BLURRY BORDERS

 We all have dreams that take us out of reality into a world of fantasy. From the minds of people, great and small, fantasy has often been overtaken by reality as we advance in thoughts, deeds, accomplishments, and the daring to take on the "what ifs' and make them the leading question - What if....? and work from there. Trips to the moon, curing the problem faced by Charly in Flowers for Algernon, space travel - all were fantasy morphed into fiction morphed into reality and ongoing from there. All good, mostly, but at times, there is an evil turn of fantasy; we must be aware, proactive, if we are to avoid Faustian turns of fantasy into real life.

Authors, readers, moviegoers, we all love to read or watch catastrophic movies. In the main, the evil is defeated, evildoers receive their just dues, and balance is restored. Unfortunately, today and the tomorrows to come speak of fantasy taking a turn for the worse. We are staring it in the face and yet, we seem to be mired in a swamp of inertia, inability or denial - or any combination thereof. The days of reckoning are no longer to come but have already arrived. We are seriously lagging and lacking in recognizing reality and on we go and on we go and on we go - to where? Nowhere, perhaps?

Monster tsunamis. Nature gone berserk. Fires that roar out of control. Attacks by crazed people. Humans unrecognizable in new behavior and even Zombies. Okay, right now that is over the top, I know, but are we not behaving as Zombies, consuming others, rabid in our desire to have it all? Think about it. Have these things already taken place, getting worse in intensity and frequency, with more to come.? Are we to wait till nations are underwater or the land is denuded of sustainable support for life? It appears that our efforts now are perhaps too little too late. Mad Max world a reality? Who the hell knows, and yet...?

The world of man, the political structure of life within that world, has long been fertile ground for political fantasy movies. The White House attacked; governments overthrown. The President and Congressional leaders hunted down. The 'trusted" leaders of America revealing themselves as traitors. Huh! Good fiction, Makes for a good read and an exciting movie and aren't we lucky that it will never happen here. Yup. Never. Riiiight!

"Representative Jim Jordan is "a traitor" based off of a text message he sent to former President Donald Trump's then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about rejecting Electoral College votes on January 6."

"Ali Alexander, the conservative activist behind the "Stop the Steal" movement, recently told congressional investigators that he had communicated with several House Republican lawmakers ahead of the Jan. 6 rally and Capitol riot, along with at least one member of the Trump family's inner circle."

"...historically unprecedented and desperate efforts by Donald Trump in the final weeks of his presidency to reverse an election ...  proposals allowing state officials to thwart legitimate election outcomes –" 

 "nearly one in five Republicans still believe it is "likely" former President Donald Trump will be reinstated as president by the end of the year, "

"...they and other former senior military officials are concerned about the possibility that another contested election might lead to a breakdown in the military. The former officers warned that troops might actually choose to follow their personal politics over their loyalty to the country in such a scenario".

"Citing the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, the generals wrote, “We are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeding next time.”

"There is only one truth: the truth of the party. And the party is Donald Trump."

 All these and more are from articles of mainstream media. All are cause for concern. This is not a movie. This is not a drill. People, people like you and me, or even perhaps, you, are planning the takedown of this country's legitimate government and imposing another upon the nation. Goodbye, America. Hello ...what? Democracy certainly hangs in the balance. Anyone who does not see this, well, perhaps a pair of mental spectacles might help. 

We have gone from bad to worse over this past half  decade, ever edging closer to turning this country upside down. Fantasy? No; this is real. This is not a case of M&Ms tied to a rocket, with a horrified question as they face reality: "This is real?" For us, yes, it is real. To real for my liking. Too frightening to contemplate and yet we must. This fantasy into reality needs to be stopped in its tracks lest it be a case of too late, see ya' next century. Perhaps. Maybe. Heck, Earth might not even be here then. So, as Alfred E. Newman used to say, "What, me worry?"

Yes, please - we must all worry. It is imperative that we put aside petty differences, pay attention to the truth, regain our sanity and balance and be Americans, one and all. Is that now a fantasy become reality? Lordy, but I hope not, I pray not.