China has the upper hand in this trade war, no doubt. A true leader will accept what is handed to him and try to work with Congress to "fix" things. Like the price of goods and a continuing war between Russia and Ukraine, which is, again, being blamed on Biden. Trump promised a lot of things on day 1 and ending that war was one of them. If that happens it will not be because of Trump but because of a not very probable honest discussion between the two countries. We are not, and have never been, in charge of the global political climate. To claim otherwise is stupid and delusional.
I have been a vocal critic during these first 100 days on a lot of different issues. One of my Trumpster "friends" always asks me "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Before the election I said no every time. Now? It is a hard yes. The administration is full of people who don't have a clue about how the average American lives. Four years ago citizens were not being rounded up and sent to horrific prisons. These people with jobs and families believed that they would be safe and prosper in the land of the free. Many of them pay taxes. That money will go away when they are deported. So will cheap labor that most Americans won't do. I live in a big farm belt and know for a fact that migrant labor is reliable and inexpensive. Most of them take pride in their work. And they don't all have tattoos.
Wow! I'm on a roll today because I feel free to speak on this particular little corner of my world. My friend is going to yet another march tomorrow and has asked me to come up with a slogan to put on her sign. I know her heart so that will be easy. What is really sad to me, is that I could not name her for "personal safety reasons." The free press is being threatened at every turn in this administration. It's all "fake" news if it doesn't fit the narrative in power. I am sick of it and never thought I would see this day. I was not alive during the McCarthy era but this sounds familiar in an old school sort of way. I was a teenager when the first war that I knew about started. I watched the Vietnam war on an old black and white TV along with my parents. They didn't have much to say in the way of explaining the logistics of war. It was brutal, and so were all the others that followed. I admire the people who fought and served. Yet I understand the price they paid with their sanity. Killing is hard on a soul, even if it is the enemy.
My Daddy is a Korean war veteran. That was before I was ever thought of. He was an Air Force supply guy who did time in the Azores of all places. One of his friends was on the front lines and died having nightmares about the fear and carnage. His wife shared that she could not "surprise " him or he would come up freaking out. This is what war does. Another friend and his wife were in the Army during Iraq. She was a gunner, and he was not. Guess what happened when it was all over? Yeah.
I interviewed both an Iraq and Vietnam vet when I was doing profiles for the local paper. That was probably the happiest time of my life, ya know? Real people and real stories. Everybody has one and you are next. This blog is the place for my cognitive therapy. I learn new things about myself everytime I write. And as they say "That's a good thing!" Peace ^j^
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