Here we are. Supposedly in a "few' weeks the entire report will be disseminated. But will it? How much will be redacted for grand jury suppositions and discussions and how much will be filtered out? And will people understand the underlying explosive decisions made as a result of the conclusions - or temporary conclusions - made so far.
What we have is a deliberate legal hair splitting. It appears that there is much evidence and much smoke. With all the evidence of meetings and the conclusion that yes, Russia did interfere with the election, all with the end goal of getting Trump elected, there are definite conclusions to be drawn. First, we are not a banana republic or a 'client" country of a major super power who controls and interferes in our inner decisions and campaigns. The fact that Russia did so, and boldly and still with no apology issued says a lot. There is also no way that any thinking person, or a person with half a brain, could let this go unchallenged, can avoid understanding the bottom line.
The Trump campaign had to know that there was something going on. Why the hell did their campaign look like a busy Russian restaurant what with the comings and goings of so many Russians? Why were so many Russians indicted and how could someone be blind to all this coming and going and deal making? Make no mistake about it, deals were made and tried to be made. The entire while of the campaign, our esteemed - so not! - Trump, was working to make a deal on a Moscow Trump hotel. This is against all written and unwritten tradition, yet here we are, allowing him to get away with this because the lawyers have decided that there is not enough evidence to bring it up to a legal charge. Truly! What should we say to all those convicted of so many lesser crimes on much less evidence? What have we allowed to happen to our legal system, our system of justice, our determinations that a President should be the role model for the good, held to a stricter code of conduct rather than a lesser one that we have now installed.
And all the actions and decisions made by Trump et al that raise the issue of obstruction, well, Mueller made his hair splitting decision, or cowardly decision, not sure yet, and we now have a determination that the president is above the law. Using that as a standard Nixon never would have resigned, for he would have been held above the law, carrying out his right to make any and all decisions as president without paying attention to the laws which bind all else in the USA. "...the development represents a dangerous degradation of the rule of law, handing a president almost complete leeway to thwart any effort by federal law enforcement authorities to scrutinize his actions almost as if he were a king." That, my friends, is a scary thought indeed and upsets the apple cart of the country.
It sets a precedent beyond belief, a very worrisome one and has allowed the Demented One to go forward in his plans for his monarchy! “They’re just trying to create a new kind of monarchy in the United States and have a president who’s not accountable,” This was said and endorsed by Elizabeth Holtzman who played an important role in the investigations and charges made during the whole Nixon Watergate mess.
We here in the country must decide which road we are going to take. And do not think that the Trumpers are not going to take advantage of the present uncertainty. DeVos is now going after Special Olympics, guessing that she has done enough damage in other spheres of education, so now, after those who cannot fight back as much, after the war wounded who compete just as fiercely as those with no physical injuries. Go after those who strive to show the world they are fully capable of fighting for themselves and their betterment.
Then, never mind the legal decisions and the wishes of the country, Trump is now returning to the battle against Americans with pre existing conditions. Wishing to totally take apart Obamacare, wishing to take away affordable healthcare for all, wishing to destroy the American value system, here he goes again. I kinda take this one personally as well, for if I were not on Medicare at this point, what with his plans I would be uncoverable in so many ways that I might just as well take a leap off a tall building and no, I am not Superwoman so I would not fly!!
There is a lack of humanity in this whole administration. There is a definite moral cowardice. There is a lack of understanding or perhaps caring, that Congress is ceding all its powers, constitutionally given, given by tradition, and they do not care, do not take the long view, for now, they just want to retain a seat in the front lines of an evergrowing corrupted system and get 'theirs" while the getting is good. How many more nasty and corrupt, incompetent individuals must we cycle through? How many more quotes from Mein Kampf must we hear, supposedly from a Republican speaking on behalf of Jews. Spare me!!
Where are we? Here we are and it is not a very scenic place. But maybe we should not worry so much, for as Trump ignores science and scientists and actual proof, and lets the environment continue down its nasty road, as the climate changes wreak havoc on the world, why worry, for we are told that in 12 years the world will implode, become a world of Mad Max, of apocolyptic situations such as we can all now read about in so many novels and even in the non fiction accounts written by scientists who are doing their best to warn us, to better the situation. But nope, Trump, the Demented One, rules and so, just enjoy the next 12 years as best you can and then... who the hell knows!
King Donald I. The Trump dynasty. The world in throes of agony. Nice place we are setting up here. The nastiness goes on, the ignorant and venal rule, and so the world turns or will it?
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