HOBGOBLINS AND SUCH

      "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
                 Ralph Waldo Emerson
     A hobgoblin is defined as a mischievous imp but it is often not so merely mischievous in real life, particularly when we pay attention to the end which people often forget.
     Today we have too many of these little statesman who are plagued with no foresight, dangerous consistency and no forethought as well. Not a good situation at all.
     As top leader or supposedly so, we have a man who goes finally to share in some of the experience of the Texans besieged by Harvey and its results and after giving out a few toys or such, he signs his name on the wall. Who cares!!! What does that do? Let him say he is going to leave the rules and legislation alone, the ones that plan for these ever growing floods. Let him admit that there is climate change and humans have done much of the cause. Let him admit that the hobgoblins of his mind have caused many a problem for these people and will they indeed get their funding for help what with Congress in such a fine mess. Will these hypocritical Republicans who voted against Sandy aid now turn around and vote for Harvey aid and right behind that we have Irma, set to devastate an area or more of the eastern seaboard - could be us, folks - and the two areas in California that are up in flames, including within the city limits of LA.
      This stupid man had to be lectured about his pathetic first visit which went nowhere and even now he says he saw much happiness there. Is he truly an idiot, or a victim of his own hobgoblins of his tiny mind? Where is happiness when you are stuffed in a refugee center with little food, water a great big problem and your house and all within it destroyed? Where is the happiness when one's loved ones are missing or hurt, or trapped without medicines for grave illnesses? His two thumbs up will neither help nor signify anything worth a sou's worth of whatever!!
     This man's hobgoblins will be  the end of us all if he does not extirpate them from his mind and get on the bandwagon of reality, learn to get along with Congress, understand that he is his own worst enemy with his wildness, lack of forethought or indeed any thought, as he continues to throw more and more of his aides under the bus. And all we get in the meanwhile are the poisoned haters of the erupting wells of hatred, of mob psychology, of chanting men who are losers in life and who need to take it out on others and who take encouragement and direction from he who sits there in DC, the same man who was taken to task for not renting to African Americans, the same man who believes in boasting how he gropes women, the same man who appears to hate all Hispanic men as they apparently are all "bad hombres", drug dealers, rapists and more. This is NOT a leader, but one little man plagued by hobgoblins.
    And this hate continues to flow downward to others in this country. We are refusing to listen, to hear each other. We believe that denigrating opponents is the right way to go for it works for many. We are increasingly allowing petty dictators to reign in their little ponds as the hobgoblins of their own pathetically small minds begin to harass others.
     This hatred is abounding within the gates of the Village and without. Inside we have the nasty man who lies in a consistent manner, who throws all away if they refuse to serve him and his needs and desires. We have this man who purposely denies freedom of speech, who violates all rules of order and chairmanship, who lies as easily as he breathes and the saddest thing of all is that there are yet those who follow him and their hate grows. Even as he takes away the right of the residents to expect that their opinions will be valued. He could care less as 79 people advocated a disaster for us on Friday, a victory by three votes, leaving out the rest of those who will be here in a month or two. Sit in a meeting, an assembly, and hear the sounds and words of hate that they mutter, as they cheer his cruelty. We wonder to ourselves who would be the guards and the policing forces of the dictator state, the information peddlers - well, look no further than our own audience. Look no further than the nasty lady who sat behind me at the last meeting calling out her words of hate, her filth, the same lady who several years ago called me a "Jewish bitch". Yes, I am Jewish and yes, I could be a "bitch" if the situation calls for it, to be forceful and firm, but the two words do not belong together, certainly not in the way she puts them. Big Al, may he rest in peace, came over to ask why I had yelled at her and after I explained it to him, he told her to sit down and be quiet or be thrown out.
    And that is what we must do. Throw out the haters. Throw out the liars Throw out those who would do and see harm done to others. Throw out those who propagate this disease. Turn them away and remember that they are closer than you think. Last year I and others reported shots fired at the synagogue. Because I was involved, David accused me of lying. That alone makes me hate him even more, for his lies, for his nastiness, for his carrying things to extremes so what will he say now when several cars were vandalized in the synagogue's parking lot yesterday afternoon, including the Rabbi's car. Where do these hoodlums come from? They come from the mouths of the supposed leaders who themselves spew hatred and while they do not smash windows - at least for now - they do encourage others to do so.
     Hatred is a contagious disease. Those who spew it forth, who encourage it, should themselves be met by hatred - of their deeds, of their philosophy, of their imagined vision of a future country and political entity for this hatred knows no bounds, none at all. None are immune to it or from it or by it - and that means YOU. Think about it honestly. Look deep within yourself and face the truth. We have come a long way, but we have a long way to go and we can easily backslide. Do we really want to see the future plagued by hatred and fighting? These hobgoblins can indeed grow into giant proportions and that does not bode well for us, does it?