My country tis of thee,
yesterday ~ I felt so ashamed of thee.
yesterday ~ I felt so ashamed of thee.
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Three years ago this month, our country stood strong, together, in support of Ukraine against the aggression of Russia. Yesterdays behavior, actions, and words by the two men elected to serve as President and Vice President of the United States of America brought shame, embarrassment, disgust and instilled deep fear among good and caring Americans.
Elected November 2024. Sworn into office January 2025. Awarded a "cabinet" of equally unqualified secretaries over the weeks since. Appointing the unelected "X" man to do whatever chooses to do, whenever he wants, to whomever he wants. This is kakistocracy (n): a government by the least suitable or least competent citizens of the state, the least qualified and the most unscrupulous. Easy to check all those boxes.
Silence is not golden. Not now. Pay attention. Every one of us has a voice. Call, write your congressperson, your senator: local and federal. Once, twice, again and again. You may not yet have been personally impacted by what is taking place each and every day, but that day will come. And in the "six degrees of separation" theory, there is someone, or more, in your circle who has been damaged already.
Remember This:
As of July 2023, the total voting age population in the US was: 262,083,034
Total number of voters for Trump, November 2024: 77,301,997
Approximate % of US citizens, over 18, who wanted Trump to be
President enough who voted for him:
29.5%
That means approximately 70% did not vote for him.
There was no landslide. There is no mandate. Unfortunately, way too many "sat out" this election, and we are all paying the price for that negligence. Too many more were swayed by mis-and-disinformation. There's no easy fix now, no turning back the clock. And no rest for the weary. And no turning out, turning off the of news and information either ~ as exhausting, upsetting, angering and depressing as it may be, it is vital and critical to stay tuned in, stay informed. Each of us has a voice, albeit small, but together it becomes loud and louder. And it will matter.
Those fighting in Ukraine should have all their tomorrows.
We fighting here in the USA should have all our tomorrows.
For more on this same topic, please visit our friend Loulou: https://www.livingwithloulou.com/saturday-substack/
ReplyDeleteI was totally shocked at what I was watching on the TV last night. I am saddened and embarrassed for the good people of your country. Zelensky is a hero and fighting for the survival of his country.
ReplyDeleteagree 100 %. my biggest fear is all of the countries that are/were our Allies are now no longer in that group and the allies
ReplyDeleteAgree 100 percent too. I was appalled when I heard about what happened. Unfortunately, your government impacts so many of us around the world. It's beyond compression. Sending love from 🇨🇦. (NOT the 51st state, thank you very much.)
ReplyDeleteAngel Madi and I are excited to see tomorrow's Dr. Seuss post.
ReplyDeleteI hope your knee is behaving...cause I know you are behaving.
Sending hugs to you and June
Hugs Cecilia
We completely agree.
ReplyDeleteWe too were shocked and disgusted by the display in the Oval office yesterday. Our paws are crossed that everything can start turning around soon (or at least in 2 years during the midterm elections).
ReplyDeleteI agree also and thank you for this post.
ReplyDeletetotally agree with yoo, kakistocracy, dee mum found that wun a fee-yoo weekz ago. bozo and junior bozo behaving badly r an um-bare-ass-ment to owr country.
ReplyDeleteAnn, You ROCK! As an outsider (Canadian), I won't let my feelings about the jerky next door neighbor get me down. I love too many of you.
ReplyDeleteWe are in total agreement with you, Ann. Shame, embarrassment, disgust, and fear, indeed. And we cannot and will not be silenced about the horrible injustices being committed.
ReplyDeleteOona: "They need to put Oona in charge. She has more competence in one whisker than the rest of these clowns put together."
ReplyDeleteI try to keep my political and social opinions off the cat-blogs. But I am in total agreement here! On a discussion forum I constantly post about Trump's stupidity (and it is about 90% anti-Trump). The forum is not dedicated to politics, but there is a lot of discussion about politics and Trump.
ReplyDeleteThe meeting with Zelenskyy was the most specifically shocking thing I have ever seen from a President (Vance is just along for the ride). The arguing was bad enough, but sending Zelenskyy out the door was beyond comprehension!
I bought a Ukrainian flag a couple years ago, but I've never been sure about the protocol about flying a foreign flag next to an American one. Time to look that up!
There isn't too much reason for us to write our Representatives and Senators in Maryland. They are already all completely against him. But I might start emailing those from Republican States. It might have some effect; how can they tell I'm not one of their voters?
I am worried about the direction the US is turning. Hopefully, it will just be Trump and then we can start repair things.
Both of our Senators are Trump jerks and our representatives in the House are equally as bad. You could look at their names and say OH CRAP.
ReplyDeleteWe support Ukraine!
ReplyDeleteMy heart aches for our world and I pray for peace.
ReplyDeleteMy prayers are with those in The Ukraine. XO
ReplyDeletePlease remove me from all emails from you. Thank you.
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