I want to scream at people - look at the harm that's being done! I just cannot see how ANYONE of ANY sort of good will could be party to the mess that we're in. And it's a huge one - that even a certain nutjob's supporters should have seen coming. Our very democracy is under severe attack, there are missile strikes, civil liberties continue to be attacked, and we haven't even touched on climate concerns yet.
I was half expecting bad news about the nefarious SCOTUS nominee - and yes, it was bad. Commondreams.org listed the 4 Dem. Senate collaborators in voting for cloture, and I posted a link to that article in my twitter feed. The GOP keeps showing us that they have no thought or care for anything but their own power. Is there any line they won't cross?
But I was NOT prepared for the horrible news of the missile strikes on Syria. This is wading in to very deep, dangerous territory ---- and it ignores our Constitution and international law. Trevor Timm in his twitter feed (he's @trevortimm ) tweeted a video where Brian Williams called these strikes "beautiful" numerous times. I'm sorry, but destruction and loss of life are certainly not MY idea of beauty. Timm also has several tweets which show the msm for the most part has failed to be even a bit critical and just be submissive in reporting this. Sounds a lot like Orwell, doesn't it: "War is Peace." My mind and spirit are so troubled by this development and I can't help but also wonderalong with Peter Van Buren (see his tweet in the commondreams article in link above) "No one knows where this ends."
That's certainly bad enough. And there's more. The gov't wants to unmask an anonymous "rogue" twitter account user who has been critical of the admin.. And get this, according to an ACLU spokesperson, "on the face of the summons the government has offered no reason for seeking this information." As a new twitter user, of course I'm concerned; and everyone else should be as well. Free Speech needs to apply to ALL! I'm glad that twitter is filing suit and that the ACLU is defending the user.
I know there's quite a resistance around, but is there hope for getting us out of this mess? The stakes are too high and I'm concerned as I've never been. The dangers are real, folks. I'm not sure about answers, but I AM doing a LOT of praying.
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Hello again, cmsue!
ReplyDeleteYes, there seem to be so many things to worry about. And real families are being harmed (look at the overreaching ICE enforcement). That certain nutjob is also still appointing terrible nominees to posts - most recent nominees for science posts are terrible. Nominee for NASA head has NO scientific background! If I were an astronaut I'd be worried sick!
And the situation with N. Korea ------ is the nutjob ever goins to see reason or -----?
And of course some stuff has been developing over time. Look at the situation with Hurricane Harvey down in Houston. Around the refineries and chem plants the air is so bad. But the EPA over time didn't stick to transparency for one thing, so it's still unclear WHAT has been put out there that these victims are now breathing.
I suppose it will take some time, meanwhile, I'm not quite sure what else to do but continue to shake my head and do more praying.