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Head for the bunkers
I am not going to comment (much) on this video except to say it echos how I feel about the current state of Christianity in the United States of America.
What I always say about religion is that life is tough, whatever gets you through the day. Of course, that is close to what I say about gender/sexuality identity. Life is tough, whatever gets you through the night. Of course, being religious is a choice. Gender identity is not.
I had a lighter posting queued up for today, but the world feels like it is spinning even more out of control thanks to the Idiot-in-Chief aka El puta pendejo naranja.
Robert Reich is my type of crusader.
What blows me away is that there are still folks out there happy that they voted for this incompetent, arguably mentally unhinged monster. This is an America I thought I would never see.
Various sources are estimating that the military parade will cost $45 million. Street repairs afterwards are estimated to cost $16 million. Whether that last amount is included in the $45 million I do not know. This at a time when the Republicans are hell bent on cutting services and benefits to the most needy among us, being the good Christians that they are.
As a reminder here is the famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller:
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Okay I am once again a Johnny-come-lately. This time it is to the awareness that the bromance of Elon Musk and tRump had been labeled Elump by the popular press. I became cognizant of the moniker scrolling through YouTube when a video of Bill Maher’s popped up addressing the subject. I am not as big a Bill Maher fan as I used to be as he has become so self-righteous as to be almost unwatchable, but this video grabbed my attention.
First, it was a bromance? I do not believe that either of them have any real friends. A real friend being someone you might call if your car broke down on the side of the rode and you needed a ride home. Would either of them do so without asking for gas money? Or perhaps you can identify friends ala the popular test, “the two beers and watch my dogs” type of person. Both of them only see other people as something – yes, something in place of somebody – to be used and exploited for their own personal gain or purposes. A romance… nah. Their toxic masculinity Continue reading “ELUMP – Some Ramblings”
We do not need wanna-be dictators in this county, nor con men sitting in the White House and Congress.
Find a protest near you by going to NoKings.org
My feelings exactly, but I am not hopeful like Mr. Springsteen. The America I have always loved has turned into an abusive relationship.
20 lessons for our troubled times as read by one of my favorite actors, John Lithgow
He sums it up better than I ever could.
Quite frankly I fear that the experiment that has been the United States of America is crashing in the most obscene manner possible.
Kamala Harris is infinitely more qualified to be President of the United States than the tRump. I just do not understand how so many people could vote for this horrible, terribly horrible person except by explaining it by their fear of a woman of color holding the office – racism and misogyny. They also rejected Hillary Clinton, who was probably the most qualified person to run for the office in my lifetime.
I am having fantasies of checking out of this world rather than living through the next four years of the cluster fuck that is going to be a second go round with this monster. But I am not likely to do so as Señora has had enough pain in her life, plus I doubt I have the courage. What is about to come down the road, however, might make me desperate enough.
As a military brat I always had a great love and pride of country. No more. With tRump, Christian Nationalism, Project 2025, etc., I have come to hate what this country has become, especially since they seem to be doubling done on the awfulness. It does seem like from all the history I have read, that in the long run, evil generally wins out over good. tRump is evil incarnate.
Truly if there is a god as detailed in the religious texts, he hates humanity, as we keep getting leaders of such low caliber. I really thought that when tRump was elected the first time, it was one of the worst days of my life. I was wrong. Since we know what a monster tRump is this time around, yet he was elected, this time feels and is significantly worse.
The only positive thing to come out of last night is that Missourians did vote to repeal the draconian ban of abortion. However, I fully expect tRump and gangsters to make a national abortion ban law.
May the Devil save us as apparently God is not going to do so.
And so it should not go.
I originally posted this”meme” on July 5th. Afterwards I remembered a song that might just go with our current political situation. See video below.
Theme song for politics in the USA circa the MAGA era.