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Wow! Mere days following Super Tuesday and long before multiple millions of primary ballots have yet to even be cast and counted, candidate Joe Biden can already count on becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. The big question…
• Can Barack Obama’s ex-VP really, Really, REALLY defeat Donald Trump?
Joe had better be fully prepared to take on that Herculean Task. After all, Donny will be huckstering and rehashing a hoax… donning his tin-foil hat and trotting out his Biden / Burisma / Ukraine false narrative… i.e., the exact same way he successfully exploited this bogus issue throughout his legitimate House Impeachment and undeserved Senate acquittal.
• What does this all boil down to?
Well, instead of this presidential Election Year becoming a substantive, issues based campaign, the Trumpster… who neither has a firm grasp on the real issues nor shives-a-git about them… will, instead, be prevaricating and mudslinging his way to victory. Hell, that pathetic little man tells huge whoppers so frequently and fanatically, even he believes they’re the truth. Worse yet, so do the gullible masses, who’ll be reelecting him.
Even were Biden to, miraculously, win the White House, unless the Democrats also secure U.S. House and Senate majorities, his presidency will mean nothing.
• What if vengeance seeking Republicans do wind up controlling both legislative chambers?
At the very least… Biden will be facing down ferocious obstructionism.
Net effect… the real issues… e.g., climate change, free elections, nuclear disarmament, gun control, women’s rights, human rights, fair immigration laws, living wages, an equitable tax code, affordable housing, healthcare and prescription drugs etc.… will NEVER be dealt with in any meaningful way.
At the very worst… sore loser, vengeance seeking Republicans will dredge up the Trumpian lies re Ukraine / Burisma / Biden and use this as the basis to unjustifiably impeach, convict and remove Biden from office.
Net effect… the real issues… e.g., climate change, free elections, nuclear disarmament, gun control, women’s rights, human rights, fair immigration laws, living wages, an equitable tax code, affordable housing, healthcare and prescription drugs etc.… will NEVER be dealt with in any meaningful way.
Of course… even in defeat, what’s to stop Donald Trump from holing up in the White House and flat-out refusing to turn over the keys to Joe Biden?
Net effect… the real issues… e.g., climate change, free elections, nuclear disarmament, gun control, women’s rights, human rights, fair immigration laws, living wages, an equitable tax code, affordable housing, healthcare and prescription drugs etc.… will NEVER be dealt with in any meaningful way.
RE climate change… failure to deal with this burning issue, STAT, will lead to humanity’s eventual extinction. Little doubt, the last people left (more or less) standing will wind up writhing around in such agony that… as they suck in their last gasp of super-heated, toxified oxygen, they’ll likely even welcome their own deaths.
Net effect… the real issues will NEVER be dealt with in any meaningful way. Of course, what would any of that really matter, anymore, once the cockroaches inherit the Earth?
Every now and then I do love to wax poetic. I now invite you to do a little time trippin’ with me. To help keep everyone from straying off course… to this post… I’ve inserted temporal, subheading guideposts.
The dawn of Earth… our land pristine,
Bright skies of blue… lush fields of green,
Clear crystal streams … air sweet and fresh,
Realms where life teems… fins, feath’, fur, flesh.
By day we toil… oft gather… hunt,
Too soon for words… we blather… grunt,
By night we gaze… at starry sky,
Moon waxes… wanes… we stare and spy.
We seek shelter… from rain… thunder,
Our minds wander… we oft wonder,
Time marches on… each passing year,
We start to ask… “Why are we here?”
As eons pass… our world revolves,
Hard to support… our life evolves,
Hard to deny… the glum, grim truth,
Oft humankind… is cruel, uncouth.
Of course, we do… what we do best,
Poor stewards all… muck up the nest,
We mark our turf… with foul piss,
Reptile brains aim… how could we miss?
Each time our foes… do not Keep Out!
We wage our wars … maim, murder, rout,
Those who feel fright… tuck tail… take flight,
Those who fight back… face deadly plight.
Floods and famines… plagues and scourges,
Minor chorded… gravesite dirges,
Millions perish… deep-six buried,
To Heaven’s gate… souls get ferried?
For those who spurn… “Thou shalt not kill”,
Take headfirst plunge… in Satan’s swill,
To get ensnared… in his dark spell,
Condemns these fools… casts them to Hell.
Dark Ages die… no need to mourn,
To take its place… Renaissance born,
New ways abound… proliferate,
No holding back… minds liberate.
Movers shakers… and inventors,
Robust thinkers… shrewd, sage mentors,
In full bloom… noble notions,
Skyward soar… sail minds’ oceans.
Explorers sail… the deep blue seas,
Find strange new worlds… spread their disease,
Some come in peace… some conquer all,
Some are welcomed… some hit brick wall.
America bound… Englishmen flee,
Eschew their roots… brew Boston tea,
Common sense rules… puts up good fight,
New nation forms… by dawn’s early light.
Once more, we do… what we do best,
Can’t coexist… conquer Wild West,
Force Native A’s… off their own land,
Vile facts of how… “We” would expand.
Greed breeds true… retrogression,
Nothing great ‘bout… Great Depression,
Lust for money… bricks of gold,
Stagnates nation… folks’ lives on hold.
World War-II fought… fraught with errors,
Nightmares / horrors… A-bomb terrors,
Clouds of mushrooms… islands torched,
Flesh burnt to crisp… possessions scorched.
Commie witch hunt… McCarthy, Joe,
No need for facts… he says it’s so,
He who disputes… is a dead duck,
Think you can win? Good night. Good luck!
Lessons not learned… new rivers red,
Korea / Nam… soldiers are bled,
Foolish theory… the domino,
Deploys the troops… where they shouldn’t go.
One – Nine – Six – O… the ballots cast,
J.F.K.’s win… doomed not to last,
One – Nine – Six – Three… a bullet blast,
Blew off his head… left us aghast.
Nixon… Reagan… Bush Times Two,
All Autocrats… with scruples few,
Unions busted… Freedoms shredded,
War crimes… torture… got embedded.
No place to hide… Big Brother sees,
We are all watched… by our TVs,
Landlines get tapped… we’re GPS’d,
Mouse clicks get logged… we all get stressed.
In days ahead… deep trouble brews,
If voters vote… for Trump or Cruz,
Chickenhawks both… need I remind?
They lust for war… the nuclear kind.
Post bomb blast scenes… horrific fright,
Crawling amidst… the nuclear night,
The tough old bug… that now encroaches,
Our world overrun… by the cockroaches!
CommonSenseTom 