Révolution

The fascist elements on display in the USA are emboldening others to act out because they saw it on TV; they feel secure doing those things in our locales without fear of reproach. I have already seen spray-painted swastika tags during my walks & hikes outdoors. During the Ottawa occupation they were brazen enough to flag the supremacist rag back then.

To my American friends, don't despair: the French also had some great ideas. Vive la Révolution.

Dear USA

North America - almost 300 years of a shared land, resources, and people. Mingling around and passing through the world's longest undefended border, with no worries of armed guards with rifles pointed at you. Science, the Arts, technology, all of it flourished via collaboration and partnerships. Canada and America were the trading envy of the world.

Then something happened - the Tea Party gained popularity and were elected as members of U.S. Congress. Disrupting procedure, throwing tantrums, and generally acting like belligerent children who weren't getting their way.

These malignant elements grew, and before long you had members acting like howler monkeys while in session. MAGA supplanted the Tea Partiers, until one fateful day the Red Caps and Meal Team Six tried besieging the Capitol building while members were inside, readying to confirm election votes.

4 years later the coup would be complete, with the GOP winning the election and systematically removing social safeguards and hard-earned rights. It is happening before our eyes, with the free press such as AP being uninvited to official functions, while unregulated social media sites are broadcasting the propaganda of the Oligarchs.

It sounds fantastical when written out like that, doesn't it? It isn't a fantasy, and there are no grown-ups coming to help you. This is the 2nd time a horrible leader was elected, despite the lousy job they did the first time, despite being tried and found a Felon, all in public view.

Americans, you must quit complaining and OWN this. It's ON YOU. The rest of the world cannot fix your mess for you. Fix your electoral system, create a social safety net, increase worker wages, mandate healthcare, support education and the arts. If the Democrats and Republicans aren’t speaking for you anymore – you need a new party.

Do this, or the world will treat you like "some shithole country". You want that? No? The ball's in your court, then.

The End

...And he never logged into Facebook again and lived happily ever after.

The End.

DOGE

♪ Ra Ra Vlad Putin, Elon is a Russian stooge

Runs an illegitimate scheme named DOGE

Ra Ra Vlad Putin, he got Donny Trump to do

His only favourite thing, cheating at golf ♫ 

UPDATE: Still Writing

(1/23/2021) I should write more. I want to - it's laziness that's winning over sometimes. The real trick to writing comes down to 2 things:

1) a topic

2) discipline.

 

Without those, it's stream of consciousness writing like Michael Stipe does; only he does better it than I do.

 

So I suppose a low key vibe like a blog is a good place to start. Sometimes longer thoughts happen & I need a place to put them that don't really fit on Twitter.  

 

UPDATE (1/24/2025) I no longer own a Twitter account, I deleted that 2 years ago or so, when Elon bought it and ruined it. Ah, the magic of being able to go back in time and update your original blog entry! It's been 4 years, & I've kept busy with posting commentary, mostly. However, I'm writing much more often now. I've shaken the rust off, as it were.

I would like to reiterate to myself that the title may be "Hard Of Hearing Problems", but it has always been about focusing on putting a positive spin on life. Whether it be assistive technology, or finding a news tidbit, or a comment in a forum somewhere that's useful. I like to focus on those aspects. I shall spruce up a few things here and there along the way as well. 

 

Cheers, and I hope you enjoy reading.

Silent Sunday