Rich, White & Republican

My efforts to refrain from political comment lately have not been as successful as I had hoped.

Apparently, I cannot resist the  over abundance of ongoing acts of political stupidity unfolding in this early election cycle. Some of the targets are so ripe and irresistible, never mind shooting fish in a barrel, it would be like shooting the poor bastards in a bucket.

The White Wingin, Bible Trumpin Maga  faithful have stepped up their game with a White Supremacist out of step march in DC recently. And not so long ago, a star studded election denying hoe down in Florida re-ran a potpourri of tired and worn out Qanon  conspiracies, while also spewing stale, old hat Pizzagate, Jewish Space Laser Battalion Bullshit.

And I don't care. Giving stupidity anything more than minimal recognition is all stupid people and their bottom feeding enablers deserve. There seems to be no depths to how low the Right will sink in order to nurture their their rank and file's fear and loathing index. The "Make em afraid and Keep em afraid" strategy appears to be working. 

If we don't step up and demand more from the leaders we elect, we will and do deserve everything that is happening to us. It has gone well past the simpler issues of Left v. Right. We and our society are broken, in disrepair, have gone off the deep end. Everyone seems to be looking at everyone else as a potential enemy. The USA is in trouble. 

The benchmarks data experts use to define healthy societies seem to drop to lower and lower standards with each new year. Our nation's emotional instability means the moneyed interests and their butt kissing puppets are loving Life right now. They have us exactly where they want us; extremely paranoid and ready to strike out at the imaginary boogeymen our leaders have conjured up for us.

The problem exists on both sides of the aisle, but at the moment, it is the Right who have criminalized their tactics the most. If we can get the Right to find some rationality and show some spine in the face of their manically out of control leadership, the Left might just ease up also. 

The Republicans are the party who have lost control of themselves. They will have to do the initial heavy lifting first. If they do, the more extreme Right Wing factions might follow their lead. Appeasing any Republican demands at the moment is not the way to change.

In the meantime ...................

Do your best to Keep it 'tween the ditches .......................................

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In my search for an appropriate tune some days ago to find a song that fit in with my "Pure Puke" post, I stumbled across Root Boy Slim & his Sex Change Band. The song was called "Boogie Til You Puke". 

Root Boy was a local artist from Takoma Park, Maryland who bunched Conservative panties throughout the Washington, DC area. He and his music did not last though as he died at age 48 from loving Life too much. I only caught his act once in some boondock bar somewhere in between Baltimore and DC. 

Here is his song, "Rich, White & Republican", released on his 1986 album, "Don't Let This Happen to You".