So we have been told. I follow the path that states that the truth will out. In fact, it is far better to tell the truth rather than lie as it is difficult and very hard mental work to keep one's lies straight. The truly lazy person like me will always opt for the truth. Makes life so much easier and less stressful!
But what do we do when some people cannot recognize the truth if it rose up and slapped them in the face. They do not recognize the value of the truth, the moral necessity of telling the truth and instead opt for the lies, for the threats, for the bullying, for the opaque, rather than the transparent, in government. And in their purposeful blindness, they resort to violence and/or its threats and throw morality out the window from the topmost floor.
Yesterday we had a new low,, as amazing as that is. The President himself, the supposed or once upon a time supposed to be leader of the free world, resorted to the "Oh yeah, well my father can beat your father up' behavior. Those whom the Demented One deemed to be "lefties' and in fact, all who oppose him, were warned that he had the "military on his side, the policeon his side and the Bikers for Trump on his side.!" Seriously? He continued to warn these targeted "lefties' that if they continue in their behavior things can get "very, very bad" for them. Dear lord! Brings back memories of standing watch in the yard at recess or having a conversation about threats and bullying with middle schoolers. Not appropriate for a supposed President, is it? In fact, not appropriate for anyone over the age of seven which is traditionally the age that reason begins. And yet as childish as it seems, the threat, the boasting! that the Bikers are on one's side, well, you finish that thought.
The people's right to know. Yet another firm statement of a core belief of the American ethos. Yet time and time again we have governmental figurative fog machines working overtime to keep that from happening. The House voted almost unanimously to demand the publication of Mueller's findings. Four wimpy Republicans, including that creep, Gaetz, voted present. Moral cowards. Moral villains? Your call. But the Senate Republicans continued on in their amoral or immoral pathway - take your choice - and led by that ever developing creep Graham, the sell out to the devil, refused to do the same. And for all but 12 of them, their cowardice, their moral weaknesses, rose to the fore when they refused to back the anti Emergency resolution. That Demented one still has them shivering in their boots, so much so that they are willing to cede the powers of Congress in order to please that man. Cowards, one and all, and the telling scene wherein one Senator pats another on the back for going back on his words to back the Resolution, such a tough choice, you see, then what are we to think? Take the cowardly way out? Always? Disregard morality? Disregard the truth?
If I sound angry and even despairing, it is because I am. This same crap is going on all over, throughout the levels of government, and there seems no end to this. Even here in CV we have the same garbage. Reviewing by laws yesterday, as I said, there was a tiny percentage of the population in the room. Empty chairs abounded and when the Chair, who has worked hard on this, boasted that all 60 copies of Articles I thru V were distributed, well, the population of the Village at the Season can run to 14,000 or more.Shameful, yes, but also a sign of the despair and hopelessness of changing the situation here.
Now the President Emeritus stays on the Board for a 12 month period, no vote, as is the normal situation. Now the push is on to allow the vote and why? Because the present President appearing to be weakening for whatever reason, will support an ally, but willl remain for a year with the power of his vote. Shame on us if we allow that! All a blatant attempt to continue his faulty reign and I use the term reign purposely.
The same nonsense continued when discussing committee membership and who has the right to appoint members to the committee and who does not have that final say - or who does? Told that well, we should work it out, and as in business, bow to the CEO, well, crap to that! To lie and state that only once in 20 years has the president removed one from a committee is blatantly poor mathematics, let alone obfuscation of the truth, lying ,call it whatever you wish, but facts are facts. I can name more than the fingers and toes I have to the times when this man demanded people be removed or never to have been appointed, and threatened chairpeople to do as he wishes or else!
And for the chair here to say she knows "where I am going", well, why leave it there? Why are we tiptoing around the truth here? And why are we delaying the one resident owner/one vote situation, when it is simple to enact. Why? Because when the wishes of the total population eligible to vote is give free rein, well, guess who will be gone!! The implications are clear.
The dirty shenanigans of governmental administrators. The attempts to remain in power and never mind the right, never mind the principles of America, never mind the will of the people, the rights of the people, the march towards progress, never mind all that and just go for maintaining power and position. That is what we must fight against on all levels. That is where we must insist on following the principles of the truth setting us all free, the finality of truth, the mindfulness of truth.
So, truth to tell, folks, where do we stand, and most importantly, where do you stand? Do you have the courage of your convictions? Do you have the moral fiber to stand up against those whose moral fibers appear to be withering or already gone? It is our choice. It is your choice. Seek inside yourself for the truth you know, the truth you value. And be honest. Do not tell yourself a lie about yourself, for remember - the truth shall set ye free, and you know, the truth will always out.
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