ASHAMED TO BE AN AMERICAN?

     Yes, believe it or not, that is what more Americans than ever said in the latest poll, along with a huge disapproval of Trump and many regrets over voting for him. I personally am having moments of shame to be an American at the present time because we have lost our way. We have turned away from the Founding Fathers and their principles for this country and have allowed ourselves to have a buffoon, a dangerous one at that, be our president.
     Who is this man who has shamed us in front of the world. He is a man who needs, desperately, to feel that he is 'protected', surrounded with loyalists, not to the country, but to him, personally. He cannot make up his paranoid mind and plays musical chairs with his administration and G-d help us, it appears that he is thinking of replacing Sessions with Giuliani!!! Dear Lord. That man was great on 9/11 but went downhill ever since. Not that I will miss Sessions, but really! Truly!!
     But what can we do with a government wherein two drunk? ignorant? Congressmen discuss, in an empty chamber, the doings of transgender, talking of slicing parts or adding parts and then ceding the floor one to the other. It was a disgrace. But what can we do with these people when a Republican Representative from Texas, Farenthold, talks of having a duel!!! with the women from the northeast because they have ruined the whole takedown of Obamacare! Burr - Hamilton all over again? What is the matter with these people? And by the way, Murkowski comes from Alaska, a tad far from the Northeast! But what's a few thousand miles between friends?
      How not to be ashamed when the President stands in front of a Scout Jamboree and talks politics, talks of prosecuting Hillary, talks of 'fake news', threatens members of his administration - all in front of kids who should be getting a talk of honor and duty and pride in themselves and their country without the nastiness of that insane man. Never before has a President acted the way he does and has. Never before has a President tried to politicize the armed forces as he did on the USS Gerald Ford. That is a scary thought and simply adds to the mess as we need to be concerned re our remaining  a democracy with this man in charge.
     Kushner says that it was not his fault that his security questionnaire was lacking in detail. Nope, it was his assistant's fault. This family never heard of the buck stops here, did they? Truman must be rolling over in his grave. He also acknowledged meetings with Kislyak but nah, they were nothing, no big deal and really, he should come out of this like the shiny clean boy he tries to look at who remembers to comb his hair and clean behind his ears. Oof!! This family lies and lies and think that they can get away with it. Not so.
     And then of course we have that man who shouts at a reporter who called out a question about healthcare, who told him to be quiet. I kid you not. He then told the interns there that the reporter was wrong, that they are not supposed to call out. Huh!!! And then, of course, we have the man who never gets a fact straight if he can help it and who stated that Obamacare is Death. Uh huh. Tell that to the people who finally had healthcare after years and years and by the way, mister fool, Obamacare has not been around for 17 years - only seven. Try to count properly on your fingers next time.
     There is simply nothing redeeming about this man. In yesterday's essay, Charles Blow, a man after my own heart with reference to Trump wrote that he is a 'kook in the Oval Office." And continued further stating that while some might disagree with the vehemence of that term, he "finds no appellation too coarse to express my outrage over Trump's character, behavior and agenda. If anything, no word feels grave enough to properly express it."
     Kudos to the man. I agree 150% with his statement. Shamed to be an American - right now? You bet. And gee, look what appears to be following right behind the one in the Oval Office - Kid Rock for the Senate - that foul mouthed singer. Lordy, lordy. ashamed? Time to dig holes and hide.
     In a bizarre statement, Trump accuses the Washington Post of being a tool of Amazon. Huh? What is with this man? Tillerson is contemplating leaving as are many of the frustrated State Department workers, Rick Perry could not keep his mind on the job as Trump spoke, and McMasters is frustrated by the infighting, the vicious cuts at each other, that is going on in the White House.
     And in a mild finale to today's piece, there is no pride in our present UCO President either. While I am not ashamed of living in CV, I am ashamed that we have so many enablers here who allow him to remain in office and watch our Village deteriorate around our ears.
    It is time we all stood up, tall and proud and remember all those who fought for our country, to remember that they did not fight so that a fool can run the country, that immoral people looking after their wallet can sell the people down the river, that individuals can so easily put their own wishes and desires above those of the people whom they are supposed to serve, for whom they swore an oath.
Ashamed? Well, there is not much pride right now at the very least. We have lost our way and need to find it again. Daniel Boone, pioneers, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt,where are you?
     And first step on a new path - impeach this insane man, force a medical exam on him and let us discover once and for all his mental incompetence, his deterioration of the brain, his loss of mind and then kick his 'royal' family out of the White House and out of government and prosecute all the colluders, all the traitors, all those who cannot understand that the government is not there for their enrichment but to serve the people. "Of the people, by the people, for the people." Remember that. Out there in the country and right here in UCO.