Life will continue on no matter how poisonous we create our climate, no matter how stringent and restrictive we interpret our religion, no matter how hurtful and harmful we dispose of equality and freedom. Life will continue but it will be the quality of our life that will struggle for survival and it will be the enjoyment of our life that will suffer. Some, hiding in the confines of ivory towers, the majestic pools of wealth, the indifference of fair and just, the selfish clothing of mine not yours, will always feel they can afford to look the other way because for the moment they believe they are the majority, the select, the beyond reproach, the chosen few. Some will establish rules always stringent and selective to dash the hopes of the many, but persuading themselves that in doing so they are the acting this way because after all they are the victims. They assume they are brighter, whiter, closer to God, and of course can write the checks to pay and pave their way. In America the Beautiful we have rewarded this club of monied maniacs, stupid lemmings, and hateful humans, by pretending bigotry makes sense, bias is the 11th Commandment, bogus is truth and of course hate is the part of the democratic process.
We hear about laws to dissuade Americans to vote unless they want to vote for the T-publicans. We are told fetus’s are people along with Corporations but once that fetus is born the T-publicans insist thou shalt not spend a dime on them. We are preached to that tax evasion by the poor is a crime worth punishment, but moving your corporate headquarters overseas is American as apple pie, by the same wealthy people playing puppeteers to the T-Publican politicians. We witness T-Publicans standing in front of abortion clinics protesting the value of life and watch as they either dawn white robes, AK-45 assault weapons or the Confederate flag demanding that the children from Central America are vermin, Ebola carriers or future terrorists. We watch as heterosexuals marry, divorce, perform adulterous adventures too numerous to count, marry for status, wealth and not necessarily to provide offspring, but are told by the T-Publican state legislatures that homosexuals are the cause for the destruction of the Institute of Marriage.
Life will continue of course, but what kind of living will we all have to endure? We watch as the T-publican primaries are contests to remove those politicians who are now considered the enemy just because they either called for some kind of compromise, believed that the Constitution is more legal then the Bible or did not demand the president be impeached. Wealthy families who make big bucks on polluting the Earth find T-publican lackeys to dismiss any concerns about the environment. Wealthy families who prefer a feudal system argue that the minimum wage keeps America red, white and blue and changing it will surely bring socialism or communism to our shores. Wealthy families argue that tax breaks for the 1% will make the 99 percent stronger. We watch as these same wealthy families buy and sell our Congress and pull every conceivable string to keep democracy from moving forward.
Life will continue, but in what form? The mid-term elections are closing in on us and much to my disbelief the rumor mill has a potential for the T-Publicans to become the majority in the Senate, and to continue running the House. How in the world have we become a nation of the stupid, the folks who love to shoot themselves in the foot, the fool on the hill? Imagine life continuing in this nation when Sarah Palin, the Koch Brothers, Donald Trump, anyone of FOX News, Ted Cruz or Ann Coulter are the deciders of the life we live?
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