WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY WORLD???

 

Just when did the country/world decide to go absolutely insane??? I mean, really, China is doing this, North Korea that, Russia continues its war with Ukraine, and now the United States has gone so far beyond bombing potential drug carrying boats to invading Venezuela, kidnapping the elected leader and his wife. If that’s not enough, the United States wants Greenland and is toying with the idea of an invasion there.

          I also saw a cartoon/meme where the idiot in the White House and his cronies in China and Russia are talking about “spheres of influence.” Seriously, what happened to the United States of America being a leader that provides a democratic example of how a country should be governed??? What happened to, “…by the people, for the people….”???

          Since I live in a “blue” state, perhaps that’s why I see so much information that’s totally negative about what’s happening. I wonder if folks who live in red states see the same information; and if so, why aren’t they terribly concerned about where the United States is headed? I just DO. NOT. GET. IT!!!

          I lived through and participated (to an extent) in the Vietnam war protests and know it was my hope, and that of so many others, that there would be no more war in our lifetimes. Of course, it didn’t happen because it wasn’t long before the Mideast erupted and the United States just had to get involved. From that point on, it seems to me that my country has participated, in one way or another, to promote overseas difficulties. Perhaps I’m just terribly naïve, but is there some huge reason why we cannot have peace.

          Writing this blog piece, I thought of a book I read a very long time ago. I’m sure if my 286 grinds long and hard enough, the title and author will come to me, but for here and now, I’m just going to share the book’s ultimate message. There was a cabal of powerful and wealthy men (billionaires now) who met infrequently to talk about where the world needed to go next in order to continue their ability to amass wealth. This group would decide what needed to happen, and then find and fund a way to make it happen. Since it was fiction (but was it really???), the long term goals weren’t easily  had, and heros and  heroines saved the day/year/century.

          I feel like this author’s message is coming to fruition. My question is where are those heros and heroines today…we need them desperately.