1 Political Mama: The Donald Needs To Speak Up

Yes, it's been a while since I've posted but I'll be posting a lot more in the coming days, weeks, and months. Here's an example of what I'll be doing. This was an answer I gave to a friend's post/meme on Facebook. Expect more of the same in the future.

There are issues on both sides here: First, I hate the party system because that is part of the problem but here goes...many Democrats don't really understand that there are people who truly can't buy food but the Republicans use that to forward their agenda without truly pushing the needs of the people to the front. It should never be us versus them. It should be WE THE PEOPLE. Those on the other side feel so disenfranchised because of that lack of understanding that it's flipped a switch in them which some can't turn off. Part of why they feel that way is the fact most politicians never come and talk to them. The group of younger people who run the YouTube Channel More Perfect Union (https://www.youtube.com/@moreperfectunion/videos) has done a much better job of seeing what's real than any group I've seen.

Second, it scares the hell out of me to hear you all talking this way. That attitude of ignoring this and not doing anything about this is EXACTLY what happened in the 1930s in Germany. People were tired of not having anything because of the war reparations. They were tired of not being heard. Hitler played into that and look what happened. And if you don't believe me, look it up. Look long and hard and what do you see? Many will see a reflection of themselves and that can go both ways. I know young teenage women who have been crying since the day the man, whom I will call Pumpkinfuhrer from this point on, was elected. I may be old, but I'm not hardened, and I know there are things I can do to ease their pain. I didn't before now, and I will never back down when I see wrong being done. Bad things happen when good people turn their back, no matter what their reasons are.

Yes, you are tired, and I get that. Yes, there seems to be too few of us, and I get that too. But until we can ignite those who want to remain silent, until we can get all of us on the same page, we must lead the pack by being the good ones who stood up while everyone around us stood still. And I'm only asking each of you to do what you can. If all you can do is to read or listen to an article or a person's podcast/YouTube video, then do that. Sign petitions. Like those videos, articles, and all you agree with. Call the police when you see something wrong. Don't let it go unnoticed because if you do, you have given them a license to do whatever they want over and over again. Not everyone can be in the resistance, I get that, but to ignore it all as if it's not happening is the reason we got here in the first place.

Third, I feel I have a moral obligation to protect my generation’s descendants. All of them. For me this is two-fold: one, my husband is a direct descendant of James Madison. When I heard that from my husband and his mother, I was just so excited to be related to Dolly Madison, I was beside myself. As the years have rolled on, I realize there is more to that relationship than I thought. It isn't enough to be part of that line, it's almost as if you can feel the Bill of Rights and Constitution rattle your soul. It's as if you get why those handful of men did what they did to get us where we are today. If we don't honor democracy as they did, who are we really and why are we here today?

I know that we're here today because of the inactions of my generation and the generations before. We wanted to live and let live. Let people have the full measure of living free. We wanted, but didn't fulfill the need, to give the American Dream to everyone. But we left a lot behind, we didn't fill the gaps. When we saw things that weren't directly related to us, even though they could have been bad, we did nothing. We didn't say anything to let those know involved that their actions weren't acceptable.

So honestly, this is a problem for all of us. We each of to take responsibility and only together can we solve this.

And yes, I am doing what I can. I am revamping sites I started the first time Pumpkinfuhrer was elected. Please be kind as I am revamping all of them. See, the first time around, I gave up too, and that was definitely the wrong thing to do.

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Before I even start this post I want to thank all those in the military for protecting my freedom and the American way of life. You and yours have sacrificed so much for all of us. This is your day and I commend you. Now on to my post.

I am so done with being told I have to suck it up, move on, the protesters are whiners and on and on. I am not trying to impose my thoughts on anyone. We are all free to think as we want, vote for who we want and feel the way we want. That is our right in the USA and I am NOT trying to force you to believe what I believe at all but am attempting to show the big picture.

I get the people who are red because I was raised red. I understand how the despair gets so deep that you can’t find any way out of your situation. You want to hurt something in the worst way in hopes that it will make you feel better. It is sad to watch farmers lose out to big farming, to see parents who can’t send their child to college, to not be able to feed your kids nor have a slice of the American Dream. I get that.

What I don’t get is the hate that it’s someone else’s fault. Our lives are a line, sometimes straight and sometimes crooked, of decisions that we make. What happens to us is our own fault. Sure, circumstances would seem to point differently. But let’s think about the jobs those so-called illegal immigrants have supposedly taken from you. Right now, they hold the most menial of jobs overall. They are cleaning toilets, picking produce, making beds and doing the things that MOST white America does NOT want to do. So what’s the problem with them? Nothing. The problem is your attitude that shoving them out will make a difference. It won’t.

We, the white people of America, brought the slaves here to pick our cotton and help us in whatever we needed. It is our fault that they are here. Most of them didn’t want to come here at all. They had homes, families and a totally different way of life. But wars in their own countries lead to other blacks selling them off. Today, they are a vital part of our society and have achieved much for our country. What’s the problem with them? Nothing, they are just different than you. Pushing them out will solve nothing. Nothing.

And we started out doing the wrong thing from the moment we stepped foot on this shore, we the white people, when we cheated the Indians, the true First Peoples of this great land of ours. We continue to cheat them because we MUST maintain our way of life. We cheat them out of land, out of privilege and out of their rights because it impedes our progress. Never mind that we’re killing the environment to do it. Never mind that we’re trampling on THEIR RIGHTS because it’s OUR country. Yeah, kiss that theory goodbye.

Let’s get one thing straight. The earth is no one’s. I have always been surprised it hasn’t shaken us off like a bunch of fleas. It has limited resources that we are depleting daily and we’re not getting the big picture here because we only live a hundred years. We have no earth perspective because most humans can’t fathom that much time. For those of us who can, the world is a scary place and is about to make our lives miserable. Climate change is here and there is no denying it. We must do our part to prevent it so there is a world for our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren and down the line.

Lastly, we need to get off this rock, something that can only be accomplished when we work together. Our world, like ourselves, has a limited lifetime. If we don’t start looking for alternatives, we will die out as a species. No, it’s not going to happen today or tomorrow or even twenty years from now unless some sort of unforeseen catastrophe hits us. But it will happen and the species needs to be working together toward the goal of space travel.

My final note is about Trump himself. The man needs to speak up if he really wants unity in this country. He needs to do what’s right by all of us. That means, he needs to address the protest, the anti-hate crimes and other things happening around this country because of the election. He needs to be firm yet embrace us all because we are all in this together. He needs to take the wind out of their sails and make them understand their behavior if it’s bad is not right or good for this country. He won with only 25.8% of the voting populace because over 50% of them feel so disenfranchised that they don’t vote because in their honest opinion their vote DOESN’T matter. The rest of us are trying to make sense of this horrible week and move on with our lives.

Good or bad, this is what is happening to us. We need to make it work for everyone, not just the few who won but every man, woman and child in this great land we call home.

Here’s a few articles that have rolled across my social media I think you should read:

More on the social unrest ~ https://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/welcome-to-trumps-america-58-reports-of-people-bullied-by-emboldened-bigots-and-the-list-is-growing

Motion Denied ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1596340/-Judge-Curiel-Denies-Trump-Motion-to-Exclude-Evidence-of-What-He-Said-and-Tweeted-During-Campaign

Arizona Racist on Trump’s Team ~ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/10/1595617/-The-architect-of-the-most-racist-law-in-modern-American-history-has-been-named-to-Trump-s-team

The KKK is back! ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595828/-The-North-Carolina-Ku-Klux-Klan-announces-they-will-hold-a-Trump-victory-parade-in-December

Day One ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595520/-Trump-goes-after-immigrants-government-workers-the-environment-and-gay-couples-that-s-day-one

Gotta Love California ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/10/1595296/-California-Does-The-Right-Thing-in-the-Face-of-Trump

Roundup on Government Programs & You ~ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/11/1596545/-Abbreviated-pundit-roundup-How-Trump-will-affect-your-federal-and-state-taxes-Medicare-and-more

A Promising Women’s Group ~ http://www.theunitedstateofwomen.org/fight-like-hell/

His Planned 1^st 100 Days ~ http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days

On Getting Our Respect ~ http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/09/trump-supporters-give-chance-forget-treated-president-obama.html

That’s about it for today. See you tomorrow with more.