Living in History

COVID Pandemic: We are living in history. The last pandemic raged in 1918. The HIV/AIDS pandemic made its mark and continues its rage although much tamed in the US. Life changes during pandemics. We have seen that firsthand. It seemed odd to see traffic-less roads and streets. Empty parking lots, too, especially commuter stations normally abustle. Hospitality businesses closed or barely in use. Sadness for pre-pandemic days. Wringing of hands over family plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas thwarted or down-sized.

And then there are the reactions to fighting the pandemic. People who feel they are restricted unfairly. Business owners who are shutdown to avoid viral spread. Government restrictions, they say, will destroy their business, their industry. No; that is not truthful. Government edict didn’t destroy anything. the virus did that. Lament the virus, not the people charged with keeping us safe during these times.

Yes; we are living in history. We always have. The elements of history normally are not noted as clearly as they are today. See them. Recognize them for what they are. We are changed. That’s what history does. And is.

Mental Illness in White House: a clear and present danger persists in our federal government. It is seated in the White House. We had intimations of this early on. The incumbent president has emotional problems. Character problems. Personality problems. He has never been presidential, only himself assuming a role of his own design. And inner voice.

There is a cost to this aberration. It is what the US Constitution declares a ‘clear and present danger.’ There are remedies for such. They do not engage automatically. They must be discerned and then decided. It takes leaders within the government to do these things. Without their action the clear and present danger persists.

An unstable miscreant resides in the White House pulling strings and levers of authority. Damage to the body politic takes place. The wheels of government are misdirected and abused. We have witnessed this throughout incumbent’s tenure. Now that he has lost re-election, he denies the fact. He remains in a position of authority. Of damage.

The pandemic rages. He does nothing about it. The president-elect is planning pandemic actions. The incumbent stands in the way. More danger. Much more clear.

Who will stand to do their duty by the Constitution?

Weird Loyalties: And so, the incumbent president fires his appointees and replaces them with people of loyalty. To whom and what? Loyalty to the con man or to the nation and its Constitution? Weird time. weird loyalties. Weird outcomes?

November 18, 2020