Monday, May 11, 2026

Hit the Road, Jack!

Let's begin with "Unconstitutionality."  For Americans 2026 has been plagued with it.  A fairly young nation is destined to be subject to the same ills as other Western nations.  We are not unique and thus have entered maturity battling the same internal governmental corruption as many.  Even in the last few decades examples of such tyranny are rife.  Saddam Hussein.  Muammar Gaddafi.  Bashar al-Assad.  Hugo Chavez.  Now American Donald Trump has entered the field for competition.  With delusions of grandeur, narcissism, and sedition the current American President singlehandedly has attempted to dismantle two and a half centuries of democratic governance forged by our Founding Fathers.  It has been a big pill to swallow emerging into each new day with a taste of shit.  Instinctively I knew before I died America would succumb to such an onslaught.  Our generations have been lucky with only hints of Viet Nam in our consciousness.  The Persian Gulf was our first "television war," and we did not internalize the pangs of death.  Perhaps Afghanistan and Iraq were the more visceral and gruesome examples of a bona fide "War Economy."  It was inevitable that Donald Trump's second term would spiral into lunacy.  Faked assassination attempts?  With George Bush Jr. it was a shoe.  Saturation has occurred with most Americans, and we have begun to refocus on the more important aspects of American life.  Surprisingly these are the things that always have been important to intelligent and enlightened Americans.  The technology threshold has blown its wad, and like how it has been predicted in numerous film it has turned against us.  The "Tet."  "Skynet."  A wirelessly connected network of satellites that is attempting to exterminate the majority of the human race so the rich may cavort in ecstasy as world dwellers.  They want the planet to themselves.  Are they aliens?  As we watch three mile long unit freight trains obstruct grade crossings and restrict access to emergency health services, we ask ourselves, "Who is doing this?"  The answer is CEOs earning dividends for their shareholders.  The Rich and the Aspiring Rich raping and pillaging the common populace for their own gain.  The list of human grievances has grown long and complex and is too stark to list here.  Just know that we as a nation are fighting for our lives until Trump is gone.