Thursday, March 1, 2018

I Wonder What Time Is It In Never Never Land

You never knew what time it was in Never Never Land. Captain Hook was deathly afraid of the crocodile that ate his hand and swallowed his clock. Whenever he heard a clock ticking he freaked out. The clock's tick tock meant the crocodile was close by and closing in.

Tick tock spelled doom for Captain Hook. In a world where no one aged, the idea of time catching up to you had to be unsettling. The idea of time coming for you from inside the belly of a giant crocodile who had acquired an actual taste for your flesh was beyond terrifying.
We live in a world where time is tracked very carefully. Clocks are everywhere. Our appliances, our cars, our phones all come with clocks.
We all have our daily routines. We eat at specific times. We work at specific times. We go to bed and wake up at specific times. We even tune in at specific times to find out what's happening in the world around us.
The News is coming at us 24 hours a day. We can watch it on our phones, our computers and our TVs. We can listen to it on the radio. We can tune in to News from around the world. We can read about it in our newspapers and magazines.
For some of us the News is like that ticking clock. It causes anxiety and insomnia. It can leave us pinponging between binge eating and frenzied Tweeting. It's becomes addictive. It reminds us of the crocodile that is coming to devour us.
We all have our own demons. Some of our demons are highly personal and others are shared by many people. For Dementia Don & His Republican Con Band, there is one crocodile they fear more than anything else and they are constantly being reminded of it on the News.
Robert Mueller is a relentless investigator. He is a seasoned warrior and a proficient prosecutor. He is beyond reproach and he cannot stand the cacophony that Dementia Don & His Republican Con Band is playing.
Mueller is a true American Patriot and a decorated war hero. He was in Vietnam when Trump was earning his reputation as Captain Bone Spurs. Yes, while our fearless leader was fighting in the Venereal Disease War and earning 5 deferments, Mueller was earning a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart and other commendations in Nam.
The contrast between Mueller and Trump could not be sharper. Trump won a bowling trophy. Mueller went on to a life dedicated to public service. Donny went on to a life of crime and debauchery. Mueller succeeded.
Trump, a silver spoon baby, squandered everything going bankrupt multiple times and bringing misery to all he came in contact with. His activities did not go unnoticed.
When the Russians were looking for degenerate Americans they could groom and use, they stumbled on Don. He was on the verge of total bankruptcy. He has no scruples and he was highly susceptible to Russian Rubles. He was phenomenally stupid. His only loyalty was to himself and his pleasures.
All that stands between us and chaos is our belief in the law. We often say we are a nation of laws. What Trump has done is shred our laws. He mocks our Constitution and lays waste to our government. His cabinet appointees are busy disassembling what it has taken us hundreds of years to build.
The law is what keeps us from becoming the Upside Down - the alternative world where chaos rules and evil lurks. Our belief in and adherence to the law is the difference between civilization and Thunderdome.
March has arrived. March is a transitional month. We are witnessing an unprecedented investigation into massive corruption at all levels of our government. Mueller is at the gates of the White House. Trump's ranks have been thinned down and many of his people have been indicted.
Trump is holed up in the White House. Hope is gone. The Ides are approaching and Trump's fate is all but sealed. Indictments are appearing almost daily. There is no escaping the crocodile. Trump is reaching the end of his rope. Tick tock. The bell is tolling. Tick tock. Mueller is calling.
Spring comes this year with a rebirth of patriotism and a revival of law. Our citizens are rallying to a new call for freedom and justice and liberty. This year will be a trying year.
A tsunami is coming in November and it will sweep all those who have sold us out from their positions of power. We will clean our house with our most prized possession - our vote.
The women and children are leading the way.
The alternative is more chaos and more insanity and more death. We must be ever vigilant because there are those among us who seem to relish that prospect. They literally crown themselves with bullets and carry their assault weapons into church.
We owe it to ourselves to reclaim our country and our dignity. We owe it to our future generations. We owe it to all those before us who sacrificed and died for our generation. Tick tock.
Holy Moly!