A few quick things

Well Mr. Trump is still going strong, and if that is what it is right now, then that is the way it is right now.

I worry though of how much his support is based on reactionary politics. The market temporarily crashes and he starts tweeting out this is China’s fault. And in some ways he is correct, but it is much deeper than the reasoning he is using. He is using this situation to ramp up the base he has built, but it is all coming from his use of people’s anger to his advantage. And I hope people start to realize how scary of a proposition this can be.

It is one thing to run for office based on your beliefs or because you feel you can actually make a difference, it is quite another to rely on people’s anger and hatreds for your support. Mr. Trump feeding off of this works for him now, but what good is it for our country.

I rail against the right wing, the left wing, both major parties, and even try to tap into people’s angst with our current government to try and find some common ground with people to evoke some change. Change can be positive and I am hoping beyond hope it seems to find some way to motivate people to look at other alternatives or to create other alternatives for the betterment of our country. To watch Mr. Trump galvanize support with reactionary comments and especially the amount of support he is currently receiving scares me no end.
So I beg you dear reader to monitor this with great attention. It is when we ignore or discount what he is doing and saying that we can wake up one day with a much greater monster than we ever dreamed running the show. And if you are saying I am exaggerating or this is all much ado about nothing, then you need to stop right now and reconsider. This is exactly how we lose what is valuable to us. Look around, there is much to heed in our country and hoping Mr. Trump and some of what he represents or who is representing will go away at some point is exactly how the epitaph is written on democracy.

The anger and fear in our country is growing. It is a disease, a cancer that will eat us from within. Only the majority of people truly understanding the depth of the infection will we be able to keep us alive. If the majority does not understand what is brewing real close to the surface then when it boils over it may be too late to cure.



Too many shootings in the news. Two today. This is another cancer on our society that needs to be addressed. Do you think someone like Mr. Trump or quite frankly any of the declared candidates has an answer to what is happening to us? This is not about gun control. What is going on is another much deeper problem. The use of guns is a symptom to a much larger problem that cannot be cured by removing the symptom. It sounds nice to say we should control guns, and in some cases it might make a difference in a situation or two, however, overall we really need to look at identifying problems long before they get to the use of guns. At some point someone has to know something is going on with another person or are we becoming that disconnected with each other.

And with all this said, we cannot rely on superman or the avengers to save us. It is up to us. Everything we face in our country, our world, can be addressed, but we must take ownership. We must decide to rely on ourselves. We do not have to do everything, but we cannot sit on our hands and expect someone else to solve problems. I am always open to discussing this further, yet I know no one wants to hear from some old fart what they need to do. Just in case though I am open to much discussion on what we can do.

It would be more fun to talk about our favorite sports team and I will, yet we also must include in our discussions what is important for us to have in society and culture that allows us to think, criticize, express, and enjoy who we are as a people. It is our right and our duty to give a $%&!