"If the shoe fits." A short remark made by a black House member to a white one, known for his deep, groveling loyalty to Trump and all his twisted ideas. At issue was the bill, which among other things, would make lynching a federal crime. The Republicans, as usual, try to add in extraneous amendments that will kill any possibility of succeeding. This, in the year 2020. We are still debating over the magnitude of lynching as a crime!!! In the year 2020.
Parents are frightened for their children. Their children build up rage in their hearts. Gangsters and criminals use the times as excuses for their misbehavior and misdeeds. The pendulum continues to swing wildly, totally off rhythm, with no one able to control it, get this pendulum of society back in sync any more.
And the shoes, they remain as foreign to others as ever before, perhaps even more so as anger clouds the situation, blinds the vision of Americans caught up in the difficulties of the times and no one, no one, seems to have any idea how to untangle this mess, find the correct and proper shoes for all, allowing society to walk on in proper gait, in proper rhythm, in proper behavior.
Several iconic songs speak of the comfort that one needs to take or find in trying times. There is always someone there, always a light at the end, for it does end, but we must remember that these tunnels can be long, so long that decades and centuries are evidently not enough to fix those damned shoes.
Hate seems to pervade the air. Groups vie to portray their particular woes as paramount on the list of needing fixing. What we all need to realize is that the hatred stems from the same sources: ignorance, fear, anger, an unfair society which values antagonism, and an administration that values secrecy, furthering the growth of these negative values and emotions.
I am so tired of this skewed behavior of a misaligned and off balance society. I am so tired of politicians, supposed leaders, who hide their misdeeds, calling it national security, or following guidelines, all the while simply hiding their misdeeds, financial chicanery and mishandling, demented behavior, the ugly faces of their true selves. The arrogance they have, thinking they can hide and cover up forever all of what they have done, the wrong roads they have taken, the incorrect shoes they have worn.
These people then use the courts and governmental departments as their own defense attorneys. They sue, trying to keep all things hidden. So Bolton's book, which supports all that has gone before and much more, Trump's niece who has a blistering tell all that her uncle desperately needs to stifle, tax records, fraudulent medical evaluations, determinations to stay beyond any possibility of proper functioning, and the persistence of never, ever, ever, trying to feel the empathy that comes from walking in the shoes of others, of caring for others, rather than only for one's own being.
The secrecy of Trump and cohort, the secrecy and stonewalling of David Israel here in the Village, the loopy behavior of Di Santos and others who deny and excuse the rapid rise in cases and death, about 118,000 at the present moment - and be sanguine about it. All this must stop. It all comes out anyway so why do we allow this delay at all levels of government.
Here in CV, I, and many others, want to know what is going on in UCO. What is happening with our funds? What is happening with the former golf course? What is happening to the required audit that is going on over a year and shows no ending any time soon? What is happening with meetings? Why do we not Zoom, like the rest of the world.
As far as other levels of government, the same questions with particular changes for their shoes. We now have seen the very public demonstration of the rotting of Trump, his walking and thinking, his ability to even function, badly damaged. Beyond repair, actually. Or so it seems to any sentient being. At this point, I think that the proverbial alien asking to be taken to our leader would add in the addition of - but not Trump!
We have so blistered our soles, and the other souls, that our chosen shoes are now misfitting. As for the proper shoes - who knows when they will ever fit or even where to find them.. Who knows when the time will come - it it ever will - that we once again walk properly, apace with all, kick the hell out of hatred and prejudice, walk people into security for themselves and their children and develop walking and hiking paths for all. When the shoes will be on the feet of those guarding our media, their freedom to function and tell the truth, not serve as shills for the tyrants, as opposing media are stepped upon, stomped upon, all in the efforts of stamping out truth.
It is a long and difficult path we will need to walk. It demands proper shoes, ones that will force us to walk the walk, and if we do not, blister our feet, rub them so that we have to pay attention. If we but realize that the shoes of all can be similar and dissimilar ,yet match, allowing us all to truly walk in and understand how it is to walk in the shoes of others, then, only then, can we truly be well and safe. Only then will the shoe properly fit.
Shoe shopping anyone?
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