Something of the Week

I was going to call this "Image of the Week," but it's more a message. At any rate, I found it apropos to one of the latest controversies:

 

Thanks to commenter NowAnAgnostic at Joe.My.God.

(Note: This was supposed to be posted a couple of days ago, but somehow Blogger blew it.)

When You Care Enough To Do the Very Least

This, from The Hill:

President Trump has declared Sunday a "National Day of Prayer" for those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Surrounded by leaders from the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, Trump signed a proclamation from the Oval Office on Friday inviting "all Americans to join us as we continue to pray for those who have lost family members or friends, and for those who are suffering in this time of crisis."

"I don't know when this was done last, but it's been a long time ago," Trump told reporters. "Is that a correct statement? It's been a long time ago."

From one of the reporters covering the performance:

Praying with @realDonaldTrump in the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/Ti6F2byUl2

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) September 1, 2017

Somebody should have clued him in -- if something like this is going to be really effective, you need at least one victim in the room.

Via Joe.My.God. The comments are worth reading -- they're uniformly scathing, but some take snark to whole new level. Just one example: