracks.  Apparently there is a procedure or something, something like a hearing I think, and if you adjudged to have properly disobeyed the order you can leave free as a bird.  I have to admit that I am a little unsure how that would work in the real world, but the fact that such a thing exists and that they tell the recruits about it, that makes me think more highly of the army.

And I thought still more of the army during Trump 1 when they stuck by their guns, so to speak, and didn't break down like shotguns for Orangey.  But now that their ranks are riddled by Trumpy scalawags can they still stand tall?  When Trump decides to toss Joe Biden or John Roberts into jail just because and the orders go down from the men in suits to the men in uniforms to the men in lesser uniforms what will happen?