The rest of that line of a popular song of many a year ago, is “Call 911”. Actually, my granddaughter did exactly that because she said she wanted to see what would happen if she actually called 911. As she was a very young child at that point in time, the detectives who showed up wanting to know if somebody had made a call from here, understood that. They spoke very gently to her and dried her tears, reassuring her that she was not going to jail for the call made, as she feared.. Unfortunately, the time for gentle words is long past time as we see our world afire, in so many ways. The world is afire and all we do is stand there, looky-loos - and all we do is watch and add fuel to the fire. Deliberately? Unknowingly? Accidentally?
The answer to those questions are difficult to find. Even more difficult to accept. Should we come to the worst conclusions? Are we that stupid? Dumb to our own actions and the consequences from them, of them? Do we not see what we are doing? Literally and figuratively. Whatever the answer is to that question, it is not good.
If we are doing this unknowingly, why the hell do we not know? If we are doing this deliberately, well, what more can be said about that? If we are doing it accidentally, how is it that all these accidental moments are converging at the same time, burning up this very challenged globe we live upon. There are other questions, unanswerable, for our behavior is both despicable and dangerous to life and limb and to the continued existence of the human race.
For whatever reason, humanity seems to be indulging itself in suicidal manner and intent. The result is a scorched earth policy. We are burning the land behind us. We are burning out our cities and forests. We are burning up the sources of oxygen. We are depleting all that we need to live as even the lowest form of life is threatened. All is consumed as the roaring fires race around the world in a scorched earth policy. Even should we wake up and understand the situation, the eminent peril it poses for us, even accept blame, seriously, is there any effective tool, any manner of thought and action, of realization and acceptance of our reality as is, not as we make it to be, that could stop the conflagrations in its tracks? I am not convinced there is a true possibility of that happening.
So. In literal terms our lands and forests are burning up. We cannot keep up with the fires, and before we can beat one down another flares up. Worse than the other. Our homes, recreational venues in the midst of these forest fires are lost, unfortunately accompanied with the death of civilians and first responders, of the smokejumpers and firemen who combat these flames so powerful they suck the very oxygen from the air. We further compound the disasters and let our anger overcome our common sense as we set our own homes on fire, destroying them. Is there any other creature on earth that will do that as a way in which express their anger or grievances?
We are killing ourselves, and doing it with an apparent relish. Furthermore, we indulge in the invention of new weapons, ugly, significantly more deadly weapons, even converting a child's toy into a dastardly weapon of death and destruction. We kill each other with equanimity, maybe shed a tear or two and then, well, life goes on. But we are not immune from the consequences as they spread to the furthest corners of our lands and take these hostilities into space, under the oceans, to the highest points of the world, the driest deserts. We are touched by them and overwhelmed by them. Why then do we persist in this homicidal and suicidal behavior? Beats me.
Even as we consume, beyond the breaking point, the insensate and the sensate treasures of this world, we breach the borders of sensibility and lose ourselves in a vortex of horror, impossible to escape or avoid. Furthermore, we are not content to leave it at that or even try to remedy the situation. We simply persist in boxing ourselves into corners from which we cannot emerge.
To that we add the sharpest side of our tongues. We use words which cannot be revoked. We use words which hurt and harm more than sticks and stones. These words, these threats, are words which preclude any settlement acceptable and healing enough between enemies and even allies. There is nothing to justify these types of behavior and harm incurred. And yet, on it goes. Over and over and over again. We ignore history. We ignore diplomacy and we place emphasis on the wrong, the selfish, in a brutal selfish quest for ever more wealth and power. Dominion over all.
In the late news of the night a considerable segment was devoted to the question of Dementia and whether it is indeed already well ensconced in the bizarre brain, that which remains, of Donald Trump, unfortunately now sitting in the Oval Office. Shamelessly using that office to sell America. To enhance his family's businesses. To partner with any and all who would partner with him with the motivation to make a deal, no matter how shady, how compromised and compromising it is. All to increase their wealth. Along with the motivation, particularly within Trump to wreak revenge upon those who displeased him, upon those who could with the proper organization and will actually unseat him. So on he slashes and bites and wreaks havoc. All the while we, apparently, have and will continue to allow it. Are we that afraid of the damaged man?
Is Trump demented? For sure. He has been so for a number of years. Yet all who fell for his ugly words of hate and extremities now refuse to acknowledge what they know and continue to excuse his trips, his falls, his misused and misplaced words. His rambling on. His inability to keep to a topic. Or to segue properly in a logical manner from one topic to another. He misnames groups and people. He shouts to the world of how wonderful he is, how deserving he is of all honors and awards. He is crass, a boar and a bore, and a sexual pervert and convicted felon on 34 counts.
Via and due to his dementia, we, the people, are suffering as our government is dismantled. As our foundational basis is under attack. Shattering by the minute. We lose the respect of the world even as we have lost respect for ourselves. Even as he endangers us with his grossly harmful policies and Cabinet and departmental appointees of incompetence, nastiness and sheer stupidity. With their ignorance and incompetence and their clear intentions to endanger the health and welfare of not only Americans, but of the entire world. All to benefit the filthy rich and deepen the poverty and struggles of the middle and lower class economic classes.
Is he demented? For sure. Get him to a neutral doctor. Give him a test, both oral and in writing, in various formats. The same for mental illness such as extreme narcissism. Perform an open, thorough and honest physical exam from top to bottom and tell the true already known, obvious results.
Then due to his egregious violations of sanctity of the nation, and the following, determine that he is unfit for office, for many reasons and unseat him.
Due to clear intent to disobey and shred the Constitution;
Due to clear intentions and actions to incite rebellion and to violently, with bloodshed, murder and rampages through the buildings of the nation, with threats pouring from the toxic, berserk, and bizarre mouths and minds of the crazed mobs of his adherents,
Due to clear intentions to incite the usurpation of legal powers of the legitimate government;
Due to the desire and acts and threats meant to demean, corrupt and cause the legislators to become powerless, paralyzed and unable to carry out their responsibilities;
Due to the clear intentions, via words, actions, and pushed clearly unsuitable, insufficiently knowledgeable and inexperienced appointments, to dismember the Supreme Court, particularly those justices who disagreed with him.
Due to overt acts meant to demean and threaten all who opposed him, including private citizens, public servants, public personas, foreign nations and dignitaries, thusly endangering the world order and the safety of the nation;
Due to the clear and exercised intent to direct the official military of this nation to act, to take arms against civilians of their own nation. Generally because someone in power or position in that civilian entity had displeased Trump and thus was deserving of revenge wreaked upon said 'guilty' person.
Due to the fact that he squanders public funds to benefit himself, as in his birthday parade, the paving of the Rose Garden (Also attributable to his poor taste which is not impeachable.)
Due to his highway robbery of overcharging the government for his trips during which he took huge entourages, housed them in his hotels and overcharged for their keep.
Due to his transparent ostensible government purposed trips where he stayed in his various golf resorts, conducted a bit of official duties, none very strenuous nor demanding of much time. Then conducted his private interviews beneficial to him and his business, but then again, does he not do that now, huckstering his Bibles, his coins, his boots.
Due to his interference with the confidential functioning and papers of the government to which he either had no business or handled grossly incorrectly. Hmmm- on purpose or through innate stupidity?
Due to his interference in almost every single governmental department, His insistence on taking charge of where he has no business, no precedent for being there and interfering. His determination to change history and to ruthlessly suppress, oppress and censor anything displeasing to him and his perverted view of life.
Due to the ruthless butchery of all federal departments, rippling through the nation, destroying the smooth functioning of the government leaving it unable to serve the public, its offices' responsibility.
Is he demented? For sure, and it is time we accepted that, accepted that most of us made a mistake, (though not I), And it is time we stopped refusing to see the truth. Understand where we went wrong. What and how we must correct in order to forestall any more harm being inflicted upon us.
Time to salvage our yesterdays.
Time to redeem what we have left of our todays.
So well past time to save our tomorrows.
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