Election freak-out and the aftermath...

Half the country is reeling from the election news--it wouldn't be quite as bad if the two houses of Congress hadn't stayed red...but it is interesting to note that Trump followers, the ones who wanted something new, voted them back in. And Mitch McConnell leads the pack. He's the one who said that their entire agenda for the past eight years was to block Obama--this was an incredible slap in the face to the people who elected Obama. I find the lack of courtesy and the hate mongering unbelievable right now--and especially coming from our elected officials--if the people who wanted Trump really wanted something different for the country they should have voted those old boys out! Most of them are older than dirt!

My feeling about it all is that the DNC and Debby Wasserman Shultz shot themselves in the foot when they decided to support Hillary over Bernie Sanders. Their lack of judgement about the mood of the country was ill-fated. Too many people in this country dislike her--and it is NOT only because she's a woman. There is history there that goes back over thirty years. She's a consummate politician and smart as a whip, and she's an insider. And that is exactly what people did not want this go round. I voted for her because I knew that if I didn't we'd have Trump--well, we have Trump anyway. What I'm trying to say is that maybe the dissing of Bernie and his many supporters during the primary was what lost the Dems the election--would Bernie have won over Trump? I have the sense that he would because the main thrust of this election was getting away from politics as usual. Although Bernie has been in the senate for many years he did not represent the political elite--his was a new vision that appealed to the common man--he was trying to make things better. What astounds me is that many of his supporters ending up voting for Trump. Why? The only reason I can come up with is that Trump is not a politician.

I was heartbroken when Bernie was ousted. Trump had no message and I knew Hillary's platform, and so I didn't listen to the debates. I sincerely hope that Trump will surprise us instead of bending to the will of the Republican party--already they are beginning to dismantle Obamacare. It wasn't a perfect system but it did allow people with pre-existing conditions to get healthcare and it also was great for children. If they don't replace it with a decent program this country could be in serious trouble. I worry about the poor and the disenfranchised--the people who slip through the cracks. Those cracks will be getting bigger if we don't stand up and vote the old boys out--hopefully the midterms will give us the chance to do so. Sad to think that so many of the poor are looking to Trump to fix their lives.

End of the world part 2

What is it they say? There's no such thing as being too rich or too thin? Really? How about too fat because you don't have the money to buy proper food or so poor that you don't have a roof over your head?

We are in the beginning stages of what happened in Germany, folks, just before Hitler came into power. This isn't a depression, per se, but the economy for poorer people has not improved. Wages are stagnant and have been for over twenty years, there has been no cost of living increases to wages nor has there been a lessening in the lending institutions--not since they fucked us over. Poor people in this country are basically screwed. No wonder they are geared up to listen to someone like Trump. They don't trust the government and he's the only one who isn't tied into it.

I wish I could impress upon them what will happen if Trump becomes our president, especially if the congress is still Republican. The first thing is the end of Obamacare. I agree that this health care system is majorly flawed, but without it things will only get worse. And the people who are screaming about abolishing it are the ones who can afford health care. (Congress gets the best health care there is) What happens to the ones who can't? And the idea that Paul Ryan put forth the other day of getting insurance companies to again ban those with preexisting conditions? What do they think will happen to these people? Or don't they care? Is that the problem--that they care about no one but themselves?

It seems that fear is running the world, or at least our country. Fear of a terrorist attack ranks high despite the lack of evidence to support the possibility. The news is full of it. And Muslins--be very very afraid of them. And blacks, of course. The color of their skin proves it. Oh yes, and Mexicans--they're coming for your jobs. But don't be afraid of guns in the wrong hands, the police who keep killing blacks, or constant war that is killing and maiming our young men and women.

When the Republicans talk about lowering taxes, please realize what this means. If you are not one of the wealthy in this country it means that you will have no services. This includes health care and good roads and bridges, schools that are safe and an educational system that actually teaches something. Privatizing these things would only put money in the hands of the ones I'm talking about. It seems that the only thing they want to spend money on is war. War is profitable.

So read everything you can get your hands on regarding these issues and the candidates we are being asked to choose between--don't believe Fox news--find out for yourself! Think critically! Or is that even possible anymore? I am hoping it is...because we as a people need to be thinking about what we really need, not listening to the rhetoric.

Thanks for reading!!!