Understand America

 I am having trouble understanding Official America – our Government—at this moment. Trump seems to be threatening Iran with War, yet to my knowledge, he has not even consulted, no less asked permission from Congress. He seems to say or do whatever he pleases, without ever consulting with anyone.  And it makes me wonder, what kind of country do we now inhabit? Is this Iran . . . Russia . . . 1936 Germany??

Trump seems never to seek or pay any attention to guidance. And no one ever says anything. Trump lies . . . all the time . . . about almost everything, and nobody ever holds him to account.  Dems say, “Oh he’s lying”, but Repubs dismiss that as opposition BS.  There seems no longer any actual conversation between the two parties, and now the SCOTUS seems to have given up and lets him do anything he wants.

So, what have we become? Surely we are no longer a constitutional republic. We seem now to be a nation of a dictatorship. I see routinely, signs about impeaching Trump, but then nobody ever does anything or takes even the first step in that direction. And he is only in his second year. Suppose he invades or attacks Iran, maybe like Venezuela.  And then suppose Iran says BS and attacks us back. And then we are at war with Iran, but Trump has never even consulted the Congress.  So, is that OK? So doesn’t that signal that we are no longer a constitutional democracy, but instead a Dictatorship? And nobody would object?

I cannot even imagine Harry Truman, or even Ronald Reagan, getting away with such shit.  And we seem to have slipped down into this hole without even any discussion.  So, Republicans are ok with all his shit? I have lived through Eisenhower, Reagan, two Bushes, not to mention FDR, Clinton, Johnson et al.  None of them even came close to this Dude.  As arrogant as that crowd was, they never crapped on the American people, and pissed all over Congress-(both sides) the way this Dude is doing. It’s like he recognizes no rules. He is stupid, we know. So maybe he is not even aware of how utterly destructive he has been and promises to be in the future.

And that is a serious problem. He may actually be so stupid that he does not understand how awful he is.  Most of the time, I think the Putin’s and Hitler’s of the world understand they are evil, but they act that way anyway, because they are so selfish that they care not about their effects on other folks.  I think Trump may be even more stupid, so stupid in fact, that he is actually unaware of how evil he is. And that could make him worse than Hitler or Putin. He is destructive but doesn’t even realize it.

And that could make him even more dangerous than either of the former twosome.

So, America, maybe you need to pay waaaaay more attention to our leader. Maybe you need to think waaaay more seriously about removing him from office (and ALL of his idiot-malenfant followers) before he actually destroys America altogether. Pay attention America. You are running out of time!

Reinventing Humankind

 OK, so let’s assume that God(dess) invented us all. But then, who invented him/her? So, as I see it, there really is no good answer to such questions. One can always simply reach back to another, “So, who/what invented . . .?” It’s really troublesome, cuz we always want some explanation for the universe.  It goes way beyond, “who in its right mind would have invented Trump?” I mean, something invented Adolph Hitler, right?  And would the same dude who invented Hitler also invent FDR?

Unless . . . yeah, unless.

So, suppose there is a cast of dudes and dudettes up there somewhere. And suppose further, their intent is to amuse themselves.  And so, they invent Jack Benny. But he was minor. The biggies are the Hitlers and FDRs and Trumps of the world. Cuz they are the ones who cause calamitous environs that bring about horror, or amusement, depending on your position. And so, when they play games, shit happens on Earth. Maybe that’s why they invented Trump in the way they did. In any rational world, Trump would have long ago been kicked out of office.  But the Dudes who invented this mess must have decided that it would be way more fun were Trump to continue acting like an idiot, causing everyone to yell a lot, but lacking the means to kick his ass out of office.

It’s kind of amazing really. I have been paying attention to politics in some form since I actually listened to FDR tell us on the radio about Pearl Harbor.  And, no I did not spend my entire lifetime listening to politics on the radio, but I did listen frequently. And it has been amazing really. Remember the Congressional hearings involving Nixon?  And remember those hearings about Cuba, where there did seem a distinct possibility that America and Russia would begin throwing ballistic missiles at one another. And we engineers at Lockheed sat around after work drinking at a pub, discussing whether it would be better to head off to the Sierra’s, or to the coast in order to remain alive.  I assume the Dudes upstairs were laughing out loud. Assuming that were possible.

As I approach the Dying thing, I find myself questioning my life and the why’s of that life, including where it goes from here.  Life has been pretty amazing for me and my family. Mainly, because we managed to travel a lot, to see strange places and record them in our brains.  But now, it’s beginning to close down and I find myself asking why? Why did we do those things and what happens next?

Are the jokesters upstairs still laughing at us, because we are all so terminally stupid? But if we are, why did they invent us to be so stupid?  Just cuz that makes them laugh a lot? So if/when I die, what did they invent for me?  I assume there is no Heaven or Hell.  That they invented us simply to amuse themselves, and that their humankind design is that we simply shut down and there is no more after we crash out of Life. If that is indeed the case, then we really need to rethink our lives. Make believe that someone is watching us, and act accordingly. Makes me wonder. If everyone did that, would we ever elect a Donald Trump?  Hmmm . . . seems unlikely. But then I’m really old and likely warped, so what do I know. Oh well, carry on. Amuse your elders upstairs.