There are reasons why certain statements become well embedded into the vernacular of a nation. If wishes were horses. Chickens coming home to roost. Foxes in the hen house. Be careful what you wish for. All these and many more, including those mentioning dark tunnels, and we had better take a long, intensive fresh look at them and what they portend for our future. Perhaps if we can open enough minds to actual thought and an understanding of threads of actions and consequences, of actions and reactions, we will better be able to protect the nation from the worst damages Trump and his Trumpy allies intend to foist upon us. In other words, to present the truth to unwilling ears and closed minds, unable to admit, comprehend, what has been wrought upon this nation and in fact, the world at large.
The irony is that when some explanation is presented there is some movement along the correct line. Though crowds of calloused hearted hooligans rant and rave re the 'harm' and 'danger' of immigrants and call for mass deportations, when the details are presented, the support is not so clear.
"A Marquette University Law School poll in September showed the percentage who favor deporting immigrants ... dropped from 61 percent to 45 percent when you cite people who “have lived here for a number of years, have jobs, and no criminal record.”
Another poll showed strong opposition to deportation for many types of undocumented immigrants — all except criminals and recent border crossers. '
Add the enormous costs arising from such a program, the ugliness of detention camps, of masses of children separated from parents, of babies going unattended, and my, oh my, some heads and hearts and souls are to be awakened from deep sleep and begin to gain a glimmer of understanding of the actuality of those words. Of course, in the air, lingers the question and the answers - who exactly are we?
Support for law and order, for enforcement of public compartment, all shatter behind the truth of the pardoning by the convicted felon, now at the head of this government. Worse is the example he sets as this amoral felon and sexual pervert now draws the unfortunately rather legal conclusion that he can do anything he wants, claim it an official act and get away with it all. Thank you, corrupt Supreme Court! This is all that we have wrought This is all that we will come to regret. I truly do not know how much value that regret will provide. Nor if there will in fact be any regret.
The truth is ugly. No amount of plastic surgery will be able to disguise that ugliness. It is deep within the bone, the marrow of this society of this corrupt, withering American society. Free passes will be allotted to those who embrace violence and moral turpitude. Who will embrace all the tropes and memes of hate and bigotry. Project 2025 and the rather obscene Project Esther of the Heritage Foundation lays it all out. It embraces the trusted old tactic of blaming the victim for the sins perpetrated upon it. Read the following and weep as the truth is revealed, - the underlying ugliness open to the eyes of those who would see.
“We really understood the Jewish perspective, but it was important for me to have all these organizations represented, and quite honestly, if they were doing their job and they were being effective, we wouldn’t have the problem that we have.”
Yuh huh! The ugliness barely beneath the surface. For women, there is more. We are to submit to the masters of the world. Certainly, the masters of our household. Glass ceilings disappear, as women disappear as well, staying home to breed and cook. Is this truly what the average American wants? Is this what women will submit to as we are handed red cloaks and white bonnets? Is this what the men of this world wish for their daughters, for their mothers, for their sisters? I hope not. I pray not.
We can expect further deeper divisions and separation of society into opposing forces, revenge and retribution will be the guiding principles. The name of the game. Federal employees will be asked to swear loyalty, not to the nation, but to Trump. Refusal to do so will mean unemployment.
Corruption and incompetence will be rampant. A recent political cartoon from Pepper ... and Salt aptly presents this truth to us. One man is telling the other of the path to success. It is reached through careful planning and follow through, hard work, - and who you know. To whom do your knees bend and your inner soul cede its humanity?
America is on the path to become a bizarre interpretation of its once and former self. The next two years at a minimum will be an attack upon democracy. Frankly, I am not sure how or if we can actually withstand this attack. We have a president who demands the ability to name people to positions without any kind of a vote. He demands that the GOP dominated Houses of Congress submit to his every demand, to remain unquestioned, and unchallenged. No resistance.
The result is a very perverted America. A mockery of what it is supposed to be. John Mccain once said words to the effect that when we think the tunnel is at its darkest and we peer ahead for some sign of light, the tunnel actually then turns pitch black. A harsh picture of a very possible future.
Then the final coup d'état. The appointment of Rubio as Secretary of State. The pretty face of an empty head of an obedient servant to Master Trump. The top of the heap of a pile of useless administrative personnel who will have not one word of restraint re the excesses of Trump. We know there will be excesses. We have all read his words. We have all heard his words. His design for revenge and retribution. Pardoning of the evil, including himself, and his planned imprisonment of those who oppose.
We can anticipate. a flowering of fascist ideas. It is already in one state which provides a template for this process. Florida champions censorship of books, of ideas and thoughts. The rights of an American are abrogated almost daily, observed more in the breach than in the keep. Church and state will be enmeshed, much to the detriment of any who do not fall within the religion of the state.
Where are we going? What path have we chosen? Is that choice immutable? Is there any possibility of a return to sanity and morality, to humanity? Is there a point of no return? Have we or will we reach that point. Where are we going? In what manner would it affect the world at large? I am unwanted in this country and what will be of my other country, the land of my people? Thunderstorms and hurricanes of condemnation rain down upon Israel as it fights for its life on multiple fronts. There is a rising call of Hate, to ensure the demise of the Jewish nation as the arms and ammunition necessary to defend itself are facing recall and denial.
Where are the truths? Who began this war? The slaughter and barbarity. Who now wishes to pick and choose the consequences upon itself. Who were those who stood and cheered and celebrated that bloodshed and jeered the captives, tortured them and killed them? Why are those truths so blatant yet so visibly ignored and discounted.
Will the world ramp up this vicious campaign of JewHatred? Will they emulate and more all that has gone before? Those moronic pathetic self-denying Jews will find their efforts in vain. Hate conquers all and safety is nonexistent. They worship false idols and will pay the price.
People are tired, exhausted physically and emotionally. Unfortunately, now is the time when we need to dig deep, deep and find more strength and more determination, to fight the wrong, the evil, to shed light upon this darkness and return sanity to the world. Time to stop the hate. Time to stop the violence. Time to remember, to understand, to know that hatred and violence have no end. They will always seek out fresh food and care not who stands in its way. These are the truths and realities of life and the dangerous changes we have wrought upon the face of this earth.
Time goes by quickly and there's no time to waste. There's no time to rest. Dredge deep and find that which is necessary to protect us and our children. To keep America and Israel and democracy safe.
To fix the world.
Our chickens have indeed come home to roost. We have hired the foxes to guard the hens, and then wonder where they have gone. We purport to support one thing and then turn on it in actuality. We wished, and indeed, got what we wished for - and more.
Life. Life. What have we done?
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