My apologies to The Wizard of Oz and to all lions and tigers and bears. For sure, walking through a field filled with them is less hazardous to one's health, physical and mental, than walking through the minefield that is the world of Trump.
As per my statement that the truth will out, we had more garbage rise tothe surface of the Trumponian swamp. We have received the figure of $200,000 plus spent at his Turnberry Scotland hotel, spent there by the military to enrich the Trump organization bottom line as they traveled miles away from more reasonably priced overnight facilities for flight crews. That is in addition to the stays of Pence, the foreign emissaries, lobbyists, etc. who stay at his Washington hotel and all the hundreds - yes, hundeds- of days spent at his infernal golf resorts - all on our dimes, many dimes at that!
Of course that then brings us to the issues of who is cheating whom on you know whose tax returns, personal and business. There is no doubt that there is a great deal of hanky - panky going on there and for proof right now, we have the association maxim - lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. The fleas on Trump are many. Almost every one of his appointees has been shown to have cheated, lied, made awful statements, misused government funds and facilities, given in to megalomaniac desires and affectations, behaved in an inappropriate manner, and have shady ties to the very areas they are supposed to represent. And of course we have the Justice Department that has turned into its own particular swamp for becoming and serving as the personal law firm for Trump. No longer does it protect the citizens of the country, for it is too busy battling for Trump in various courts where he is being sued for myriad offenses.
Pompeo admits tht Trump's actions are the direct cause of the dangerous Iranian mess we now have. The constant and obsessive decision to fight tooth and nail and lie and lie and lie about revealing his tax returns - why so vehement if all is okay - the failure of so many of his appointees to be able to remain in office and function properly, the obstructionist behavior of his appointees and their rude and contemptible behavior at hearings of Congress - should be brought up on charges of contempt as far as I am concerned - and now we find that the Justice Department, in apparent collusion with the Trump intelligence chief, has chosen to hide a very suspicious phone call between Trump and a foreign contact, an official, to whom he promised to deliver something. I do not think the delivery was a hotdog with mustard and all the toppings!! No UberEats here.
What are we doing here when we allow this clear and present danger to continue to serve as the ostensible leader of the country who more and more is looking like the dictator of the country. We seem to be fighting the battle for state vs federal rights again, the verbiage is getting more and more strident and the rest of the country is falling into disrepair and tribalism. We have lost the sense of being America, united and free and proud of it, and have allowed the emulation of this behavior to seep into the rest of the country and all levels of government and society.
Right here in CV we have a slate of officers who are gifted with the ability to clone and morph on an almost hourly basis as they keep switching hats and appearing as experts and decision makers for the Village. For most of the rest of the Village there appears to be a Keep Out sign posted, all the better to admire the constant renovations and painting and landscaping of the UCO building to the detriment of the rest of the Village infrastructure. We are driving on roads with faintly marked lanes, on roads that are falling into bits and pieces of gravel, stones and sand, and all the while the disrepair of the fences around the Village are being exposed more and more as a result of work by an outside agent. This despite the fact that attention had been called to this state of the fences for years already, particularly by a determined woman. In return - be ignored!
A faulty and dangerous method of accounting for the Village's funds, for present and future, has been exposed and no surprise there as the same people who nearly pushed us into bankruptcy years ago are still in control. Yet all is secretive and just try to get information from UCO and you might as well engage in spitting into the wind for that will be more successful! Yet the same type of apathy that has reigned in the country, though now with hopeful signs that there has been an awakening, now reigns in the Village. I believe people are thinking that nature has to take its course, the present strata of players will be out of play and then, perhaps then, there will be hope for a change for the better. But we cannot wait that long. We need people to run to replace stale officials. We need new ideas. Better accounting methodology. Transparency. Participation in government of the Village, a functioning Delegate's Assembly, so that the few do not control all, a multi million dollar budget at that! If we do not do it then who will?
With Trump I believe that impeachment is out of step for now with time restraints. What we need are people with courage to admit that he needs replacement, that Trump and his administration are clear and present dangers to our country and he needs to be removed and the rest of them asked to go bye-bye. Instead of resigning as so many Republicans in Congress are doing, we need them to stand up, protest, tell and speak the truth about their boss and stop kowtowing and yessing him all the time. Amendment 25 is right there. And for sure, get rid of McConnell, support his opponent and stop his one man's blockage of the functioning of the American government.
In so many levels of government here in this country we have had the good people, the knowledgeable people, those who believe in public service, leaving, frustrated. We need to do better and we need to do it NOW. Never mind the lions and tigers and bears. The others are far more dangerous to our very existence as the United States of America, as Century Village, and we need to get out there and do what we must. Oh my!!
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