PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

     There are always times in life when a difficult decision must be made. It would be a time of  momentous importance, life changing even, but decide one must.
     Today, we, the people of the United States of America, are getting closer and closer to such a moment. A decision must be made and the consequences understood. Are we going to allow one man and his minions, along with his partners in alleged crimes and in political machinations inimical to our democracy, to create the first coup in America and take over the government and we become another Hungary or Poland or any banana or Third World republic where rights and laws are ignored, trampled upon and made a mockery of?
     Trump allies and Republican cowards and those of anti democratic bent are whining about a 'coup' to unseat Trump. No, it was not a coup but rather a group of sentient and sensible people trying to salvage the country they loved from the trash heap of broken Camelots of history. It is within the law to remove a President from office due to inability or desire to properly perform the required duties. It is called the 25th Amendment and has been applied before. Trump is very clearly a man troubled by mental disorder, emotional instability and a lack of business acumen as proven by his many bankruptcies. He has been shown to be without morals or compunction, violates laws and the rights of contractors and knowingly hired undocumented workers even as he ranted and raved about them - and then fired them en- masse when uncovered.
     He has lied more times than can be counted though the Times and the Washington Post do a damn good job at keeping track of them. He has belittled dignified people doing their jobs and purposely appointed incompetents and greedy people to positions where they have done much harm to the country already. He has been definably shown to be uneven, revengeful, uncontrolled, unbalanced, and almost mad at times with his tweets and rambling talks. He has, to a massive degree, endangered this country, the exact opposite of his job definition and responsibilities.
     Today we have a Coast Guard officer arrested for plans to commit mass murder in terroristic actions, declaring himself a white supremacist and has amassed quite a large amount of materiel. We have Ilhan Omar supposedly apologizing for her nasty and disgusting openly anti Semitic remarks but note the words and their implications. "Let me reiterate my sincere apology for any actual hurt my words have caused," Omar reportedly said. "I know there are a lot of people who in the last weeks have expressed support in trying to say this isn't anti-Semitic or this shouldn't be looked at in that way."This is as fake an apology as I have seen in a lifetime of seeing forced apologies made by bullies and attackers in schools. It is meaningless and avoidant of the truth of the situation.
     The rage that is present in this country has risen to unequaled degrees, I believe, not seen since the Civil War. Are we awaiting or on the cusp of a second Civil War? Many believe so and so do I - unless, when push comes to shove, people in positions of authority reach deep down to their very souls and make the right decisions for this country - and not for themselves and their various powers and greedy needs.
     Shooting people, running over a family of eight for road rage, the deliberate intermixing of a news media staff and personalities quite openly with the office of the President with openly taken quoted from the Fox news personality in the tweets of Trump. We have attacks on the media which insists on calling the truth, deemed "enemies of the people" with retribution called for!!! We have the highest number of hate groups in 20 years! We have proven chicanery with the election in North Carolina and accusations of the same thing with the presidential campaign of 2016, the election and the horrifying and unthinkable - yet eminently possible - situation where the very leader of the country is deemed a possible enemy agent. My G-d! What have we done? What have we allowed?
     And now, push has come to shove. People will have to step to one side of the line in the sand or the other, but decide they must. Stories of babies thrown over fences collide with truthful incidents of mistreatment of migrant children. Lies about business ethics are proven wrong by the facts. Hidden details of  a supposedly transparent administration belie the truth of the matter.
     Push has come to shove. Decision time is coming. Probes will be finished - but what will be revealed to the public and even to Congress? Will we, indeed, in fact and action, go after the truth and prosecute where prosecution is needed or will we allow certain people to be above the law? Will we back our democratic traditions or will we give them up? Push and shove, people. Push and shove.