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Do Something: And now it seems the whole wide world's gone crazy [1]

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Date: 2025-07-04

Do Something

Soon after my father’s death my wife and I went to Chicago. She likely had a work event, and I tagged along. We might have gone to a play or concert, I don’t remember. I remember sitting in Water Tower Place waiting as she shopped. I am aware this is stereotypical male behavior. I was listening to music, on my iPod Touch. My headphones were corded, not AirPods; fifteen years is a long time in the tech world. My father’s death seemed sudden, but he had had a good life. eighty plus years, a sixty year marriage, grandson graduations, deer hunting in his woods, and many fall leaf trips in his truck and trailer. I sat there imagining life going forward. There are life events that always impact, a first love, birth of a first child, the death of your father and mother. I sat there encased in floating emotions, thoughts of unfinished tasks, a now different view of the future, and concerns with my mother living alone. In amongst all my swirling thoughts, the Eagles album “Long Road Out of Eden” played on my iPod. I, unlike the Dude, do like the Eagles and Don Henley’s solo albums. The song “Do Something” touched me. A creative effort touches beyond the lyrics initial intention. Today as I watched Congress, and learned of the latest Trumpian crimes of unprecedented grift, the lyrics returned.

Encouraged me to move on from despair

I pick up the morning paper

And all the news is bad

Everything that I believed in

Has been turned upside down

And now it seems the whole wide world's gone crazy

Do Something

Americans have been cruel, but cruelty was never celebrated in our history. We believed in an American ideal, that others mistreated prisoners or captives, not Americans. It was not always true. We still believed most Americans were not cruel. We believed we were moving to a more enlightened and noble society. We were supporters of fair treatment for all, even accused criminals. Trump early on condoned and encouraged police brutality. He was ready to shoot BLM protestors, pardoned the very good people who assaulted the Capitol. He knew they were his loyal henchmen. He pardoned creating a personal thug army. An example of the pardoned who are Fine People, true Americans was convicted. Today many Americans support and celebrate cruelty. Do you have your Alligator Alcatraz merch? It would allow you to proudly display living the Gospel of Jesus in deed not only word. Why do we have masked agents grabbing working people with families off the streets? Often these people are at work. Working, earning money, paying taxes into our budget. Ineligible for social security these immigrants add more value to our economy than citizens. They are also productive workers, doing jobs there are not enough citizens to do.

Beating up the hard working — family people

Immigration Boost or Drain

What motivates the Trump Party? Grift to billionaires, they cannot conceive of wealthy people paying taxes or not receiving gifts from the rest of us. All the handwringing over deficits, yet never once suggesting enforcing tax laws. Never once, asking for a percent or two more. Watching the Venice wedding of Amazon mogul and thinking a one percent tax rate may be asking too much. They will not even ask why Trump and his cronies can violate laws. Watch and applaud, as the Trump syndicate openly receives payments for favors and services, uses government as their personal criminal enterprise. There is no Republican who is worthy to repeat or even read, "We pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They are craven cowards seeking fortune at the expense of others. There is nothing sacred or honorable within these men and women.

Not feeling pride in America this July 4th

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Making applesauce for grandsons today form transparent apples — It feels right

Pray for the victims of cruelty, corruption, greed, and racism

Hell is not other people, it is MAGA Trumpers

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