October 30, 2024 (November 5th looms)
…Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah…
…sang Jim Morrison in The End.
I can’t pretend to understand what Morrison was suggesting in the first line of this verse–but I do think that the Trump campaign comes off as a very Roman campaign (annihilation of the enemy), and, all of his followers are quite insane.
As Roman roads were paved with the bodies of slaves, so too is this Trump campaign trampling over the “disappeared” bodies of those helping him in his first and second campaigns: where are they all? Most are under busses! Hence the newbie Trump sycophants at the Madison Garden gathering.
But I did see that Stephen Miller (Trump’s very own Goebbels) is back in the public eye. I doubt he was ever out of action…
And if polls be accurate, half the electorate will be voting for a man that I have called a monster. Many years ago Michael Cohen suggested the same thing.
I can only hope that I become stuck in an eddy (anyone who wants to join me is welcome) and that the river of socio-political toxins passes US by. This is wishful thinking of course — as Fascists tend to root out everyone opposed to their cause — and punish them. There can be only one party line!
Even though Bill Maher promised US a Harris/Walz victory (which would at least perpetuate the status quo) I’m not so sure that he will be right on this one. We all thought Hillary was going to be our 45th president — and we all know how that turned out. Ironically, I termed her Hitlery in a number of essays back-in-the-day…I didn’t know J.D. Vance was similarly characterizing Trump back-in-the-day (2017 to be precise).
As I ponder what must have been the serious financial backing of Hitler — I see Trump getting backing from a number of America’s billionaires — who want to keep more of their money made in America. Perhaps they’ll let the Orange Man in the Old Money Club this time around.
The buying and selling of souls…
What has been a rather humorous development during the past couple-of-days is Trump’s pretended outrage RE: Sleepy Joe’s comparison of human garbage to Trump’s followers (which he didn’t really do). Trump has literally insulted everyone on the planet. I’ve never seen such a dark, black pot calling the kettle even blacker.
And so the United States of America — amidst a failed experience in democracy — is heading somewhere the rest of the world fears: A dictatorship? A banana republic? A police state under the guise of democracy? A North/South perpetual conflict? Or, a country under eternal martial law (which is the same as having a dictator)?
But why am I so worried? I was spouting the same concerns in 2016 and we all survived Trump’s first and second presidency (remember, he didn’t lose) — not to forget all of the wonderful things he did for humanity (I can’t think of one). But who knows — perhaps it’s third time lucky? At least we won’t have to concern ourselves with all those formerly politically incorrect perspectives concerning ethnicity, gender and antisemitism.
Gotta keep my eyes on the road and hands upon the wheel (even though I hate driving these days [too many loonies on the road]) and make sure that I don’t miss that hidden exit to Babylon…it’s out there, right? Right??