Sunday, March 18, 2018

Madness begets madness..or is it just another Monday


First, I would like to remember Dr. Hawkins. He was a remarkable individual and not enough is being said about him as a person or what he accomplished in science. He needs to be held up higher to young people as an example of overcoming obstacles and still thriving. Headlines are not enough and there aren’t even enough of those. We need to dedicate much time in the media to him. He is a man all of us can be proud.

Okay before we start discussing the madness; there is better madness going on and quite frankly my bracket is busted so I am crazy for all the upsets. I support each and every team that is lower seeded in a game. Too bad Buffalo lost, yet there are many other upsets to cheer and as I write this UMBC is playing Kansas State close. Hopefully we will have a 16 seed in the sweet 16. I do hope to finish this and post this before the game ends so no update forthcoming.

I wrote last week that the Trump administration is unfixable, yet he seems to find ways to make things worse overnight. It is impossible not to run to a newspaper or click on internet news each morning worrying about what madness is staring you in the face. You think how can it get worse? Somehow Trump finds a way not too disappoint and I wish he would. This country needs a break from what is happening to us. The pro Trump anti Trump verbiage is picking up heinously and civility has been lost completely. Can we find some people in this country to step up to the task of bringing rational discourse to our body politic? I say that knowing historically we have had moments of some pretty ugly fights before, yet this isn’t ugly; this isn’t name calling; this is pure hate being spouted on both sides of the fight with no real end in sight. Our forefathers are more than rolling over in their graves.

At some point Trump is going to be found innocent or not. Quite frankly if he is innocent, he is an idiot. Someone on his side needs to take away his twitter and any microphones until the investigation has run its course. Everything he says and does screams he is guilty of something. Guilty of what and how much some are waiting to see, but his words and actions are of a man who is backed up in a corner with no where to go. So, if he is innocent, he needs to shut up because he is hurting his own cause and destroying the effort of our country to go forward post this debacle.

If he is not innocent, then all hades is going to break loose. His alt right supporters are not going to believe anything he can be charged and will work to destroy any efforts to bring him to justice. The amount of hate coming from the people who think he is guilty will only add fuel to a fire that will burn very bright.

And Putin wins. He wants us to self-destruct. If we self-destruct, Europe has no chance against him with the new nuclear weapons he is building and possible nerve agents they say they don’t have being unleashed on civilian populations. What is left of the world Putin will try to consolidate under him. China won’t care if Europe and we are gone. They will be completely absorbed with Russia on their northern border to care about what happens to us. He can destroy OPEC’s oil output and produce all he wants.

From the paranoid posts: For those thinking Mueller will find collusion, forget about it.  Putin never told Trump run and I will help you. This started before 2014. Putin had his oligarch buddies telling Trump how great he is and how great of a President he would make. He has been planting this bug in Trump’s ear for a long time. Putin doesn’t care about Trump being President, he just wanted Trump’s madness thrown into our political discourse, so we would self-destruct. Trump winning is a bonus for Putin. He knew if Trump lost he would still be sowing the seeds of discourse by just who Trump is as a person. And since Trump has raised up all sorts of racist and alt right groups in the background this is all the better for Putin. Putin probably supports in the background these groups along with the troll farms he created or had someone create for him.

Trump keeps talking about a deep state against him. What I have noticed is when Trump accuses someone of something, he is usually hiding that about himself. I worry that there is a deep state, yet one that is heavily armed and is in some areas of government that supports Trump, not because they like him, but because they can destroy democracy and run this country themselves as a plutocracy or dictatorship where they benefit at the cost of most Americans.  My question: are the economic oligarchs of our country in it with Trump or will they have to decide when they realize Trump is solo and will try to overcome them all? Any thoughts Mr. Tillerson? Mr. Dimon? Mr. Cohn? In some ways that might be our best hope. The Democrats/liberals still do not understand Putin as much as they think they do and as I said before they are clueless when it comes to public policy. We cannot afford them, yet we cannot afford them losing the 2018 midterms if Trump is guilty. Anyone read Catch 22?; because you know …. Sheesh!

Heck I worry just writing in this blog and as an American, I shouldn’t.  Anyway, let’s hope I am wrong, cheer for the underdog through the Final Four.  

Have a wonderful week


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