There must be plenty of positives about July 3rd. The problem I am having is trying to remove it from the shadow of it's bigger brother, July 4th.
Independence Day looms large over America at this time of the year. At no time in my lifetime has it seemed larger and more looming than it does this year of the New America, the Corporatist State.
Excepting the Civil War, at no time in our history has this country drifted this far from its roots. The fear of many is that this is just the beginning. I share that fear.
The accumulation of too many self inflicted negatives over the last 50-60 years have come together to form a perfect storm that will alter this country for the foreseeable future and beyond. And while History has shown us that this was a possibility anywhere, anytime and involving anyone, it matters little now. It appears that drastic, life altering changes are on our mutual horizons.
I would love to point to positive changes on our doorstep, but the few that are there will surely be overtaken by the overwhelming ugliness that has seeped into every facet of our lives. Ambivalence has now created Malevolence. Complacency has replaced Protest. Ignorance has replaced Common Sense. Combine all these together under the leadership of an evil sociopath and what you end up with is Donald J. Trump.
So go ahead America and fool yourselves tomorrow that we are still the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave". We did this to ourselves and we deserve the result.
Later Gators .............................
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This song "Red", is by my new favorite political songwriter, name of Jesse Welles. His delivery and lyrics remind me of the acoustic Bob Dylan before Bob went electric. Anyway, here's a two-fer today. "Red" is very current about Trump and the shit storm he's created.
When the war gets here
We're all gonna hold hands
We're gonna get on the level
Everyone looks a little bit nicer
When you finally meet the Devil
The 2nd song is about, "The Poor"
"If you worked a little harder
You'd have a lot more
The blame and the shame
Is on you for being so damn poor..."
