Use your imagination. What if we could live a day, a week or a lifetime without unreasonable fear? I am not talking about fear of falling, of traffic accidents or some rampant virus. We learn how to take precautions to mitigate the risks of daily life. I am speaking of manufactured fears, those jammed down our throats to get us to comply with the fear-mongers only driven by greed and monstrous egos that hunger for power.
What if we had an incredibly perverse ex-president that had an epiphany and presented a plan to fix the shame that in this rich nation children go to bed hungry? What if he spoke of improving our educational system rather than suspending the Constitution and getting even with his enemies? What if he told us of plans to see all Americans have access to affordable healthcare rather than lie about our election process? What if his strategy was to face climate change rather than appealing to racist hate-organizations by warning our borders are under attack by immigrants, you know those people who believed the promise of America because a relatively few commit crimes? What if he presented plans to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure instead of squandering millions on an ineffectual wall he will see as a shrine to himself?
But there was no epiphany. He is what he is. If we weren’t racists, fraidy-cats and misinformed xenophobic sheep would there be anyone left stupid enough to vote for a man like that? I want to believe the answer is no. A guy can dream, can’t he?
On a happier note I can’t wait for this Friday when we can watch Episode 8 of “Reacher” and hopefully see Shane Langston, aka T-1000, aka Robert Patrick, get a well-deserved ass-kicking (or dare I hope a graphic mutilation?) from Reacher!
I am a man of many parts…some working better than others.