The amazing voices fill the air, beginning slowly, building up till we hear a defiant, full throated "Enough is Enough!" How well that three word phrase says it all, so apt for our times. I am sure that not all would agree, but I believe there is a growing number of those adopting that sentiment. It is hard to maintain anger, defiance, determination in the face of constant attacks on credibility, 180 degree turns on policies, all the while the attacks on sanity persist and grow in intensity and outrageous accusations.
Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney tell the American people “I hope the jury of the American people reach the same conclusion about Donald Trump,” Romney told CNN. “He just is not suited to be president of the United States ..."
He betrayed millions of Americans by telling them the election was stolen. He ignored the rulings of dozens of courts. Rather than accept ... he mobilized a mob to come to Washington and march on the Capitol. .. watched on television while the mob attacked law enforcement, invaded the Capitol and hunted the vice president. He refused for 3 hours to tell the mob to leave. There has never been a greater dereliction of duty by any president.
Donald Trump has proven he is unfit for office.
Donald Trump is a risk America can never take again.
Well, fine, but is that sufficient? Will we hear just a tired sigh rather than any serious outcome? Those of common sense, with working, functioning on all spark plugs, know, really know, that there is a great 'wrongness' in this country, not of late, but for far too long. Yes, the rotten state we now have has been exacerbated, driven forth and forward by Trumpian outrages and the benighted who maintain support for him, excuse his every wrongdoing, his every perversion. Are they truly unseeing of the truth, refusing acceptance of the verdict of a jury, even as the pressure to take the man to more courts of justice grows. Or are they embarrassed by their support of him, ashamed of their gullibility, of the ease with which they shed their own moral standards, their values, in the name of ...what? We received nothing in return. Only a growing embarrassment and peril as a patently demented man struggled in reality, in the throes of a deeper dementia, a man lost to reality, an inveterate liar who would not recognize the truth if it rose up and slapped him.
It boggles the mind, certainly mine, as behavior that we would not tolerate in our children was accepted from the President of the country, a presumed leader of the West, the modern, progressive societies. The segment of the world which rejected the wrongdoing, the growing authoritarianism, the mounting violations of human rights and the waging of a criminal aggressive war, rife with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The charge upon us, determined by the truths of history, was rejected, denied, and the errors repeated.
Worse was the mounting horrid facts that our own democracy was at stake and remains so. So many in the GOP lost their minds, their moral compasses, as they brazenly violated both the letter and the spirit of law. Implicitly and complicitly they partook in distortions of truth, in promulgating outrageous lies, in advocating and excusing open and violent attacks, attempts to dismantle our system of governance, shred the Constitution by denial and perverted interpretations of its content. Openly demented people were nominated and voted in, the filth spewing from their forked tongues tainting all who would buy into it. Open fantabulists, open criminals who violated laws on all levels of government, liars of the nth degree (hello, Santos) were accepted, even celebrated, given increased power and influence. And our ship of state founders badly, in open and wild seas replete with rogue waves.
The time has come for a soul cleansing in America. The time has come for plain words, preferably of one syllable or less so as to ease an understanding of why, where, and how so many went wrong. The truth might be harsh, but so were the potential and actualized dangers to our nation. "Mamma loshen"- defined as the speaking of a language which hits home, is needed. No more obfuscation of the truth. No more puffs of smoke sent up to hide the sharp outlines of peril approaching, finding roots and comfort within our challenged ethos.
We need to reject fantasy. We need for people to hear the truth. We need to reward honesty and hard work rather than those seeking the easy way, buying into the low road of life. We need to be America! Plain and simple. We must demand competence in our legislators. That demand, all those necessities, must be implemented on all levels of governmental officialdom. From the smallest local level to the highest levels of the nation. In civilian, military and judicial spheres, there must be a change, a fresh wind allowed in, sweeping out the rank odor of corruption, dishonesty, greed, and incompetence. We must patrol the ranks of leaders to ensure compliance with the law of the land, a true law, not a false flag one. Difficult, but possible, if we truly wish it to be so.
As an aside, soon to be a topic of a posting is the growing concern related to the lack of leadership, of true authority, of competence, of the plain and unvarnished truth re the UCO system here within the Village. Where is Waldo has a companion, as we seek an answer to "Where is David?" As we search for the true structure of UCO at present. Searching high and low for a structure collapsing before our eyes, rotten with internal squabbling, no consensus possible. We need to repair and strengthen the system developed for UCO rather than the joke we have at present with delegates not showing up, with committees cancelled for offensively long terms of time. UCO which is now careering and careening. We need the combination of experience, enthusiasm, new minds, new ideas, and a huge dosing of unity and acceptance of responsibility. Yes, it is a volunteer job, but once sought, the requirement to fulfill that which one has taken on is a must, else get the hell out.
These changes can be achieved. We can eliminate a great deal of venom, of incompetence, of the simply just plain wrong - if we work together. If we understand the truth of life, the truth of ensuring a future, a good one. For young to old. Together we can meet that need to restructure, work hard and achieve the set goals.
Most important to me, right now, is the togetherness necessary to smooth the path of a child combating cancer, a tough one. Together, with all our prayers, with all our might, putting aside differences, I believe we are influencing the process for the good, as we receive notice of a shrinkage of the tumor and a hope that the shrinkage will continue apace.
Together, together we can right the wrongs of the world.
Together we can achieve it all.
Together we can
HEAL THE WORLD.
HEAL YITZY!
Yitzchak Elimelech ben Chana Sarah
May he be granted refuah shelaymah bimheyrah beyameinu.
May he be granted a timely and complete healing.
May Hashem hear all our voices raised in prayer.
Amen. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment