Trump/Chaos
2020
A
mere six weeks ago
I visited my local
clinic because
I
had developed a rousing
case of bursitis
in my right knee.
In the waiting room
I was asked to fill
out a form that inquired
if I had recently
returned from Wuhan,
China
or had
recently come in
contact with anyone
who had. I
found
it charmingly amusing,
as though I, humble
Art Boy, had just
returned from a gay,
mad cruise
on a dragon boat
on the Kowloon River.
I understood
the intent of the
question but I did
not take it seriously.
After all, there
was an established
army of medical ninjas
lying in wait to
counter the first
sniff of
an invading virus....
wasn't there?
When the first deaths
in the U.S. started
being reported I
was not alone in
thinking "It
won't spread. Our
boys
in pale green will
stem this tide of
corruption!"
But
spread it did, and
it continued to spread.
But at
no time did I, or
anyone else, hear
anything about a
concerted government
effort to slow it
down.
That's because Trump,
while everyone was
horrified
watching
kids being
put in cages, had
quietly bulldozed
a path through the
American Ardennes
because he didn't
like Obama's
Antiviral Maginot
Line. He had defunded,
disbanded,
given away or allowed
to fall
to ruin our country's
defense against
an enemy U.S. health
and economic experts
had known was coming
well over five years
ago.
When our country's
response to the virus
began showing evidence
of governmental ineptitude
we all just thought
it was dumb old Trump
being dumb old Trump.
But it's clear now
that it's worse than
that. Much worse.
From my objective
viewpoint, Trump
is actively stoking
the fires
of this pandemic,
doing everything
he possibly can to
burn this country
to the ground just
so that he won't
have to face an election.
If there is an election,
he will lose, and
if he loses he goes
to jail.
As a result of Trump's
theatrical bumblefuckery
infection rates will
continue
to
soar
and businesses will
close and the economy
will subsequently
flounder.
This summer, when
there are no jobs
and there are no
federal funds in
the mail (Assuming
the USPS even survives
its present funding
woes) for people
to feed their
families
or
keep the lights on,
and there is no government
plan to get people
back to work, and
families are forced
to the curb with
all their belongings...
There
are going to be riots.
And
there
is going to be martial
law.
And elections
will be indefinitely
on hold.
And Trump
is just going
to
LOVE
this because he's
the Commander in
Chief. Forever.
Am I wishing the
above would happen?
No. Do I perceive
it happening? Yes.
Easily.
This
could have all been
prevented if the
Senate had Voted
to Remove
this creature from
office, but Senator
Mitch
McConnell
has
taken
a lot of dark money
from Russian oligarchs
that he has no intention
of returning. I currently
imagine Mitch gleefully
elbowing old ladies
aside in the grocery
store as he hoards
stores of marshmallows
that he will gleefully
roast over the burning
carcasses
of Hillary and Nancy,
inflating his throat
pouch to croak
ear-splitting roars
of self-adulation
as has poofy, white
ball of sugar blackens
on the skewer.
I know that this
is a dark tale I'm
spinning but it is
one that could
not have even been
imagined
a year ago.
Over that time it
was certainly fun
quipping
"Everything
Trump touches dies"
after Trump
ripped another chunk
of
flesh off this nation's
soul but we're now
down to
the bones. And I'm
out of patience,
and I'm pissed.
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Speaking of Mitch...
Seth Myers offered
this elegant extended
spleen-vent about
Mitch McConnell on
his show last night:
"Mitch, you
albino river toad,
we all
know why you support
Donald Trump and
it's not because
you respect him,
it's because having
Trump in charge is
like having a hungover
substitute teacher.
You get to buck the
system, break every
rule, steal everything
you can and there's
no one to answer
to because he fell
asleep the moment
he hit "play" on
the VCR. You're like
those people who
move into their dead
grandparent's house
and keep cashing
their Social Security
checks, only not
as classy."
Thank you, Seth.
Stay healthy.
=Lefty=
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