Thursday, December 8, 2016

AN AMERICAN FAIRY TALE

     Once upon a time there was a young man who left his country and traveled to another. He became an immigrant, you know, one of those despicable beings who steal jobs from others and commit crimes. He prospered in his new country but tried to return to his original one without much success. His son, also suspect as one descended from an immigrant, only a generation away, also prospered and raised a son of his own.
     This son, only two generations away from an immigrant so was he also suspect? Guess one has to evaluate that for oneself. Anyway, this son was not happy. He needed to move up in life, being comfortable or even rich was not satisfactory enough. No, this young man decided that he was actually royalty and needed to be recognized as such.
     So he began his royalty campaign in earnest. He used money from Father's Treasury and knew there was more should he need it and sure enough he had to return to the well for more. He learned quickly enough the rule for advancement in the financial world - use OPM - other people's money and always claim that it was lost. Avoid taxes, use every loophole one could find, even if the outcome was not morally correct and always and forever, label one's products with the name in gold so people would accept his royal ascension when the time came.
     As the years rolled on, this King to be married several wives and had children, children who were raised to be princes and princesses of the royal line. Two wives were discarded along the way until he felt he had the perfect consort and always his quest was uppermost in his mind. People began to wonder and make excuses for him and his behavior as he began a new career, a new stepping stone toward his royal progress.
     Finally, the opportunity. Success was possibly at hand. The country was riven, driven to distraction by its differences, by pressures both inward and from outside. The country and its ideals were under attack and this self made princeling and king wanna be used the same tactics he used in business. He blustered and lied. He refused information and did not expose his inner and most secret documents. He did not pay taxes and praised others who did the same. In fact, he even promised to cut their taxes so their companies would flourish even more and have more money held from the consumers of the nation.
     A campaign of hate and abuse began. Truths were exposed and yet this wanna be recovered from all accusations. He molested? So what, was the attitude. He is doing what most men do or dream of or at least that was what we were being told. He was being sued in courts, both civil and criminal but so what was the attitude and so the possibility of the new ruler of the country sitting in a court defending himself was out there - and yet, people overlooked.
     And why? Because our wanna be used a technique of the Big Lie and even the small lies. He came up or his supporters who were awful, came up with "false news" dignifying lies by another name - yet that is what it was and is. So his opponent became a pedophile and a murderer, a violator of the nation's concerns and security, an awful person accused of everything that wanna be himself has done, yet was pushed off on her. Missing emails? Sure - look at his businesses. Trustworthy? Look who lost people's money. Cutting taxes? Sure and look who is getting those cuts now - Big Business and Fat Cats.
     But the almost King is happy and so are his four princelings who have become included in the government without formal approval, without governmental investigation And why? Because our new almost King does exactly what he wants and rules do not matter.
     His promises could not be examined closely for fear of finding the truth and being forced to accept it and when brave souls took off after him and his lies and those of his proposed court, why they were threatened and cursed, receiving numerous death threats from the followers of this almost King. A labor leader who exposed the truth about the Carrier deal received threats that "they were coming for him". And he was not the only one. Women, reporters, anyone who stood against him were in the same boat. Apparently he had many evil elves working for him.
     And so the almost king moved on, appointing to his court many generals and soldiers, all the better to what? To institute a coup of the new court over the old democracy? Laws and the Constitution did not matter, for his plans often involved overturning rules. He abandoned our old allies and chose new ones, new idols - Putin, Hitler from the past, Hussein, a deposed and dead awful man and dictator. Torture was approved. Harm was approved and soon enough this man will have satisfied his ambitions and his kingdom will indeed be his. And his princelings and of course his princess remain by his side as do the offspring of his courtiers. Long may his businesses flourish is the motto of the day.
     So what is the end to this American Fairy Tale? I do not think we will have a happily ever after ending, not unless much changes. Not unless this lesser popular vote winner hears from the people who insist on their rights, their justice, their respect, their honor and turn away from a rule of fear, of tweets which are almost manic and which cannot be answered in person, a sign of a weak and insecure king. There are no fairy godmothers here to help the populace. They must do it themselves. First step - make your concerns known and examine your vote. If you already see the truth, then join with others who already knew it. March for justice and equality, whoever runs the country. March for goodness and unity, whoever runs the country. That is the only way we will have a traditional fairy tale ending


    

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