General Discussion

nothing." Whether or not she said it, it always helps me think... that maybe we weren't born to have, or to expect, an easy life. That there is always danger and stress in the human condition.

And, growing up as many of us did, under the shadow of nuclear annihilation, the Vietnam War, Civil Rights unrest...with parents that had suffered through the Depression, AND Second World War...well, peaceful stress-free times seemed fleeting and rare.

Politically, for every Kennedy, or Johnson, or Carter, or Clinton, Obama, or Clinton, or Biden we got elected, there would be a Nixon, or Ford, or Reagan, or Bush, or Bush, or Trump, or Trump to ruin and tear down each time what the Democrats had rebuilt. Bloody depressing!

So, I'm right with you when you say the simplest frustration sometimes unlocks the floodgates of pent up rage and dread.

I hope that MLK was correct to hope that the universe "bends towards justice". I want to be around when Trump and all his enablers get brought to account for their blowing up of our precious democracy.

I want to still be around. So my plan is simple: stay healthy, limit my mass media news intake, keep friends close, bear witness at protests...AND keep several bottles of Korbel (US) Champagne chilled for the jubilant day of reckoning I hope comes soon!