All Americans are likely aware that there are three branches of government. Those branches are the executive branch (where Republican Mr. Trump and his minions reside), the legislative branch (where invertebrate Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and his fellow invertebrate Republican – AKA Trump minions – House members reside), and the Judicial branch (where the Supreme Court Justices and one Supreme Court Judge reside). All Americans also are likely aware that the executive branch and legislative branches of government are political branches of government. They may also be aware that it has long been questionable as to whether or not the judicial branch of government is also political and that pundits on each side have been able to reasonably argue their opinion.
Well, now that a new Supreme Court Judge has been seated, it is obvious that the Supreme Court is not an independent and unbiased body that is focused on the interpretation of the unadulterated definition of the law but that it is just as political as the executive and legislative branches are. These are frightening times for all Americans as they well should be. But rather than these times being times when we should become frustrated and overwhelmed and throw up our hands and give up, they are times when all Americans who value our democracy must determine that we will fight until our very last breath to preserve it! With the things that are swirling around us right now – people being mistreated and killed in places around the world while the United States remains silent and in some cases, at the very least, is even tacitly complicit in these atrocities – this does not even seem or feel like America! There are valid reasons to be fearful! But there is not a single reason to give up and surrender to those who only believe in the rule of law when it is convenient for them to do so!
I am completely flabbergasted that those whom we have chosen to represent us and to protect us have sold their souls to Mr. Trump and become his personal minions. They have convinced themselves that the end justifies the means and that if they can reach those ends then the cost does not matter and that they must achieve their goals at all costs. They have become completely blinded to who we are as Americans and what we stand for! It is understandable that Democrats and Republicans can and will fight with one another because each side has different values and ideas about how America should move forward! But both sides should have principles and stand on the foundation of what America is all about. Neither side should be willing to sell our country out by discounting and/or completely disregarding the dedicated and hardworking people in our intelligence agencies who risk their lives every day 365 days a year by siding with the leaders of countries run by despots and strongmen! What has happened to us?! What has happened to our politicians?!
All Americans should step back, take a deep breath and look at what is happening to our country. Look at how our politicians are conducting themselves! Personally, I don’t know if we need to replace all of them but I do know that we need to do something. The things that those whom we have elected to represent, protect and lead us are doing now are not things that are meant to make us a better people as Americans or to make this country a more perfect union. Instead, they are things that will help those politicians on the way to reach their personal goals and to line their pockets. It has long been said that all politicians will lie. But now we have come to the point where they have completely lost their way! Nothing seems to matter except personal gain and supporting their political party!
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is harping about how the Democrats, of which I am one, are advocating ‘mob rule’. He is talking about how crowds of ‘left wing’ Democrats have come to Washington and are harassing congressmen and their families in restaurants when they go out to have dinner and in other public places. He has expounded on how they have, using mob tactics, tried to shout down senators from the senate gallery as senators have tried to conduct the American people’s business and said that only the Democrats want and condone this kind of thing. Therefore, he is strongly warning the American people that this is why they should not turn over power to ‘the Democrats’ when they vote in November this year. Evidently, he has completely (conveniently) forgotten how Tea Party protesters (Republicans) conducted themselves during their protests. All of this is, of course, total nonsense and motivated by party politics.
As American voters, we absolutely have to do something to bring those whom we have elected to represent us and to do what is in the best interest of our country back to their senses. It appears that far too many of them have gone completely crazy. They have lost their ability to think straight. American voters must correct this and we must do it immediately. The most effective way that we can do this is through our vote. So always remember, whether you are a Democrat, Republican or Independent, your vote is the most important one of all…unless you don’t use it!
Eulus Dennis – author, Operation Rubik’s Cube and Living Between The Line