The Adventures of Fric and Frac: Adventure 570: Cave Creek Regional Park/Post E

Apple Walnut Pancakes. Yum!

Let me wade through these piles of manure. I saw quite a few along the trail this morning. One lawyer (Dershowitz), in an astonishingly opposite opinion from one he held not so long ago, said it was OK for the President to strong arm a foreign country as a way to help his election possibilities as long as he thought it was in the best interests of the country. Watch out, don't step on that! One key Senator (Alexander) with a career record of working across the aisle said that the Democrats proved beyond doubt that the President was guilty for using taxpayer dollars to extort a foreign government into tilting the 2020 election for his personal gain- and he concluded, "So what?" Watch out, don't step on that! Nearly everyone believes that the Russians co-opted the 2016 election, but so what? Again, let's not step in that. What we should step in is a concern for fair play, for a level field. We should notice the attack on the free press. We should notice the malignant narcissism at play. We should wonder when the President claims, "I'm the chosen one" that he may indeed believe he's King, if not God. We should notice the dangerous precipice our freedom faces. We should wonder what "fake national narrative" will be used next. Already funds for an ill advised wall have been appropriated. Is it too much to believe that maybe an entire election process will be next? We should notice that the economy, which so many Trump supporters hold dear, is being built on a now Trillion dollar deficit. We should notice that murder at the highest levels are accepted as the normal. We should notice that EPA guidelines are being rolled back or challenged at an alarming rate. We should notice that nearly 25% of Federal judges have been appointed, many without proper qualification or objective vetting. We should notice the hypocrisy of immigration policies designed at the very least to dehumanize, confuse, and confine not only asylum seekers, but those immigrants seeking legal entry into the country. But maybe we're not noticing these things because we've made the same judgment Lamar Alexander has: self-interest, earning power after office, and a distaste for offending his like minded friends. Maybe we're not noticing because we've become so numb to the barrage of lies, misinformation, malice filled opinion. Maybe we're just tired. And maybe, if we're among those who claim to hold Christian values that Jesus will eventually overcome the AntiChrist, we should trust all things to God. And to those who are now disparaging me as just another left wing Chicken Little, I say this. We should notice these things because we'll miss America when it's gone. In the meantime, pick up your feet, or better yet, put on your rubber boots.