Thumbing thru some papers and magazines yesterday it struck me, not a new thought, that among the nations of the world, large and small, even Moslem countries, we are one which has never had a woman as head of government. Not even a second place position. We had rather put an imbecile in office, a man with no brains, no experience, illiterate, lacking values and morals that we as a nation support - but he is not a woman! What does that say about us as a nation?
Not much!
Today the nation is struggling to recover from devastating hits. We had the terrible fires in the west and then two awful hurricanes that destroyed state after state and left many with no homes, nothing left other than to start all over again and the only positive thing is that there could have been more fatalities. Not really sure if that is truly a positive as any death is a tragedy.
And right at the moment that these events were occurring two more dangerous fools, Limbaugh and Coulter, were denying the whole thing, saying it was made up, that it was only a light rain, nothing doing - but somehow Limbaugh managed to leave, to evacuate. Hmmm, goose and gander? Again? It seems that today if one is to be a Republican in good standing, one must deny Nature, deny the facts, deny all that puts us in danger, even unto the point of destruction.
I thought these natural disasters would have taught us a lesson but evidently it did not fully take. There was a huge benefit show put on by celebrities, with the theme as expressed by Beyoncé as “Natural disasters don’t discriminate. They don’t see if you’re an immigrant, black or white, Jewish or Muslim, rich or poor…We’re all in this together.” That is so true, and to see that in operation were some of the heartwarming moments of these hurricanes and aftermath and yet, there is still a divide between people. A ship was chartered by Marriot to go to St. Thomas and pick up stranded people but it turned out that ONLY those registered in the Marriot there were taken and they left behind about 35 Americans, old and young, who were not guests. Really? Really! So now we are openly distinguishing between people by money and rank? Oligarchy rules. Just ask Trump.
And the disgrace continues as the Supreme Court now backed up the ban on refugees. I am ashamed at being American at these moments but this is what we can now expect as the Supreme Court is now a biased instrument of the government.
Nor does it end there. Remember the whole DACA mess? Yup, that one of so recent effect and fame. Remember the promises made by so many of the politicians, so many crocodile tears shed? Well, it is now lost in the mess of politics in the Senate and the Republicans are stumbling over themselves as to what to do and when and how to entangle other issues with it. Suddenly we are hearing of gangs again. These DACA kids are achieving, working ,contributing people, Americans, like it or not, and not gang members and what the hell is the matter with Republicans? Does one sign on the dotted line to lose heart and soul upon joining this political party? What happened to the moderates? What happened to the party of old or has it ceded all to the extremists?
So is there good news? Well, Rebel Wilson won her suit in court. Something. But seriously, why do we keep turning to the nasty, to the wrong, to the bad? Please note that I have mostly let the two D's alone, Donald and David, in the hope that they will both step up to the plate, but I am watching. Donald is now planning a big hoorah political style campaign now to about 17 states to push for his so called tax reform and what a misnomer that is if one ties reform to positive steps. It is not reform. It is not good for the people of moderate means, only the rich dudes - again - and why is he planning to go off hoorahing when there are people who desperately need help. A visit to these areas means nothing if not followed up by aid in capital letters and major actions. Well, in the name of comic relief, let us hope that Melania leaves her heels behind. Sorry, could not stop myself on that.
We have such a long way to go and I wonder if we will ever get there. I certainly hope we do, but there are doubts, serious ones. We all need to work together. Please. We need to regain our souls, our values. Please. We are getting ever more lost upon the wrong paths. We need a new Waze, a new GPS of the soul and quickly too!!
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