THE VOID

     There is a void in space. There is a presumed void within black holes in space. And unfortunately there is a gaping void in our country today. That void is the emptiness that lies where our government should be. As an aside, we here in CVWPB also have a void where we truly need good and qualified leadership yet all we get due to our outmoded election system, delegates which in no way represent our Village, are tired old memes, tired old people, unqualified people, and a system of cronyism all based on kowtowing to David Israel. A void indeed.
     But the most frightening void of all is the one where a President is supposed to be, leading the country, leading the world, making hopefully wise decisions, acknowledging errors where and when they occur, appointing qualified and honest people, people of academic and life experiences, people with honor.
     We do not have this. Not in any way, shape manner or form. What we presently have is a man with a huge void where his functioning brain should be and all that is left there is twisted and demented. There is a huge gap, a huge and yawning gap in this entire administration in honor and honesty and instead we have the most greedy, selfish, incompetent and nasty crew ever. They are very impressed with their own self importance and care not a whit for the country and its future or its residents.
     This void where honor should be, this void where public service ideals should be is instead stopgapped with sheer greed and mostly of the Republican variety. Afraid to lose their seats, their lane to money and power, such as it is, their backbones seem to have disappeared. Children keep dying yet guns are out there for the taking. Handguns after checking, for defense or target shooting - okay, long guns, rifles, for hunting and competitions - okay. But why the hell does anyone other than a soldier or law enforcement person need an assault weapon? And yet, even as they are used to kill our kids, nothing is done. Woe upon these wimps of legislators when this generation reaches its voting age. Let them wreak havoc upon these legislators.
     Perhaps then we will be able to fill the void where honesty should be. Perhaps we will then be able to fill the void where a President should be. Perhaps then we will have men and women and not mice and weasels occupying the offices of the White House. Perhaps then we will not be shamed in front of the world. Perhaps then we will truly be an ally to our friends and a challenging foe to our enemies. Perhaps then we will not have a President who admires dictators and thinks such a person would be good for our country - with of course, he being the first of the reign.
     It is neither comfortable nor comforting to live within a void. The air is hard to breathe, barely there, and we all need special devices to survive. Would that it were not so, and would that we could lead the world again, setting an example, deploring the growth of fascistic parties in Europe, the growth of these haters from Russia to China to Hungary to The Netherlands to the lands of Asia and Africa and here? What will be. Is the fight at University of Michigan with the "nice" people giving fascist salutes with  arm raised - is that our future, the one to fill the void?
     We stand on the cusp, the very edge of a crumbling cliff. On the other side of that edge is the old warning of "Beware! Here lie dragons." Barring a sudden reappearance of knights of old, of the British St. George who was a dragon slayer, what are we to do? What will we do? How will we decide? Will we cede all to the ever growing void or will we stand and defend our rights, our very humanity?
     I know where I stand. Where are you?