Yes. It is extremely beyond the realm of disturbing. Those who experienced the days of Watergate most certainly are trying to relate these days to those days, but there are many changes that have happened during the time since that make these days so wild and crazy that those days look like a scene out of Currier and Ives – and if you don’t know who that is, let’s just say that was serene by comparison.
In January, I asked you to consider the tomato. Well, that was then and this is now. Still keep your eye on the tomato, as it is important. What is more going on is that we have an unpredictability that has created an underlying anxiety and tension, an uncertainty that we only thought we imagined would happen – those of us who worried at the outcome in November 2016. As for those who wanted someone who would “disrupt” – well, you got that and everything you did not wish for besides.
The recently publicized meeting of the “staff” called into my memory the Twilight Zone of the 1960’s. In situations, where there was a “disturbed” person who had a grip on everyone, the interfaces were all so extremely polite and no one dared to speak ill of the “disturbed” person – only we, the viewers of The Zone, knew that this was not going to end well for anyone unless someone got brave enough to sneak out (somehow impossible), and run like hell to the nearest neighbor with a phone. No cell phones back then, no sir. Yet, today, we have rapid communication, constantly buzzing – and no one comes to the rescue! Good grief – if only they knew what they had at their fingertips! Imagine the ones that didn’t get away… Yikes.
Let’s check this off: One crazy family (kind of like The Addams Family, but weirder), a “whimsical” leader, who is more like a crazy monarch than an elected official. Sometimes he acts sort of normalish, then other times, he just can’t keep under control – kind of like that old uncle that you might have had once, who everyone had around on holidays, but winced the entire time until he left… And then there’s Twitter. And the media. And all of the “pundits” who have an opinion who really are not doing anyone any favors – just keeping us all stirred up all the time, 24 X 7. Did you notice that this “leader” does not ever stop – he works all the time!
And he is 70+ Holy Moly! It’s shocking and wrong in so many ways that it does your head in… seriously. And that “wife” of his… Bless her. Can you even imagine what she is thinking? There’s the “Daughter-Wife” and the “Son in Law” and then the band of loosely related “brothers”, and of course, “Little Sister” who is going off to become a lawyer – seriously? Right.
As you know, six months of collecting all of this thinking, it’s worse than predicted at this point. No one seems to want to do anything and some people even think that “it’s OK – we just need to give “him” a chance” – whaaaaat? Let me ask you, do you think he would give YOU a CHANCE? Not in your life.
It is all truly disturbing – that is an understatement.
Stay tuned folks, it won’t be long before the shit hits the fan: what’s your bet? Will we see “tipping point” within the year?
The rumbling has begun – and what is it that they say, “Let’s rumble?” No, it’s not okay and hopefully, someone will do something and be a hero – get us back to the middle where we belong…
June 14, 2017 – Flag Day
