A Plea for Integrity

Democracy is dying right out in the open.

Was it all for nothing?

Hi all.

Normally when I write these things they’re super long and have a ton of links. Don’t get me wrong, I have one or two articles that are just direct from the gut. This is largely going to be one of those.

American Democracy is dying.

America’s always had problems. I’m not here to blow some Reaganite idea about a “shining city on a hill” because honestly, that ain’t it. And apparently Reagan had a super racist sit down with Nixon so, whereas before I was willing to kinda not harp on all his many … shortcomings because he’s so absurdly worshiped by the GOP I’m just not willing to play at the moment.

But, for all America’s own shortcomings up to now we’ve generally put our best foot forward and moved albeit slowly in the right direction. I’m old enough to remember when “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” was a radical far left scheme.

So now we’ve got babies in cages, the klan has basically taken over the police force, our life expectancy is plummeting, and there is a serial rapist in the Oval Office. But her emails. Great job, everyone. I mean we’re basically all Nazis now but at least the smart lady who could have reversed climate change was metaphorically burned at the stake.