Standing

Why is it that the ACTION OF doing things seems to be more important than the PURPOSE OF taking that action? Why are the FACADES seemingly more relevant than the actual FOUNDATION of the person? Why is it we must DEFINE an enemy, instead IDENTIFYING our own insecurities? Why must we always ASK a question, instead of providing the ANSWERS.

Does a person wearing a white robe, or a brown shirt, or a T-shirt proclaiming this is a white/christian nation, holding the Confederate Flag with his or her AK-47 standing at attention while the National Anthem is being played a BETTER AMERICAN than someone who has asked the questions of why not freedom and equality for all, who does not want to stand while the National Anthem is being played? Is JUST standing for the National Anthem, all the proof we need to proclaim our love for the Homeland, rather then our efforts to create life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all? 

I stand while the National Anthem is played, I do so because I want to. I am a man who happens to be Gay and Jewish and there are people also standing for the National Anthem who believe that because of who I am, I deserve less freedoms then they do. Because we both stand for the National Anthem, does that make hate/denial of rights/inequality a secondary matter. Here is the thing, when WE ALL SIT down, after the National Anthem, whose America is it?

Love What?

The Dixie Chicks had enough of George W Bush, wrote a song calling him out on his lies and they might have well been living in the 1950’s finding themselves on  Senator McCarthy’s list of Communists; the list that denied artists their freedom of speech and thus their means of earning a living. The Dixie Chicks were banned from radio, they were considered enemies of the state. Colin Kaepernick, Quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, said “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color,” Kaepernick told the NFL after his game against Green Bay. “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” There has been outcry, dismay and his jersey has already been burned in effigy as protest. 

A Civil War had been perpetrated against the United States of America, hostility toward what is now commonly preferred to as our Homeland, a new nation was proposed calling themselves the Confederate States of America. An attack on America but yet, the rebels, anarchists and soldiers of the Confederacy were considered beloved Patriots, serving a valuable historic reminder of what could have made America great. Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy still mourning the loss of Anti-American traitors, believing that the South will rise again, inferring that the current United States has never been a valid nation, all refusing to accept the values of this nation. Many of these individuals, dressed in sheets, using a German insignia on their shirts, recalling the brilliance of keeping the Caucasian Race pure and this a Christian nation, who believe the truest flag to be flown is the Confederate Battle Flag moan and groan that if anyone else does not pledge allegiance or stand for the National Anthem is the real enemy.

“The Confederate flag we’re talking about never flew over an official Confederate building. It was a battle flag. It is to honor Robert E. Lee. And anyone who knows the first thing about military history, knows that there is no greater army that ever took the field than the Confederate Army.”-Ann Coulter/ “Only an idiot opposes the Confederate Flag”-Donald Trump. Hypocrisy, sadly, is a part of the culture of politics, religion, national pride. So who IS THE TRUE AMERICAN? During the protests against the war in Viet Nam shouts of Love it or Leave it were being tossed at anyone against that war. I am so confused by those who look the other way when the Confederate Flag still shines as a beacon of justice, yet demand anyone who is critical of our nations policies is the enemy. What exactly are we loving? 

No Turning Back

We have reached the no turning back part of our current political history. It is no longer about Donald Trump, it NOW is about those who have found strong footing to shout fire while in the theater and not be called out for inciting a riot. It is no longer about the stupid tweets or the dead give-away by Donald when he calls out others for something he has done or is in the middle of doing himself. We know he is a cartoon, the media has helped guide his animation, as well as a gutless GOP, pretending that somehow by not saying Trump by name means they do or don’t support him. Trump has tickled the fancy of a population of people who know holding grudges makes them stronger. Trump has sent a road map to those on the far right of this nation to become the mainstream. Trump understands that words matter as long as those words are spoken in the language of hate. God forbid Trump should win the nomination and become president, but even if he fades into the reruns of reality TV, his impact will not now nor soon be removed.

For those who believe the South never lost the Civil War, who pursue lynching, a little tar and feather, who think Patriotism is raising your right arm in the air and reciting heil, who refuse to take any responsibility for their own unaccomplished lives, who know that Jesus founded this nation and was pissed that the Second Amendment was not listed first; for all of those self anointed protectors of freedom the flood gates have opened. Trump was able to do all of that, as the media, the GOP, and the ill prepared democrats laughed, pretended, and never took his words seriously. Never a reason to take Trump seriously because he is nothing but a facade, BUT hiding on the other side of his faux persona were the cockroaches, rats and slimy vermin waiting to be freed.

I get more frustrated each and every time I read an article whose headlines begin with: This Time Trump Will Go To Jail…His Campaign Will End, or Trump is Doomed. NO, sorry folks, it ain’t happening, cause with all he has lied about, misrepresented, confused and slandered HE would have been jailed, doomed or be gotten rid of already! And the scariest part is that even if Trump himself would exit the race right now, the people who have found the sunlight from the rocks they were living under, WILL still be around. Be afraid very afraid because win or lose, Trump has set hidden land mines, and one by one they WILL explode.

A Brownie

My husband Joe, really likes, I would say loves anything chocolate. He and I have little problem in the area of snacks, or desserts as I am one of the few living Americans not persuaded by the allure of chocolate (except for a Kit Kat Bar), so there is never a quarrel as to who gets to eat the last piece. We were staying at our friends house in P-Town, Joe had just returned from getting another tattoo, and I was running a few errands, when Joe got the cravings for something sweet. Opening the fridge, in our guest house, low and behold, Joe discovered some brownies, and as it was in Alice and Wonderland, as Alice fell through the rabbit hole to find Wonderland, these packages of brownies almost called to Joe saying “Eat Me”. There were three fine looking brownies to choose from, and Joe decided that the dreamiest darkest square would be the most perfect selection, pleasing not only his sweet tooth, but his cravings for wanting something deliciously chocolate RIGHT NOW.

Joe and I had some plans that afternoon, meeting with a good friend and talking about when and if Joe and I would ever give serious consideration in the next many years of moving to the Cape. Plans and the future all positive items to discuss and having a very good friend to discuss them with EVEN BETTER. Joe and I decided this would be the only very serious few hours of our stay in P-Town and once we handled this business everything would once again return to pleasure. The three of us were discussing the views of our own personal world, when suddenly, Joe freezes, his eyes became either hazy, glazed over looking as if he had a sudden serious case of cataracts. Our friend and I ran over to him thinking he was going to fall flat on his face (too handsome of a face for that to happen to). And as we approached Joe, he said, as if he was on the witness stand in court. “They were wrapped so tightly, with a very reddish bow, they looked so perfect, it took me time to unwrap the plastic, but I thought it was certainly worth it. It was a small brownie, so I ate the whole thing, quickly, almost licking my fingers it was so delicious. Damn! I am high as kite right now.” And for the rest of that day and evening Joe was having a party in his head and he was the only one in attendance.

Many times we can be tricked into dallying with what it is we find fancy. Often times, we indulge, not playing too much mind to any consequences because at that moment the aroma’s the desires, the instant gratification become boss and willingly we follow along. Donald Trump for many was and still is that brownie, picture perfect as he tries his best to remain hermetically sealed. Once the seal is cut open and we get a better taste of the contents we understand a bit too late that THIS taste in our mouth is not what we bargained for.

Melancholy Moon

“Day is done, gone the sun…” and the melancholy moon appears. It darts and dashes between having fun and had fun. It rushes and ruminates between we will do it and its been done. It glares between clouds, hiding its Cheshire grin, appearing only to remind you that its time to say goodbye. It gloats knowingly, with eyes that shared your experiences, and sheds tears, understanding that something else awaits when its partner the sun rises again.

Melancholy moon, full and foolish, emoting in the sky, teasing, taunting, telling you that time does fly. It is the evening, and the moon, will pull and push, give and take and light the path leading to another day.

It is time to wipe the salty particles of the sea from our bodies… release the sounds of individuality as it danced on Commercial Street…share last embraces from the old and new friends found…And say, until next year, hello sun and hello moon, to Provincetown! 

Each Day

Each day, that we roam, the roads we choose can contain some risk and worry. If we permit ourselves to be the victim, it is so easy to be swallowed by the boogey man. We set our path, but wisely, we must realize that an alternative route may be the highway that actually leads us to our destination.

Sometimes, each day, seems to be just a game, getting from here to there, safely! Often times, each day seems to be filled with bumps and bruises, when all we wished for was beauty and buoyancy. Which way forward, we ask…what direction is safest we request…why am I even trying, we sigh.

But, life moves onward, whether we stand still, unable to move or not. The risk of the boogey man finding us might be even greater,as we ruminate, frozen with fear, THEN our actual zigging and zagging and being ones to zap the dastardly villain! Each day begins a mystery, and the moment we awake, only we can find the clues to solve it! 

Moonglow

It must have been moonglow, way up in the blue

It must have been moonglow that led me straight to you (‘Moonglow’, Billie Holiday) 

Sometimes the roads we choose are not paved in cement, or dirt, or dunes; but in fact, by the sheer beauty of a night whose neon signs are lit by the moon as it shines upon the water. These roads have travel signs named dreams, desires, purpose, peace and promise. They sparkle, shimmer, and to travel all that is required is the willingness of an IMAGINATION.

As beacon in the night, for sailors hoping to find their way home, the moonglow serenades the soul welcoming us to travel onward and most importantly to look inward. As the moon swoons with the sea pulling and pushing, it positions itself to release the ebbs and flows of our own tides begging us to finally find our freedom.

Upon a Fence

To sit upon a fence, deciding the doubt or the doing. To contend with the possibilities or portend the potential dubious directions ahead. Sitting, thinking while the wind moves onward with nary a flutter of your own wings.  To sit upon a fence calmly or consumed with a worry filled with why not’s, or whether not.

Is it inaction or just the realization that whatever the activity, NOW is not the moment for the magic. If not NOW, when, and of course why?

To sit upon a fence is it just to position yourself to partake in pleasures ahead, or is it purposely to pout and pretend you actually don’t realize what comes next. To sit upon a fence, PERHAPS, it is JUST that…nothing at all until its time to fly away!

Wooden Ships

Wooden ships on the water very free and easy

Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be

Silver people on the shoreline let us be

Talkin' 'bout very free and easy (Crosby, Stills, Nash)

Any excursion, any experience, any expectation can be filled with angst and the possibilities of why not; but WHY NOT, just free and easy? Stay docked at the wharf, plant your feet firmly on terra firma, linger in the lost, dive into the denial! OR be free and easy, seeking the sights seemingly blinded by hindsight instead of the glorious glow flooded with foresight.

Journey’s need not only be on oceans with the frenzy of maddening waves, but more like sojourns upon the sea’s with the ebb and flow of chance, choice and the consideration of consequences both tedious and triumphant. Wooden ships…sailing, AND as the captain it’s our decision to decide the next destination.

Fate to the wind

I sailed a ship across the sea, I know not where that ship takes me…but I will cast my fate to the wind. In life we plan, we plot we scheme, we wander roads at, times we dream. We chart our course, with want and wish, knowing when to start but not how to finish!

If we begin…is there an end, or just some choice to begin again? Is it fate we blame for standing still, or chance our champion to climb the next hill? Will, sails unfurled, direct our way, or keep us bound upon the bay? Are hope and heart our maps to move, or fear we CHOOSE to never move? 

We walk , we run, we freeze, or fail…we try again, nor once begun; its either fear or either fun!  We sail our ship or wave goodby. We’ll never know unless we try to cast our fate to the wind1

summer place

“…a million tomorrow’s will never erase, the fun and the joy, the beauty of our summer place…” (Emma Farm Camp Song), sung at the very end of a long day, as we sat around the campfire, ready to say goodnight and excitedly arise the next morning for even more memories.  I had the opportunity to be a counselor at Emma Farm, and watch my kids delight singing that same camp song when they attended Emma Kauffman Camp as campers and then working there as counselors. Whether located in Harmony PA or in Morgantown WV, camp was a place to be as big as you wished, as bold as you wanted, as boisterous as you could be and as beautiful as you should be.

I have grown, gone on in my life, but the wonders of my summer place still waft and weigh heavy in my soul, then and now. Magic is always in front of us, all we have to do is slow down, close our eyes, breathe in a slow bit of breath, open our minds and hocus pocus, dreams come into focus. Provincetown has proven, for me, to be the place where millions of tomorrows begin, but never end. Provincetown is a place where you never have to say if only, but instead gleefully shout, right now. It is a combination of quick, but quiet…of immense and internal…of nature and nurture. 

Day Two, and everything I thought I had noticed from the past, reappears in the most glorious of colors, it reignites the imagination, and it remains the same while totally changing right in front of your eyes. How grateful I am to find my summer place, again!

Arrival

Joe and I finally arrived at Boston’s Logan Airport. The next step for us to arrive in paradise, was to take a commuter plane from Boston to Provincetown. Big planes give me angst, and planes seating only 8 passengers could give me angina. But sometimes finding paradise takes a little more gut, grist and just do it for heavens sake. The pilot decides who is sitting where and I was selected to sit in the co-pilots seat. OMG!  Me and the Captain, he relaxed, me a mess; until we actually were up in the sky, and then it dawned on me this is really cool.

I am a believer in horizons, places where adventures intertwine with dreams, dreams resolve into promise, and promise blasts you in the face with YES, YOU CAN…Believe! Here I was scanning far, wide, more horizons then I could have ever imagined.  And then my co-pilot and I ( me, now having much more confidence), saw the Cape, we flew closer and waving to me was the tip of Provincetown.  Hopefully we all have a special place where our imagination has no limits, our hopes soar to the far reaches of the sky, and happiness is as natural as breathing. For Joe and I, it is Provincetown!

We have arrived the adventure begins, and for the next 8 days, Joe and I will laugh, love, linger and not long for anything. 

Emptiness of Soul

The emptiness of a soul, permits an individual to proclaim as much phoniness as possible because there is no gauge to measure the outflow of nonsense. Emptiness of soul is like a black hole, it sucks in all kinds of energy from those who circle the soulless creature. There is never reason nor rational regrading those who only value self, and any proclamation of dissent is a useless task, as words of criticism just evaporate in that black pit inside an empty soul.

But we must ask the next question, if there is acknowledgment of the emptiness inside a person, are we not just as empty in our souls if we just ignore the behavior of that person. When we laugh it off as just a joke, or he is such a jerk, who really gets the last laugh? When we refuse to dissent too much and use the excuse that, well the other Gal is just as bad are we not as culpable as the real idiot? When we don’t face the truth are we not just as guilty as the original liar himself?

How much more can TRUMP say or do is not the question any more, because we ALL know the answer IS, just as much as he wishes. Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina, speaks aloud that she doesn't agree with Trump but she will still vote for him and states Hillary is just as bad. I have to wonder how is THAT so… when it comes to the democracy from which this nation had evolved? Does Hillary threaten the life of another politician…does Hillary throw out protestors…does Hillary deny press freedom…does Hillary unequivocally deny self determination to various demographics of Americans…does Hillary threaten that if she doesn’t win, the election is rigged…does Hillary threaten anarchy… Trump has no responsibility to anyone but himself, that is a known fact. Yet, there are many a Republican elected politician who just say MEH, and pretend they can and will contain Trumps behavior. To embrace those with an emptiness of a soul is to state loud and clear YOU too are an empty soul.

MY OH MY

As Americans, those of us who still believe in the possibilities this nation once possessed, and want to make an attempt to retrieve them, INSTEAD OF ALWAYS ASKING, “How can Trump out Trump himself”; What we should be asking is, “Hey Republicans: WHY HAVE you NOT stopped him? Is it because you agree with him? Let’s quit saying Trump was taken out of context, or hear from a majority of the GOP, you misunderstood what he meant.” There is nothing more Trump can DO or will DO that tops any of his regiment of con artistry. He is not a side show freak anymore, he is not a laughable joke any longer, he is a grifter, a coward, and more importantly an enemy of the principals of democracy.

Lets start challenging any Republican who says, he will change, by asking change into WHAT? Lets stop being mystified as he fills the crowd with anarchist innuendo only to have his surrogates pretend he NEVER intended those consequences. Lets stop each and every news outlet who permit Trumps goons from  not answering questions and insist, if anyone interviewed cannot answer a simple yes or no question..JUST STOP THE INTERVIEW.

I don’t care if Trump plans to drop out, I don’t want to hear Hillary is not much better. I don’t want to tolerate the Republican lies of I don’t like what he says but I will still support him. Enough HAS been ENOUGH, and all we, as Americans seem to do is act as voyeurs watching a hideous act thinking it is only entertainment. Mudslinging, mayhem and perhaps murder and all we can do is place our hands over our lips and say MY OH MY!

Price to pay

The Box: A suburban couple, Norma and Arthur, face a moral dilemma when they receive a gift that bears irrevocable consequences. With the press of a button, their simple wooden box will bestow $1 million; however, a stranger somewhere else will die, at the same time. Story by Richard Matheson.

A President: An American public, face a moral dilemma when they receive a gift by the GOP which bears irrevocable consequences changing the definition of democracy, the integrity of a nation,and the loss of freedoms. With the press of a lever, their simple minded beliefs in just the words, bigger,better, best will bestow an incompetent narcissist to become president: however the EQUALITY AND JUSTICE of American citizens  of color, of women, of the LGBTQ, of Non-Christians , of Poverty will die at the same time. 

What a price to pay! 

PIOUS POMPOUS

All pious and pompous, Paul Ryan boasts that if Trump is elected president, no one should worry, because (Ryan), will pass laws restricting some of the presidential responsibilities. Ryan’s Republican cadre of anarchists in Congress have some experience doing just that as from the moment President Obama was elected to office by a large majority of voters, the GOP pledged to ignore anything Obama proposed. Paul Ryan, the GOP go to guy, is anything but smart. He is nothing but a self absorbed political puppet who pretends his religion, his God Bless America, his lack of of understanding the Constitution, his allegiance to both his political aspirations, and Party, make him the NEXT BEST THING.

But here is the THING, Mr Speaker, EVEN if you and your GOP henchmen try to rewrite the obligations and responsibilities of and by the president in doing his job, he is still the president. So, President Trump, WILL still have secretive, confidential information to share with his master, Vladimir Putin. Paul Ryan you are a traitor to democracy as you continue to speak in your hypocritical hyperbole  saying you disagree with most of Trumps tirades, but Party comes first as does an activist Conservative Supreme Court you are hoping for. Paul Ryan, you become a co-anarchist swearing your allegiance to the GOP presidential candidate Trump, and if he is elected even if the Supreme Court is filled with anti-women’s rights, anti gay rights, anti people of color rights, anti freedoms rights,it won’t matter, BECAUSE Paul Ryan, President Trump, having only allegiance to the highest bidder, will sell us out to Russia. Remember, Paul Ryan, a con is a con is a con, and a fool is a fool is a fool… no matter how pious and pompous you think you are!

Little Marco

“I understand a lot of people disagree with my view — but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws. And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it’s a difficult question and a hard one. But if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life.”Senator “Little” Marco Rubio.

AND THEN THE PRO-LIFE SENATOR should have said, “So I will immediately call the Senate back into session, and fight as hard as I can to pass a law that provides money for those families whose baby’s born with the Zika are protecting as people like m,e so much holier than thou, can provide the resources for all of the health, emotional and financial care, necessary for a fuller life.

Oh Little Marco, ever the sly sinister politician, pretending that life is protected under the Christian Conservative Republican double speak. Its always for the fetus, until the fetus takes its first breath of air, then just as sudden its NOT about the child. How dare you, act so pompous and pious, pretending that you have a conscience. HEY FLORIDIANS, the man who told you he hated working in the Senate is back. Last time he peed all over you this time if you elect him, AGAIN he is going to take one GIANT DUMP. 

Presto Chango

Presto, chango and just like that, while reading from a prepared speech, looking down at the paper, reciting only three words at a time then looking up at the audience, then repeating the entire looking down and then looking up (Because there were too many words to remember at one time), Donald Trump has changed, he has reformed, he has kissed the blessed RNC ring and endorsed Paul Ryan, John McCain, Kelly Ayotte. DAMN, America he is a new man. No need to think of him as a bigot, a racist, and most importantly a fool.Of course he is still all of that but NOW he is Da’ GOP Main Man!

See, we told you so, say the RNC Party First, Country LAST officials, you CAN do anything with smoke and mirrors and a teleprompter. He IS a new man, just look how benevolent Trump is to the struggling GOP candidates, what a man, what a man what a mighty fine man. All that hateful rhetoric, that was Trump spewing, ANYONE can make mistakes, give the guy a break he is as simple as, well the most biased common man in America. Come on folks, he was just learning his way around politics.  

Like FOX News, Limbaugh Radio, Like History, the past has no relevance to today. Who wants to spend time remembering stuff that happened so long ago. Focus now on today.  “Let them eat  cake”, with ingredients filled  with newer, bigger, better, huger; capped with the icing of lying, cheating, and that special ingredient of homeland fascism!

split

I amaze that suddenly Donald Trump has caused a rift in the Republican Party. REALLY! Either you support a TOTALLY unfit candidate, unfit in EVERY category we would hope to elect a president or you don't. It seems an easily solved problem iF you stop voting for Party over Country. There is a split within the Republican Party because all of those words spoken privately, like racism,misogyny, xenophobia, and bigotry have now become public...you want those words to go away, make Trump go away. Seems simple to me, once you stop worrying about your own future instead of the future of America!

split

I amaze that suddenly Donald Trump has caused a rift in the Republican Party. REALLY! Either you support a TOTALLY unfit candidate, unfit in EVERY category we would hope to elect a president or you don't. It seems an easily solved problem iF you stop voting for Party over Country. There is a split within the Republican Party because all of those words spoken privately, like racism,misogyny, xenophobia, and bigotry have now become public...you want those words to go away, make Trump go away. Seems simple to me, once you stop worrying about your own future instead of the future of America!

AS IF

Intervention! Yes ma’m that is the answer. Play the old Republican game of whatever was said or done before, forget about that, the media is rigged and any audio or video of Trump’s racist, mysogynistic, xenophobic  rhetoric was either altered, taken out of context or made up! Intervention, indeed! Forget the lies, dismiss the insults, make Trump new again. Let Trump sound like a human and all that OTHER STUFF will float in the air like plumes of toxic smoke. 

Support, yeppers! Trump has said some things that certainly don’t resonate with the Republican Party…except they do. No reprimand from politicians anxiously running for office about Trump’s disdain for women’s reproductive rights, no shock at Trump’s promise to undo same-sex marriages, no apoplexy as the KKK and the American Neo Nazi’s continue to support Trump while targeting Jews/People of Color/Immigrants. But shock and awe when Trump obnoxiously defames the lives of Gold Star Families…oh yeah all of this from the God Bless America Republicans who cut back on increasing the dollars for embassy security/mental health programs for Vets/ and the veterans administration. Support, You Bet, just in case there are too many bigots in your district that would vote you out of office.

I am so tired of both the political talking heads, the clueless media even mentioning that all Donald Trump needs is a redo…talk about Hillary they say call her crocked again,talk about Hillary’s email’s make her the enemy not the puppets in your own party who place Party before Country. AS IF, as if all of the continuous lies, bull shit and baloney Trump has said or done will not matter if only HE pretends to stop being the fool he is until the election is over. AS IF, as if his election matters more for the the Republican Party than are the disastrous consequences and future for the country. Yeah thats the ticket! 

HOW MARVELOUS

Throw ‘em out, first they were immigrants…Arrest them…then they were Muslims….I’ll pay for your jail time…then they were Mexicans…OUT, OUT…then they were women…boo, hiss boo…then they were Gold Star Families… take em away…then they were Americans holding the Constitution…But you never hear the Speaker of the House tell America its time to throw this unfit candidate out. The Speaker, the third most important elected official in America, and he remains adamant with his support of Trump. Now the cowards at the GOP tell us, that they will set laws to limit the liabilities of a Trump president. HOW MARVELOUS, just change the rules of the game so your party (which has defied the rules of the games ever since President Obama was elected), once again pretends to believe in democracy. Spineless, weak, cowardice, hypocrites always placing Party Before Country.

COME ON

COME ON, media I am so tired of hearing about TRUMP not supporting Paul Ryan. You might want to spend a lot more time asking a more concerning question for this nation…Speaker Ryan, why do you place Party before Country. COME ON!

ZOMBIE LOVERS

I have always been a Zombie fan. Whether it was the Zombies from the Caribbean nations coming alive with spells from voodoo priestess shown on Chiller Theater a local and most amazing Saturday night Pittsburgh horror fest, or George Romeo’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’ to the ‘Walking Dead’ and beyond. Like most ideas as they grow from infancy, the whole genre of Zombie movies has transformed evolved and re-evolved. There used to be very strict rules regarding Zombie behavior (And just like all the new permissible rules we have for Vampires), things have changed. It seems in many a Zombie movie, we now see characters who understand the soul of the person they once loved is dead, but somehow keeping that UN-DEAD person alive is most important. One could view this as unconditional love, I view it as selfish love, serving the needs only of the ALIVE person.

When I watch, with great angst, anger, and aggravation, anything, Trump on television followed by remarks from his puppets or worse the phony Republican politicians, my mind flashes the words BEWARE THE ZOMBIE. Pretending that they (people like Ryan, Mccain, McConnell) have a conscious, and truly think America is Beautiful, have recently managed to pretend they are appalled at the words clearly spoken by Trump…but they NEVER, EVER…no matter how disgusting, how un-truthful, how Un-American, the vile and vomit ejects from Trump’s orifices, the majority of Republican politicians,STILL state they WILL support Trump. BEWARE THE ZOMBIE, and THE ZOMBIE LOVER.

It seems as the Republican party decides that Party TRUMPS Country, we have more and more ZOMBIE LOVERS. Many Republicans understand Trump is a dead soul. They see how he can infect large groups of people with his racist, bigoted rhetoric (Just like a Zombie infects the folks it bites). Yet, these ZOMBIE LOVERS prefer to protect Trump, hoping in doing so they can protect their own political positions. The Republicans have always insisted it is their party to keep America safe, but somehow, that safety NEVER, EVER means stopping the TRUMP ZOMBIE from continuing to run wild and ravage this nation. Trump is one ZOMBIE, I totally afraid of.

You're Purty

For all you ‘purty’ Lassies who work (You do know the Evangelical Jesus prefers you stay home, cook the meals for your master and lie down and let him produce more kids), but if you are a Gal who feels a bit contrarian toward any orthodox religious discrimination toward women and happen to earn a pay check, Donald Trump and his acorn son, Donnie Junior (Misogynistic insecure males never fall too far from their Daddy’s wallet), have some Manly words of advice for you.

On Tuesday, both Daddio Donnie and is son Daddio Junior, when asked about the many complaints by female employees who worked for Roger Ailes (at the propaganda headquarters for the Republican Party, FOX) regarding HIS workplace sexual harassment accusations; both Trumpies did not miss a beat and played their usual game of avoidance. In the manner America has become accustomed to, neither men answered the question about both the illegality of sexual harassment or their thoughts about Mr Ailes alleged actions.  Nope, instead of being forthright and honest both men stated very clearly that it was the female who needed to be more assertive. Go to PR and complain…just quit…find another job for God’s sake. 

Yep you ‘Working Girls’, shit happens, so deal with it. You are a female, what do you expect? If you had the same balls as your male supervisor, you wouldn’t complain that he broke the law…no indeedio…pick up your too frail little missy ego and get another job. Men are just being men, come on this is America or at least the America of the 1950’s.

Top This

“How can he top that”, many of us who want democracy to at least survive a little longer in this nation, EXCLAIM! But Trump does even better. He not only tops it but goes to the next extreme to do so. Those who only need to hear the soothing words from a Cult leader assuring them that the faults in this world are NEVER of their making but THOSE of the enemies around them, encourage bigger, better and the most outrageous statement.And he complies. On Tuesday, he called Hillary the Devil and did not silence one of his cultist Trump Youth Brigade followers when he continued to call Hillary a Bitch. With no sense of obligation to anyone but himself, he continues to disparage, degrade, and deploy the most vulgar, venomous and vile rhetoric. All narcissists care about is SELF. Trumps only cares that he may be found out and his response is just one more empty promise of threats.

Donald Trump is Freddy Kruger who has stepped out of your dreams and now is willing to slash your throat in the daylight while you are wide awake. He has in the past been permitted to do so by a media enamored by the ratings he brought to their corporate masters. He has been permitted to do by the Pray for Pay nasty bunch of Evangelicals who read the 11th Commandment as thou shall be a hypocrite. And as I said earlier, by a population permeated with lies, bigotry, re-writes of history, and a love for country, called the Confederate States of America.

“How can we stop him”, many of us scream in fear. But what we get in response is almost as frightening as the mad man we are trying to stop from becoming the President of the USA. The majority of current elected Republicans, so afraid of their bigoted base, insist that Trumps words in NO way represent the Republican Party, but the cowards these Republican politicians have become, they stop and even in John McCain’s case, get pissy that we would have the audacity to ask them to Un-Endorse Trump. The reply from these band of spineless anarchists is “He is our parties choice. Party over Country (Something, most active Communist nations, and those countries run by dictators recite every day). Or we hear supposedly intelligent reporters/journalists try to ask questions, many with a simple yes or no, only to be embarrassed by inane and insane non responses of the surrogates, providing nothing more but campaign bullshit. For me, Donald Trump will run away, deny, and lie and in his world there are no consequences for those behaviors. I am afraid of this man, but I am VERY, VERY scared of those who have the power to diminish the flames of hate and refuse to do so. And I am most worried, that win or lose this nation will suffer. Trump wins, freedom dies. Trump loses many Americans will still die, as his band of militia will demand a revolution.  

I CRINGE

I cringe, find myself feeling nauseated, every time I listen to a Republican Trump apologist make the following comments…He (Trump) is a novice at running an election campaign, when his handlers talk to him, he (Trump) gets it and is less offensive, the next time. Cut the guy a break, they say, he’s new to this and as long as he states his hateful comments no harm no foul!… Then of course they must break into the cheatin’, lyin’ Hillary trope trying defer the truth about Trump and make it Hillary who is the one not to trust. And then I am even more disgusted when the interviewer refuses to ask a simple question which should sound like this: There are countless of hateful, biased, bigoted and racist comments that Trump has made about others. There are a whole slew of comments made about himself, ALL when fact checked are not true. So even when you insist to cut the guy (a break) you NEVER talk about Trumps’ lies. So how do you say Hillary is the one no to trust….

I cringe even more, when I then hear these Republican Trump surrogates smirk and say, do you really think Paul Ryan and Mitch Mcconnell, will permit Trump to override the Constitution? I of course know that the current batch of so called political interviewers will never respond with this question: “Well according to the Constitution the Senate has the responsibility to at least hold a hearing on a Supreme Court nominee no matter which party holds the office of president. OR, If a majority of American citizens are in favor of at least some discussion about gun violence and gun safety why wouldn’t the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan at least acquiesce to a floor discussion then a vote. PA-LEEZE, don’t tell me that Mcconnell and Ryan will be the watchdogs of the Constitution if Trump is president.

I NOT only cringe but actually go into convulsions when Trump is asked a yes or no question, changes the subject, pretends he never said or immediately blame Obama or Clinton, and the interviewer does not respond: This is a yes or no question Mr Trump. Then they should ask the same question and when the Trump dance of denial begins again, the interviewers don’t respond by saying: Because you can not answer a simple yes or no question, we have nothing more to discuss.  For Trump, NO interviews…Being called out for his lack of honor…Told just answer the question…would be like Vampires either walking into the sun and catching on fire, or running out of blood to suck. 

McCain

"Arizona is watching," Sen. McCain said in a lengthy statement. "It is time for Donald Trump to set the example for our country and the future of the Republican Party. While our Party has bestowed upon him the nomination, it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us.”

Sorry Senator McCain, a cop out is still a cop out no matter how much red white and blue you try to decorate it or camouflage the truth. Senator McCain, when you joined the Navy as a pilot and fought in Viet Nam, that was a brave and patriotic action. You stood behind the Preamble: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” You returned from the war not only a hero, but with an understanding that life, liberty and the pursuit of freedom is who we are as Americans. You began your political career, defining yourself as a “maverick”. 

But then Senator McCain, still a hero from your unquestionable service in Viet Nam, your “maverick” persona seemed to drip from your body and you replaced that lost blood, with a poison not of national service but of personal gain. Unvetted, uncaring, thinking that a female on the ticket would be equal to Hillary Clinton winning the Democrat primaries, you permitted your team to pick up a Conservative insect living under a rock, and found Sarah Palin. You never were brave enough to admit your failure in doing so. Sadly your Republican Party became a Tea Party, and once again personal gain was your strategy and there was no more trace of “maverick” to be seen. This year, the Republicans of Arizona have moved so far right,  permitting the bigots and racists,to lead the party, and you have joined in the dance of deceit. Your quote regarding Donald Trump is a good one, congratulations for finding your backbone. You would have found your balls had you added, I CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT THIS DANGEROUS MAN AGAINST DEMOGRAPHY. No hero here Sir, just another Republican politicians putting self interest against the interest of a nation.

ACTION not WORDS

They present this image of sounding so heroic, Senator John McCain, Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and Speaker Paul Ryan, telling us that Humayun Khan is a hero and that his parents, Khizr and Ghazala had every right to speak about their son’s heroism. The Senator, the Majority Leader and the House Speaker ALL said how Un-American Donald trumps word sounded. All three men wore their red, white and blue pin lapels on their suits, shaking their heads in disgust, thinking that their words about Donald Trumps statement would be enough.

Not enough for me. If these three Republican politicians were really concerned with America, they would better understand that their words of condemnation of their Party’s nominee are nothing more then feel good propaganda; their action of denouncing Trump and telling us (In the same indignant tone) that they CAN NO LONGER support Trump would be bravery. Humayun Khan understood that words can suffice for the moment but actions make the person real, lost his life doing so. Once again, AMERICA, we witness the cowards pretending that country comes first, when the only truth for these there politicians is that Party, self preservation in politics TRUMPS county.

I am not surprised, or shocked, because it is often the case with our current hybrid Tea/Fascist/Christian Evangelical Republicans bunch of bullies, they believe all you need is WORDS to make a point…ACTION is too intimidating to their base of lemmings, REALLY to threatening to their own political ambitions. The real words should be, we no longer support Trump and their actions should be to continuously campaign against him.

NECESSARY

It seems the NECESSARY, becomes too messy, and the easiest way around IT, is AVOIDANCE. The IMMEDIATE is more refreshing, then pursuing the FUTURE. Say IT QUICKLY, consider IT for later, ACT on IT never, and by all means forget IT’S RELEVANCE. Because, anything NECESSARY takes too much ENERGY to find its FRUITION.

I think about all of this, trying to discover some kind of sane rational, reason or rhyme, as how one Could, why any one Would, why you think you Should vote for Donald Trump. Is voting for Trump just easier then spending anytime thinking? Is supporting Trump,some kind of fun and thats what this nation needs more of? Is adoration of plastic people a thing? OR, is it that those who claim Trump Or Die, are really  serious about the dying part?

Republican leadership can’t Dump Trump because as cowards they are always afraid of their base of bigots. So instead of calling OUT Trump in particular, they either disagree with his meandering and meaningless statements, OR blame Hillary for causing this brouhaha for ever beginning. The media can’t control Trump and are played just like the all the victims of a good con. It seems the media tries to get a YES or NO answer from Trump and all they receive is BETTER< BEST and MOST. The NECESSARY is NEEDED and what do we get instead…NOT NOW!