GENUS HORRIBILUS

     Where oh where is that wand I purchased at Universal? Wonder if its magic will work as well outside the Park. Perhaps I should get the kids to use it as they were a whole lot better at it than I was!
     We have now come across a segment of humanity that needs a new genus name assigned to it. Its leader here in the United States? Why Trump, of course. I have never come across such a being in my lifetime. Yes, there have been other nasties throughout the history of mankind, but this is a live character, one who can take down the world as we know it. "We are the world" - remember that song, the gathering together of people all over the country? Well, today we need to have another phrase added - "we are its destroyers...."
     Ludicrous - and I do not mean the rapper - horrible, mean and cruel, liar to the nth degree, cheap showman, big baby, dangerous hater of all that is not him and his, ethically challenged, morally empty, spoiled brat who never grew up and I could go on and on, but the most important thing about this specimen of genus horribilus is the danger he and his present to the world.
     We are now seeing his possible administration people and one after the other has said opposite things. They all tell how they have NEVER had a discussion on these very important issues. Wow!!! That would be like hiring a teacher onto staff without asking questions re viewpoints and knowledge and experience and philosophy of education and what makes children tick! The whole sphere stinks, reeks, of ignorance and secrecy, of hypocrisy, even of hatred.
      "Human Rights Watch on Thursday released its annual report on threats to human rights around the world, and for the first time in the 27 years it has done these surveys, the United States is one of the biggest. The reason: the rise of Donald J. Trump." Wow!!! Did you ever in your life think that we would be in that position and while I can disagree at times with this group and their particular emphasis or lack of it, for this to be said about our country, the all time beacon of liberty, of justice, of idealism - well, wow. Yes, we have made mistakes along the way, but for us to be lumped together with countries such as Russia, China, Syria, African states of one name or the other, the new Philippines, Malaysia - well, I am totally appalled and nauseous.
     And why have we achieved this dubious distinction? Here is their answer to that. ".... his path to power, in a campaign marked by “misogynistic, xenophobic and racist rhetoric,” could “cause tremendous harm to vulnerable communities, contravene the United States’ core human rights obligations, or both.” Dear Lord in Heaven! Are we at this point and where does it end?
     Will we end up as in Germany where they have now declared that the attempted arson of a synagogue, stopped because of a sharp eyed 13 year old, was okay, because it actually was not an act of anti Semitism but an expression of free speech, of anti Zionist feelings? I guess in that context we can excuse Krystal Nacht as well!
     And that hate does not stop with anti Semitism. Women are great targets. So are people of color. So are immigrants. So are the poor. So is the middle class. Instead, let us celebrate nationalism to the wrong degree. Let us allow the haters a big voice. Let us lie through our teeth and follow the example of the one modeling all this.
    So he finally has a press conference and then says nothing, or actually worse than that, as Trump's ignorance, inability to even complete one full sentence, to stay on point, to say something, anything than could reassure those of us who are frightened to death of what his presidency will mean for us here in the country and for all of us in the world. Not there!
  Ethics? Never heard of that evidently. Oh, he wheeled out a table full of files and papers. Uh huh, so what? Did any one of those files get opened? Uh-uh. No one could touch them and why? Because, frankly, I believe there was nothing, nada, zilch in those files other than blank papers or nonsense. And who the hell does all this on paper anymore, anyway, especially such a huge undertaking - which never got underfoot in the first place! Donate profit from room rentals, really, and who determines who decided the profit - or is that under "audit" as well? Who decides what happens to the money and income from TV rights, from golf courses, from sales of items and we could go on and on as well right here.
     Genus horribilus indeed. Vomitatious, evil, "Wrong!Wrong!Wrong! Sniff, sniff. Well, it will all be "fantastic" a great thing and why - because I am Trump, the great wizard.., whoops, wrong fantasy tale. Would that all this were a fantasy and we would be saved from disaster.
     “Just snatching it out from under them and it’s gone. I think that there’s going to be a mighty rumble in this country, an outburst of anger and fear.” This was said about this misbegotten push to take medical coverage away from millions and leave them with nothing. So here is exactly what I am afraid of - that people will despair at the situation. They will despair at the lack of moral courage of supposed lawmakers. That they will despair at any peaceful way to solve all this and then what is left? People, wake up. Speak up. Speak out. Call your representatives. Look into your souls and ask if this is really what you expected or wanted when you pulled the lever and remember - there is no mandate here for he lost the popular election. Word!!