Meanwhile On Earth-Deux - The Nation Stands!

And just like that I'm back. I had an impulse yesterday to close in and build a fortress of books to protect me and mine as best I could from the predations to come. But as the shock wore off that my America is even more racist than I imagined, and that a scary number of women are down with being second-class citizens, I once again found the need to speak my mind. This is the first in what I imagine to be a series of posts from Earth-Deux, a planet not that much unlike a similar one we DC fans know and adore where heroism lived on. But on this Earth -Deux "Sweet Potato Hitler" did not rise from the grave. He was defeated and the people were happy. Oh, if only it were so. But we can imagine. Join with me as we visit Earth-Deux. 

With the election of Kamala Harris to the Presidency of the United States of America, the world order remains. The cruel vision of Christian Nationalism is pushed back for a time, and now it's time to see to it that such ugly ideas are once again relegated to the back alleys of American thought. It's time to bring back shame to the country and hold those accountable for this push toward a dictatorship. They must be voted from office and sent scurrying into early retirement. If they were in any way responsible for the shameful uprising on January 6, 2020, they should be brought to justice. And that includes the former President who has now lost two bids for the highest office in the land. It is critical that his trials go forward and that no talk of a pardon be considered. That would not be justice. 

Now we can move forward once again and continue the work begun in the Biden administration to improve the lives of all Americans, including immigrants from other lands who wish to become Americans.  With the beautiful face of a bi-racial woman now in the highest office in the land, we can again shed the limitations which have weirdly distorted our political lives for centuries. The United States has always been a land of institutional racism, but we must take steps to see to it that it's never that in the future. 

We can begin to bring justice back to the land and see to it that women are returned to full rights under the Constitution. We can do that by seeing to it that corrupt judges are impeached and replaced. Expanding the Supreme Court seems like an idea whose time has come. And with that, a modernization of the American voting scheme so that no longer will a bitter minority hold the whole nation hostage to their shameful beliefs. 

Russia should now see that invading Ukraine is a fool's errand and will withdraw. Israel can now see that its extermination of the Palestinians must cease, or support will disappear. Forces held hostage by the rigors of an all-important election are now free to wield the powers necessary to bring these shameful spectacles to an end. 

With the election of President-Elect Kamela Harris and Tim Walz, we are once again on track toward the future and not the past. The future where my kids will live looks brighter indeed. 

To reference my late wife's favorite Beatles' song -- Let it Be! 

Sadly, I now return to our Earth. 

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