When I am in a really down mood, I begin to wonder if we didn't let the

[Atticus]

Republicans "cross the Rubicon" on January 6th without paying any penalty for their sacrilege.

Hundreds, likely over a thousand, screaming chanting American terrorists threatened and battered Capitol and Metropolitan police officers as they invaded the US Capitol while a joint session of Congress was underway with the express intent to murder the Vice President and the Speaker of the House as they seized control of the government on behalf of Donald Trump, the clear loser of the last election. And then, when Congress and the Vice President escaped----all of the terrorists went home.

There were no arrests on January 6th, only one shot was fired by Capitol defenders and the just thoroughly defeated President of the United States praised those who took part in what can only be described as an attempted coup. Congress reconvened within hours and stained our nation's honor forever as the overwhelming majority of the Republican Party voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election---just as the screaming terrorist mobs had demanded. All of these smirking traitors who encouraged and approved of the insurrection with their despicable votes are still in Congress. None have been even reprimanded.

And, as I type this, a massive and well-funded effort to rewrite history is under way, seeking to downplay the seriousness of the insurrection or even shift responsibility for the embarrassing and traitorous violence that injured over 140 policemen and cost two of them their lives to those who dared to oppose their losing candidate. And, as other news, good and bad, is reported, the national attention is tugged away from January 6th and it seems entirely possible that while some of the most visible Capitol invaders may pay for their crimes, the ones who sent them, funded them, enabled them and incited them will not.

This post is already too long and I apologize for the rambling. Perhaps I am just a "dinosaur' who does not understand the nature of modern justice. Maybe my keen awareness of my own mortality makes me too impatient for the arrival of justice.But, as I understand it, justice has not yet been served.

Is not "justice delayed" still "justice denied"?