WISHIN' AND HOPIN' AND DREAMIN' AND WONDERIN'

     And praying. 69 1/2. And I am still hoping that miraculously a Tinkerbell type will come along with that fairy dust and sprinkle the world. Wishin' but it never happens. So here are a few things that occupy my mind and mind you, not all of them, but the most important - I think.
     I hope that one day we return to a country that is sane once more.
     I wonder why it is that the situation is so bad that when the man actually finds his rear end with both hands he is praised as Presidential!!
     I'm wonderin' why it is that Steve Wynn is removed from his own company, politicians retire upon disclosure of pig like behavior, entertainment characters lose roles and jobs and yet, and yet, molester in chief remains in office. Huh!!!
     I am asking why Rob Porter had such an important role in the administration even as the big guy knew that Porter beat up his wives, such a big man!! Actually, though, we all know why this was allowed, don't we.
     I am wishin' that the value of truth be front and center.
     I am hopin' that someday soon, very soon, like now, that the country return to its senses.
     I am wonderin' why and when and how we turned into a growing dictatorship, more and more isolated from the world, ruled by a demented man, even as the demented Kim rules North Korea. Why is it that it is now a suggested treason if one does not bootlick the Leader, adore him fawningly?
     I am dreamin' of a day when the Christmas season will truly be a time of peace on Earth and good will to all mankind.
     I am dreamin' of a time when there is no more anti Semitism, no more fears of hatred and prejudice ruling the world.
     I am hopin' for a time when a group of people is not destroyed by one bad apple and when some hard working group is not told they are "sitting on their asses and need to get off them!!" 
     I am wonderin' since when it has become official policy to spout words of hatred, to incite hatred, to value hatred, hatred of all kinds other than the standard white person and that person had better have a clean genetic background!!
     I am prayin' for a time when the Congress of the United States of America remembers its role in safeguarding the people of this country and not their own jobs and power!!
     I am wonderin'  when it became standard state policy in Russia to interfere with elections of a sovereign country, troll the voter lists and what else? Change the records? Change the numbers? And was this solicited and by whom, if so? Only brings us back to my prior statement - this man is NOT my President. 
     I am horrified when the country boasts that we are looking for new nuclear weapons to supposedly scare Kim into behavior. Well, what would it take to scare Trump into behaving?
     I am wonderin' why America has ceded its vaunted role as leader of the free world, all under the auspices of this bad, bad man, Trump et al.
     I am frightened by an administration that measures its achievements by how many safety regulations it rolls back and by how many people they have shrunk their department. Examples? Sure. Tillerson has a paralyzed State Department with roles and positions going empty and the entire diplomatic process stalled but then again, who needs diplomacy when one can bluster and crawl back into a shell.
     Another? How about DeVos? She prides herself on how many regulations she has cancelled. So no more protection for LGBTQ kids. Nah! Up with the bullying again. Look to the role model for that, sitting there in DC. Victims of sexual assault? Too bad. Just tough it out, I guess, according to DeVos. Student borrowers being abused. Well, who told them to borrow in the first place - unless of course it was for fake schools like Trump University!
     I am wondering how we got to this point. I am wishing that we can change, praying and dreaming of and for a better world, better and kinder people. A time when sects of the same religion do not bomb each other to death. When religions do not fight each other, finally realizing that it is the same Power or Being that we worship and in somewhat different ways, but the same Power. I pray fervently for a world where the first step, the first threat is not of violence. Talk, people, talk. Joan Rivers had it right all those years ago. "Can we talk?"
     I am so wishin' and hopin' and dreamin' and wonderin' and praying for a better place. Think it can happen? Or not. Can we not just fix it ourselves or do we need to clap for a Tinkerbell?
     Wonder if Tinkerbell comes with chocolate?