OUR "LEADERS"

     So let us take a look at the leaders of ours. Lets begin with the local ones. Rubio will now gift us with another six years of do nothingness, that is unless he decides to run for something else since he seems to find it easy to cut and run away from us. Then we have Mast, a Trump supporter all the way. Oy!! I truly hope he is good for the veterans and for the wounded, especially since he makes it his business to cut all his suits into short pants suits, the better to show off his prostheses on both legs. We know he was wounded and we respect and honor his contributions and service to his country, but do you notice anyone else doing this. Leaves a bad taste in one's mouth. And I, for sure, am wary as to how he will vote on issues that affect  us such as Medicare, health care, taxes, civil rights and we can go on, including Planned Parenthood, choice for abortion, respect for the independence and equality of women, social justice and equal treatment for LGBTQ, people of color, combat anti Semitism and ultra rightwing supporters of his and Trump and we can go on, can we not? Thank G-d we at least have some good people still left in Congress.
     And what about the Palm Beach County Commissioners? Not known for being supportive of us are they and our best person there, the wonderful Paulette Burdick, will be running out of term time and who will take her place? We really need to be watchful in this race to come.
     And hey, what about the really local dude we all know and "love" so dearly? Yup, that guy, David Israel, who seems to follow Trump in the royalty department, believing that democracy ain't so great. President for Life? Heaven help us on that, for the two of them. Here David Israel too believes in governing by secrecy. And illegality. We get an expensive hundreds of thousands of dollars expensive contract with CSI and oops, never presented to the delegates. Bad boy, David. Very bad. We get secret broadband meetings that were pushed into the open by people who do not want it or simply want to know details before agreeing to it. We have a man who accuses people of thievery!! Even as they have contracts with the very company he says they are robbing!! We have a man who cannot seem to get it right in the haberdashery department. Should he wear the same jacket every day? Should he wear his NSA t-shirt with cut off shorts? Should he wear the same three or four button down shirts with the said shorts or now we have a new outfit - Hawaiian shirts! Now I love Hawaii, but please, at last change the shirts, vary the costume and show us the respect we deserve from our supposed leader.
     As for David and Trump - we now have another twin affect. They are both erratic in their behavior and statements. Both of them have their right hand men trying to keep them quiet, stop them from making ridiculous or nasty statements but it never works all the time. In fact, just walk behind David as he walks past people he does not like and listen to the utterings made under his breath. Meds anyone? As for Trump? Cannot keep him off Twitter. And shame on the rest of the country and especially the media. We should not pay attention to them for we know they are ridiculous and mostly untruthful. No intelligence briefings. He is too smart for them. Oh yes, Putin is my best buddy. He is smart too! Oh, I know secrets and I will tell you, but not today and when "today" comes, why he has nothing to say but blames his lack of knowledge on others. He supports other countries, in fact, the enemy of his country, over his own government organs. He lies about businesses and their not moving, like Ford, and takes credit where none is due. Nice!
     Trump has severe ethics problems but do not think that he did not support the weakening, the gutting, of the ethics office. Nope, it was simply that there were too many outcries against this action and in fact Trump says they need to go but not now for now we must take apart healthcare, fix taxes - for the Fat Cats- and then perhaps we will get to the ethics office but in the meantime, just follow me and forget ethics, forget conflicts and forge ahead. And as for the deed of voting on it - Congress Republicans voted to do this in a secret move! Yup, in our democracy. Why would they think no one would notice this? Are they that arrogant? Are we to have Star Chambers as well, the secret courts of British government at one time? Where does this all end? Not in a place that is good for us.
     But we are beginning to see that we must stand up, play defense and even offense, taking the fight to his door and the doors of all the nominees, all the politicians. So NAACP leaders and supporters had a quiet sit in at Jeff Sessions office, you know the bigot nominated for Attorney General. They were arrested. Wonder what laws Sessions will support? Will it be a new version of Nuremberg Laws as the Voting Rights Act is a major target to destroy? We need to speak up, howl to the skies when we see underhanded methods and results. We maybe even ought to tweet back at Trump and his henchmen. Maybe I will learn how to use Twitter though the thought of 140 characters at a time? Not liking!
     You see, the battle is not over and it can never be over or else we will lose it all and return to a time of yesteryear when bigotry and selfishness and greed and secrecy ruled the roost.  It will not be the time of the yesteryear of the Lone Ranger. It will be a time when the little guys and gals will be screwed royal and when they try to abort the monster children this atmosphere creates, they will be told no, go fly somewhere else! It is never over until we know our rights are safe, that all is done in the open and the plug is pulled on DTS - Drain the Swamp - the fake slogan of Trump as he does the opposite and invites the swamp critters into his home - OUR HOME.
     Where are the leaders we used to have? Not perfect, but they knew what they had to do, what they were required to do and what came with the job. We cannot have a President of the country and a president of the Trump empire at the same time in the same person. One master at a time. And I believe we all know what Trump has chosen. Wonder what David has chosen - his own ego and desires and wishes or those that truly benefit the residents and their needs and their pockets? Actually, I do know. Now isn't that sad? Well, at least I am in good company as people continue to batter away at our president elect. G-d help us for we certainly need that help.