WHAT HONEYMOON??

     Well, a tad too late one might say. The election is over and look at the results. Not even one day of a honeymoon despite the fact that both Obama and Clinton asked people to have an open mind on Trump. Yet they cannot agree to this. Yesterday in cities all across the country one might think deja vu, 1968 and its lead up and its follow through all over again. People just feel they cannot and will not tolerate the reign of Trump and his ignorant and dangerous cronies and yet, and yet - what will be? Are we to truly split into warring groups? And yet again, how do we avoid that? How can we overlook the threats to our American way of life that came through so clearly. Even Trump supporters, misguided and deluded as they were , are having second thoughts but you know, what's done cannot be undone.
     New York. Chicago. Los Angeles. Oakland. Seattle. Philadelphia. Portland, Oregon. Berkeley. Phoenix. Richmond, Ca. El Cerrito. People marched and protested and disavowed Trump as their president and the police - well here we go again with chemical irritants thrown at the protesters and the temperatures of all sides rising. What are we going to have now in the United States?
     Women all over the country are making appointments at doctors as the fear of no more funded Planned Parenthood and no contraceptives, the backwards movement of the regime in power, the viewpoint that puts women back hundreds of years - and just note the dress that Melania wore yesterday. She might have pleased her husband and the filthy minds of those he hangs with, but an off the shoulder bared shoulder slinky dress is not how one represents the office of the wife of the President. There is an image to present and keep up. Lord help us. People are expecting the country to regress and badly too.
     The announcement that comes out of the Trump mouthpieces and office are not boding well for the country. Loads of cuts for the wealthy and for business - so what did you get, you foolish blue collar workers - NOTHING, nothing but trouble as your medical coverage will be gone, your taxes will increase, your safety regulations will be trampled in the dirt, the national debt will soar beyond all levels as we get no in come for the government and Trump launches a supposed huge spending money program. So where does that money come from - off our backs!!
     And look at the people being mentioned for his Cabinet and appointments. Well, we have Christie all over the place. Wonder if he will block the highways in those cities and states who disagree with him? Wonder if he will prosecute the case against himself if appointed as Attorney General. The crooks are running the joint. Lovely thought. And then of course we now have Giuliani who appears to be suffering from PTSD from 9/11, understandable, but seriously, he sees a terrorist under every bed! Kinda like the old Red Scare of the 50's. Not good. Michael Flynn. John Bolton. Newt Gingrich!!! Oil and other energy executives. What? Are we to strip mine again, cut off mountain tops to get at the dirty coal and heave our climate change into the fast lane? Where are the people who should be able to express other viewpoints, the sign of a strong and wise leader. Guess we have the wrong leader - in Washington and here in good ole CV but that is for another day.
     The leaders of the world are very uncertain. Where are the once upon a time shared values between us all? Are the USA and Russia now to form an alliance? Hey, all of you who said oh, he would be better for Israel, well, a fine mess we will now have. This is a man who is going to cut down on foreign "entanglements" so where do you think the Middle East will be? Swarming with the war cries in stronger howls than today and a Russia that wants to extend its influence and power there. And remember history - Russia and the Jews? Uh uh, never very good for the Jews - Never!!
     And just look at all the hypocrites now sucking up to The Donald, that famous Orange Man. Liars, Cowards. Who will protect the people? Who? It seems we have left that one again to the kids but this time we are not the kids and in fact, we have allowed this to happen for lack of thought, for lack of follow through. So there is no honeymoon, there is no peace and there certainly will not be any of the dignity that Hillary Clinton displayed in her short but poignant speech. If you did not get teary eyed as she spoke, if you did not grow weary and worried at what could have been, if you realized that yes, we made history in this election, but not the election of the first woman president of the country - and long overdue - but made history electing into office the most unqualified, erratic, and dangerous for the country president ever. He will be worse than Grant, worse than Harding. No one will know where they stand and no one is sure that our rights a la the Constitution will remain in place. I can just see the man declaring military rule under an Executive Order and sending in the troops to hunt down the opposition, to throw our young into camps - a la all the banana republics, a la Russia now and in the past and well into the future.
     Honeymoon? We need a divorce. A quickie one at that. But how to go about doing that I have not the faintest idea. So four years of this and wonder if we will survive as the America we know or if we will flame out, become another Greece and Rome and other ancient empires that collapsed under their own weight and mistakes? I wonder...well, no, I do not for I fear what will be unless we do something - but what? How? Where do we turn? Ideas, anyone? Help, anyone? Pressure on the politicians? Pressure on Trump but who knows if hears anything outside his own voice? Well, we have to start somewhere and the kids have pointed the way with courage and resolution. Let them not shame us. Let us do our part.
     "Lord, what fools these mortals be."
Please note that I have just read an article about the most serious cases of the 75 remaining open ones against Trump. These cases could provide cause for impeachment! Yes - a way to go to get rid of him via the law and reveal his true character to those blinded by whatever during the voting period.
    
"But the most problematic for President-elect Trump will likely be the real-estate course racketeering and fraud cases – because of the seriousness of the allegations made. In any one of the cases, an official ruling by a court that Trump or his company were financially liable for fraud could provide Congress with grounds to consider impeachment proceedings. There’s a hearing Thursday in the California case to hash out motions that will set the tone for the trial, which is set for Nov. 28.
“If the fraud and racketeering allegations against President-elect Trump are true, he is legally impeachable for high crimes or misdemeanorsut the most problematic for President-elect Trump will likely be the real-estate course racketeering and fraud cases – because of the seriousness of the allegations made. In any one of the cases, an official ruling by a court that Trump or his company were financially liable for fraud could provide Congress with grounds to consider impeachment proceedings. There’s a hearing Thursday in the California case to hash out motions that will set the tone for the trial, which is set for Nov. 28.