Hi my friend,
At the risk of redundancy, how are you? I wonder how you’re faring with these days of whiplash and cacophony – it seems like dissonance is the new normal. A strange soundtrack to be sure.
I’m careening between indignation and disbelief; two sentiments I don’t deal with very well. In fact I’m trying very hard to make sense of the nonsensical, and failing miserably. When Alanis Morrisette penned the song ‘Ironic’, I nodded in time and agreement, amused at the creativity of the lyrics.
Not today though – today I have a backpack filled with the ridiculousness of these times. So with no rhyme or reason, I submit the following with the hope that I’m not alone…
1). Dear Senators Graham and Hawley – your hypocrisy is showing – sit the hell down. As much as I agree with the perspective that streaming services need to be more diligent in creating safer platforms for children, it offends me to hear you assert that the CEOs have “blood on their hands.” You’re kidding right? He who throws the first stone, gentlemen …where is the sound bite about the NRA? Isn’t the absence of measures to ensure that AK-47s are excluded from individual purchase irresponsible at best? Or, that background checks should be rigorous? Does the fact that the majority of gun owners support reasonable regulations mean anything? And yet you do nothing. Hmm, I guess that means that you too have blood on your hands – just sayin’…
Dear Boeing – seriously? A few of your newly constructed airplanes have passed quality control, albeit with a few missing or loosened bolts. They assure us that every plane has been re-inspected, honestly it doesn’t do much to allay concerns..
Dear Puxatawny Phil – go ahead and burrow yourself. All the spotlights on you ensure that a shadow will be seen. Hardly prescient, I’m afraid.
Dear Literate People – if you don’t feel exorcised by the systematic banning of books, then your silence becomes complicit. Banning the Bible? The Merriam-Webster dictionary? Choosing to remove undeniable facts about our country’s history – because a discrete few want to edit the past? When did ‘woke’ become an epithet? Anyway, if you want to see the ever-expanding list of classics, just Google it – and then consider that anything other than a passionate defense, isn’t a defense at all.
Dear Politicos – give me a break. You flood my inbox, asking for money for elections that will take place in various eligible states. First of all, my name isn’t my surname, and it’s ironic that you plead for contributions yet can’t get my name right. Just for grins, I tallied up the requests for $20.00 – no surprise it would do up to a healthy contribution. Is it wrong of me to want to hear a stump speech that reflects aspirational ideas instead of negative assurances? Just throw me a bone – let me know what the plan is (caveat – I won’t vote for any misogynistic sycophants, those who limit the rights of women, denigrate minorities with extreme self-righteousness – but if your platform is filled with what you won’t tolerate, tell me how you’d change it)
I could go on, but your attention is being tested, I’m sure…So much irony, so much I find enraging. And in the purest sense we are all here to share the walk home (thank you Rumi), to accept the responsibility of being accountable to and for each other, to marvel at our ability to affect people without a clue that we have done so and to accept the mantle of love, for at the end of the day, that is our common denominator.
Take good care, my friend – I’ll write again soon. With love, me
Waiting for the Karma Truck 
OMG! I could have written this myself. Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only person in the world who can see this crap going on. Surely others can’t be missing this?
Happy to know I’m not alone…this blatant hypocrisy is making me crazy (crazier than I already am..0
I’ll save you a room at the crazy farm.
Thank you Kate! I definitely need a room…🥴
Better, perhaps, dear Mimi, that I refrain from comment on the specifics of life in the US. But you can probably hear, from all the way over here in the UK, a resounding ‘Yesss!’ to [please may we have] ‘speech that reflects aspirational ideas instead of negative assurances …’ Thank you, as ever, for helping to change the narrative – neither tiny grain of sand nor drop of water are unimportant in coastline or ocean. Hugs 🤗xx
As always my friend – thank you!! And I believe that we’re in the midst of crises everywhere – the US leading the pack perhaps in the sheer volume of displeasure and fractional hostility….xx
PREACH!
I know, you know – when is this crazy world going to keep up???
World needs to move faster!
Nailed it…and the hypocrites too. I just wish they would see your post.
Ahhhh, lovey, I am right there beside you, nodding vigorously at every utterance. I, too, heard Lindsey’s hysterical (and I mean that in every sense of the word) comments to Zuckerberg about ‘blood on your hands’ and wanted to hurl. The hypocrisy that abounds, the insistence of promoting personal agendas over the public good..it all sickens me. Thank goodness for my small cadre of wise friends…❤️
Hopefully those wise friends vote, protest, or otherwise demand change.
Agreed – we can’t be passive, for in our inertia we will be complicit..
It’s almost as if you were sitting at my dinner table last night. Whatever happened to the world we dreamed of, worked for and made it a mission to leave to our children. It is more than heartbreaking. For a woman with depression it’s almost impossible to get out of bed in the morning. Love you.
Love this!!
Thank you!
I am Canadian and yet I was nodding my head on every single point you made, Mimi. How the hell did we get here? The hypocrisy and disdain for all that should be human is astounding and frightening.
Preach on!
When nothing is recognizable, there is nothing to find comfort in…Yes to voting, yes to community action committees…yes, yes, yes – and none of it offers enough propulsion to get us out of the global mess we’re in…
So very true.
can I have a place on the crazy farm also? cuz i’m right there with you all. Crazy indeed!
Come on over!
You did hit the nail on the head…the real problem is the head of that nail keeps growing and will soon, I fear , suffocate us all…
Few possibilities scare me more than people who are brutally devoid of conscience assuming roles in this democracy…
I’m seriously thinking of digging a big hole, getting into it, and not coming out for a few years. Just can’t cope these days. Thank god for grandchildren, they make my heart sing.
I’m right there with you – including the joy of our littles…and a disturbing feeling about the world they will inherit. But when we’re together they are sunshine in human form…
❤️
truth.
It’s so frustrating when so many can’t see through this. Ignorance, brainwashing, desperation, and disconnection are pulling everyone down, and into the manipulative hands of autocracies and greedy ego maniacs.
I did end my Democratic Party membership because of the politicos on all sides using the same intrusive tactics. Life is much quieter… but still disquieting!!
Amen, Val…I have unsubscribed from party sponsors because I too was so irritated by the calls, emails, etc – with every tactic from scary threats to guilt-ridden pleas – I know it’s a vicious cycle, but damn I’d really like to see something that reflects strength, sound reason, etc//
Spot on!
Couldn’t have said it any better, Mimi, it’s like you were in my head.
Thank you so much!! My head is so full of disbelief – and anger..