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Democracy dies with blind loyalty and uninformed, intimidated voting

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Democracy dies because of uninformed voters, misinformation, blind loyalty, and masked intimidation. The idea of a people-controlled government necessitates the populist cast ballots and respect the outcome. Your turn to let democracy win is now. Be an informed, knowledgeable, non-single issue, country before party voter. While every vote is sacred, an uninformed, ignorant vote is dangerous because elections have consequences.

Our system of voting, and our form of government, are more at risk today than ever before. It’s up to us to ensure their survival. The risks are real; ignorance, misinformation, intimidation, gerrymandering, and least of all fraud.

The airwaves and multiplatform media are awash with half-truths, slanderous snippets, blatant lies and a never-ceasing, bot propagated, flood of misinformation. Every minute of every day a new incendiary hoax is proliferated to influence the ignorant and the blind followers. It’s hard to pierce through the noise and find the truth. Remember, hate speech isn’t free speech. Those who want to influence voting don’t want you to research and study. Don’t listen to the ridiculous, the outlandish, or the absurd. Stop funding those individuals and organizations which support them. Defy them, study, and research all the issues and candidates. Reach out to the League of Women Voters, read the Voters Pamphlet, question the nonsense. Educate yourself.

Voter intimidation and political violence is on the rise. A dangerous turn of events which cannot be tolerated. Masked and armed people in military garb are now ‘observing’ Arizona polling stations and ballot boxes. These vigilantes, reminiscent of the masked KKK, are afraid to show their identity yet they photograph the voters. Their presence chills the atmosphere of a free and fair election process and heightens the risk of political violence. In today’s polarized election cycle this could be anywhere, not just Arizona, especially after a Federal Judge refused to stop them. Polling centers and ballot boxes must be free of harassment, direct or implied. So, if your ballot box is being watched, cast your ballot, then turn and smile to their masked, cowardly, faces and give them the appropriate digit enhanced wave they deserve.

Gerrymandered voting districts are fundamentally wrong. Party controlled legislatures are redrawing election boundaries for their own benefit not for fair representation. During the years of Jim Crow Laws extraordinary efforts were made to limit black voters by determining the smallest amount of black heritage would disqualify voters. In a reversal of logic southern Republican legislatures are now determining people must have a high degree of blackness to be deemed as black to be a factor in redistricting. A perfect example of the means justifies the end, holding power no matter how unethical.

Voting integrity is an issue and yes, voter fraud did occur in the 2020 election. The Heritage Foundation, a heralded conservative organization, has documented an unimpressive 1380 proven instances of voter fraud across the country. A fraud rate of less than nine proven fraudulent votes per million cast. After spending almost six million dollars on forensic analysis, Arizona determined blatant, systematic, fraud did not take place. Yes, we have a problem but it’s not voter fraud. It’s the Big Lie and those who continue to propagate and benefit from it.

Our democracy is at our mercy. We have a responsibility to be independent informed voters who will politely and with civility take part in the process. We must not, cannot, be guided by blind loyalty, swayed by the attack ads, or the propagation of lies and inuendoes. Voting districts should be established by independent bipartisan commissions, not biased state legislatures. Our democracy depends on us standing up and being counted as thinking individuals, not manipulated party zombies.

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Question everything you think you know in pursuit of Truth

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When we were children, we listened and absorbed the lessons taught by our parents and our role models. As adults we must ensure the lessons we teach and actions we take are based on truth and facts, not perspective and conjecture. Just as ‘the truth will set you free’ (John 8:32) and ‘I think therefore I am’ (Rene Descartes) we must challenge everything we think we know and view from every perspective before we can conceive it is the truth. We must escape from our own Plato’s Cave (The Allegory of the Cave, Republic by Plato), and seek the blinding daylight of reality, and encourage those who are still captive in their cave to escape.

The Allegory of the Cave is an excellent illustrative story for our times. Trapped in a darkened cave watching images parade upon the wall. All we can see are these images and hear their sounds as each creature passes. This is our only means of knowledge and therefore deemed our reality. Just as children we believe what we see and hear. If the figure of an ass passes by and trumpets, we have no choice but to believe the ass trumpets. We know no difference. Not until we are able to escape our bonds of our dark cave can we see a little more truth. We discover the visions we saw on the wall were shadows of silhouettes made with artificial light, not reality. Yet, we still think an ass trumpets because we know nothing different. The puppeteers stay in character as they move the silhouettes and continue the ruse.

It’s not until, once again, we strive to reach the bright daylight outside of the greater cave do we see reality. We are blinded by the brilliance of the sunlight. It hurts at first. We try to shield our eyes until they become accustomed to truth’s brilliance. We see and hear the real ass and elephant and are shocked, in denial and disbelief. We see the sky, hear the surf and thunder, and smell the wonders and stench of real truth. We think to ourselves; we must tell those left behind, still in their cave. However, after harassment and threats we understand another great reality. Each of us must find our own way out of our caves. Regardless of the amount of encouragement, each must decide to either stay in the comfort of manipulated delusion or face the enlightened discomfort of truth. But we can still encourage them and should.

And today the shadows projected upon our wall are controlled by mass and social media. One controlled by only a few for their financial interests and the other manipulated by inhuman bots programmed to disseminate disinformation. We are told ‘truth isn’t truth’ and follow our tribal instincts finding ourselves more comfortable to believe those in our groupthink world and our new puppeteers. For us to break free of their influence we must escape the chains by which they bind us.

So, here’s the deal; if you are not viciously challenging what you believe, or think, and those two are different, every day then you are not in a position to challenge or question anyone else’s ideas or comments. This is a pretty high bar, but one each of us is more than capable of jumping, every day. Through this self-challenge we can see truth is truth, not perspective or the chaos of conspiracy theory. Elephants trumpet like elephants and asses don’t, they heehaw.   #NeverFearTheDream

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Sleep walking into a New Axis World Coalition

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The news in front of our eyes is dominated by the summer heat, drought, and now monsoons. Rivaled by the constant drip, drip, drip drama of citizen trump, and the news the Ukrainian’s continue to stymie the mighty Russian Paper Bear.

These are critically important events, well maybe not the citizen trump stuff. Lest we forget to raise our heads and look around we may very well be sleep walking into a New Axis World Coalition. Russia and China are forming tighter bonds which isn’t unexpected. However, Russia is now linking arms with the other terrorist states of North Korea, Syria, and Iran. North Korea has reportedly offered 100,000 ‘volunteers’ to fight in Ukraine. Syria is now demanding all U.S. troops out of the country. Iran is attacking U.S. forces and supporting terrorist forces in the Middle East and beyond. And then there’s Turkey, just playing the authoritarian transactional leadership game getting what they can from either Russia or NATO.

The consequence of these new, robust, and overt, coalitions will impact our lives for the foreseeable future. Given the predicament Russia is in, China’s long term expansionist plan, and the radicalized position of the other three states of terror the U.S., NATO, and the rest of the non-aligned world should be ready for almost anything at any time. It’s reasonable to foresee a nuclear North Korea, Syria and Iran curtesy of Russia, just ‘to balance’ the global power structure.

These are interesting times. Here’s hoping the world’s structural stupidity and self-absorbed nature doesn’t accelerate and exacerbate the situations.

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Can our Democracy survive divided?

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As we celebrate the country’s birth are we witness to its demise? Democracies haven’t historically been conquered but have fallen by implosion. Our divided country is amid concurrent and sequential civil wars. Can the great divides be breached? Does anyone really want to try? We have blindly marched down polarizing paths of ideology. With every step moving further apart and less tolerant. Every step closer to tribalism. The Democrats are fighting between the Progressives and the Traditionalist. The Republicans are clearly in a civil war between the MAGA/TEA (aka MAGAT) and their centralists (aka RINO). The Southern Baptists are infighting between those supporting MAGATs, and intragroups who have called them out as ‘political whores’. This on top of their schism associated with sex offenders, groomers, their defenders and those horrified and abused.

Extreme ideology is more rigid and focused on retaining power and less about compromise. We listen only to those who believe as we do. A country which once prided itself on the art of compromise, compassion, and dialog has become an angry cesspool of intolerance. And the Supreme Court upending abortion rights has thrown fuel on an incendiary scene.

In this civil war, public meetings are now yelling forums. Elected officials and volunteers have been threatened and harassed. Protestors keep vigils outside of private homes and threaten assignation. We have been seduced by leaders who will propagate lies, spin the details, and publicly seek revenge upon those who counter their propaganda. They have not only lost their moral fiber but have also lost their moral compass. A civil war of words, of ideals, and of principles has been corrupted and weaponized. The truth twisted my knaves’ setting traps for fools, believed by the ill and uniformed.

The hate speech and now the drumbeat of religious violence have reached a crescendo. The first physical skirmishes of the civil war they spawned have taken place. We now have two forms of civil wars, a war of words and one of escalating open conflict. Intolerant racial groups plan and execute violence on other races. Intolerant organizations and legislators plan and wage siege on minority groups. Not because they are bad people but because they are a minority and are simply different. A scourge on the country, or so are told. And so, the means justifies the actions. We have been whipped into a frenzy. We have breached the halls of Congress and violently attacked the very standard of our Democracy. We have rioted in the street and the factions are violently collided at an increasing rate.

The extremists are getting what they have wanted; an excuse to ‘burn it down’. It isn’t about building together anymore. It is about isolating, excluding, and forcing an agenda, regardless of impact. Commonality, civility, compassion have been replaced with tribalism, hate speech, vulgarity, and violence. The implosion of our democracy has started; but it can be stopped. Those who have tried to tear her down have to be held accountable. We must be a country where no one is above the law. The consequences of placing anyone above the law, in the long term, is worse than the threat of potential conflict. We already face the conflict. There is a difference between free speech and hate speech. One results in communal growth along common lines and the latter yields visceral threats and physical conflict. It’s ours to choose. Democracy isn’t just a word. This Democracy is bigger than each of us because it is all of us. But these civil wars can be the beginning of the end. If we let them.

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SCOTUS: Just Calling Strikes and Balls

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The recent SCOTUS rulings could, or should, maybe teach us one thing. The Justices aren’t concerned with public opinion or consequences of their rulings. They are, self-proclaimed, ‘Originalists’ and are therefore simply calling strikes and balls. Is it in the Constitution or not? If not explicitly in the Constitution, or in Federal legislation, then it’s out.

It is really simple; just like the baseball umpire calls inside or outside the strike zone. The umpire doesn’t pause to consider consequences of the call. Is a full count and the pick is a ball with runner advancing; are the bases loaded? Is the home team ahead or behind with bases loaded? How many outs in the inning? Will a strike call end the inning or the game? Will the fans agree with the call, or get irate?

Nope, doesn’t happen. The umpire calls it without consideration of the unending scenarios which might play out. And so it is with the SCOTUS, or so it seems. It also appears historic precedent is immaterial. And common practice and national acceptance isn’t going to be considered. It’s simple; in the Constitution or not; make the call. Protected by explicit federal law, yes or no; make the call.

Are the ‘rights’ you think you have protected explicitly in the Constitution or Federal statutes; or are they inferred by implication and interpretations? If not explicitly or by statute, they may not be your ‘rights’ for long. So, ponder for a moment; marriage isn’t in the Constitution. Not just same sex, or interracial, just simply marriage. The right to ‘own’ a firearm isn’t explicitly protected. The right to ‘keep and bear Arms’ is; but not ‘own’. Maybe the Founders considered a ‘regulated militia’ as citizens to whom the government issued weapons. Not for their ownership but for them to keep and be prepared to use. If the government has the authority to distribute, they also have the inverse, of collection and control. Oh, and just for fun, those ‘Arms’ aren’t defined. So, is it the ‘Arms’ of the day or ‘Arms’ of today? What else is out there, the right to medical care, nope; the right to own a home, nope; voting rights, well maybe sorta; but the list will likely just keep growing.

The ‘interpretist’ of SCOTUS past have been displaced. Ok, new umpires, new rules. Defining and protecting historic rights is now, as it should be, the obligation of the state and federal legislators. In this world of robust gerrymandering, visceral rancor, and open violence it doesn’t seem likely there will be any compromises coming anytime soon. The irony is all this could have been avoided if federal legislators had codified all this over the last fifty years.

Remember, SCOTUS is not obliged to consider consequences, even if they should. However, the further SCOTUS veers away from public opinion the more they lose credibility, not authority unfortunately, just credibility. Consequences and public policy are the roles of legislators, not judges. It’s just strikes and balls.

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Decide and vote by asking the hard questions

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The primaries are almost over. The November ballots are almost set. Now the independent and non-affiliated voters get a chance to express their preferences. There’s only one thing worse than a non-voter; an uninformed voter. Take your time, study the issues, ask the candidates the hard questions and don’t accept the cheap throw away rhetoric.

Free speech: Ask what is the difference between protesting discrimination in a park versus storming the Capital and are both really ‘legitimate political discourse’? Ask what part of book banning is acceptable in defense of free speech? And ask how voting restrictions fits within promoting free speech?

Critical race or replacement theory: Ask if schools should teach unvarnished history or nostalgia. One is what really happened, the full story, and the other a fantasy with selective facts in order not disturb our fragile feelings. If they choose real history, they are likely critical thinkers, if not maybe they should be replaced, especially if they are an incumbent.

Pro-life or pro-choice: Ask, if they profess pro-life, what government infant/childcare, adoption programs, and medical subsidy programs for the fetal deformed are they proposing? If there aren’t any, they really aren’t problem solvers. To the contrary. They are simply pandering for right wing votes without consideration of consequences.

Immigration: Ask if they support immigration policies which promote legal entry and paths to citizenship or blind isolationism? Recognizing this is a country of immigrants and some are only a generation or two from their fore parents coming here.

Climate change: Ask if they have considered the socio-economic impacts of both continued development and dependence of fossil fuel as well as renewable energy? Have them articulate the impacts and their mitigation plans.

Federal Transfer Spending: Ask them what their plan is to control federal transfer spending, which is now more than 70% of the federal budget. Ask them between these federal transfer programs: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Student Assistance, Civil Service retirement, Veteran’s compensation, supplemental nutrition assistance program, and Hospital and medical care for veterans would they cut and why?

Rule of Law: Ask them if anyone is above the law and if so, why? Ask if they support justice inequality if it reduces crime? Ask if they support law enforcement ‘qualified immunity’ and then ask how they intend to hold rogue police and departments accountable? And really press when you ask them what their plan is to stop mass shootings and let’s hope it’s more than an elevator speech on mental health. Ask why we can ban alcohol sales to those under 21 but not gun sales? Ask, how many innocent children must lay down their lives to protect twenty-seven words?

However, before you ask any of these questions; maybe, you should ask them of yourself. Don’t be skittish. Ask yourself the hard questions. Challenge everything you’ve thought you always knew. Challenge yourself to articulate the opposing positions. Engage in dialog with people and groups who espouse contrary positions. Study and read. Venture out and absorb media news which opposes your norm.

Please don’t get your guidance from your religious leader or your drinking buddy. Be independent. Please don’t be a single-issue voter. Reach out to the League of Women Voters and study the Voter Information Guide.

There is only one thing worse than a nonvoter and that’s an uninformed voter. A voter who votes based on ignorance. This Republic was based on the electorate to be knowledgeable, inquisitive, and challenging. Ask the hard questions and if you don’t know; don’t vote your ignorance. If your candidate didn’t win, you get a do-over. Be open to the idea the best candidate may be from the ‘other’ party.

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Old Glory and Her Companions

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Recently, I’ve spent some time driving through several urban and rural parts of America and something struck me. I noticed a lot of American flags flying. Some were crisp, clean, and clearly new. Some were tattered and worn. Some were damaged by smoke and flames from forest fires, yet they survived. I saw the red strip as well as the blue strip.  Most waved majestically, stars aloft. A very few flew resolutely upside-down declaring distress. The flag of the Republic fluttering in the breeze silently representing all of us regardless of our political position. You see the flag doesn’t know or care what you believe. It simply waves, the light dancing off the symbolic colors and independent, yet clustered, stars.

What struck me the most was the flags which joined Old Glory. Those are the flags which might just tell the real story of belief and maybe disbelief. I saw the State’s flag symbolically flying subserviently. I saw the flag remembering those Missing In Action (MIA) and the sacrifice they and their families have made and solemnly wished them well. I saw crisp, new, clean Ukrainian flags the bright yellow and blue sending a strong message and wished them peace and strength. I saw the Rainbow flag. I saw the Gadsden flag and pondered if the those flying it knew its history and that of the Continental Marines which it represented. I saw flags of the failed Confederacy and of South Vietnam and wondered.

But the grouping which was most gripping was a tri-pole flying an inverted, half-staffed, American in the center, a ‘Brandon’ flag to the left and a Russian flag to the right. As I passed, I was glad those responsible for the display had the right and freedom to do so. And yet wondered about those flying the MIA and/or the Ukraine flags and the messages each cluster was sending.

Maybe the few inverted flags were the most symbolically honest. Maybe we are a divided country in distress. Division only benefits our detractors and enemies. Maybe we should disarm our polarized positions and recognize, despite ourselves, we are stronger together than apart. Let’s not let them win.

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The Taproot of Racism Runs Deep…Don’t remain silent

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In a Nation founded on the premise of White dominance, it is little wonder overt and covert racism runs rampant. This, unfortunately, is manifested so profoundly in our schools. This should be an embarrassment to and a lesson for every one of us. We and our children weren’t born racists. Racism is taught. We taught them, as our parents taught us. And our social, financial, legal, and educational systems support those incendiary teachings. To be clear, we are all racists, to some degree or another.

There are only a few types of racists. Those who are flagrant and overt and those who are silent and covert. Both racists, but one more troublesome than the other. I am less incensed by those who are flagrant racists and homophobes than I am with those who sit silently by and let the chastisement and harassment continue. The first is a group who are hardened and feel aggrieved by any minority advancement and want only to turn the pages of history back. The other stands idly by giving support and approval by their silence. It’s said a stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. However, a strong case can be made for a knowing person who remains silent in the face of abuse and harassment is much more dangerous and perpetuates the offense.

To the students and youth of the Nation. You represent our future. You have access to information your parents and grandparents never had, can’t understand, or arrogantly choose to ignore. Listen, observe, critique, and analyze everything you have been, and will be, taught. Don’t rely on anything, or anyone, without critically assessing all sides of the issue. Determine for yourselves what is right, just, and fair and then continue to viscously challenge your own conclusions. Above all else, take your school and community back. Don’t be silent. Silence is tacit support and approval. Let your voice be heard. Call out and be intolerant of racial and gender slurs and harassment the second they happen. Support and befriend those who are targets. Be intolerant to this abuse as you would any abuse. Use the tools uniquely at your disposal. Utilize social media, in your school paper, and your school clubs and organizations to support the victims and take the power away from the perpetrators. Express your disapproval of teachers and administrators who fail to act. Expect more accountability. Have the moral compass and moral fiber to do what’s right to break the chain of abuse. Don’t ever be satisfied with the status quo because it is inherently and systematically racist.

To my white brothers and sisters, I’ll be as blunt as possible. We are a product and beneficiary of the Nation’s Anglo centric beliefs and social systems. We have never experienced racial intolerance to the extent those of any color have and probably never will. To be very clear, we are not the victim of racial discrimination, no matter how much affirmative action. We, collectively, have not suffered or experienced racial stress. No matter how personally affronted and insulted you might be with the slightest form of racial ridicule you feel it is dwarfed by that which minorities have and are experiencing every day and have experienced since the formation of the Nation. It is systemic and toxic and holding back this country’s ability to reach new heights and achievements. And for god’s sake, stop looking and hoping for the next ‘Great White Hope’ because she/he might be an LGBTQ of any color.

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What would you do?

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What would you do if everything you see around you points to the degradation and dissolution of principles you were taught? You believe the moral fiber of your life is being threatened and challenged. You believe the social system you’ve come to rely upon is being torn apart and there seems to be so little you can do.

What would you do if the media you rely upon repeatedly tells you exactly what you have come to believe? In-fact, the only news you see and hear tells you it’s worse, much worse, than you ever imagined. They espouse there are forces working every day to undermine the social order. They proclaim those forces are deeply embedded in the fabric of the government and constantly working to undermine and change history.

What would you do if the social media you follow is deluged by your online friends, those people you’ve never met all over the country, advocating the same rhetoric? A country wide collection of groupthinks. All forwarding more links to corroborating websites promoting unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and dark projections of your and the country’s future.

What would you do if the leaders whom you trust and adore, as if they were bigger than life, re-enforce everything you’ve seen, read, heard, and now completely believe? They tell you the fate of life and social order as you know it is at a dire tipping point. You are told, repeatedly, the fate of everything you believe in is at risk and it is up to you to rise up. They feed your fear and champion a calling for your action. Claiming it to be a calling only true believers can understand and follow.

What would you do if your religious leaders and teachers told you every time you entered the house of worship the moral fabric of the country is under attack? If you were told by your faith leader every moral fiber and the soul of your country and religion was under attack by the great Satan.

What would you do? Would you become flagrantly intolerant of anyone not believing like you? Would you become reclusive? Would you pick up arms and seek others like yourself? Would you become radicalized and become a jihadist, Antifa, or storm the Capital? Would you plot, with your brothers, an insurrection to defend your country and religion beliefs? What would you do? What will you allow yourself to become? This is us. This is where we are. This is where the world is to a greater or lesser degree. We see it play out across the world. No place is immune.

Or, would you pause for a few moments and ask yourself, challenge yourself, to look critically and dispassionately at everything you’ve seen or have been told? Would you question and seek alternatives? Would you just for a moment, consider maybe just maybe, you might not be completely correct, and other’s might be just as correct, and wrong, as you? Would you consider, just for a fleeting moment, another person’s perspective might have as much legitimacy as yours? Would you, could you, because you certainly should.   #NeverFeartheDream

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Eulogy for the Once Grand Ole Party

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The Party of Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Regan, Bush, Goldwater, and McCain has now ceased to exist as they would recognize. The Party of the moral majority has lost not only its moral compass but also its moral fiber to withstand internal radicalization. A Party which professes the legitimacy of the Big Lie, promotes rioters as patriots, and sponsors voter suppression rather than voter outreach as the means to win elections. A Party which condemns independence of individuals and solicits funds to help pay the legal fees of the corrupt. And which now, declares violence and vandalism as “legitimate political discourse”. A stance which will probably come back to haunt them.

A Party which now supports, condones, and defends violence over dialog to resolve differences. A position which might be the first steps in justifying clashes and civil violence in the future. A Party which once proudly proclaimed and encouraged more voices leads to better policy and decision-making now censures independent thought and supports the rule of the mob. A Party now firmly barnacled to the rectum of a self-proclaimed demigod who cares more about revenge and retaliation than the wellbeing of the country.

The Party which once proudly bore the banner of global leadership and defense of democracy is now the Party of isolation and censorship. The Party which once was the stalworth against authoritarian communist governments now supports them over fledgling democracies. A Party which openly supports book banning, suppression of ideas and free speech, and whose members openly threaten local elected officials and school boards. It’s little wonder they call storming the Capital a “legitimate political discourse”. Clearly if you out yell and threaten people you are having legitimate discourse. It is now a Party whose members cause losses to others while deriving no gain, and even incur losses, for themselves. A Party disconnected from normal decorum and reality. Making history by being on the wrong side of history

The center pole of Regan’s ‘big tent’ has been kicked down and now the Party believes the only way to win elections is to suppress voting rather than have winning, long term policy proposals. It is now a Party controlled by the ‘retro-gressives’, those far right of ‘regressive’, who only want to styme progress and return to the sanctity of their past. A Party whose vocal members have become intoxicated by fear and anger and control by the voice of the mob.

A Party whose leaders were once the best and brightest with bold ideas and ideals now tremble and lack the moral fortitude to standup for themselves and the historic principles of the Party. Trembling in fear of retribution and pandering to the mob to retain their power rather than expressing what they know are truths. It is far easier to continue to tell a lie rather than face the rath of those consumed by the lie. These are the times when a lie is not a lie if a person has the audacity to keep asserting the lie is true to a gullible audience.

We now witnessing the agonizing death of the Republican Party and earnestly hope it doesn’t take the country down as well.   #NeverFeartheDream