“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” Eleanor Roosevelt
It was Sunday, December 23, 2018, about 10:00 pm, Joe and I were at LAX ready to hit the not so friendly skies (ever since airline companies to the passenger out of passenger service…the skies are not so friendly unless of course, you pay the super duper extra special fare). We had signed up for the Known Passenger program a while ago (we had to be interviewed by the FBI and have our fingerprints taken..as if Facebook and Google already haven’t done so) and knew at least the Pre TSA might relieve some pre-flight angst. But then, upon our arrival at LAX, we realized the TSA staff were working for free…they were bound for security reasons to pretend that the Legislative and the Executive Branch of government were not douchebags, were still receiving not only their paychecks but all the perks of American Royalty…and no matter how frail Trump’s ego, or his temper tantrums, or his guidance by Putin and the Russian Oligarchs…and the lack of any backbone or spine by the Republicans…the TSA HAD to work and HOPE any Money earned while working for free would be paid back. But hey, its Christmas time and those Family First politicians, had to make certain they went home to their families and with their paychecks in handmade certain that their Christmas holiday, would not be spoiled by POLITICS…its become the American way…do as I say not as I do!
“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.” Helen Keller
I believe it took Richard Nixon being the president, and the time later in history when Newt Gingrich decided it would be cool to shut down the government, for me to come to the realization that in fact, inspire of a Revolutionary War, the United States DID INDEED have a class of ROYALS living and enjoying a special kind of status. With the coming of Trump (The Evangelicals, believe Trump is the coming of Christ) I once again believe the ROYALS live and breathe and are ignoring the masses and reaping benefits the average person cannot conceive or will not receive. So the shut down continues, but the effects are not felt by the wealthy, the pressure to survive a careless whisper by the rich, and the day-to-day existence of barely surviving ignored by those who think one more shut down don’t make a damn!
“Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.”-by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
For the 800,000 Americans either not being paid, on furlough, working because somehow they MUST, while the Executive, and Legislative Branches of government politicians and the those whose life is on the line to secure the lives of the ROYALS in this nation…this time of supposed joy and peace on Earth is nothing but one more promise broken, one more hope shattered…and on HELL of a con, from the greater CON MEN ever…Trump, McConnell, Ryan, and Putin…and there ain’t no joy in Mudville!
