I sit here on the eve of an event so mind-blowing that the good ole USA might not survive it. I am not going to mention the name of said travesty...we all know what it is.
What we did not know 22 months ago was that such a thing was possible. Now, to the dismay of damn near everyone, we stand on the brink of an extinction level event.
Yes, I am being a drama queen, I know. America has had greedy, grasping, brain-damaged folks in positions of power before. What is nagging at me is the sheer, unmitigated level of arrogance I have noticed in the PE's appointments, as well as his own behavior.
There are too many reasons this happened to count, so I am not going to go there. But I am going to speak about the arrogant attitude of the people being nominated to the highest offices of the land.
They do not give a shit about this country. Based on the testimony I've seen, they haven't bothered to learn fact one about the department(s) they have been nominated to run.
The pauses, ahem's, stutters, stammers, and shoulder shrugs all put me in the mind of spoiled, bored children. It's like their names were drawn out of a hat.
So what next America?
I forgot that hate is a stronger motivator than love in America. Or so it appears.
The "Ugly American" is back in full force. Voted into office on a wave of fear, bias and mis-directed anger. Upheld and bolstered by the Alt-Right and the NRA. No tax returns, broken campaign promises. Not the presidential timber I have come to expect even from Republicans.
But nothing about this election has gone as expected, not even for the presumptive president. Hometeam did not expect to win, and now he's toddling around playing 'leader of the free world' and does not have a clue.
I have no idea what happens next, but if we are alive on the other side of this, I hope we the people have learned our lesson...freedom requires vigilance. And let's face it folks, we were not paying attention. We must do better.
