Thoughts on prayers

It's the Thursday between Mayday and the Kentucky Derby and that can only mean one thing:  National Prayer Day!  And why crowd into a gloomy church when the White House Rose Garden is available for rent at reasonable rates?  Everything is about Trump, even a day ostensibly dedicated to the Imaginary Sky Wizard, so he pointed out to the assembled believers, "You notice the big difference between now and two or three years ago, right?"  As a matter of fact, yes.  Two or three years ago...

The Environmental Protection Agency protected the environment.

Nobody was prosecuted for laughing at the Attorney General.

The President was not being sued by even one woman, much less twenty-seven, for sexual harassment.

There was no need for a special prosecutor.

Puerto Rico had electricity.

The White House chief of staff never described his boss as a moron.  Or an idiot.

Reporters were not threatened by members of the administration.

Policy was not made by an impotent, ignorant slob tweeting on the toilet.

Perjury was still a crime, not a qualification for a Cabinet post.

The United States had a functioning State Department.

Iran was not on the verge of resuming its nuclear weapons development.

Only porn enthusiasts had heard of Stormy Daniels.

America was not a punch line.