A DEAD HORSE?

     We all recall the baby who would not give up, would continue to crawl towards the hot stove, or the forbidden food, or the small item to shove in the mouth. It took time and patience and much alertness to keep that baby safe from himself. But what does one do with a supposed adult or several adults who seemingly cannot get the message and keep on with that crawl into danger and harm not only for themselves but for others.
     Hopefully, the dead horse of the Trumpcare issue will not be revived but the beating of it goes on as the Republican heads try to force a vote on "debate" about it. Trump keeps having Senators over to dinner and McConnell shows the desperateness of a failing effort. The CB said that repeal of Obamacare, the ACA, would lead to 32 million people being without coverage. So take several large cities or dozens of the smaller town and cities that make up America and just wipe them out, erase them from the map, all those men, women, children and babies.
     Sound extreme? Not really. Imagine a flu virus, strong and powerful, and now add in to this adult reality coloring book its spread as the vaccine for it is out of reach for most of these people as they no longer have coverage or their coverage only allows for one well visit or has a deductible of $10,000 and the shots are $300 each as the drug companies raise the prices. Spanish flu 1918 tripled and tripled again.
     You see, there are consequences to bad decisions and they cannot all be rectified so easily as a one, two, three. But Trump seems not to recognize that fact or probably does but could care less. He is fixated on its passing to the detriment of all but will claim victory if it passes and the people die. Hey, better for the budget in the long run, right!!
     This obsessive sticking to an idea, even a bad one, is part and parcel of off balance would be dictators and semi dictators. Look what we have here in CV, a man so determined to stick to what he wants, to what he thinks he needs, that he runs rampant over the true needs of the Villagers and takes out his venom on those who disagree with him. David Israel and Donald Trump. Both bad for one's health!!
     In the larger arena we have a consummate liar, one who tells lies as soon as tell the truth and I believe cannot even tell the difference now between one to the other. The facts are there and yet he rants with his Fake News and thinks that is the cure. Another meeting took place with Putin and no press was there so stating the press knew is a lie and an insult. They knew there was a dinner but were closed out from it and based reports on the reports of one who was. Lie, lie, deny and then say , "oh, it was nothing." According to Trump every time he or his talk to Russians it is always about adoptions. Go figure - and if you believe that..... Enough with the lies and the denials of the obvious and clearly seen and witnessed truth.
     The facts are all out there, have been gathered into neat bundles and the picture is not pretty. Poor junior is "miserable" and is not functioning well at work. He is said to be worried about "biting the hand that feeds him." He cannot wait for the four years to be over. Here's an idea - let Papa resign NOW. The family has a "fierce loyalty" it is said but as far as I am concerned it is a messy pottage of sibling rivalry, desire to please Papa, constant checking with Papa over what to do so his denials are garbage, and a man who cannot let go nor grow up. And at 71 he is not going to change. Until resignation or impeachment or criminal indictments we are stuck and must remain vigilant, just as we must remain vigilant here in CV to make sure that David does not totally deplete our funds, does not sign more contracts that are bad for us, does not turn the Village administration  upside down with his proposed new restrictive and anti American by laws. Like a child who refuses to learn, Trump and David continue to push the blame onto others and threaten them all. Sessions, Comey, Mueller - all guilty of disloyalty, of following the 'true path', the path of loyalty to Trump and to hell with everyone else. I, for one., would love to know what was in that folder that Comey has that contains the gotcha! information from the Russians. What do they have on Trump and is it enough to get him gone? I hope so.
     The fault lies not in our stars but well within us. We vote carelessly, out of anger at the status quo without thinking if the 'answer' is truly that. We ignore the bad traits of the one we see as a possible solution and we end up getting the sand kicked right back in our faces. More jobs lost even as Trump boasted of saving them. More stores closing and more jobs lost. Trump is a man eminently not suited for government nor for anything other than blustering around and surviving by the teeth of executives and his inherited money and the laws of bankruptcy. He refuses to tell the truth, to open it to the air by hiding his tax forms, by working in secret and in the dark thinking that no one will find out and then lie when he is outed. David tries the same thing to work in the dark and hope it is too late to change when his actions are revealed so here we are, stuck again with a miserable contract.
     The DNC is gearing up for 2018 and we all must be there. We must be there for any Republicans who have the courage to withstand the negative power of Trump, those who are anti Trumpcare not for being too generous as some Scrooges are, but for it not being enough for the people of their respective states. Labels are meaningless; only the behavior and the beliefs matter. I am already reading up on possible candidates for president in 2020, for replacement for elected officials in 2018 such as getting rid of Mast, and am doing my best to keep current.
     Our voices must be raised. Our eyes must be open. Our courage must be, as Shakespeare said, "screwed to the sticking point." And above all, we must have heart and hope.