So it's been a while. No, I haven't given up and I haven't been arrested. There have been a few unidentified vehicles cruising by the house in the last few weeks, but no cameras that I could see and no serious-looking guys wearing bulletproof vests. I think we're good.
That being said, I haven't relented much on the twitter posts. Every morning I get up with my cats and heat up a cup of stale coffee and then dive right into the twittersphere. I know. It's pathetic, but I do it anyway. We're in the central time zone so by the time I crawl out of bed, Donald Trump has already been humiliating himself on social media for a couple of hours.
So, you're probably asking yourself why I'm bothering to write this post if I'm perfectly content getting up every morning with my cats and trolling the President of the United States at my leisure? Well, it's pretty simple. I care about my country and I care about the people my government is about to screw over like never before because they just don't know they need to fight it. That pretty much sums it up.
So back to the subject at hand. Our President just addressed the United Nations yesterday. While this may not seem out of the ordinary, just remember that he has been saying for a long time that the UN is useless, ineffective, and that the United States has been paying more than our share of the UN's operating expenses. And then he has the nerve to tell the entire assembly the same. And not in a diplomatic way. He just threw it out there. There is a concept of decor and dignity that this guy just doesn't understand. Most of us wouldn't address anyone that way, but he did it to the world's leaders.
The most troubling thing was when he started talking about North Korea. To be honest, I'm worried about Kim Jong Un, too. He's unpredictable and doesn't have a realistic view of the world and where North Korea fits into it. I don't know whether he's this way because he just doesn't have the information he needs to figure out where his country really stands or whether he's just fucking nuts and doesn't care. But, in front of the whole world, Donald Trump just said that the US will "completely destroy North Korea" if they threaten us. What the fuck? This is what a seventh grade bully would say. Nothing more. Nothing less. It is not what a rational human would say. To threaten nuclear war with someone who welcomes it because they don't understand the consequences is completely irresponsible and just doesn't make sense, yet he did it. And he did it in a big way.
So here we are. A day later and a lot closer to a nuclear confrontation and we are just going along like this is the new norm. Well, it can't be the new norm and we need to do something about it. This president clearly doesn't represent what Americans want. Face it, he's a nut case and we need to figure out how to get rid of him before he does too much damage. I don't know if that's impeachment, indictment, or just social unrest to extremes, but we can't become complacent and accept this as the way we want to live.
So, if you're like me you're probably trying to figure out what you can do. To be honest, there's nothing one person can legally do that will immediately yield measurable results. I think the solution is to organize and work the system that was put in place by our founding fathers and sisters to protect us from this kind of thing. It will take patience and persistence, but we'll win in the long run. And it will be worth it.
Look around your area for ways to organize and make a difference. There are Indivisible movements everywhere. Find one and join. And commit to it. Making change happen takes a lot of effort and you can't make it happen overnight. And you can't just join and wait to see what happens. You have to participate. I had the chance to join an Indivisible movement here in Omaha and I decided not to. I regret that decision to this day.
Don't be like me. If you want to make a change, commit to it and dive in. Don't do anything stupid, but dive in. Some of the stuff they ask you to do will seem inconsequential and useless, but it all adds up to something that will make a difference. You're not alone and your efforts, combined with the efforts of everyone else, will eventually make things right.
Thanks for reading my blog. I do appreciate it.
Jeff