..that suck
Where does a person start? I was pretty much in a foul mood
before this weekend started and wow, talk about life putting so much into and
normally I would say perspective, but I am to the point where I do not know
where perspective is right now. So where is everything being put. Well hell in
a handbasket again comes to mind.
I was going to write about Gov. Pence being chosen the
presumptive VP and I will get to this in a moment.
First though I am glad I am not a citizen of Turkey.
Normally this isn’t a country that is on my radar much, but from what I understood
before Friday President Erdogan was consolidating power and certain freedoms
such as speech, dissent, and the press were starting to disappear. Now I am never in favor of a military coup
even if it is ostensibly to bring back democratic processes as long as the
country is still electing the political leaders. Yet one has to wonder were
they ahead of the game or just another set of despots? Either way or no matter
which side won (apparently Erdogan) the average citizen is going to be losing
their political and general rights going forward. I think the general consensus
his he will use this as an excuse to clamp down on any and all opposition. Of course any military dictatorship would be
doing the same thing. Just not a great time for the average Joe in Turkey.
And then this morning more police shootings. And in Baton Rouge
of all places. Now do we know if this was a targeted attack on police officers
I do not know. Honestly I have been so busy this afternoon I haven’t seen a
news update since around 3. I definitely do not want to jump to conclusions and
the last reports I saw were people trying not to jump to conclusions. Could this be a real attack? That is one
horror we will have to deal with; or is this like Dallas where a person with
some serious issues uses the racial issues to relieve the inner demons
tormenting their brain? First of all, there is still much to learn about the Dallas
situation and we are over a week past the original night. And then there were
some reports what happened in Baton Rouge was the police being called to a
developing situation. I think those reports are incorrect, however, I am not
100% sure. Last I heard though they were determining it was just one person.
And on a side note and especially since this may have been
one gunman with an unclear motive and going back to the Dallas situation. We
have got to do more for mental illness in this country. I do not know if it is
me, yet we study everything on and off this planet, but the one biological function
on this planet that is the most complex we just don’t seem to study enough. In
fact, it is the brain that studies everything except well itself. I do know
there are scientists and physicians that do study the brain, yet there is more
going on in our heads that we have yet to even begin to understand. So again
why aren’t we addressing mental illness more in this country? And that is not a
rhetorical question.
And so we gather together, pray for and console the families
and the survivors and our wondrous leaders speak and say wonderful words and we
are back to square one. This could all happen again tomorrow.
And now I come to a point I want to make, yet doing so I
give away something I want to use in my next installment of the story I keep
trying to write. So here goes the general statement, there is a danger when a
government that is supposed to be self-governing by the people become
disenfranchised by their own inaction and allow a small set of people that have
only their concerns take over the general wellbeing of said government.
Obviously I am talking about the infamous 1% and our little angst and
suspicions that they buy off Congress for their own good. When the people
relinquish their responsibility to others then we end up with what we have
today. A very disjointed country with hatreds, prejudices, an ugly history all
rearing its head and all off it against ourselves. It does no one any good for
racial strife to continue in this country, yet it continues fed by ignorance and
hate. And when the leadership is so inclined to pay attention only to the
people paying attention to them, the needs of the people are forgotten.(and
people mention this all the time and it still continues) Yes, many politicians
will say we need action, yet it is their inaction over decades, their lack of
leadership to move the country forward instead of being self-serving that is
partly responsible for the downward cycle into this morass we see now. And yes
it is our responsibility, too;, for not speaking up earlier against the
continuation of the past and like I mentioned before us relinquishing our
responsibilities and letting others have their way, we cannot complain. We are
forced to act now, but we cannot complain. If we want to continue to be a self-governing
people we need to start taking back our country.
And on another secondary note, I will be starting off my
next installment with a quote. I will challenge you on this quote. I want to
you to figure who said this and when. I will have to leave a few words out
through the couple of sentences involved so as not to tip off the time frame
too easily. I hope you read and research the quote. It will be interesting to
note what was said and when and how it applies to today’s world. There will be
more than what I quote that will not be directly discussed, but hopefully comes
out in the story. The quote is not directly related to the story. It is only a
partial relationship. And I am keeping to my word and only working on the story
when I actually sit down to write. I just ran across this piece while reading
the other night and thought it might fit. The actual story will move directly
from the last post.
And back to why I originally became in a foul mood. Okay
wait stop, also as part of my driving around today I saw a very horrible
accident. I am trying to type my Pence thoughts so I didn’t see the ten o’clock
news so I do not know if it was reported, but it was definitely an unsettling
sight. Again if you are going to pray
for the people shot by the police and their families, the police and their
families in Dallas and Baton Rouge and for the forgiveness of the souls of the
two men who created the two tragedies, please add whoever was in this accident.
There was a completely burnt car draped over the median wall of the highway, a
light pole knocked over and some other vehicles on the other side of the
highway I could not see over the median wall. All in all it was a horrible day
for these families also.
And as you know I am outright against Mr. Trump and Ms.
Clinton being President of our fair country. I, as many of you, feel we just do
not have a valid choice for leadership amongst the two. I have expressed here
and on the message boards of the internet news sights my displeasure with this
choice. We are not choosing the lesser of two evils with this election we are
choosing the horror of the results of giving up our country. How can anyone
honestly feel Mr. Trump can act rationally based on what we have seen in the
primaries? How can anyone flat out believe anything Ms. Clinton says at any
given point? They are both narcissistic egoistic people who only want to be
President so they can be President. Let’s not get into the seriously flawed
what pretends to be platform either one of them is espousing, just who they are
is crazy. We are about to elect by popular vote someone who gets votes based on
who the majority of this country decides which opponent they hate more. Really
folks this is how it is shaking out.
Anyway you know my feelings there, sorry to bore you with
them again. Like I said I am in a foul mood. And so you ask, why are you upset
about the Pence choice? Well maybe you didn’t ask, but what the heck I am going
to answer anyway. Yep I am in a foul mood.
So Mr. Trump capitulates a bit and chooses someone who seems
a compromise candidate to the hard right Republican base. Is he giving in? Is
he showing he can work with people? I really don’t care. What happens now is
the possibility of a brokered convention is weakened. And yes I wanted a fight
on the convention floor so to speak. Now we have to be careful, I am not
talking about real violence, but a good hard core political fight. Lots of
votes, lots of accusations, lots of finger pointing and a result that leaves
Trump out of the race or at the very least a split party where only his hard
core base is left supporting him. Anyway somehow some way we get back to even
though I detest the thought of what is called a lesser or two evil choice type
candidate as the Republican nominee.
Does this mean I want it to get so crazy that it lets Ms.
Clinton get handed the election? NO! I want the Democrats to look at how bad of
a choice Ms. Clinton is and that enough delegates take a good hard look at the
Republican convention and decide that doing the right thing is the right thing
and blow that convention up (metaphorically speaking of course) sheesh got to
be careful in today’s environment, but I do want to say how strong of an action
I would like to see. And it gets crazy, lots of floor votes, lots of political
infighting and the Democrats produce a detestable, but salvageable lesser of
two evils choice.
And as you know I hate the lesser of two evil choices, I
feel us choosing this route is one of the reasons we arrived at where we are
today politically, but hopefully this time we can slow down the ship before it
falls off the cliff to maybe buy us the time to actually learn something from
this year and do something better in 2020.
By choosing Pence the hope of last minute rationality
creeping into both conventions is now weakened and we are now stuck with horror
being elected President of this country in November. I did see one article
today that mentioned how it may be still possible, still far fetched, but
possible that a third party candidate could get on the ballet. Two problems,
still no one anyone wants to vote FOR has materialized and two there would have
to be much court action to override some of the State deadlines for getting on
the ballet. If only, if only, if only………….
Well enough said, it is late, this has gone long and I always
want to be positive and nothing about these past 72 hours even portends to be
positive. And I didn’t even talk about Nice in France. WOW.
Long live the Constitution, the Constitution is dying. Please let this be a nightmare from which I
can wake!
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