mudville

“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!

responsibility

“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.” Marie Curie

And in droves, they left the Chambers from which they pretended to represent the average American, but in truth, presented their own interests and welfare. Some angry that their con game became visible, so the hell with America and Americans. And others who see nothing but sheer greed and opportunity for no one but themselves. Democracy is a cool word, but a useless concept when it does not fit your own priorities, of wealth and greed

“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” Eleanor Roosevelt

Trump is nothing but huff and puff and his only ability is to blow our house down. We all know that, and those who still pretend otherwise live in a tornado of stupidity which continues to revolve around their lives, never permitting them to breathe in anything but the winds of bigotry, bias and tons of bogus. Making America Great, my ass, making Trump rich, now we are talking!

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.” Sigmund Freud

Suddenly, the Republicans pretend to care that General Mattis has broken free of the degrading, demeaning douchebag, which is Trump…ya mean the Republicans never saw the tragedy of Trump as it unfolded each and every day since he was sworn into office, or was it, no one was ever brave enough to pull the first piece of ice from the iceberg which is about to sink America!

“We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has become so rich.” Vladimir Putin

And Vlad did just that, he invested in a stooge, an idiot, who without any foundation of moral or value, just standing in the wind, waiting to be told which way to bend, will do the bidding of the highest bidder. What a great way return on investment, blackmail, and compromise your guy to become your lap dog. Wage war, and never even use one nuclear weapon to destroy your enemy.

remember today

It is 4:34 pm on the West Coast, an orange, pinkish shadow is seizing the sky announcing, that soon, the day, the shortest one of the year is about to die and awaken the night, a long, winters night, even in Los Angeles. Rod Serling would announce to his audience that a meeting of day and night, where neither one is victorious is called the Twilight Zone; a dimension where shadows come alive, and the madness that had been dulled by the sunlight begins to shine, sometimes perfectly clear, and at other times like a “did you see that”, no really did you see THAT!

A madman lurks in the White House, it's not a rumor, its a known fact, and the madman’s behavior has progressed to the point where even the blindest, deaf or dumb in the universe notice his machinations and understand that a monster no longer lurks, but lives openly amongst the many.

It has never been a surprise, just how stupid this man named Trump was and is…but politics in the United States has become a fools game. We pretend that rules and law prevail until we decide they, like facts, also really matter. And so, the whispers about Trump's mental illnesses became rumors which in turn became jokes which in turn HAVE become a virus so contagious that the life expectancy of democracy has been cut to months, if not weeks. IT IS THAT DIRE…when Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, the cartoon characters of FOX and Friends, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity are producing internal and foreign policy for this nation, permitted by the likes of a three-year-old with tantrum and temper problems…then even the word DIRE seems obsolete.

We know what to do, our Constitution, when written considered that the president could become mad, could become so disabled with mental instability that he or she SHOULD no longer remain in office. BUT the Republicans currently in power, have no power or is it conscience to place country before party, or better yet country before their own conceit and self-concerned needs. There is an answer to stop the monster…it is now 4:47 on the West Coast, the pink sky has become grayer, the orange seems to have dwindled to a dark and ominous sloppy red, and night is waiting to take hold…the longest night of the year…to coincide with a very dark moment in American history…remember where you were on December 21,2018, because nothing may ever be the same when tomorrow arrives!

winters solstice

The shortest day, the LONGEST night, December 21…and in America the cauldron of trump which has been boiling and boiling, AND boiling, has finally reached its limit of space and has begun to overflow, flooding the landscape with the poison, lies, venom anarchy and stupidity, all of knew were the ingredients used to concoct the stew in the first place.

Perhaps a shutdown, who cares if at least 420,000 Americans have no paycheck s, at least the Congress and the Executive Branch will continue to be paid…who cares if the only sane and rational patriot in the Cabinet of a madman hacked into office, General Mattis resigned due to an incompetent and uneducated Commander-In-Chief, at least Putin of Russia and Tayyop Erdogan will be overjoyed…and the Kurds in Syria and Iraq, fuck them its American first after all, or Putin’s version of America first that matters.

And then there is the MAGA, FOX News watching, white sheet wearing, swastika loving, white nationalist, Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy, Mercer Family, Koch Brothers, Sheldon Adelson cultists and Klansmen and women who really matter…and if they are not happy then Trump’s ego is shattered and to make America first, we first must kiss the orange mans ass, and soothe his frail and insecure narcissistic personality. 

Or maybe, perhaps, Putin is worried that justice will find its way back to America and Trumps puppet time is almost over, so Putin’s Manchurian Candidate, Trump must perform Herculean treasonous acts before the entire Russian hacking scheme with the aid and assistance of the Republican Party collapses. 

We all know when the monster IS actually in the house andante doors are locked and the windows are shut tightly it is too late to escape from the impending doom. We ALL saw this coming, some on the right laughed and said we are in power now, some on the left, pouted and said told ya so, cause you ignored us, the rest of us ALL worried and wondered when the apocalypse would arise, not if. Amazing here it is the Winter Solstice, the shortest bit of daylight and the longest bout of darkness…and the scariest of creatures IS still walking amongst us, and we seem powerless to stop him.

I NEED TO VENT

I NEED TO VENT…

So, now Trump has decided that what the fuck…a Government shut down WILL take place because his ego cannot be shattered, and because is a SMALL man who likes to build big things, he MUST have a $5Billion dollar wall on our Southern Border…So, all you MAGA idiots, who think Trump wants or cares to make America great again…think about this…most of you will not receive some kind of government (as in the kind of socialistic responsibilities of the government) assistance YOU require, even if you live in your own bigoted racist, ignorant world….

BUT, one of the biggest reasons to GET pissed off…will be when Trump and his IMMIGRANT wife Melania, and her ANCHOR baby Barron, fly off to Mar-A-Lago, on the taxpayer paid plane, piloted by the taxpayer pilots, surrounded by the taxpayer Secret Security…as they bathe in the luxury of Mar-A-Lago which during the time the Trumps spend their Christmas vacation all expenses will be paid by taxpayer dollars…AND, Princess and Prince Jared and Ivanka and their children from Trump's first IMMIGRANT wife, will be vacationing somewhere surrounded by Secret Service and of course their expenses will somehow be paid by taxpayers…and then Beavis and Butthead, the Trump spawn and their families from Trump's first wife an IMMIGRANT will also demand fair treatment and the taxpayers will spend more money on their dearest whims and fancies.

God only knows if Tiffany will go anywhere with her mom, Trump's second wife, but needless to say, we the taxpayer will spend our money on keeping them safe and sound with Secret Service protection and all the extra special holiday thingies they wish to do.

But Government employees will go without a paycheck during the holidays…the cost of closing down everything from research to the environment, to in health care to the most mundane and most important aspects of everyday living will STOP…BUT what won’t stop, will be Trump enjoying his holiday time ignoring not only we SNOWFLAKE liberals, but all of you empty-headed, bigoted MAGA minions who think spite, somehow makes you more American… I NEED TO VENT…because the ridiculous has become the absurd, and the absurd is now the normal!

he is scared

Putin is worried, Trump is squirming, and the fate of anyone in the way of Putin succeeding to take what he wants will feel the wrath of the hacked into office and enabled Commander-In-Chief…Putin actually feels that the days are not long for his compromised agent, Trump to remain in the Oval Office, and Trump fears that not only will Mueller present the blatant lies and misdeeds of anyone Trump, but that the loads and loads of illegal and disloyalty to the United States  demonstrated by Trump will be dumped on his own Mar-A-Lago address. So we as Americans will begin to witness the undoing of almost any long-term values, concerns, or morals between the USA and any entity considered an ally. So for anyone who has sat back and NOT been concerned that each and every day more Trump remains in the White House, you must still remove your head from your ass. 

The Kurds are the backbone of any success America has had in ridding ISIS within Syria. These men have died for the cause of freedom and have supported each and every victory by our Troops in Northern Syria. The Russians, the Syrians, and the Iranians, HATE, LOATHE and most of all fear the Kurds. Now, Trump, under pure threat and duress from his Puppet Master Putin has decided to immediately remove our Troops from Syria declaring that ISIS has been defeated…Trump had no knowledge of the history of the battles in Syria, no actual time spent with the Troops in any Middle Eastern Country, but well aware of his financial fortunes and his own needs and wants, is playing a dangerous game with the lives of the Kurds, the American Troops having to stay behind and exiting, and could give one shit about any of THEM.

If you missed it, Trump’s KLAN of bottom feeders put together a video of Trump standing alone stating that we won the war over ISIS, we are the victors, and then ends it with all the audacity and inaccurate self righteousness of a fool, pointing to the sky and saying “this is what they want”. The THEY are the fallen Troops from wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan which one might debate should have never begun, but are still being fought. THEY, the men and women who lost their lives will now witness a coward, Trump kowtows to a dictator and permits all of the lost lives to have died in vain. All of this because Putin is getting anxious that Trump will finally be found an enemy of the state, and all of this because Trump will be found a fraud, a lier, a cheat, and of course a compromised agent for the Russian Government, and FINALLY, dear God be placed in jail. In Trump land no one’s life matter unless you are Donald Trump! 

Fool on the Hill

Day after day, alone on a hill

The man with the foolish grin is sitting perfectly still

Nobody wants to know him

They can see that he's just a fool…

(And yet, he Tweets, he pouts, he demonizes, and he demonstrates his distaste for rules, regulations and the regard for anyone not named Trump. Unless his puppet master, Putin is within his range of sight, this fool on the hill maintains a posture as would  a scared insecure little person, arms folded, lips hardly moving but his eyes swaying back and forth looking around for who it is that might be the one who is about to defrock his next con) 

…But he never gives an answer

But the fool on the hill

Sees the sun going down

And the eyes in his head

See the world spinning round

His head in a cloud…

…The man with a foolish grin is talking perfectly loud

But nobody wants to hear him

They can see that he's just a fool

But he never gives an answer…

(His henchmen and women, however, do speak, they must either translate his STUPID into English, pretending it includes anything close to the truth, or they must now comply to converse because the new alternative for them is that fact matter, and the facts matter so much, they must be muttered in court, or most of his madmen will spend decades because they hid the truth and broke the law for the fool on the hill! And yet denials and dismissals abound, and the fool on the hill continues to get away with his slick, slimy, sinister shit)… 

The man with a foolish grin is talking perfectly loud

But nobody wants to hear him…

…(But we still hear him and see him, he, however, lives in a narcissistic and sick world of self-serving/selfishness where the shades of reality are drawn tightly, almost blinding him permitting him to ONLY be what he wants and DO what he wishes. So I suppose who is the fool on the hill…Mr. Trump or the rest of this nation, those of us who see the evil, and yet can do very little to end its terrible trauma and torment… (Fool on the Hill/ John Lennon-Paul McCartney)