AND THE ANSWER IS.........

     Actually, I do not believe there is an answer forthcoming. No one is willing to sit down and concede truths, would rather defend garbage, filth and danger than admit wrongdoings and be forced into a wholesale revamping of their Party and its life approach. There is no question that it is a difficult undertaking, but again, those involved need to look in the mirror and ask that reflection just who or what is the cause of this situation.
     Assuming responsibility for our actions is one of the main principles of life that parents and teachers try to teach children as we prepare the next generation for their roles in the world. It is embarrassing to watch what is going on in our nation's capital, to see it through our children's eyes. It is a sign of danger ahead.
     So many of our younger generation are disenchanted by the whole mess. They have dumped all the politicians into one massive garbage heap, unworthy of their time, attention or interest. They have become cynical, uncaring and thus the danger grows ever more, ever nearer, ever more possible. If a nation's citizens do not care about their government, about the rules of the country, and watch apathetically as the rules are changed right under their feet, then as the vernacular goes - We. Got. Trouble.
     We need also ask the question as to why it appears to be that the youth of other countries are more proactive, more daring, more committed to their views and positions than ours. A 16 year old has the courage to stand up there and give the leaders of the world a well deserved scolding.The youth of Hong Kong are protesting in the streets. Our youth paint their faces with team colors, get drunk, and could give a hoot! Where is the vaunted optimism that so clearly marked the American psyche? Where is its energy, the daring, the confidence to take it all on and correct, right the wrongs of the country and the world?
     We, the adults are at fault here. Even those of the younger generations who wish to partake of process are discouraged by the behavior of those presumed adults. These so called adults appeal to the very lowest common denominators, the modern day reincarnations of those dictators and mob instigators throughout history who would use base emotions, lies and more lies in order to rouse that sleeping sense of violence, of entitlement and then stand aside and watch the destruction begin. All the time waiting to pick up the pieces and fit them inside a different pattern, one that does not bode well for humanity.
     What do we say when the Senate is chided for language, and then one Party ramps up its language even as the other tempers it a bit, particularly as the one which tempers is the one with the truths on hand. It is a well known and well printed statement that the Senate will never vote to convict. They have said as much and as exactly so.They all need to be arrested as guilty of perjury as they swore to be nonjudgemental and hear the evidence, but then again, what do we do with their prior statements which gave their opinions preformed, pre trial, pre farce? What do we do with the accusation, the facts, of jury tampering, of jurors who are stained with the same accusations, having partaken of the same dish of corruption as did their ostensible leader? The whole thing stinks to the high heavens, the angels up there wondering just what that stink is, why it reeks so.
     What do we say when a man claims to be so pro soldier, yet makes little of serious wounds, defending the lies about wounded soldiers by saying that their complaints and wounds were minor, for after all, it was only headaches, not severe wounds like the loss of a limb. Really? The whole advancement in the recognition and treatment of TBI was just flushed down the toilet, and by Captain Bone Spurs to wit!! How do people still support this man, this liar, this unfeeling corrupt individual who uses his position to inflate his own family and its worth, even to the point of using money raised for his inauguration to pay inflated prices to HIM for his hotel use. ICH!! YUCK!! Well, at least he can look at his brood with evil pride and marvel at how well his lessons of corruption have taken hold of them, crushing the morality out of them as they scoot around the world and the country, on our dime, rootin' and tootin' for pater. Double ich!!
     But wait, there's more. We are on the verge of ripping our Constitution up in so many shreds that it is hard to keep track. We are on the verge of handing such power and control to the president that he might as well be pronounced king for so strong will be his powers and so weak will be the checks of the other branches, actually those branches becoming mere puppets, weak, powerless and self destructing.
     Need more? Here is a goody. The Supreme Court, in all its stupidity and Republican packed bench, is about to crash 38 state amendments which enforce the separation between church and state. They are now contemplating approving a law which states that not only is the state able to contribute to religious schools, but wait, wait.....they MUST do so. So what now? Will our kids get the message of Pence and his Bishop about demonic and evil spirits inside people who are gay and lesbian? Will we be teaching our kids that women are subservient, good only for the Nazi principle of children, church and kitchen? Will our kids be taught to defer to 'mother' ? Whose religion will prevail and how far will this go? Whose prayer will be used in schools? Will we be forcing Jewish kids to pray to Jesus, or Catholic kids to praise Allah, or agnostic kids to pray in defiance of their beliefs? Will the prayers change as the regime changes? Will G-d become a plaything of the politicians?
     So, the answer is..... The answer is that we must take stock of our position in life, of where we are at and if we wish to remain so. We must think carefully, long and hard and realize that we have gotten ourselves into a disaster difficult as all to fix, tear down and rebuild the right way, the Constitutional way, the moral way - the American way.The only way.