Any Strong Wind

When the Biden Administration saw fit to indict and try not only the former president, but also several of his cabinet members and advisors it demonstrated that no one was above the law. Now, however, with much more serious crimes than Trump was ever charged with, the Democrats believe that they cannot be charged, indicted and put in prison, though they were the motivating factors behind such treatment of a president and his staff.

This is typical communist double-speak. They only mean “no one is above the law” when it pertains to their enemies, not themselves. Then such actions are unseemly and undemocratic. But the citizens are allowed to choose for themselves what is unseemly and undemocratic. I find nothing unseemly or undemocratic about punishing traitors. None.

A republic is built on laws and borders, none of which apply to Democrats/communists. To them, everything is subjective and necessarily so, because that affords them the hypocrisy they’re so well-known for. It is a brand of its own in that sense. Wherever you find a Democrat or a communist almost everything out of their mouths has a double meaning, one for them and another one for their enemies. And, I phrase it such, because Democrats and communists don’t have opponents. “Opponents” suggest some form of rules or a sport, but that’s outside their understanding. Everything that opposes them must be crushed, destroyed, unable to survive. That’s why the right loses to them so often. One must go after the left as if they were a virus that must be tracked down and annihilated, leaving no stone unturned or mercy given.

For most Republicans, politics is not in their nature, is not a blood sport. In fact, most of the decent politicians look at politics as an obligation, a temporary sacrifice to try and curb some of the worst abuses of government against the citizens, with whom they still identify. That form of politician is rare and therefore not capable of building much of a coalition and spend a great deal of time talking to the marble walls of congress.

I’m all for a law, a form of which was suggested by Warren Buffett, that states that any Senator or Representative in office when the debt to GDP ratio exceeds 50% is no longer eligible for public office. The only exception would be during a time of existential emergency. One of which was World War II, but there is no such thing going on now, nor was it happening when the debt to GDP went over 50% the last time, which was the third quarter of 1989. The lowest rate it has been in 24 years was 54.03 in the second quarter of 2001. It increased 9 percentage points in 7 years, through 9/11 and the economic meltdown of 2008. Most of this during a Republican administration. Since 2020 it has hardly ever gone below 120% of GDP and then only for a few quarters, then back up.

What good would that do? Well, it would restrain spending at least and reset the congress at best. Do I think it would happen? No, not under this corrupt bunch of vampires, but it should be a campaign issue, much like term limits. These are all things to consider for the future, when it finally melts down again, when the temperature of the population is much higher.

For heaven’s sake, we can’t even imprison known and proud traitors still on the morning show circuit. But that’s all part of the ultimate weakness of the foundations of an utterly destroyed republic, the ashes of which maintain their form, but without substance. Any strong wind could expose the edifice for what it is, a thin veneer of authority masking the rotten core.

As long as those involved in the Russia hoax remain free, we are living in an illusion that will soon evaporate when reality once again proves its irresistible nature. What I have been concerned about for a long time is: what then? Does this nation devolve into a conglomeration of warlords? How long will that condition exist before people want to be out from under the thumb of the new tyrant? When they put government back together, what will it look like? Given the brainwashing of the past few decades, it’s likely to be some form of socialism. I can only pray that it will more closely resemble the promises of the past with some adjustments to prevent the wanton corruption of this period.

Perhaps those are thoughts and concerns for a different time, one that has passed. Without looking to the future, the focus becomes one of vengeance, of just wanting to see some of these traitors behind bars, or more appealing would be the natural sentence for anyone committing treason. Every time I look into that crystal ball, I see nothing but smoke. I doubt there’s the stomach for rightful justice. I don’t see it in Trump, even though he’s the victim of this coup, this plot, this outrageous treason. That fact is the byproduct of an unserious nation, a bunch of actors pretending to be true patriots. Without that resolve, there is nothing left to save.

The idea that such actions would cause civil unrest is really expressing nothing. Civil unrest is upon us, no matter what takes place, no matter whether the treasonous are dealt with or not. It’s an inevitability that must logically be embraced, and what better excuse to kick it off than the righteous punishment of people engaged in the coup? Several coups, actually, extending back to perhaps the Civil War, at least back to 1913 and certainly back to 1963. It’s going to happen, if not now in ten years or twenty. It’s all just a matter of how horrible it must be before it takes place. It may not even be between citizens, but some hybrid AI constructed by the wealthy to depopulate the planet. As incredible as that sounds, it’s all been admitted to, discussed, even put in motion in some regard. The civil unrest might even arise out of a nuclear war that seems constantly on the murky horizon these days. When government officials speak casually of something like nuclear war, one might expect it.

What I do recognize is that this state of the nation cannot continue. We are a nation without foundation, without a firm grip on what we are, even. My causes and reasons have long been surpassed by the tolerance of others and so I prepare for whatever eventuality finally calls on my participation.

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