While reading articles in multiple news mediums, and watching activity on television ( the public broadcasting venues of the House and Senate), it has become apparent that our political class is simply bonkers, and far, far, too many of these supposed “Honorable Representatives or Senators” are most assuredly not honorable at all. In fact a significant number of House and Senate members were involved in public television and print interviews/statements, where they simply lied through their teeth. For instance, one from Minnesota had the unmitigated gall to make the statement that women (through abortion and pornography) were responsible for domestic violence. Sure, let’s blame the victims of the vast majority of domestic violence incidents. Those poor old guys were getting blamed and harassed in public venues when all the while it was the WOMAN who was the perpetrator. Sure, let’s go with that load of bull shit.
Frankly folks, this old curmudgeon is getting damn sick of these people who spent untold amounts of dollars getting the voting public conned into voting them into public office, and then went back on every damn thing they said to get elected. Or those supposed honorable Justices of our United States Supreme Court, who lied their asses off to the Congressional Senate to get their lifetime appointments and then turned around and did exactly what they told those Senators that they wouldn’t do. See where this is going? Time we, the people, stopped letting this crap go by and start making noise to the press, the news media, and the political organizations that we are going to stop letting these scum bag liars continue to screw our nation and the working women and men with their bribery generated legislation and their public actions. Time for us, the USA Citizenry to stop being the chump as these political asshats truly believe, and start taking the reins of government back into the hands of the people.
A few weeks ago, this old curmudgeon started making noise with all those PAC and other electoral money generators, basically telling them that my donations are ending until I see them and their candidate beneficiaries actually listening and heeding the words of the voting public, not just during the election cycle but in actual political official practice.
One group that I used to donate to with each of their plea communications, no longer gets my money, because they say one thing and then do something almost 180 degrees away from that. I have also informed the other fund raisers and political candidates of my intent to take a far more active part in their political stances and through my multiple online and social media presences intend to make known their lack of integrity when and where it appears. I am tired of watching these people, who pull down six figure salaries, with extraordinarily generous benefit plans, playing the political bullshit games.
I am further incensed at the actions of the former Republican Party, which in my humble (or not so humble) opinion, has morphed into the new Trumpism Republican Fascist Party and is more of a cult than a political organization. I see them aligning themselves with the pretend religious folks into a true ChristoFascist gathering intent on destroying the very democracy that I and millions of other men and women pledged to defend when we put on that military uniform and took that oath. I see examples ever single day of the perfidy by the right wing Republican US House and Senate, the several states legislative persons, and the governor/administrative offices moving inexorably toward replacing our individual rights democracy with an autocratic/fascist/theocratic dictatorship.
During my earlier career path, I spent several years working and living in the Middle Eastern countries where theocratic rules govern the lives of the people. Some of these nations pretend to be supportive of their peoples, but in truth, with daily exposure to the reality, those nations care nothing for the rights of their people, nor to they care for the welfare of those citizens. In fact, the difference in class of the people who live in these countries is startling for those of us living in western nations. The poor in these countries are abjectly poor, many living truly from hand to mouth and all of those people (not the powerful, the royalty or the religious leaders) but the regular day to day people are subject to the most horrendous laws and societal regimes. This is what I observed during several years of living abroad working for various international corporations. Sadly, I can see glimmerings of this type of autocratic/theological focus coming from a growing number of our political folks and the Trump-Republican Supreme Court Justices, hewing to the new Republican ideologies.
And believe this, those new ideologies are not beneficial to the working people of this nation!
Just today, I read articles of interview comments by several Republican politicians that sent a chill down my spine. Their comment focus was a prelude to outright theocratic rule. The constant damning of those who did not ascribe to their brand of religion and the lies propounded by these people SWEARING that they are quoting scriptures, is simply frightening for someone like this old man whose early life growing up from childhood, through teen years and into my early adulthood in the US Air Force. My entire life has been one of focus on the ideals of diversity, inclusion, equal opportunity and individual rights, and ensuring that our United States was viewed as a beacon of hope and trust. Sadly that reputation has been sullied far too much over the past few years.
So, here’s my commitment to this old country of mine and the people who are the working folks that caused our greatness, as long as there is breath in my lungs, and this old heart keeps beating, as long as my brain continues to function and my entire being continues to believe in humankind, I will keep beating the drum and shouting out to my fellow humans, take back the reins of politics, make the political representatives you elect, listen and act upon the demands of the people, not corporations and not the uber wealthy.
Time for the Congress to grow a pair, stand up to the corporations and the wealthy who generate influence through their pocketbooks that does harm to the people of the USA, and rather than pass legislation that benefits the country and its people, focuses on the bribery laden class of anti American men and women who damage our nation, our people and our country’s image in the World.
I will be generating a couple of advocacy web sites over the coming weeks that will focus on specific actions that our government should be considering and our people should be taking a stand on. And as long as this old man continues to breathe and stand upright, he will speak out and hope that somewhere, somehow, someone actually hears my words/my pleas and helps move this country away from ChristoFascist Authoritarian dictates and returns to a democracy focused, individual rights supportive land of opportunity, hope, and progress.
Musings of a Geriatric Curmudgeon 