Well, reading the morning news these days just about forces me to imitate a distinguished gentleman of oh, perhaps the19th century, and go "hmmpff!" The news is that annoying, that repetitive, that predictable and that distressing. All with no end in sight, no cure, no answer readily available or even not so readily available. We are, my friends, stuck in an eddy of dirt, of garbage, of ill will, of insurmountable problems, with no exit available. Hmmpff! indeed.
So what do we do? What do we fix? What do we fix first? Way, way above my pay grade, though I do have some thoughts on the matter. Surprise- right? Actually, to tell the truth, I really have no clue as to how or where to start, so thick and entwined are our problems of the day - no, of the century.
How do we drain the toxins of the Big Lie, the lie that has branches and twigs that keep proliferating and propagating? Where to start? Where to make a difference that might just start that proverbial snowball rolling downhill, taking all the garbage along with it, growing ever bigger, clearing a path behind it that makes room for positive attitudes, positive values and indeed - the truth! What a quaint thought these days.
So, what the heck, I will insert my two cents worth - it is my blog right! I must just pop in the comments about the travel in this country. I do not have access to numbers or statistics, only the images my eyes see and the answers to questions I asked of personnel and other travelers. There is much, much more travel these days. The traveling, though, is growing ever more unpleasant, as the airlines are not prepared to regrow themselves, to schedule more flights, to get more personnel in place, to cut down on the overcrowding, to calm down on the eternal and never ending lectures on the wearing of masks. Everyone is. No one is not wearing a mask. That is just the way it is, so the lectures, even in midflight are a tad annoying.
What does this increased travel mean? Perhaps people are more trusting of their vaccines and masks. Perhaps people simply want to start living again, seeing family, celebrating with friends, go on vacation. Whatever the reasons, there is the fact. We are on the move again. That, whether the GOP likes it or not, is a sign of optimism and trust - or perhaps weariness, or a combination, but that is okay too.
In the talks I had with people - I love talking with random folks, for the truth comes out inevitably, undeniably, and the outliers of society seem to recede into the woodwork where they belong. Never mind the polls and the shouters on the air. America is actually still pretty solid, pretty accepting of what needs to be done and all the attempts to count them out are still, thankfully, not really winning.
So, back to the beginning. Where do we start? We start with the people, with trust in their steadiness. Most of us are still there, in clear circles and acres of sanity. Most of us are sick and tired of the degradations that Trump rained down on this nation. And continues to do so. Most of us are cheering, as the dogs eat themselves, attacking each other. People are laughing as they now blame each other, with crazed supporters of Trump such as Graham now having to eat his own words, and in private, question why the hell he supported Trump? Why did he cede his soul to that devil? Well, there it is and there it remains. What was done cannot be undone but these people can make amends. They can apologize, claim any excuse, but admit it and let this country move on.
First major step. Prosecute Trump. He is the root and the bud and the poisonous leaves. His plant must be extirpated down to the very last bit of roots or seeds. He must be denied any and all legitimacy, all his claims exposed to the air, to the power of truth. Only then can this nation move on, begin to absorb those deluded outliers whose numbers are shrinking as they die off, from COVID, because they believed the lies he put forth. They relied on false medicines, on 'truths' with no truth within them, and so they die. They reap what they have sown, and justice? Perhaps. Harsh, but where else could it have led? What other results could have been expected?
So let us drain the poison of Trump from society, from this nation. Put him on trial. Expose the truth, the numbers and names of those who conspired with him to overthrow, to undermine this proud nation. Chuck them out with the trash for that is where they belong. Let us reinstitute sanity into the collective spine of this nation. It is there, within all those travelers, so tired of all this noise signifying nothing but trouble for us. Get the planes in the air, the cars on the road, the cures into people, and the truth believable again. There is no other way, no other start, no other path. Lies must be exposed. Justice must be ruthless. Otherwise the historians of the future, such as it may be, will simply adjust their glasses and say, Hmmpff! as they wonder why the truth and the path to success was not seen by the movers of society of the time? I too wonder at that. Hmpff indeed. It is just so clear to most of us.
Look, just look! See it! Work it! Hmmpff!!!
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