Anger

People are getting angry.  For many Americans the level of frustration and anger is increasing at a faster rate than I can ever remember in my 75 years on this planet.  

Since 2000 when the Supreme Court handed the election to George Bush, even though he did not win the popular vote, we Americans have suffered through insult after insult to our way of life at the hands of a minority of our countrymen called Republicans.

 

These Republicans have destroyed our sense of safety by stonewalling any effort to promote gun safety regulation, they have steadfastly opposed any effort to improve the lives of working people by rejecting efforts to improve health care, child care support, by lowering taxes on the least deserving rich people in this country, obstructing efforts to extend voting rights, disenfranchising citizens who want to vote, obstructing efforts to lower greenhouse gasses and a whole host of other efforts to make life better for the average American.

 

Most recently they have attacked our freedoms by banning books, gerrymandering their way to power so they can pass legislation that targets minorities for restriction of rights, for restriction of medical care, for the right to privacy and choice with regard to our own bodies.

 

And as a final coup-de-gras, these traitorous Republicans attempted to overthrow a national election, supported an insurrection led by a liar and disgraced President.  They have supported the twisting of truth and the promotion of misinformation and lies in an effort to subvert and destroy our democracy.  They are dragging us into the abyss of default and will ultimately destroy our economy and bring chaos to all of us as we descend into depression and the unraveling of the American republic.

 

If we can last until November of 2024 we will have one last chance to rescue our way of life in what could be the last honest election we will ever have in the United States of America. 

 

I think people who are the real patriots, and believe in the fundamentals of American Democracy are just angry enough now to throw all these people out of office so we can get our country back.  I choose to believe that there is a wellspring of true patriotism that is being born in the ranks of our youth and those in our silent majority who believe in the integrity of the rule of law and the fundamentals of our Constitution.  I choose to believe that because of the innate stupidity and selfishness of these people called Republicans, they cannot see that they are completely out of step with the majority of Americans.  I believe that will be their undoing.

 

I believe that the rest of us are gaining clarity of purpose.  I believe that those of us who are angry will express that anger in November of 2024 and remove this sickness that is called the Republican Party from our body politic and recapture the essence of the American ideal: that all men are created equal and have a right to pursue happiness in the way that they individually choose.

 

I believe that unless we rid ourselves of this scourge called the Republican party, we will be living in a new, dystopian and disappointing version of what we once called "The American Dream".

Merrick Garland Has Failed Us

It's really hard to accept that 2 years and 5 months after January 6th, we still have not seen an indictment of the one person who is clearly responsible for bringing the United States of America close to democratic collapse.  The US Department of Justice has had all that time to muse over whether any of literally hundreds of infractions committed by Donald Trump qualifies as justification for indictment for the most serious crimes of insurrection and sedition.  We have seen months of detailed testimony and recreation of the events leading up to January 6th reviewed by the Congressional January 6th Committee as well as hours of video evidence clearly showing the result of Trump's invitation to insurrection.  His continued election denial and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, even to this day only serve to underline the magnitude of his crimes.

 

And yet, nothing has happened.

 

How interesting that with regard to George Santos, justice apparently moves swiftly when it comes to indictment of his crimes.  Somehow Garland's DOJ decision making power seems not to be hindered.  In just a few weeks, there was enough investigation and evidence to support a 13-count federal indictment.  My, my!  How commendable to move so expeditiously!

 

One only wonders whether Merrick Garland is just afraid, or incompetent.  Either way he needs to go.  We need an AG who values our democracy and is not reluctant to come to its aid and support when it is threatened.  Because of Garland's recalcitrance, the existential threat to our democracy looms large in the specter of a new Trump presidency.  If Trump is elected, and with his clear prominence in the race for the Republican party nomination it is not beyond the realm of possibility, Garland will have been instrumental in the collapse of our republic.

 

He needs to go.