An Inside Attack

There are many disparate political, economic, and social issues to assauge.  North Carolina is Red.  It is a swing state.  The margin between Republican and Democrat is miniscule.  Like Georgia it is possible for North Carolina to flip blue.  The political volatility of the state is rife, aggressive, and unsettling.  It is a cat fight.  The anxiety and paranoia created by North Carolina flipping blue is tangible.  This neurosis does not come from Democrats.  They only want what is best for the citizenry.  This angst, fear, and trepidation is originating in the far right Republican ranks of the state legislature. Recently they chose to ignore forever chemicals in the Cape Fear River Basin.  These harmful toxins have been proven to cause illness and death.  Under the leadership of Phil Berger and Tim Moore, (who was going to resign because of sexual impropriety) the committee in the State Legislature punted on its responsibility to try to clean up North Carolina's watershed.  Instead of following the federal EPA's suggestions, they asked them to remove four chemicals from the list of dangerous pollutants.  They hedged on a vote and delayed discussion to a later date.   (They must be lawyers!)  Let me reiterate the gravity of this scenario.  The North Carolina State Legislature, instead of voting to try to clean the tainted water, ignored it.  They sided with industries and state utilities to do nothing.  They chose to keep polluted water.  A vote for their Republican Party and Donald Trump is a vote to poison North Carolina's population.  The effort needed to cover their tracks is what creates tension and anxiety.  Until November the state will suffer from this struggle.  It is good against evil, and good is losing with the help of the United States Supreme Court.  The replacement of Joe Biden with Kamala Harris was surprisingly strategic for the Democratic Party.  It is clear who is the most capable of performing the duties of the United States President.  A vote for Donald Trump is not an honest vote for President.  It is a vote to diminish democracy and undermine truth in government.  It is difficult to know the difference between evil and Corporate America.  Democracy representing and protecting the people has been diminished.  The desires of the people were discarded long ago; the processes necessary to support democracy, like the involvement of the people, have been sidetracked.  We have forgotten how to fight, because we were blindsided with an antagonistic, covert, terrorist offensive.  America has been attacked from within, and only now are we discovering it.