Saturday, March 30, 2019

Saturday, March 30, 2019, T+87, Part 3 -- President Trump: Bestow The Presidential Medal Of Freedom on Robert Mueller

Run, don't walk, to get this to the president's chief of staff (whoever that might be this week).  

Bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Robert Mueller.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States. The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal are the highest civilian awards of the United States. It recognizes those people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors". The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform.
What a hoot.

Float his name for the short list for RBG's seat on the Supreme Court.

Too bad, the president recently appointed a new US attorney general. Robert Mueller should have had that job.

US senator. Neither senate office comes up for election in New York in 2020, but a senate office in the commonwealth of Virginia comes up in 2020.

Re-name the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building.

Biography:
Robert Swan Mueller III born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer, government official, and former soldier who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), from 2001 to 2013.
Between 2017 and 2019, he was the Special Counsel of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and related matters.
A graduate of Princeton University and New York University, Mueller served as a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, receiving a Bronze Star for heroism and a Purple Heart. He subsequently attended the University of Virginia School of Law. Mueller is a registered Republican in Washington, D.C., and was appointed and reappointed to Senate-confirmed positions by presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
When you read that bio, but even more importantly, when you read "ten things you might no know about Robert Mueller," you understand immediately why he was not going to tarnish his legacy at this point in his career.

Similar, but longer list, at CNN.

Religion: not known. Probably not Catholic based on family history, personal education, but if he's Catholic, consider sainthood.

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The iGeneration

Last night I observed Sophia, age 4 years 10 months, as she watched the "monitor" at the self-serve check in / boarding pass / baggage tag kiosk at American Airlines last night, on their way to Utah for a weekend of skiing.

She is incredibly adept at picking up any mobile device or using any laptop or tablet to take photos, play games, or re-set the settings. Or even the word processor, spelling her name and "jaguar." She has and uses a $19-disposable digital camera (it has more than 900 photos on a 4GB SanDisk). She punches in security codes to get into TutorTime. She asks me what the various indicators on the Toyota Civic dashboard mean when we drive to school. She punches in security codes at our apartment complex.

Her life is digital.

At the American Airlines kiosk, her dad was checking in four people, handing out tickets to each of his three daughters and getting baggage tags for four pieces of luggage. It took a fair amount of time, but the longer the better. It gave Sophia more time to really study what was happening. Her two older sisters seemed nonplussed, just a ritual through which to go, but for Sophia it appeared to be another electronic "game." And apparently her dad "won." He got four boarding passes, and four baggage tags.

I can't wait to teach her how to use an ATM. LOL. Benjamins are more useful than boarding passes. Speaking of which: why did they generate boarding passes? Why not simply use their iPhones when going through security and boarding? I assume they could have but their father probably wanted to make sure there were no glitches. And besides, Sophia really seemed to enjoy the process.

She enjoyed handing her boarding pass to TSA for consideration. I don't know if Corky was subjected to a full-body pat down.

4 comments:

  1. In Re: Mueller- "Although raised Presbyterian, he became an Episcopalian later in life" from wiki. FWIW

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    1. Yes, I saw that; both English/Scottish protestant churches, and if I recall, these early churches would be very much anti-Papist. But getting into religion is always risky in this day and age, and there are so many sects within a denomination, no one really knows, even if one is labeled as belonging to a particular religion.

      One gets the feeling he comes from a "religious" family with a strong moral compass but he chooses to practice his faith / religion privately.

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  2. In politics, is probably the safer path to take. Morals/Ethics are very strong guides for life

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