Take a look around, scratch your head as you immerse yourself in a befuddling reality; then ask yourself, 'What the hell is wrong with this picture? What is going on?" If anyone tells you they can explain it all, please do not proceed with their great offer - to buy the Brooklyn Bridge and the Battery Tunnel for the price of only one. Hell no!
British and American media are obsessed with Harry's reaction to pictures of his Grandma's Christmas party and evidently so are we, even here in the colonies. Why? Beats me. We gave up monarchial government oh, somewhere around 1776 or so, though it must be said that there are those today who would reinstate it, though with the House of Trump rather than the House of Windsor. Two and a half centuries gone - pfftt! See something wrong here as well?
Need more images to complete the picture? Hmmm, let's see. Aha! Got it! What about the devolving pictures and statements regarding women and their rights? More than half the population of the world, and little girls are still looked upon as money in the bank, able to be sold off to repay debt, or feed the rest of the family. Even more horrible than that, is the horrifying fact that there are men and women who are willing, even eager, to purchase these tiny hostages to bad fortune. Boggles the mind, does it not. Yet fits in oh so well with the twisted sister of a picture we are drawing. Unfortunately so.
No shock here though as grown women are also forced into slavery with no rights at all. Think that happens only in Third World countries? Well, welcome to the new America, that bastion of freedom and respect for all. Uh huh. See how women are, to this day and well into the future, I daresay, used as objects, recipients of unwanted and unwonted attention. That attention denies their humanity, is part and parcel of the justification in the eyes of so many men and deluded women. Of course, women have no innate rights over their own bodies. Abortion! Why no, dearie. What is the big deal anyway you ask? Men walk away from it, from all support and responsibilities while women are tied to the baby. Keep it. Give it away. Neglect it. Watch as the child grows up, unwanted, hungry, poorly educated, and deeply depressed and uncertain of the future and its plans for him/her. Just watch. Look, listen, learn.
More nuisance and nonsense? Okay. Really? Do you honestly concern yourself with the decorations at the White House? Does it have any impact on some other right-wing issues? Possible? Probable? War in the Ukraine? Are we mandated to defend it via a treaty? Another war? Just perfect!
Civil rights? Abortion rights? Social safety nets? Inflation? Safeguards to shore up economic fortitude? The growing elimination of principles of justice and equality in all aspects of life, not only here but also throughout the world? Protection from the greedy who never have enough?
Finally, at least for today, how about the $5 fee now being laid upon every guest for every day here in the Village? So special! Not! So the Levys can garner more funds, turning us upside down to reap more profit from those who cannot afford these heavy fees? Manifestly unfair. Even as we are being subjected to more financial burden through the next contract for ten years. Soon enough this will turn into a home for the rich, rebuilt in the proper image!!
Certainly, we can draw better than this. Can't we? We had better.
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