DOING AND GETTING

     There is a saying that goes something like this: If you keep doing what you did, then you will get what you got. It relates closely to the definition of insane as one who repeats the same action expecting to get a different result. And yet that is what we seem to be doing here in the United States. The same actions and statements that do not bode well and yet, we keep on accepting them, ignoring the reactions of others as well.
     First we have a man who never had to answer to anyone except perhaps to his father who indulged him in his failures by raising his "allowance" every time he messed up. He developed an entitled ego, fed it in a stint in a reality show typical of the nonsensical genre, and decided that well, why not president? Why not be the ostensible leader of the world? And so here we are, frighteningly so. And it gets worse as he keeps doing what he always did and for some reason our radar that detected danger has shut down as a nation.
     Tweet after tweet, government and "policy" in loads of 140 characters, threats to those who oppose, barely literate statements with constant use of "terrific" or "great" or "fantastic" - like an adolescent who cannot think of anything else, has a small and inadequate vocabulary and a limited mind and yet, this limited dude is going to control our destiny the next four years unless we get lucky and impeach and convict him, be it on lack of ethics, breaking the law, conflict of interests or whatever - even sheer incompetence!
     Today there will be a report released that will detail as much as possible without violating classified rules as to the depth and persistence of interference in our election by Russia. Yup, that Russia, our enemy of decades, run by Trump's bud, Putin, with whom he exchanges bromance terms. There is information as to how Russian government senior officials rejoiced at the success of their misdeeds. Manchurian candidate anyone? There is a great deal of concern and worry as to how to deal with this and I say again - there is a huge area here of questioning the validity of this election and its results. Manipulating the public by a foreign entity? Scares me mightily and should frighten you as well.
     We have an erratic man who despite the big deal he made of keeping his wife and son in NY so Barrone can finish the term, this man has sent out a notice to all political appointees as ambassadors that they are out as of Inauguration. These people have children in school as well but it seems what is good for goose is not for gander and we have the pigs of Animal Farm who are evidently more equal than others. Tradition has been to allow for a more gentle move home, especially for the children affected, but humanity and tradition with Trump carries no weight evidently.
     We have a man who "said  the system is rigged on behalf of the special interests and the lobbyists" and yet take a look at his governmental appointees, the same critters of the swamp, the same critters who have been stomping on the middle class and the blue collar class through the years and who continue to do so. We are told that Mexico will pay for that ridiculous wall and yet it seems now that the taxpayers of the USA will pay for it. Humph!! I want no part of that! Certainly the money is never placed where the mouth is!
     We have a man, a stupid man of little intellect, who keeps boasting how smart he is, how much secret information he has - like the inadequate schoolchild who tries to up his presence and importance by telling everyone he knows a secret and yet really does not. We have a man whose adviser Woolsey has quit the team working on intelligence - what an oxymoron with Trump -  with not flattering remarks about the whole issue and team. And yet in 14 days we are in truly big trouble. Help!!
     We have a man who says he believes in torture and thus has given a green light to some of the worst regimes in the world to go ahead and torture openly. No problem, for the President of the United States says it is okay. Dear Lord, are we to regress so greatly? Are we to forget and denigrate the rights and worth of others? Are we going to force women who have been raped, who are victims of incest to carry the result of those actions, to carry them for nine months!!! Let a man do that and see what the results would then be!! Are we to say that all are not equal before the law, that a country of immigrants will no longer be that - might as well knock down the Statue of Liberty!
     People, the swamp is upon us, the stink of its rot is upon us, overwhelming us and we must act and defend ourselves, our rights and our country. Stand up to Trumpism. Stand up and give your politicians notice that you will not stand for this. And for the sake of us all, try to get thru to these rabid Trumpers who refuse to accept Trump's own statements and continue to make excuses for him. I promise you that if it were Obama tweeting away and running the country with inane tweets and threatening revenge on those who oppose him that these same rabid Trumpers would be shouting the roof down!
     The worse thing is that this rotten attitude filters down to the smaller entities of government. A request was made to UCO to open its books, its papers to a request made for these same papers. It is the law. and yet the delay and the waffling and the ":oh, yeah, we will get them to You" with nothing to show for it, is raising a stink here with David Israel's UCO. Is it not time that we say we have had enough of this particular swamp critter and friends? And yet people are so demoralized that we have positions going begging for the attitude is that David will toss them all under the bus, cut them out, refuse them committees and so we all await a natural end to this man's corrupt administration.  Last election we had no competition for Executive Board for it is a rubber stamp to David Israel, to Ed Black, the man behind the throne, to Joy Vestal and her pennysaver Rag, and close to half the members never show up. Swamp miasma anyone?
     We have got to shake off our ennui, our despair, our giving in to the status quo - here and in the country. We have means, legal means, to apply to the various situations. It will not be easy but it can be done - if we set our minds to it. As Bonnie Tyler sang in her great rasping voice - "I need a hero"  - and so do we all. Anyone?