{"id":34466,"date":"2018-11-24T16:11:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T00:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34466"},"modified":"2018-11-24T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T00:15:03","slug":"everyday-erinyes-145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/24\/everyday-erinyes-145\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Erinyes #145"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experts in autocracies have pointed out that it is, unfortunately, easy to slip into normalizing the tyrant, hence it is important to hang on to outrage. These incidents which seem to call for the efforts of the Greek Furies (Erinyes) to come and deal with them will, I hope, help with that. As a reminder, though no one really knows how many there were supposed to be, the three names we have are Alecto<\/strong><\/span>, Megaera<\/span><\/strong>, and Tisiphone<\/span><\/strong>. These roughly translate as “unceasing,” “grudging,” and “vengeful destruction.”<\/p>\n

Actually this has nothing to do with the Erinyes today. But, without this, all I have are short takes, a couple of which are so dreadful they would make the Furies themselves hurl, let alone us frail humans. And we’ve had a rough week and could use something nice to think about. So, instead, I’ll talk about the Congressman from the Fifth District of Missouri.<\/p>\n

Emanuel Cleaver II<\/a> is serving his seventh term in Congress, to which he came with some experience: twelve years on the Kansas City Council and eight years as the Mayor of Kansas City (the first African-American to hold that office).<\/p>\n

Along the road he has racked up five Honorary Doctorates to augment his earned Bachelor’s (Prairie View A & M) and Master’s (St. Paul’s School of Theology, Kansas city). He is in fact an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.<\/p>\n

Kansas City is split over two Districts, so I don’t know whether Nameless can claim Congressman Cleaver as his own. If so, Nameless is a whole lot luckier in his Congressman than I am in mine.<\/p>\n

In Congress, he is serving on the House Financial Services Committee, he is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and also a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. In the 112th Congress, he was unanimously elected to the Chair of the Black Congressional Caucus. You can read his official biography, of course, for more details on specific achievements. But it’s clear that if for some reason he wanted to stand on his accomplishments, to claim some privilege on that basis, the basis is pretty solid – so unlike some Republicans I might mention.\"\"<\/p>\n

But apparently standing on position is something Congressman Cleaver just doesn’t know how to do<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Friday, home from Washington for the holiday, he was driving in Kansas City, and happened to be on the scene to witness a head-on collision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Several people who witnessed the crash, including U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, helped pull the victims from the wreckage.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cleaver was on his way to a meeting when he drove upon the wreck, according to a statement issued by Cleaver\u2019s office.<\/em><\/p>\n

It appeared that one of the motorists was unconscious behind the steering wheel of one of the cars. Cleaver and three other bystanders helped pull the man to safety as fire quickly spread across the engine block, the statement said….<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI was just helping the same as every other person on the scene,\u201d Cleaver said in the statement. \u201cTonight, my prayers will be for this man and his family during this holiday season.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The other driver did not survive, but I have not found any updates on the rescued man and assume he is still hanging in.<\/p>\n

Nameless, if Congressman Cleaver is yours, my deepest congratulations!<\/p>\n

Nothing for Alecto<\/strong><\/span>, Megaera<\/span><\/strong>, and Tisiphone<\/span><\/strong> to do here except to feel good – along with the rest of us.<\/p>\n

The Furies and I will be back.<\/p>\n

Meantime, may the holiday season be as enchanting for us as it is for this cat.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Cross posted to Care2 HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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