Sometimes I wonder whether we are living in a repeated times of yesteryear or if we really have moved forward at all. Yes, we have had technological advancements but I wonder sometimes if that is such an advantage at all what with the garbage that comes with it. At least before the techie stuff, if one made an error in judgement, especially when young, it was not going viral and remaining around forever. Hoaxes and lies and accusations of lies, faking news and fake studies - all had no long term life. Today, they proliferate like bunnies on the Internet and because it is found there people treat that info as words from Above!
We have lost our way. Simple as that. We have bounced back to the past. Cold War situations what with Russia interfering with our sovereignty, China now planning a huge push with Xi as Leader for Life - I hate that term and that arrogance - and we in America have decided to either back off or collude - and collude in our own demise, in the loss of all our principles. We are talking nuclear options and there are NO options in that area. Nuclear winter, nuclear apocalypse, call it whatever one wishes, but there is no choice there. Killing each other three or ten times over is not the answer!
We have lost the whole idea and ideal of public service. Now power is the name of the game in totality. Abuse a subordinate and then get angry when exposed. Forget the country and go Party only. Forget bi partisanship and argue till the cows come home.
So Hope Hicks confesses that she has lied for the President. Oh dear, such a shock to the system. I doubt that the truth is even entertained at all in the WH. Instead we have a President who tells lies as naturally as breathing, who is a racist, who thinks that the country is his to reap profits, to appoint cronies and family members, qualified or not - mostly vastly not! And the sad thing is that this lack of character was evident from long ago so what the hell is the matter with people that they voted for him, though not in the majority!! And that is even sadder. The old rule of majority rules - Pah! Forget it.
Instead we now have a country and government and police forces which send chills down my back and these are bad chills. A huge roundup in California yesterday, bagging 150 illegal immigrants, probably the same ones who pick the crops, take the jobs in the factories that no one else wants, who care for our kids, and hey, possibly a criminal or two, you know, who passed a red light! And the enthusiasm with which the ICE patrols go and do this "job" is threatening and frightful. Must we have a police force here that imitates the storm troopers of yesteryear, the ones who come crawling out of the woodwork nowadays as they are encouraged by the behavior and words of Trump? At least one of the mayors involved may have given warning. Legal is not necessarily moral and we must choose carefully. Orders are not excuses for committing wrong deeds. Never!!
The saddest thing of all is how this poisonous attitude has trickled down to the lowest ranks of politics, how power grabs have become acceptable, how nasty the fight is from the incumbents to retain this power, this road to riches or whatever they crave. They even denigrate the survivors of Parkland and other shootings as "actors", as fake. So the poor parents mourning their children are all faking, all making up this grief that is so evident on their faces?! What have we come to?
Here in CV while thank G-d we do not have shootings and no nuclear weapons, we do have issues and the current administration is more concerned with retention of 'power' than they are with the needs of the residents. Our fences fall into disrepair, our funds are wasted or hidden somewhere, there are growing nasty memes of anti Semitism and other nasty comments and thematic statements. We are making group statements and judgements of hatred and prejudice, judging all by the actions of some.
Time to change what we can both here and out there. Vote Marcia and we will get Jack as well. The VP slot is just about a lost cause, but at least skip the Fossil. Treasurer needs no hullabaloo. Ed Grossman is the way, the only way to go. Perhaps Ed B. can work with security or some other areas, but as for handling our money - he has already proven himself to be incapable of that and telling lies re a supposed accounting degree or where and for how long he attended any post high school institutions is just more garbage.
So for how long will we tolerate this corruption in our governments? How far will we cede our rights, our principles, watch as others are rounded up, as privilege of birth or cronyism or money further determines how one lives? Till when will this continue? Until we bid farewell to our home here, to our country, to a world where we need peace and harmony, more cooperation than ever?
Ask yourselves these questions and answer them yourself - but honestly. No one else is looking into your mind as you do. What world will we leave our kids? Will we actually leave them with anything?
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