SIGNS OF CHANGE: GLOBAL AND OTHERWISE

When our world of humor picks up a theme, we know it is uppermost in the minds of most of us.  It is my belief that the reason we are having such divisive tactics in our government is because many people and, especially  conservatives are loathe to accept change.

While it is clear that conservatives do not accept constructive change as Democrats wish it, it is surprising they accept lies so quickly.  A Fox Cable News whistle blower recently said that Fox News is really not a news station but 'thrives on fabrications and falsehoods.'  Do people choose to believe the lies because their their own prejudices and biases get supported?  There is little else one can believe about them when they are so against Obama and insist he is African-American.  They show their belief in the one drop of blood rule to be defined as black.  I, as a Caucasian, believe he is as much a Caucasian and Black.  (My math has always told me that 50% will always be half and equal to the other 50%.)  The rest of us are happy to see this man of mixed race making such a great change in our government and accept a man without reference to the color of his skin.  For more on Fox by this insider's report, click here.

One of the greatest changes we face is the difficulty autocrats and dictators will have in keep[ing their populations ignorant.  Now that the Internet is keeping the world informed, it will be almost impossible to keep the masses down as dictators have been able to do for a very long time.  Yet another change not spoken about as often is that more and more people are abandoning 'faith' in favor of reason. The number of self-defined atheists is rising rapidly throughout the world.

WAS IT THE GRINCH WHO STOLE TRUST IN AMERICA?

It seems no one trusts anyone these days.  I don't even trust in God.  Is that Anti-American or is it anti-American to think badly of me because I can't trust in God?  There are those who would ostracize me for saying that trust in God allows people to become to passive and complacent and forget that they are the same ones who believe the saying, "God helps those who help themselves". 

For almost every homely saying, there is another claiming the opposite in most cases. Today we are dealing with the comedian who asked, "Do you trust me or your lying eyes?"   Today I happened to run across an article claiming that Republicans don't trust Americans.  Judging from the last Presidential election, one might assume that lots of Americans didn't trust Republicans, either.  The article by Leo Gerard  might be found to have some interest by some of you.  Click here.. 

One of the things Mr. Gerard writes is:  " Under Republican presidents, the wealthiest benefited the most, increasing income inequality."  "After the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court struck down decades of precedent in January in its Citizens United ruling, defining corporations as “persons” and permitting them to pour unlimited cash into political advertising, Democrats offered legislation to temper that newly-granted corporate power. Called the DISCLOSE Act – for Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections — it would have required revelation of corporate donations."

"Republicans wanted concealment of their corporate sources, however, and scuttled the DISCLOSE Act. This freed private political fund-raising groups to take as much money as they can from corporations while providing a cloak of anonymity"

 What does it take for people who really care for this country to see where their future safety lies?  Since the Republicans got us here in the eight years preceding the election of Obama, how can anyone explain there is sanity to anyone wanting to put the Republicans back in power for change.  Those who want to keep the Republicans in power are those who want to continue having only two classes in America, the rich and the poor.  Is there something wrong with me that once burned I shy from fire?  We know that there are many people in our country for whom change is not a possible move.  The resistance to change is massive.  This has to be why history has a tendency to repeat itself and why South Carolina want to fly a Confederate flag.

My trust is that the bright people of the world will lead us into new pastures; the evil and greedy ones will try to prevent it.  It looks like the Supreme Court is backing the latter. With luck, we may see a Legislature full of men and women who want what is best for the country before that for themselves.  That will certainly be a novelty when , or if, it happens.