I had prepared, for this Memorial Day, a long blog about the memories of my youth, pertaining to a produce truck, water ice truck and amusement ride truck from our old West Philadelphia neighborhood. It was in fact 95% typed when I decided to scrap it. Instead I’ll use this time alienating the few remaining readers of this blog who are still choosing to support this president and the Republican party.
Wake up and get your heads out of your asses! Was that subtle enough?
Is greed, bigotry and power THAT important to you? It has almost reached the point of farce. To even try and be fair and unbiased is an unattainable act.
In history, you’e going to go down with the ignorant German population, who toured the death camps at the end of the World War II, claiming they were horrified by what had happened and that they had, “No idea” of what was going on. This is happening right in front of you, but you choose to have a one channel cable system that is limited to Fox News, and shut out the rest of the world, living in your own cocoon.
This is the stuff that science fiction movies are made of. The kind of thing, when we turn it off, we are dazed, but thankful that it could never happen in real life. And here, happening in real life. You have a maniac, and that is putting it very lightly, in charge of an entire nation. Wait, we had that before, right? Maniacs in charge. Hitler, Mussolini, Amin, Hussein. How many of them were proven right? What, because this guy does it in a suit and frozen hair we’re supposed to feel better about it? The biggest problem is not what has already happened or what is happening right now. It is what’s to come.
This is a man who tricked his way out of serving his country. So, a coward. A man who stepped over others to attain wealth, and then bankrupted many of his businesses. A philanderer, who has admitted to having multiple affairs and, “doing with women whatever he wanted to” because of his status. A man who belittles the poor, the ravaged, the weak. ANYONE who supports this man should simply be ashamed of themselves. And you know what, in private, they probably are. They are the same people lining the pews on Sundays, singing hymns and hoping if there is a mythical being out there somewhere, they’re really not paying attention to all of the little details.
Forget about Right and Left. Focus on right and wrong. If you can’t see the difference through you distorted glasses, then take them off, throw them on the ground and smash them. Imagine your (imaginary) Judgment Day, trying to explain the reasons you supported this chaos. I wish you all luck with that, I really do.
Wait, I don’t, to think of it. The rest of us living here in the real world have enough to deal with, worrying about poverty, employment, poor medical insurance, and being the laughing stock of the entire world. You and your eternity are on your own.
The world is crumbling around us and we have to deal with the NFL instituting rules about players standing for the National Anthem? What a joke. Hey NFL, go bleep yourself. You, like your silent boss, cares about one thing and one thing alone, money. You only step up when it affects your bottom line. If the Republicans thought a Democrat would be elected and save them 9% more on their taxes they’d elect that person in a second. They serve three masters. Power. Greed. Money. They talk about religion when they have no souls.
How much of that extra cash are YOU planning to line your casket with when you die?
During the second term of George W Bush’s presidency I refused to stand for the National Anthem, in protest. For four years…and that probably consisted of several dozen anthems. I will NEVER stand for the anthem while the Commander in Creep is in office. This country’s anthem means NOTHNG that someone like that sits behind a desk in the oval office. I hope the players with integrity in the NFL and every other sport continue to protest, and tell the owners and this president to, “Go to Hell” (which, is inevitable, right?”)
Maybe this is too direct and strongly worded for Memorial Day? Just the opposite. If you have even a few minutes today, watch some of the Ken Burns mini-series, “The War” today, about World War II. Watch what this country, and it’s fighting men and women went through to achieve freedom for the entire world. And then, ask yourself whether this remains an important issue. What is happening now shatters the memory of those people sacrificed. When I imagine, if they knew what was happening in a world they fought to save so many years ago, it brings tears to my eyes.
Break down your thinking to a basic decision. What is right and what is wrong. No explanations and nothing else. Right. Wrong. Which side are you on and what side do you want to align yourself with, for eternity?
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