STICK IT TO THE MAN

     The other day we saw a wonderful production of School of Rock. Simple, noisy, fun, a wonderful group of talented children, an audience filled with kids, a responsive audience and yet, a clear and simple message came through. I think  a whole bunch of us older citizens remembered the sentiment of a chief song and theme of the play - stick it to the man. We certainly did so in the 60's and we sure as hell need to do it now.
     I spent most of my working life enforcing rules, teaching kids why they were important, and yet also teaching and demonstrating why rules sometimes need to be broken if progress is to be made. The one rule to remember is that all rules are not necessarily the be all and end all of life and  behavior.
     There are times when the rules of society work against it. When the judiciary of Nazi Germany excused themselves by saying they were only obeying the law of the land, well, that was a non starter. Legal as contrasted to moral and so which is one supposed to choose. Are not rules that which make life certain, that ensures that we do not live in chaos? And yet, rules need to be changed and updated and it needs to be understood that rules often are made to benefit the upper classes, the super wealthy and stick it to the little guy. That is when the rules must be changed.
     In recent years we were lucky to have a Congress that passed regulatory rules and laws that protected the little guy. But this past year, when the molester in chief came into office, the rule is that there are no rules other than those that satisfy his every whim, that put the earth in danger, that aim to isolate our country from the world and then just watch the tanking of our economy as we become a Third World nation with little to attract fresh minds and ideas, blocking those who would come to enrich our society, stifle innovation and watch as the cogs of industry and society begin to creak to a slower speed and watch as the "man', that group of uber wealthy and those who suck up to them - watch as they prosper and the rest of us - just wait.
     So let us return to the stick it to the man theme. We need to empty that swamp of which molester in chief spoke. We need to ask ourselves why we allow some creeps to remain in office, the molester being one and why is Clarence Thomas still on the bench!!! We owe a national apology to Anita Hill do we not?
     It is time that we the people rise up and stick it to the man. Insist that our representatives do their jobs and if not - recall them, vote them out, barrage them with calls, clog their email, but make sure the sentiment gets through. Evidently the twinges of morality are fully overwhelmed by their greed and selfishness. Stick it to them by any means possible so that the "man" does not return to office.
     Right now we have a Congress of wimpy and self interested Republicans, selling their soul for a clause that will benefit them personally as well as the molester, selling their constituents down the river, sticking it to us by removing all protective regulations and safeguards and the molester, why he sits there like a Jabba the Hutt, watching his nefarious plans take root and grow, even as he lies thru his teeth.
     We the people must stop being the stuckees!! We need to be the stickers, stick it to the man, that inevitable part of any society which has grown stagnant in many ways, that has allowed the wrong people to rise to the top and rule. Their rules are corrupt in many cases so.....stick it to the man!!! Let them know we will no longer take it. We demand better. We demand more. And if nothing motivates you then what about this. Two prominent Republicans who warned about the damage that Trump would cause warned us that if not for our society here and the rules, the good rules that remain even as they are under attack, if not for that, Trump would be the dictator of the country and then, what? Starvation, stagnation, violence and death. Just look to the countries of the world where there are dictators. Then look at your children. And then ask yourself why we are not sticking it to the man.
    WE the people. WE THE PEOPLE.