Once Turkey was known as the Sick Man of Europe, or the world; it does not matter. What does matter, is that it was deeply disturbed, turbulence eating away at its core, and it had to change. Over the past two weeks and for years prior, I have been watching our country become the Sick Man of the Western World, in fact, the entire world. We lost our way, were groping in the dark, trying to find some guidance, to come across some light, but failed, abysmally so. Rather than find the light, we found our way deeper into the darkness of hopelessness, of shocking turns of events. The darkness deepened, almost, or perhaps actually, reaching the point of no return.
Over the days and weeks of the Hearings, with more to come, with new evidence and information continuing to be disclosed, we have reached a crossroads. Either we are at an impasse, the country irretrievably lost in a darkness of its own creation, or there remain remnants of veneration of and for truth, for love of country, for allegiance to duties and sworn oaths, for nation over selfish, destroying desires. For people within to find the courage to stand up against those who would destroy us in the name of a power grab, to be able to do the right thing.
Yesterday I heard some of those people. Though they very mistakenly supported Trump, voted for him, despite his mammoth and visible, glaring, deficiencies, when push came to shove, they did the right thing. They stood up to pressure, to threats, to intimidation of themselves and their families. We are proud of them. We are grateful to them. In fact, were it not for them, the democracy of this country would have been a figment of a once upon history of a once upon striving to be Camelot, and the hope of billions of people.
We are sick at heart here in our besieged nation. We are sick in thought in perverted desires, in the blood mist of threats, even unto the murder, yes murder, of those defending this country. I growl with anger, with frightened thoughts, wondering how it came to be that a very visibly mentally deficient man, one demented via physical cause, via crazed utterances, through gross misrepresentations of the truth, unable to actually separate truth from falsehood, even not wanting to do so. Why? He was obviously succeeding at his imitation Hitler role, doing quite well even as the country sank, ever deeper and deeper into the unknown, into a foreboding future.
It matters not how or why he was mentally challenged, unable to acknowledge a reality unfavorable to his short and long range plans. Perhaps he had a physical, aging induced brain undergoing massive, negative changes. Perhaps it was also chemical. Perhaps, no, it was, wishful as well. It matters not. What does matter is the very obvious fact that so many for so long stood by him whereas if he were in their business office or family, would have long ago been advised to get help and/or leave. Immediately. Before irreparable harm was done. Well, we are too late to stop the harm, but we still have time to make some repairs, to ensure that such a President never, ever, ever, find welcome in our country.
Watch the next hearing, where newly disclosed videos will be played. Sit there with mouth open, agog, at how close we came to inviting our own destroyer into our homes. How still too many very evil people and gangs continue to favor him, to eschew all truth and go for the bad over the good. And that includes you and you and you and all those who deny the importance and truth of these hearings, their professionalism, the very damaging evidence of conservative Republican witnesses. Those of you who do not listen, well, you may try to keep your head and mind in the sand, but the sand erodes and there you are! Bare to the world. There is no running away.
Our country is sick. Our leadership, particularly on one side is very ill. As are the dangerous extremists on the other side of the spectrum who invite hatred and bias -for others - even as they decry the prejudice they claim for themselves. The truth is, a pox on both your houses, curses to you all who stomp on and over this country. Time for the healthy among us to step up to the plate, to hit those speedballs coming our way, to hit it out of the park with massive swing and strong desire. We can win - but only if we want to and act accordingly.
Will we?
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