Trump is a major whiner. Kinda' reminds me of David Israel who also cannot abide criticism and who also wanted to shut down all media that was opposed to him and mostly succeeded if it were not for the Herculean efforts of Ed Grossman, Neil Moore and a whole crew of writers, of deliverers and of business establishments who resisted the threats of David Israel and who consistently to this day ask for their copies of The Messenger. So the opposition continues and we see the results in events within UCO and the Village.
But just as that is not yet enough what with the attempts to foist upon us a broadband that most do not want, with the attempts to always run interference for WPRF and the Levys and force us to pay what are really expenses for capital improvement and not simply "fix" jobs, it is also not enough for us to say that we can do nothing for the next four years to oppose and block Trump in his pathetic attempts to run a government in conjunction with our laws, our Constitution and as a democracy. For make no mistakes about it, I have been saying and many others are now saying that they worry for the state of our country and the state of its democracy under the reign of Trump. And again, make no mistake about it, this man has megalomaniac issues and sees himself as a king, as a ruler, as a demagogue in the footsteps of his fellow demagogues that he so admires. From the gold and gilt and marble corridors of his apartment in NY to the mess of his transition government, he is remarkably similar to despots such as Henry VIII if we are to go back in history who simply got rid of anyone and everyone who disagreed with him. Putin anyone?
Tom Hanks at his own tribute took the time to speak of the mood of the country and said,
“That journey never ceases, it never stops. Sometimes, to quote a Bruce Springsteen song, it’s one step forward two steps back, but we still aggregately move forward. We who are a week into wondering what the hell just happened will continue to move forward. We have to choose to do so, but we will move forward because if we do not move forward. What is to be said of us? …
‘We will take everything that has been handed to us as Americans and we will turn our nation and we will turn the future and we will turn all the work that we have in before us into some grand thing of beauty.” Hanks said this to a standing ovation."
So we have to have hope and we will and we will continue to work hard to limit the damage of his reign. It already is a mess what with people resigning or being fired, what with his son in law Jared Kushner reorganizing and firing people - evidently our president in the shadows, what with our closest allies not being able to get thru to our presumptive president elect. The entire world is facing a crisis and this man just keeps on tweeting and boasting of gaining more followers, like a teen ager who boasts of the same thing. This is a man who has never grown up, a big baby who throws tantrums, who takes as his closest advisers fellow babies and tantrum throwers, including the most disappointing man ever, Rudy Giuliani, a man I used to admire tremendously, but not now.
This is a man and followers who solicit and accept the approval of the rankest nationalistic and nativist movements , whose anti Semitism is abhorrent and I cannot understand that Jared Kushner thinks that he will be immune to their hatred. The court Jew is never safe, never.
We have open rebellion, civil resistance at this point but who knows the future. The younger generation rants and protests and refuses to accept the presidency of Trump and will fight tooth and nail to prevent not its existence, but its proposed programs and poisonings of the social network of our country. We have police chiefs refusing to do the dirty work of rounding up immigrants. They do not wish to be the collaborating police forces emulating those of the French and the Ukrainian and others during WWII. We have cities who say they will be sanctuary cities and will not allow this proposed abomination to take place within their municipal borders. And of course here in the Village we have the PBSO who has categorically stated that they are not David Israel's "posse and enforcement agent." And we have the outrage hopefully growing that will cut off at the knees the awful and dangerous racist and misogynistic statements of his Trumpers. I refuse to write what was said yesterday re Michelle Obama but suffice it to say it was disgusting and revealing much of the filth to be found in many Trumpers.
We have the open threats and promises of revenge; we see what he has done to Megyn Kelly in his attempts to buy her off and then shut her down when she refused to be bought, when other media personnel also refused to be bought. Money does not always buy the souls of people.
And of course we have the hopeful but I believe vain possibility that the electoral college will vote for Clinton rather than Trump, but that is a long shot by far. What we need to do is get rid of it for the future so that the majority of the people get their wish. Also remarkably similar to what we have here in the Village where if we had a one vote per resident owner we would have a very different election result each and every time, a more open one and one more reflective of what we truly want and have here in the Village.
I can and will go on for as long as I am able. Civil resistance, peaceful protest, marches, letters to legislators, electing future pols who have the guts and the honor and the rectitude to do what is right, who stand by their convictions and not wimp out so as to get a job and some power.
For the feelings of America and its press and its thinkers, read the current issue of the New York Magazine. Here is a quote from just one writer.
"Trump's election has sent a statement to Americans and the world about the country's identity. It has been received viscerally, by bullies abusing minorities as well as by fearful allies overseas.....Women, religious minorities, immigrants and prospective immigrants, transgender people, young Africans with iphones, the beat down opposition in places like Russia and China, and the people who bully all the preceding groups and more - the whole planet, really- need reminding that the (other) version of America has prevailed before and will prevail again."
And we must not forget his proposed damage to the environment, a program which Obama has worked hard to improve in an attempt to stave off disaster. "Trump’s election to the presidency of the most powerful nation on Earth is a serious blow to our hopes of preserving a livable climate for our children." So says Jeff Masters, a known weather expert. Read his further words on his Weather Underground site, read and worry.
People, we cannot ever stop. Ever. Never mind our future, but mind the future of our kids and grandchildren and great grandchildren. Never allow the apocalyptic movies of a possible future turn into reality. The Mad Max world of desertification of the world, of the fighting and killing for food and water, the world of a future overrun by the oceans, the tribal mentality that will rule the world - this is not what we want, but what we will get if we do not speak up. I only pray that those people who voted for Trump and have a brain see the error of their ways and come round to the right way of thinking and join in the fight.
And now it is my sad duty to pass on a notice that I just received. CV has lost a good man.
"We have been informed of the passing of Capt. Al. who "Greeted" thousands of our residents & guests
at the main club house for many years. I had the pleasure of interviewing him a few years back, when I was associated with the Reporter, we did a brief bio and he provided me with a family recipe that was served in their Palm Beach restaurant, many years ago...
His warm smile & friendly approach will be missed by many.
Funeral arrangements are pending; once they are known, we will inform you.
RIP Capt. Al
Bettie Lee Bleckman
May he rest in peace.
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