So, my heating system maintenance contractor claims to have a replacement part to make all my problems go away. But the guy who really knows what he is doing isn’t available until Wednesday. Wednesday it is. Cold showers until Wednesday. Whoo!
Well, let’s see. Inside their terror campaign the Palestinians are desecrating the bodies of murdered Israeli women. Netanyahu says they will pay a terrible price. He has his work cut out for him. This has the potential of being the straw that breaks the camel’s back. I wonder if the Israelis will decide to empty Gaza. It would be horrendously provocative but what else will be effective as a defense against these kinds of attacks? The only other solution is retaking Gaza and policing it which is also a daunting prospect. Wait and see.
More and more as the world spins out of control the situation in the United States takes on a surreal aspect. Currently we aren’t engulfed in war and destruction. Not yet. But the tyrannical forces that bring war to the streets of Beirut, Jerusalem and other flash points, we begin to see it demonstrate its power over the American people through lawfare and voter fraud. Antifa and BLM become the shock troops in a way that is not wildly different from Hamas and Hezbollah. We’re all living in a world becoming increasingly radicalized.
Will that change? Could Americans successfully pull back from this undermining of the values we depended on to make our lives normal and stable?
Possibly. But not surely. Probably not even likely.
We may have crossed over some tipping point where there are just too many bad guys breaking things and not enough good guys trying to fix them. But we’ve got to play the hand we’ve been dealt. There’s no choice. We watch the events playing out in crime ravaged cities and the halls of Washington DC as awful public policies and nonsensical or even malignant belief systems cause enormous damage to millions of individuals and the fabric of all of our lives.
But the real problem isn’t even with the Left that spreads these problems. It’s our side that has failed. Our leaders are compromised. It’s our children who believe in these false values and policies. They’ve given up on the things that made life wholesome and productive. That is why I doubt this can be fixed. So that only leaves the option of watching and doing our small bit and protecting ourselves from the fallout from the crash. A grim existence.
The basset hound puppy is getting big. She’s teething horribly and some of her teeth have already fallen out, but she bites Camera Girl’s hands relentlessly. But she’s enjoying raising the crazy little dog too much to complain. I on the other hand put on a pair of cowhide gloves whenever I’m in charge of her. She’s a rambunctious creature but there is an infectious energy when you’re playing with a puppy. It does make you feel more alive. So, life goes on. Even surrounded by crazy people overseas, crazy people in our cities and crazy people running our government we still do the things we must. And try to find some joy too.