MOUTHS ARE MOVING

     Sitting beside a lovely woman, both waiting for tests and our turns, she asked me if I knew when a politician was lying. I said it does not make a difference since most lie most of the time so I never believe them anyway. She remined me that if I just look and see if the mouth is moving - for then they are lying.
     What a sad commentary in our political disposition today. And she is 100% correct. With the entire country watching the hearings, glued to the radios, the tv, screens in bars and stations and stores, the politicians lied through their teeth and I mean the Republicans. They praised the affective behavior of Kavanaugh as he deflected, ignored, shouted, talked over, interrupted, and then cried crocodile tears to impress the Senators. I figure he must have had onions in that glass of water he was constantly drinking. What about the 'skis" - no answer. Why not the FBI- no answer. Why not wait and investigate - deflection and yelling. About drinking  - he asks the Senator about her drinking. There was not one true answer there and his girls that were treated seriously because they were from Catholic schools and so were they? Read the statements of the women from there as they break that wall of silence. Hear the truth!
     But no, the mouths are moving and even those with a tad of conscience, those who admit there is more doubt than certainty - voted to confirm this morning. The pressure now is on Collins and Murkowski, as well as Manchin and Heitkamp. Will consciences be raised or will politics asdn our ever increasing tenses situation of tribalism rear its ugly and evergrowing head?
      The mouths are moving, led by the biggest mouth mover of all - Trump! Yet another corrupt, perverted, dishonest pick for his administration and I fear for the women of the next generation or two for we will have allowed the clock to be turned backwards and restrictions reapplied. When it comes to women - they lose in the Senate. Hopefully there will be more women in the new one after the elections and hopefully they will be able to raise protective laws, push thru more sanity and truth but the damage will have been done for forty years or so what with two perverts on the Court - Thomas and  Kavanaugh and even as the people acknowledge that there was a travesty of justice with Hill, they do the same thing now with Ford, a brave woman indeed. Were she to have behaved as did Kavanaugh - whoa! The criticism would have been flying as the Republicans would have mouthed off. Those mouths again.
     I as afraid, so afraid, that this chasm is ever growing and soon there will be no way to fix the breach, to get across that abyss and try to return to a country and not a land of tribes. I worry that there will be actual war, civil war, for there is pressure building, with no outlet and little hope.
     We need to get our mouths moving, our people mouthing words, words of truth, words of compassion, words of decency, words that lend itself to brotherhood, unity, and not the other way around.
     Dear Lord in Heaven!! We are in a mess, are we not? No need to destroy us with water or fire or anything else, for we are doing a great job on ourselves all by ourselves. 
      We need to use mouths for love, for trust, for truth. Heaven help us if we cannot get that message through to where it needs to be.