Grave Yard Spiral

Almost a year into the disastrous 45th presidency the people of the world seem to be losing on all fronts.  My silence stems in part from not even knowing where or how to begin. How do we move forward in a belief equals fact world where meaningful dialogue is all but impossible? I and you have to speak out. We cannot simply watch the world burn. Silence equals not only violence but grave injustice as well. Lets consider some of the problems we all face. 

Climate change deniers find themselves in positions of power and decision making with predictable results:

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science Deniers In Power Are A Profound Threat To Democracy

Climate deniers play politics with looming natural disasters

America First Energy Conference Stacked With Climate Change Deniers

We are slow to act on threats that stretch beyond tonight's bottom line showing profit and loss. It is hard to see and feel on an individual level. So what if the seasons morph into one long summer? It doesn't effect ME has to go. It may already be too late but going backwards only makes it worse faster. Where else are people losing? 

Education. 

Education deniers also find themselves in positions of power and decision making killing off the last bits of critical thinking. Some results?

How the education gap is tearing politics apart

Anti-Intellectualism and the "Dumbing Down" of America

The rise of "alternative facts," and opinions replacing science and real facts

Posted Jul 07, 2014
From a few years ago but still holds true.

A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education

 Thus the USA finds itself mired in creeping dystopian nightmare wilt louder and louder calls for the jailing of members of the press, opposition leaders and even protestors. With education being slowly dismantled, less and less people understand the danger this poses. Let's look at one last threat. 

Creeping towards new even more deadly wars.  

The Price of War With North Korea

20,000 South Koreans killed per day: the terrifying cost of a US war with North Korea

ANALYSIS: 'Huge implications' for moving US embassy to Jerusalem

This is step one, researching the problem. More research and solutions soon. 

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On to different stuff soon. 

Flags and other Distractions

Pretty isn't it? So a lot stuff about NFL players not standing for the National Anthem lately. The president is getting all huffy about it (as if he has no other worries). Approval ratings you ask?  And there's the other great distraction of our time, North Korea. I was always taught the above image stands for freedom, including the right to protest that what you think is wrong. "I disagree with what you are saying but I will give my life for your right to say it." - From the French Revolution, I think. Feel free to correct me. It seems utterly lost now among so many. This is distraction one.

The guy running North Korea now has some pretty mean toys. All in the last decade or so, no doubt a worry. But they have not been in a war since 1953. His role is to stir the pot of war much for the consumption of his own population. How else can he cling to power? Most likely, he's a threat to no one but his own poor, starved people. But that's not the message of the American Government. We gotta do something! The mad man must be stopped! Lions and tigers and bears, threats everywhere! Distraction number two.

Keep your eye on the ball. US Military Budget 824.6 Billion !! 
                                            Climate change denial
                                            Trumpcare

Edit: Well, we dodged Trumpcare for now! 

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Readings 45- as the world burns.

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Read and ask me to just give him a chance?

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Climate
Meanwhile, watch the world burn.

Looking bleak but this is no time to surrender and throw in the towel. Stay in and keep moving forward. 

Fragmented and Off

It is hard to even know where to begin. So forgive me if this is a little fragmented and off. Looking into the future all I see is black.  

Here we are in the early days of Trumplandia. It has not taken long to see that running a business and running the US government are not the same thing. One cannot do it by tweets and decree. For the moment he (who's name shall not be mentioned here) is enjoying a creepy honeymoon phase with the party of Grumpy Old People in power. But they too will soon tire of tweets, made up facts and casting blame everywhere except where it belongs. Sure, any new administration needs time to get it's bearings but it is bad when the only accomplishment so far is better ratings for SNL. It will get worse.

One thing that is perhaps the most worrying of all are the true believers, those who think the cartoon president can do no wrong and is above all criticism. You've encountered them already, name calling bully types haunting social media. How far down the rabbit hole of decent killing fascism will they be willing to go? They can see no wrong and this is scary. They are a minority but this aspect of Trumplandia I find especially worrisome. It is like an army of brownshirts just waiting to be called fourth.

If those in power find they can ignore the courts, the only check left, we are in deep trouble. Travel bans will only be the beginning. Decent will soon be criminalized and crushed. Everything we though we knew about the USA will be gone. We have the technology today to make old-school 1930's-40's fascism seem a day at the beach. Think about it; drones, unlimited monitoring via phones / on line total control of media and movies. You get the idea.

Some questions.          

How is this delusional bunch now running Washington going to handle their first national emergency / crisis? 

What's going to happen as more and more dirt spews fourth as we all know it will? 


Will the Republicans figure it out in time or do they feel so insulated as not to even care?

Ho can, we the people, gain control over our own government (corporations own it now)?

More soon. Better write and protest while you still can. It's our only chance.