Many folks in America are becoming outraged, or worse, because of the actions of the various “leaders” in our political system, but especially the republicans. The list of corrupt, or ignorant politicos is long and seems to grow daily. Kevin McCarthy was near the top of the idiot-list, until bigger idiots decided to toss him aside. Gaetz, McConnell, Green, Boebert, Hawley, Jordan, the list goes on and on and grows daily. Their latest faux pas was tossing McCarthy aside after it took them 15 tries to elevate him to the Speaker position. Oddly, although they all seem to want to be elevated to high political positions within Congress, they don’t seem to have anything they want to do, in the way of legislative actions that might benefit the American people.
Ever since Trump was tossed aside by the American people,
republicans seem to be diving into some canyon of darkness, in which they are
either to just die, or to vote on some bill that will help to destroy the lives
of ordinary Americans. And every time Biden does something to benefit America,
the republicans become catatonic.
And the reporting on all this chaos keeps pointing out the
foibles of various pseudoleaders within the party, or the latest corrupt
actions by that dude, The Donald of Trumpland. But I do not see much in the way of reporting
on the people of America. We seem not to
want to recognize the role of ordinary Americans in elevating the idiot-malenfants
of our country into positions in which they can bring chaos into our lives.
The very fact that, after all he has said and done, there
remain Americans who still support Donald Trump and . . . . and, wish to
re-elevate him into that position called President of the United States, is to
me both amazing and sad. We have begun to talk about the final destruction of
that American dream, our Nation. That we
seem headed into a canyon of despair seems obvious. But we need to stop blaming
simply our corrupt, inept leaders. That the American people, having heard everything
The Donald is and does, still want him as President, tells me more about our
people than perhaps I ever wanted to know.
It is now the case that, were I 30, or maybe even 40, I would be
searching the globe for some other Nation to which I might migrate. I think I
now understand fully why so many people, including my own grandparents, decided
that their own countries were inadequate and so they had to leave for another
Land . . . in this case America, the
America of the 19th century.
But that America has now slipped away. It is a Land no
longer in existence. America has become some other failed state. I keep
thinking we are in some version of 1930s Germany. The Germans surely knew who
Hitler was, but they elevated him anyway. Nazi Germany wasn’t created by some
gods up in heaven. It was created by the German people, and just as surely, the
American people are busily creating this America of TrumpLand, a place where
corruption, ineptitude, and immorality flourish. Yes, I know it is not all
Americans, but there are enough of them, and enough who vote, that they are
elevating the criminal segment of our society into positions whereby they can
lead our Nation. Maybe the good folks of
America, and there are still good folks, cannot be bothered to go to the polls
and vote—too much trouble. And so those folks are being blessed with criminal
leaders.
So, you may blame Donald Trump and his minions all you wish
for the increasing mess in which we find ourselves. But the major blame must be laid right at the
feet of the American people who, knowing exactly who Donald is, continue to
applaud him and his gang of thieves. If America falters and finally converts
into some Land of ne’er-do-wells, it will be the American people who created
that disaster.
So, America, unless you wish to destroy America, get off your
asses, vote out the idiot-malenfants, and allow decency back into our Land. Only then can you look again at that Lady Liberty in the Harbor of New York and feel blessed to be an American.
