I am beginning to believe that our American democratic government is defenseless against those who would destroy it from within. Marjorie Taylor Greene lied like a trump at the court proceeding about her potential ineligibility to run for public office because of her involvement of the Rebellion of January 6. She claimed that she did not remember a long series of her actions that put her at the heart of the Rebellion — “I don’t remember.” Who could question that answer? After all, she alone knows what she remembers. This is strictly speaking true. But the court failed to take into account all the evidences in addition to her testimony that indicate that she did what she is alleged to have done and remembers it quite well. She perjured herself with absolute impunity.

The members of the College of Cardinals on the Supreme Court gave designedly evasive answers to questions about Roe v. Wade during their confirmation hearings, and were allowed to get away with it. They perjured themselves with absolute impunity.

Rudy Giulliani, like others of the criminals around Donald Trump, refused to respond to a subpoena from the Jan 6 Committee. Maybe Rudy takes lying under oath more seriously. Will the committee seek to have him declared in Contempt of Congress? They may, they may not, and even if they do, the DOJ will see to it that he will be dead before he is made to answer for his Contempt of Congress.

I want to know if our governmental system is itself flawed in ways that make it so vulnerable. Or, if the governmental system is sound, have the American people become so self-centered and indolent that they have betrayed our governmental system?