Well, I have been doing pretty good at staying away from the TV ‘news’ channels since the election. The first couple of weeks I watched nothing. Now I turn on CNN for a few minutes at a time to make sure the world is not totally falling apart. I turned it on yesterday when I heard about the earthquake off the coast of Northern California. We used to live in Redding, CA, and that whole area from the coast inland was my hubby’s work territory and so we got to know Eureka, and Ferndale, and other small towns around there. The worry was about a tsunami wave coming at the coastline, and thankfully it didn’t happen. That area has really high and rocky land along the shoreline so most houses and businesses sit up, away from tidal worries.
Earthquakes are very concerning because they are natural phenomenons that can have little or no warnings, and they can quickly take down our grids and systems.
As I was saying, I have greatly reduced my time watching TV, and it is mostly because I truly have had more than enough of ever seeing that man, and listening to his lies. I do not plan to watch the inauguration and I really hope I can hook up with one of the women’s marches scheduled for that weekend. I want to peacefully gather with the thousands who, like me, worry about what lies ahead. There is comfort in numbers.
Even though I have curbed my TV time, I have not stuck my head into the sand about what is happening. I know about the men and women ‘he’ has selected for many of the important positions, in the cabinet and in other high government departments, and it is turning into a real ‘cast of characters’ right out of a soap opera. The people picked so far may have good acting skills, but they have no or little experience, and some have pretty shady backgrounds. (I have learned that that really does not matter to those who voted for him.)
To think we are turning our government leadership over to “him” and the group he has picked should be alarming even for the MAGA faithful. These are going to be the decision makers leading our military and defense! And our ability to get along with other world leaders! And to handle Social Security, and medical insurance, and bank powers, and our educational system!! And, so much more. Who are they? Have you checked them out? What education do they have? What patience? It’s so very concerning to me. But, yet, I know, for many Americans it is not.
These people must be totally unaware – not prepared, not having any expectations for the changes coming.
I’m thinking it will be like an earthquake! We will have no control over the havoc, and we won’t know when it will hit – but it will. The new administration’s plan is to ‘shake it up’ and that’s why many people voted for him. So, be on the look out – what will shake first? Prepare if you can. We will be living on shaking ground, and we will face breakdowns in our American system which we have not experienced before.
Congress is supposed to be part of the ‘checks and balances’ to stop a crazy executive office, but Republicans edge out the Democrats and have no spine in standing up to him. He plans to fire people in the Justice department, the ones who uphold the laws of the land, and he will replace them with ‘yes men.’ And, even if they happen to disagree with him they will be fired too. We know – that’s what he does. From his time as a businessman in New York, to the pretend TV show, and then when he was president before, he fires people when they go against him. The first term had a revolving door of people ‘trying’ to work with him, and some have since said that they stayed on only to try and keep our democracy intact. This time there will not be people stopping in.
This earthquake will be bigger and worse. The fault line has been established. It is made up of ignorance, of a bully mentality, of narcissism, and of leading without compassion. It waits now, ready to be powerful. Will the shaking start right away?
How bad will it be? What will the fall out be? Who will be affected?
I have lived through some minor but very real earthquakes. When I first felt them, I froze for a second. It takes a moment to realize that the earth is really moving underfoot. I felt it, yes, but then I also saw the chandelier light start swinging. And I saw cupboard doors open. By then, it’s was too late to do anything but go stand under a door frame, or run outside quickly. To wait for it to pass. To try and stay safe.
The earthquake is coming to the US and it will go on for 4 long years, and that long can bring a whole lot of damage.
It’s coming.
Will we stand frozen? Will we react? Will we all be safe?
Marla’s Musings 