When sane men fear dark future.

Hi all. I’ve written and rewritten this post 4 times now. I’m worried. See, drumpf has been in office for 3-months now. About 6.25% of his allotted 4-years time. I know, seems a lot longer, right? In this short time he has threatened to invade a sovereign ally nation because he wants it, has abused and offended our neighbor nation and greatest ally, has gone on to abuse and spark a trade war with not only our allies but the entire world excepting our historic adversary – who he seems quite beholden to, has crashed the economy, stripped the efficacy of our government, deported people without due process into a concentration camp, given access to the very interior of our government to an unelected and unrestrained biased contractor, shown no regard for the rule of law going so far as to defy the Supreme Court rulings, and good night I don’t know how much else. Or better question: how much does it take? Ironically, his outright theft of millions of dollars funneled into his golf course has been the least damaging thing he has done.

Over this presidency, and as heartbreaking as it is, over this last 8 years or more really, I’ve come to find that my first question in any political discussion has to be: Are you capable of thinking logically and rationally about what we discuss? Because, if you are not, if you are going to throw out empty sentences and refuse to have any ability to stay on topic, then I am not wasting my time any further with this. In fairness, people who have invested so much of themselves and their 401k into this man are desperate for him to be not only right but to be the ubermensch that he tells us he is. It’s debilitating to realize he is simply a conman and any indication that he is is met with defensive anger and even violence.

I’m going on vacation soon so will be away from blogging anything, but I have a back log of stuff that I want to make available to you. I’m going to schedule it out so it doesn’t become too much at once. But, I’m worried. Like a big rodent eating away at the foundations of our nation, we hear the creaking and groaning of a weakening structure yet we allow him to remain. Does the house need to collapse before we acknowledge we have a rat problem?

I’m doing ok…

Hello Everyone. I saw this vid come up and wanted to share it with you. This song reminds us that sometimes things are hard, but we are going to be alright. It also reminds us that there are people around us going through hard times, too. I thought it put out a great message, great music, and from a great group that doesn’t use any instruments – Home Free uses only those beats and sounds that can be produced by mouth. They have great harmony.

Here is their youtube link, if you are interested in more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTFuNYrqAcsmSjgqYMvxOqw

hugs.

randy

A tear yet to be shed

In the time since the first European man stepped foot on the soil of these shores, we have done the cringeworthy all too often, but now and again we do that which allows us to still stand tall. My father’s Uncle Dutch went to fight in WW2 and brought back pictures of the horrors of the concentration camps. We stopped that! We stood against the Fascist Nazi. And we should be proud of that.

I am sure that there were people then who believed the Jews, Gypsy’s and Gays were criminals deserving of their internment in concentration camps. I’m sure there were some who believed that Jews had no right to live in Germany. I’m sure that there some who believed that Gypsy’s were inherently criminal, whether they had a criminal record or not. I’m sure that there were some who convinced themselves that anyone who was gay was deserving of all abuse. I’m sure there were some. And, unfortunately, too many others went along with it.

Just like these German men, we will one day be forced to come face to face with what we have done, what we have allowed, because some charismatic charlatan said we should.

It’s a sad day, America.

Hugs.

A bit of the surreal when things are all too real

I really enjoy reading Sci-Fi and Fantasy books. I took a try at writing a story in that genre one time and found it really difficult to manage the imagery. Some favorite series: The Spellmonger by Terry Mancour. The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Do you have a favorite?

I hope you find something here that brings you peace and wonder. A Special Thanks at the end. Hugs.

That first pic made me miss my friend. Had to include this one.

This man deserves the greatest of accolades. He is inspiring, worthy of emulating, and a true national treasure. Thank you Mr. LeVar Burton for Reading Rainbow!!

Be Cool

Some affirmations for all of us. May these bring you some deep thoughts and real peace.

Fools and Damned Fools

Over the past days, our nation, the world even, has been swept through the raging tides of a thief. It was not enough to give tax breaks to the rich, it was not enough to devastate the safety net of the poor, it was now to be the middle class upon the chopping block. And, fools that they were, they rooted him on as he decimated their retirement, made their groceries more expensive, and created a tax on every product they would purchase.

Perhaps I’m “too strong in my opinion”? Perhaps I’m “being unfair to a great patriotic American who only wants to secure a great future for our nation”? Ok, let me ask you who, like me, have invested all that you can into your 401k: How easily can you move your money around? Can you do it within a week? A couple of days? How quickly does your 401k manager react to emergency move requests? How much would you lose in transaction fees? While every middle class American who has their money locked into investments had little choice but to take it up the ass from this particular ass clown’s fuckery with the world economy, his friends and colleague’s pulled some mad money out of their lobbyist bribe fund and made a fortune.

I look forward to the moment the damned fools that voted for this man look deep into their mirror and realize that while he tanked their 401k’s (interestingly every damn republican administration has and twice now on this one), everyone with an ability to move large amounts of money around raped huge rewards.