Nice song, but not this time around. This time, the midnight hour will set the agenda for the next four years and so much more. In Georgia itself there is the runoff between two sets of contenders for 2 Senate seats. Both are written with the same faulty pen that wrote Trump and need to be defeated, especially as that will give the Democrats the Senate majority they so desperately need to undo the damage of Trump and all that he is planning in his "midnight" agenda. Then corrections can take place. Then, perhaps, we can move forward.
A reader has echoed the need for Trump to face the music, to be tried, convicted and imprisoned, where he can do no further harm. Trouble is, can he forgive himself, pardon himself, but then again, he cannot pardon state crimes, so there we go! But in the meanwhile there is a far more serious question, and that is - will America survive this period of time? Will we manage to "bind together " the wounds of the nation? Will we be able to tamp down the horrific use of violence, its encouragement and the existential threat it poses to the country. Grave doubt in this area.
Last night I watched videos of the demonstration in DC. I feared for the life of my country, for the lives of citizens who would be deemed undesirables - including me - and disappeared into the nacht und nebel of a new American Hitlerian era. The night and fog terror of dictatorial regimes continue to haunt the human race and its imposition here is not a difficult leap of imagination.
Watch the videos for yourself. See the uniformed groups marching in formation, clad in full battle gear. See their outstretched arms in imitation of Trump's always outstretched arm, and see the ugly faces twisted by hate. See them rapt, caught up in a nasty fairy tale, one where the ogre, the troll, wins the day and no fairy godmother around to spread some magic dust.
See the hypnotic state they fall into as they chant Stop the Steal", yet another rhyme meant to capture the attention and imprison the thought process of the chanters as they fall into a daze. Perfect Hitlerian tools of crowd controls and time for the deniers to admit this, to recognize it, to be afraid of what it means, and to oppose it, fight it with all our might. With all the passion we can generate, for this is the fight of our lives, the fight to keep the future for our kids, and frankly, to keep a somewhat safe place to call home for American Jewry.
And what future are we looking at? Well, the future that was seen at the demonstration, where the original people came loaded for bear, attitudes and equipment galore. We had a smaller contingent, about 300 or so, who spontaneously decided to come and protest, their right. And the sparks were lit and the future was clear. This is what will be and very soon - no, it is here already. It will be a conflagration to destroy this country. All positive values, all positive American traits, rights, history, will be consumed by the ugly flames, by the ugliness of the street fighting and worse, by the blood flowing in the streets.
Will we once again be watching rivers flow red with the blood of Americans? Will we shatter the world with this outrageous consequence of Trumpism? Will it matter at all, as we all die off from the virus, the same one that Trump et al allowed to grow, develop and flourish - in perhaps their own little plot, if we are playing this vicious game - and thus allowed, no, begat the deaths of so many, the suffering of millions, the disaster to humanity that it is.
I have long warned, foretold, of this imminent fighting, this imminent Civil War II. I hoped I was over the top, but evidently I was not. The man lost. The man lost. Period. End of story. Instead we have the challenge, not to this election only, but to the entire concept and belief in democracy, even as all the experts refute these nonsensical and dangerous accusations. But once people get caught up in a trance, in something that is larger than themselves, they will raise those arms, salute the devil, and trash themselves and others. And it all rests on Trump. And it all rests with those who refuse to recognize his dementia or worse, see it clearly and knowingly take the country down this dangerous road, a highway to death and destruction, to a blackened future. To no future at all.
Possibly worse is that this tragic series of events is causing us to miss the local situations that besiege us. Here in CV we have a disaster well into its formation and life. We have a runaway administration which refuses to recognize its duty toward the residents, refuses to obey the bylaws of the Village, and drives us down at every turn. We have a Treasurer fighting against the tide, trying to straighten the mess out, denied and fought at every turn. We have an election coming up with no road in place for the announcement of candidates, the election process and all this is done on purpose.
For months already we have been denied the proper ability to participate in the running of the Village. Committee meetings, Board meetings, all have been canceled, restricted. No Assemblies wherein we are to vote on the budget, on proposals for the Village, and instead there is nothing. We live in a dangerous vacuum of knowledge, even as a life or death deadline is drawing ever closer, a new Agreement, and what is the news? Where are the solicitations from the people, who are the committee members and is there even a functioning one? So much, and yet so much more.
Yesterday, a wonderfully capable and devoted resident of CV announced a run for Vice President. Eminently qualified, a veteran of UCO and aware of its ugly games under the cracked stewardship of David Israel, Olga Wolkenstein can replace an outgoing VP and become the pin on the seat of that man, constantly goading, annoying, pushing, that dangerous David Israel who negates our promise, our continued existence in good shape, our very way of life.
As in the outside world, we here in our own little micro environment must choose. Either we take on responsibility, take on the truth, participate, establish truths, and reject dangerous chants and lies or we give up our future, our very lives even.
There is no easy way through life. It is not meant to be easy, for we are always responsible to prove ourselves worthy, to G-d or simply to a humanity depending upon decency. It does not matter why, only that we always strive to do the right thing, to point out the evil and condemn it, destroy it, negate it, as quickly as possible, here and at the nation at large.
People, we are at the midnight hour, all over this country and all over the world. It is a most frightening time. I still cannot sleep or beat back this anxiety as to what will be, will the unthinkable actually happen? You should be feeling the same, opening eyes one wishes to keep closed, but must not. Remember the warning - for evil to succeed all it takes is for good people to do nothing, to say nothing. The world has been there before. Must we repeat our errors and go there again? Midnight hour. Only YOU have the answer to the midnight hour.
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