We are becoming numb to the overwhelming assault on our once upon a time deeply held and deeply loved values. But the assault is real & it is relentless.
From police brutality, children in cages, to the abuse & dismantling of the Justice dept by Tr/Barr it all warns of a fall.
I suppose no society believes it is possible "that it will, or can, happen here".
In this we deceive ourselves.
It is happening.
I suppose no society believes it is possible "that it will, or can, happen here".
In this we deceive ourselves.
It is happening.
We have 1 last fire break in the system.
Congress has failed.
Rule of law has failed and has been overwhelmed by Barr et al.
The S.Court has failed to uphold the values/principles of the separation of powers
The courts themselves are being populated with useful incompetents.
Congress has failed.
Rule of law has failed and has been overwhelmed by Barr et al.
The S.Court has failed to uphold the values/principles of the separation of powers
The courts themselves are being populated with useful incompetents.
The GOP senate, derelict in their duty to hold and honest evaluation of the articles of impeachments, and so the imprecations of @RepAdamSchiff have come true, far faster than seemed possible.
The taking over of the executive branch by a viral force such as Trump, who has
The taking over of the executive branch by a viral force such as Trump, who has
regard or interest in the well being of the country; has no plan or even an idea of a plan to help the country out of its problems, many he has created or elaborated through his intention or incompetence.
Such frontal assault on the American structure of power and purpose in
Such frontal assault on the American structure of power and purpose in
just this way was not able to be anticipated by the founders.
Every system has a flaw, or a potential flaw exposing the system to harm. We know them as an "Achillies Heel".
They are usually found in the assumptions of the system. It usually takes effort to find them. But once
Every system has a flaw, or a potential flaw exposing the system to harm. We know them as an "Achillies Heel".
They are usually found in the assumptions of the system. It usually takes effort to find them. But once
found they are like having the root password to a network. There is no way to stop the subsequent breach by a malevolently intentioned actor, or actors.
In our case, America, the Constitution made these assumptions:
> the distribution of power
In our case, America, the Constitution made these assumptions:
> the distribution of power
> each branch would protect its prerogatives and power
> the protection of the nation from an evil or ill intended president was the Congress and the courts.
> the primacy of the 'rule of law' and
> Consent of the governed
> No one above the law
> the protection of the nation from an evil or ill intended president was the Congress and the courts.
> the primacy of the 'rule of law' and
> Consent of the governed
> No one above the law
These and other axioms of the American Constitutional system form the foundation for the entire social structure.
If those charged by their oath to protect & defend the constitution will not do it, there is no other foundational defense against the authoritarian intentions.
If those charged by their oath to protect & defend the constitution will not do it, there is no other foundational defense against the authoritarian intentions.
So, we have one last firebreak in the system. The election. If the conflagration that is Trump and #TrumpsWarOnAmerica is not able to be stopped by the election. If that war, whose main battlefront has moved to voter suppression and attack on the basic institution of voting is
is not able to be turned at the ballot box this November then the fire will have jumped the last major defense of the nation against its enemies, in this strange case, the enemy is the (falsely) "elected" "president". But he holds the office, and thus the power of the office.
Like having unfettered access to the data and documents of the network, Trump has been enabled to run roughshod over these core values and principles of the country.
The thing about forest fires, or national configurations as we are in now, is that when they burn out two
The thing about forest fires, or national configurations as we are in now, is that when they burn out two
things may have happened:
. the chaotic undergrowth of the system, the weeds, will have been burnt out.
. A new ground has been prepared to make the necessary changes that will enable the restoration of a more healthy forest.
Or.
The land will have been so burnt that recovery
. the chaotic undergrowth of the system, the weeds, will have been burnt out.
. A new ground has been prepared to make the necessary changes that will enable the restoration of a more healthy forest.
Or.
The land will have been so burnt that recovery
is near impossible.
The call is to take back the country from this strange actor Trump & Co, and the even stranger 35% who make him possible.
A return to our core principles, which will, or may, enable a new future of possibilities.
All now dependent upon the next fire break.
The call is to take back the country from this strange actor Trump & Co, and the even stranger 35% who make him possible.
A return to our core principles, which will, or may, enable a new future of possibilities.
All now dependent upon the next fire break.
