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The Time is Now!

The president’s lap dog and offensive coordinator, Mr. Stephen Miller, has been yapping about America’s supposed right to annex Greenland. The pathetic swine is going on about our role as a superpower and how we should be pushing America’s weight around. I’m faint with nausea as I write this because that is what this sickening pig does to me. I’ll try to continue.

The prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, said recently that Trump’s comments about Greenland and last weekend’s abduction of Nicolás Maduro and his wife will likely lead to the collapse of NATO. NATO, in case half of America was sleeping, was a big part of what kept the world from WWIII during the cold war. But hey, Trump knows better than anyone because he is rich and has nailed down the speaking patterns of an after-dinner speaker in the hotel ballroom. His third-grade intellect is sufficient for his supporters.

There are plenty of sensible people in the USA who absolutely object to what Trump is doing to our beloved homeland and by extension to the world. It appears that his vision for America is in parallel to Putin’s vision of a large and powerful Russian empire. Putin’s ethnic pride pushes him to Russify as much western territory as possible in order to balance the USA and Europe.

The USA elected a mouthy billionaire real estate developer as president- twice -and what is he doing? He is looking for land to develop. He wants to repartition the world to fit his developer’s dream of having the USA pay for his indelible mark on monuments and in future history books. Another one of his businesses is the sale or leasing of his brand- TRUMP. He’ll plaster his brand without fear of recourse because we’ll let him do it. For crying out loud, he is planning to build a triumphal arch. And his supporters continue to tingle in excitement over his feats of strength and disregard for his detractors.

While Trump is casting societal norms into the ditch, we law abiding citizens must tolerate his dishonesty and incompetent mishandling of our historic nation. We tolerate it because we have respect for the constitution and the rule of law. He was twice elected to high office and we have respected his wins. The founders did not anticipate the ultraconservative majority that got elected or appointed to SCOTUS and how the country might be taken down one wall at a time.

Not only does #47 skirt the law but the news media, the fourth estate, who have previously tried to live up to their role in civic life are now conspicuously silent. The founders could not have anticipated the magnitude of trouble electronic media have contributed to a civically immature population.

It is well past time for us by the millions to take to the streets in lengthy and vigorous opposition to the current administration. We must make noise and push back in vast numbers with all of our strength. I know those who would protest with me once but not many who would do it multiple times. Arrest and reprisal must be accepted as untold millions have around the world.

America has been a land of opportunity for anyone who could summon the will power to “make it big.” Now, America is about those who have already made it big and are trying to push closer to trillionaire status. Haul up the ladder, I’m on board. Trump’s wealth has been seen as a sign of business savvy which was thought to transfer seamlessly into governing. So how did that work out?

The downfall of the United States of America is being accelerated by voters too clueless to know otherwise. Democracy is being undone by an idiocrasy from the low side of the bell curve. Citizens too stupid or too lazy to understand America’s place in the world. World history has been heavily documented so there is no excuse for civic ignorance.

Stephen Miller’s psychotic rattling of his stick in the administration’s bucket of shit in front of the White House never ceases to satisfy America’s confederation of fools. What a sad time to be alive.

Second Amendment Solutions for the Left

Note: This essay is written to explore an idea theoretically. It is not a call to arms.

It’s funny that conservatives in the US have always clung to the Second Amendment to the Constitution as a lifeline against government tyranny. Maybe a liberally inflected approach should be constructed for the left? I own an antique Ruger revolver sitting in storage somewhere. Perhaps it is time to upgrade to a 9 mm pistol? Afterall, if conservatives are free to parade around with firearms as a means of intimidation, why shouldn’t a liberal such as myself.

Rednecks and incels enjoy dressing up in tactical gear with weapons bristling from their portly, scraggly bearded, tattooed torsos, claiming only to be expressing their right to carry guns in a peaceful democratic nation. If they can give a show of force, why couldn’t a liberal militia? A liberal militia would tell the MAGA militias to expect return fire.

The true utility of a firearm is the ability to commit violence accurately from a safe distance. An arrow from the bow of a skilled archer is also capable of this, but at a lower magnitude. Slings and spears can deliver hazardous energy from a distance, but at an even lower magnitude. Body armor and shields were developed to protect the wearer from arrows, spears, axes, clubs, and stones. The lethality of a ball from an early flintlock musket or pistol might be less effective than guns from today, but they still inflicted considerable damage to people. The utility of using gunpowder to propel an object for impact was realized maybe within a century after the invention of gunpowder.

How would MAGA-types respond to a liberal militia? Having known numerous gun totin’ MAGA guys and actually being related to a few, I can say that this would stimulate gales of laughter and howls of derision. So confident are they in their legitimate sense of superiority with weapons that they would automatically reject the notion of a ‘liberal militia’. Many MAGAs are ex-military and have genuine expertise in the military arts. Their abilities are not to be underestimated.

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I once had a sales assistant who was ex-army. His hobby was breeding green tree pythons and always kept a plastic shoe box with snake hatchlings in his office desk for show & tell. He would get in these moods where he would ‘joke’ that he could kill me before I even knew it was possible through stealth and excellent marksmanship. All I could say was “for your sake, I hope you don’t miss”. It was inconceivable to him that I, a non-military dude, could be a threat of any kind. Afterall, the US Army had trained him to kill efficiently. He eventually left to manage a Wal-Mart in Oregon.

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A liberal militia. What an idea. It would have to have a secretive cache and be open only to those wiling to hold a concealed weapon permit and agree to training. But instead of hiding deep in the woods up the holler, liberals could limit their activities to the public gun range. I do not believe for a second that a ‘liberal militia’ could out gun a MAGA militia, ever. In fact, the very idea of return fire would stir their juices and make them eager for a fire fight.

But a liberal militia would not initiate a gun battle. There would be a strict policy of no first use. The idea would be that either side would know that bloodletting would happen on both sides. Sort of a mutual assured destruction.

Of greater impact could be the political effect. The presence of two opposing civilian armed forces, both resting on the same 2nd Amendment could have enough of a chilling effect on congress as to cause them to take some sort of legislative action to tamp down hostilities. Or not. The current congress could make hostilities worse.

Let’s say that violence between MAGA and liberal militias happens. it would be interesting to see if the current administration stepped in as a neutral party. My guess today is that favoritism would be shown to the MAGA side.

Why this idea? It has become apparent to me that the current political hostility fulminating in the right wing will not be lessened by expressions of respect by liberals. The Charlie Kirk fiasco has increased magnitude and urgency of right wing hostility, regardless of any empathy from the left. This matter could well take a decade or more of chaos before it quells and settles into some kind of quasi-peaceful equilibrium if left on its own.