Several years ago there was a hit song with this title or line and the suggested thing to do was "call 911". My little granddaughter loved the song and one day decided to do as the song suggested. Suddenly we heard a loud knocking on the front door and there were two police asking who had called and what the problem was. Wow! We had no idea as to why they were there until her father figured it out. We all, including the police, had a good laugh and explained to the child why and when we call 911, the police gave her a hug and life continued.
However, the fire is burning too strongly on our dance floor here in America and now I am not even sure if calling 911 is going to be the answer. Will our police and law enforcement people turn into enforcers of fascist law? Will we grow to be afraid of them and hide in our homes, skulk in corners and alleyways, defy a curfew or have to carry around papers proving who we are and hope they are accepted? The fire is burning hot, hotter every day.
It seems there is no care for human rights here and the Congress and Senate have gone right along with this by the approval of the nominees chosen by Trump. Basically, we have a conglomeration of whores and rent boys who have sold their souls and bodies, incompetents, amateurs, bigots, crooks and liars. They have sold their souls to the very industries they are supposed to regulate and if one needs proof, why just read all the Pruitt emails released and see how this EPA head has sold out and yet, there he is, poised to ruin our waterways and our lands. There is the Treasurer, Mnuchin, ready to stand by his fellow bankers who wish to foreclose and otherwise cheat the consumers. Why not? He did it already. And we can go through each and every appointee. So yes, the flames are growing hotter than ever.
Is there any hope in the latest appointee? Hopefully, for it seems that McMaster may redraw the lines and reorganize the national security team or disaster as it is right now. It will restore the national security council to what it should be and consist of, lessen Kelly's power and hopefully, rein in that bigot, Bannon, but he seems to have special privileges there with his master, Trump. Will be interesting to see. Will bigotry win out and the flames continue? I know what I think will happen.
And see, over there, more flames. The poor kids in school who are not only dealing with the agonies and uncertainties of growing up but also the additional issues of transgender or LGBTQ, are now to be thrown under the bus once again. Their rights to have a decent life, to be able to go pee, for heaven's sake, is now to be removed by Trump and Sessions. Well, at least Sessions is an equal opportunity abuser of rights as he hates other races and religions, etc. Wonder though if there will be medical care for those kids now beaten up for being in the wrong bathroom?
"Fire, fire burning bright." Those are the flames we see over our country. It is the flame of fracking, the flame of blown up mountain tops, the flame of fouled waterways, of cancer clusters from chemicals from manufacturing that are no longer policed. It is the flame of hatred that is growing in the land. The split into two camps is growing ever deeper and strange alliances are being made in the name of doing what is right. Who knows, maybe one day we will be able to say, thanks to Trump for starting this whole process.
But how long? Today, Jackie Evancho who sang at the Inauguration, now wants a chance to have her and her transgender sister meet with Trump. Fat chance on that!! Why is it that people do not listen before and only face the flames afterwards. Why is it that someone could sit in my home yesterday and still make excuses as to why Trump's statement on anti Semitism came so late and was so pathetically weak. You know, I never asked kids in school to say "I'm sorry' to the other kid for a forced apology means nothing. The same here. He was forced by public shouts to finally say something so what does it mean? Nada! Certainly a meaningful act would be to fire Bannon and disavow him and his viewpoints and beliefs. But that will never happen.
The biggest flame, the one that appears to be spreading is that of the flames devouring our country and its founding principles. Yup, there goes the Declaration and there the Constitution. There go the laws passed over more than two hundred years as we attempted over time to right the wrongs, to bring freedom and equality to all. But now we are too busy chasing down that dangerous gardener or that family of fruit pickers who ate several tomatoes straight from the field. OOohhhh, criminals - deport them! And that sneaky guy, the one with the wires and sticks of dynamite -oh he gets by for we are too busy looking at those darn Mexicans and so no fruit or vegetables for the rest of us as they will rot in the fields and no new roofs, no bright young doctor in the neglected rural areas of America, no interns and residents in some of those inner city hospitals. Oh no, for they are all terrorists! Just ask Trump. They are "bad, very bad". What has happened to the welcome that we always gave to immigrants as we realized that they enriched the country and were our parents and grandparents. Yes, some were discriminated against, but always the American dream was there with many helping hands along with the hateful people, but there was that dream, that beautiful dream.
This whole situation is intolerable and unbelievable. When and why did we allow this? Will we have more incidents of yesterday where a man challenged a foreign looking couple on a plane with a question if they had a bomb in their luggage or where they were from? Thankfully, the rest of the plane passengers reported this and cheered as the haters were thrown off the plane. When and how long will it take for all to realize that the hate and the bigotry does not end with one group. Oh, it might be focused on one more than another, but others are always engulfed in those flames. Hatred needs targets and incompetency needs scapegoats and Fat Cats always prosper.
Any firemen out there? Anyone with a water hose, a garden hose, a bucket of water, a fire extinguisher? Hello? Anyone out there? Anyone.....
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