John S. McCain - The Last Republican Patriot?

John McCain was a genuine American Patriot. He will be sorely missed.

His life was a testament to what is meant by patriotism. It was also a testament to what it means to be a naval officer.

To some extent, the virtues John McCain displayed in his own life were not just his personal virtues, but the virtues of his chosen profession.

And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: "I served in the United States Navy."

• Remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy (1 August 1963), Public Papers of the Presidents 321, p. 620

John Brennan - American Patriot

Today Donald J. Trump announced he was revoking the security clearance of John Brennan, former Director of the CIA, who tracked Osama Bin Laden down and directed his elimination.

The reason? Brennan publicly criticized Trump.

John Brennan is a private citizen and had every right to speak his mind. A right protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

Some thoughts: 
1. This is not the act of a strong leader;

2.  In fact, it is the act of a craven coward; an insecure bully; a weak leader;

3.  The action weakens America;

4.  The thought keeps crossing my mind - is there such a thing as a Republican Patriot?

There is at least one. His name is John McCain.

Recently the Congress passed a defense bill named in honor of John McCain. President Trump signed the bill at a ceremony without mentioning the name of the bill or mentioning John McCain.

No class.

Wild Fires, Drought, Hurricanes, What Hath Fossil Fuels Wrought?

Tom Brokaw called the generation that brought us through the Great Depression and World War II "The Greatest Generation."

I have often worried that they spawned the worst generation. Let's hope their great grandchildren don't become the last generation.

That sounds a bit apocalyptic until you read the New York Times account of how close we came to gaining control over the looming disaster of cataclysmic climate change: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

The generation that failed to act was arguably my generation.