Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

Had an appointment this morning at the VA Hospital and watched several of the veterans come in that are in terrible shape. Some of the conditions are as advanced as they are because these individuals tended to ignore what was happening to them because they were raised during a time when only an emergency got you to a doctors office. They have been exposed to stuff that no one should be near without complete protection, and of course, they did not have that luxury.
Many were probably drafted into the service and had no choice as to what path they would follow once inducted. The problems they have today are probably the result of what they were exposed to during their service. To say that there are some very sad cases is an understatement. Fortunately there are facilities to look after them, at least today. The problem may be tomorrow if the man that calls them losers gets reelected. That care may go away as he has no respect or use for them. It has been said that his attitude is that when it comes to spending on age or illness he prefers that they just die.
Healthcare is expensive and the driving force behind Trump is the amassing of money, not spending it on “losers”. It is bad enough for him to take such a negative attitude with humanity in general but especially damning to target those that fought for our nation.
Our calendar has several dates that are highlighted for events that address our commitment to freedom. November 5th is election day but it is not a national holiday, nor is January 6th the date of confirmation of election results, or January 20th when the transfer of power takes place. All of these dates were dates of challenge in 2020 and it appears will be again in 2024/25 because no matter the size of loss Trump has it will be challenged. The attempts to overturn the election 4 years ago may seem minor after what may go down this time.
So many are explaining this with things like, “He never backs down, never loses”. At least in his mind, losing is unacceptable. No one wants to lose but not everyone can win and no matter how you dress it up someone always does. His ego must come out as the winner, this can be seen in the claims of having bigger crowds at his rallies, or winning debates even when he gets his ass handed to him. His claim that no one knows more about anything than he does is all his ego overriding the truth which he can not deal with.
Our nation has been through wars before, to free ourselves from a king, to save our friends from the oppression of a dictator. We have even fought one another to overcome a barbaric practice that allowed one man to “own” another. We may have to go to war again within our borders to suppress the movement that wants to turn the clock back to a time when women could not vote, child labor was allowed, or even possibly the autonomy of the individual is put in doubt.
If the babble that is escaping Trump’s lips is even close to his intentions then his reelection is a major mistake. We can not afford to be put under the boot of his or his cadre of supporters that are hungry for power. They want to be elevated to positions of authority so they can flex their desire to dominate others the way that the commanders of the death camps in Germany did in WWII. This is a luxury that we need to benign them not only for ourselves but if you believe in an afterlife, for their salvation.