MIND BOGGLING

     One is left standing with mouth agape. Behavior that fits the terrible twos phase of infancy has been displayed by the 'leader' of the free world! Physically bursting at his seams with his fast food diet, his only exercise being golf games which have cost the American taxpayer over $102 milllion already, Trump has now truly busted the bubble of his metal sanity or lack thereof.
     Somewhere along the line the man got the impression that he is the Lord and Master of the country, that rules and limitations do not apply to him, that law and legality mean nothing to him. Thus, when Pelosi made a comment that he, Trump, was covering up something what with his refusal to turn over his financial papers, his breaking point was reached. He blew into a meeting on infrastructure, a meeting which could have led to praise for him, and erupted. A three minute tirade and sulky fit in public then followed and we were off to the races again, this time, even more frightening if one truly contemplated the meaning of all this.
     The entire administration must think: are we to have a functioning government or are we going to let it all slide and we end up with an insane head of government who belongs in a mental institution rather than the Oval Office. History is rife with the stories and consequences of allowing mad creatures to head the government. The cemeteries are filled with the bodies of those whom the despot did not like or feared. Do not repeat that inane mantra that "it can't happen here" for it is already happening. 
     We have allowed this to happen. We have allowed the Republicans to shrug off their responsibilities to the people of America, to the world. We have allowed civil discourse to go the way of the horse and buggy and have instead substituted and allowed rage and hatred to rule the day. We have allowed this man to suborn perjury, attempt to block justice, cavort dangerously with foreign leaders who can and do run circles around him and his limited mental capacity. WE have done this. WE have neglected the powers of the people, the rights of the legislative branch, the powers of oversight that are detailed in the Constitution and in our judicial and legislative history. WE have allowed this man to snub the law and overturn tradition. WE have done this all.
     We now have threats of war all over the globe. He has riled Iran to almost a point of no return. China is rumbling. Russia is flying our air borders. Penny ante despots and dictators are dictating to us or treating us with contempt. And why not? We are a country that has lost its bearings, set free from its moorings to float aimlessly, a wonderful target for such as Trump and Co.
     Two banks have turned over their papers. Two courts have said others must do so also. Tillerson, in a private meeting, spoke words that frighten the thinking person, the American patriot. The caliber of appointees gets worse by the hour and our judicial branch is being ripped apart by the rush to approve all these incompetent and hateful people who have no right to sit on a bench. Not in America! Not here, where the judiciary is supposed to be above the partisan politics. But all this has gone by the boards and the do nothing Republican dominated Senate has done nothing other than turning aside House proposalsand jam the benches of our courts with incompetents who will destroy us for forty years. Who will take away the rights of women to make their own decisions regarding their health. Each and every day the rights of the citizens are abrogated. Each and every day we get more of an intrusion of religion, a perverted religion at that, into the state.
     We are definitely lost at sea, our ship of state foundering badly. Only WE can provide the true rescue but will we? I am increasingly doubtful that this will ever happen. People have turned away from politics, tired of the constant shenanigans of Trump and company and the lack of positive action. But apathy leads to dictatorship and it is too late at that point to avoid the serious consequences and the dangerous paths ahead. I wish I could be a Pollyanna and see only blue skies ahead, but when I look all I see are darkening skies, clouds growing in depth and intensity. Are you worried yet? You should be.