The Kavanaugh appointment and hearings have totally
overwhelmed me. And to hear females
defend him brought tears to my eyes. Our
new stance on immigration, trade wars, taxation, civil liberties is so alien
and so un-American to me that I feel like a tornado hit and I awoke in Oz. Either the country has gone totally bat-shit
crazy, or I have. So, I am going to
throw myself into the fray on the side of the Trump supporters and see how that
feels, how that plays out, how that aligns with our core values. Perhaps I have been wrong all along.
Since the Kavanaugh hearings are on our minds, let’s look at
the time in America when a woman’s role was great, or at least great from a
man’s point of view. Let’s allow the
notion that boys will be boys and that women will be not much more than sex
objects. That’s the way it should
be. Women should submit to men. There is no reason to give them the right to
own property, the right to vote, the right to claim their husbands raped
them. Not if women know their
place. The thought of a female president
is just ludicrous. The thought of a
female CEO is equally crazy. If women
insist on going to college, which they do not need to do if they can find a
man, they should be trained to be teachers or nurses. Best if they just stayed home and watched
soap operas, reality TV, and the Hallmark Channel while they clean house and
care for the little ones. Ozzy and
Harriet, with Ozzy always coming first.
And while we are at it, why allow women to make any decisions regarding
their ability to bear children. We white
males should decide if a woman can use contraceptives and if she can abort a
pregnancy. Those decisions are too
important to leave in the hands of women.
All guys could grab women by the genitals knowing they secretly want us
to. And if not that, it is OK to cover
their mouths so they cannot scream while we grope them and undress them. So if we could simply downgrade female rights
and female citizenship we would be making America great again.
How about minority rights?
We’ve really screwed up there. We
know Anglos by definition are smarter and better than any other race. Why in the world do we need to even think
about quotas or equal access or integration of schools? Birds of a feather flock together so let’s
return to the good old days when Blacks lived in defined areas and kept to
themselves except when we needed to hire them for menial labor. The thought of a Black president is equally
ludicrous. And if we appoint any Black
to a position of power or influence he or she must know their place and totally
support the White perspective, i.e. Uncle Toms.
Blacks may not protest. They
should sit in the back of the bus and feel lucky that they have a seat. If they are shot by police more than whites
it is because they deserve it. If they
simply knew their place we would all be better off. Same is true for Hispanics. They were meant to be roofers and body shop
workers. Any other role is truly out of
the question. Even though we make them
pay taxes it is not fair that they come here and expect the benefits of white
Americans. If they would just stay put
and work for us life would be great, even if they send most of what they earn back
to their families in some poor shit hole country. So if we reverse the trend of treating racial
minorities as human beings with rights we would be making America great again.
It will continue to be OK, however, for racial minorities to
play professional sports and fill the ranks of our armed services.
How about religion?
This whole notion of separating church and state is probably
sinful. We are a nation of mostly
Christians so Christian policy should be implemented everywhere. We should have religious icons in all our
public places, begin all meetings with prayer, allow believers to discriminate
against or punish those whom the Bible says are sinful, i.e. homosexuals,
transgender, etc. We should return to
the way it was in Europe when our fore fathers came here. Each nation had a government-supported
religion and if you happened to believe differently you were persecuted and
that was OK. Or, we should take a lesson
from the Muslims and simply establish a theocracy. That would make America great again, at least
for the Christians, if they could ever agree on what the policies should be.
How about guns? Every man, woman, teacher and child should have guns. (Well, maybe arming women would turn out to be a mistake.) If all the good guys had guns the bad guys would all get shot. And for those who are afraid the government will show up to take our guns away we must be able to fight. We must keep our guns because if the National Guard arrives at our houses to disarm us, we must have deer rifles to defend ourselves against the tanks and mortars. Besides, how can we enjoy the thrill of killing mammals and fowl if we do not have firearms? We know that the more guns there are equals the more shootings there are, but we have never tried arming everyone. We would have to do some screening, however, to be sure that Democrats do not get guns. If we could do all that we would make America great again.
How about social welfare programs? It pisses me off that I work so hard and some
of my tax dollars get spent on welfare for lazy, do-nothing criminals, drug
addicts and bums. It doesn’t bother me
that we have cut back on mental health funding and a lot of people who should
be hospitalized are on the street.
That’s what they get for being messed up. It doesn’t bother me that most of the welfare
money is spent on children. It doesn’t
bother me that some folks don’t qualify for welfare because they are working
three unskilled jobs and make too much money.
It doesn’t bother me that it is harder to register and receive welfare
than it is to buy a gun. It does not
bother me that people sleep under bridges and go hungry and without medical
care. That’s their problem. They may be victims of circumstance but until
we start punishing those victims things will not get better. And where the hell does the Bible say we have
the responsibility to feed the hungry, cloth the naked, heal the sick and
welcome the stranger? Abolishing welfare
will allow this section of our society to simply die a slow death and America
could be great again.
How about income tax?
Only makes sense to reward the most successful people and companies by
reducing the amount of money they are taxed.
Though it hasn’t happened yet, surely these good people, these winners,
will spend their new found money on new factories and higher salaries for their
workers and stop spending their new found money on executive salaries and
bonuses, purchasing their own stock and increasing dividends. Meanwhile, the less than rich get a tax cut
too, but it will not offset the rise in health care insurance, groceries, rent,
and interest rates. That’s OK. These people vote to MAGA and this is the
price they pay for philosophical support.
And the huge debt that the government has now created can only be reduced
if we cut back on welfare, Social Security, Medicare, etc. Perfect scenario, we continue to punish the
victims supported by the anger of the middle class. That will make America great again.
How about foreign policy?
Why have a foreign policy, much less one grounded in core values and
beliefs? We are the biggest dog on the block
and people need to fear our bite. We can
get a lot done just with threats and bullying, cutting foreign aid if we don’t
like what that country is doing, and spending more on the military. We should insult our allies who have been
hiding behind us for years and elevate dictators in countries that were hostile
to us. We do not want to be the leaders
of the free world. We're America first
and to hell with the rest, even when they start making treaties without us,
negotiate deals not involving us, and laugh at us in the UN. This approach will work great as long as
there is not a global economy and no instant global communication. We are making America great again for
Americans, who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
How about the environment?
If we protect the environment we hurt the ability of fossil fuel related
industries to make money. It’s that
simple. I know there is a lot of science
out there that says global warming is a result of fossil fuels, but the oil
companies have hired researchers who disagree.
We need to punch more holes in the ground, lay more pipelines, build
more refineries, and initiate more fracking.
If you have more earthquakes, more hurricanes, more contaminated water
and farmland and forests you should just shut up and buy Exxon stock. That is how we will make America great again.
How about work related safety requirements? What a joke.
Do you know how expensive it is to the producers to provide eye wash
stations, first aid kits, safety training, safety equipment and liability
insurance? It is astronomical. We can make America great again by
eliminating safety requirements and letting the workers know they are on their
own to keep themselves safe at work.
How about voter registration and voting? Let’s be honest. If everyone over the age of 18 voted on election day Republicans would
never win. Democratic voters vastly
outnumber Republican voters. We must
find a way to limit the number of Democrats who can vote. How do we do that? We draw district lines so that the Democratic
vote is diluted and Republicans can win.
We purge voting roles ever so often so people must re-register and
Democrats will not know to do that. We
will require additional documentation when people show up to vote like picture
ID’s. That will scare off some of the
Democratic voters. Keep election day on
a work day so that mangers and CEO’s and stay at home Moms can most easily vote
and working men and woman have a hard time voting. We are on the right track with all these
initiatives and that is how we got into power in the first place. Yep, we are making America great again, just
not more democratic.
I have got to quit. I
tried. I really tried to see the
benefits associated with the MAGA crowd and I cannot find a benefit for anyone
other than the wealthy, bigoted, misogynist crowd. Women, minorities, the environment, the economy,
and international diplomacy are all worse off under these assumptions. I am sick to my stomach. This is not America. This is not what made America great nor is it
the path to maintain our greatness. It
is a path to the past. It is a path to
promoting wealth accumulation at the expense of societal improvement. For the poor, middle class and working class
Americans who bought into this, you have been misled. You have been conned. You are now supporting un-American polices. America is not getting great. It is going downhill from great.
We are becoming like any other 3rd world banana
republic. We do what the leader says
because he says so. Not because it is
right, or even ethical, but because he says so.
Men are forgiven for using women as objects. Corporations are forgiven for harming the
environment while producing goods in dangerous situations for employees. The religious views of the leader are
becoming law. The rich and powerful are
buying elections. The only ethic, the
only good is money and power. If that is
what we are becoming then we are no longer the land of the free and the home of
the brave. We are the land of the craven
and the home of the misbehaved. The path
to riches has no moral code. That is up
to us to establish. Do good things for
others. Protect the weak. Feed the hungry. Heal the sick. Welcome the stranger.
At least, do no harm.
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