UGH!!!

      What is that? That is my reaction after skimming through the daily news feed. Is there nothing that can make this all go away? Is there nothing that can make the words of a song stop running through my head on an unending cycle. "Lies, tell me Lies" is like the crawl on the screen of the TV. It never actually goes away. And it is a terrible comment on life today in these United States.
     The biggest lie, of course, is the one which maintains that the Demented One is eligible to remain in office. Actually, change that. The biggest lie is that he was even elected legitimately and he is still fighting that idea tooth and nail as he comes forth with his new threat to release documents purportedly supporting his claims of bias in the FBI investigations of the Russian election interference.. Oh, yuch!!!
     He thinks he is a three year old with the cuteness of one, as he singsongs maybe he will and maybe he won't pardon Manafort. The fact that he is dangling this in front of Manafort, possibly influencing his testimony, is a crime, that seems not to bother him. 
     The fact that he claims the oldest excuse in the book - "the best of his recollection" - as he plays games with his answers to Mueller's questions, is just sickening. Lies, tell more lies and then more lies seems to be his entire defense policy. Lies are all around him. There is no environmental and climate crisis. There is no moral crisis in governments all around the world. There is no return to extreme right wing thoughts and memes all around the world. He has not encouraged hatred and prejudice and violence here in the country with his stupid mouth.
      Lies, all lies.
      Listen to the Barbra Streisand song on her new album about lies. It is heartbreaking as we realize that this is what we are fed every damn day and what is worse, is that there are so many, too many, who still believe them despite all evidence to the contrary. Oh, no, the man never sexually assaulted anyone. Oh, no, the man is not a racist. Oh, no, the man has not destroyed our alliance with old friends. Oh, no, the man has not buddied up with the dictators of the world. Oh, no, it is a lie that claims the Prince ordered the shredding of Kashoggi. Oh, no, there are no lies re his tax returns and his business dealings. Oh, no, there was no fraud. Oh, no, Jr. and his siblings are not involved in these shenanigans.
     So for how much more will we sit and wait, sitting on our thumbs and rotating. On Facebook yesterday was a reminder that the Constitution itself reminds us, calls to us to remember, that corrupt and tyrannical governments that deny the rights of the people can and indeed even should be overthrown. Ring any bells? The colonies? Remember back to history class?
    We need to remember that and remind those who maintain they are strict Constitutionalists that the power and the impetus are there. I wholeheartedly suggest that we do this within peaceful and legal means. Use the courts - especially urgent as Trump et al try to rig the game with partisan and incompetent judges. Use the ballot box. Use civil disobedience. Use protest and marches. Send letters warning your reps that you will not vote for them should they continue in their selfish and corrupt ways. Remind them that they need to remember their moral spines.
     If we do not do this and now, I fear for peaceful means. The country is loaded with weapons. The country has already seen the standing army being used within our borders, loaded for war even as they target dangerous 'criminals' of the advanced age of 3 and 10 and 15 and the mothers of these criminals and their fathers and uncles and friends. If they were to run the process properly, any criminals would be discovered, but it seems better this way as they can generate more headlines and pictures. But all these guns will and can clash if we do not get our act together.
     We talk today of isolated tribes. Well, folks, we are breeding our own isolated tribes right here in the country. That ain't good!!! And that is not a lie! Not a lie. Nor a good forecast for the future. 
     How to totally solve all this is way above my pay grade. But there has to be someone out there who can do it, someone brave and bold and wise and charismatic. And that is no lie either.
     So perhaps we need to establish a Truth Seeker Party, but whatever the way is, we had better do it soon for I believe that the clock is ever closer to midnight. So much so that there is almost no space between the hands of the clock and the numeral 12. As for me - I am frightened. And that is no lie either.