I am a Kentuckian.
That's been true all my life, but in my elder years it might become even more important, at least to my soul. I'm watching the United States of America get taken apart bit by bit, its mission to its citizens rarely if ever considered. Everything is done in service of whittling down the opposition when the creepy powers that be introduce their really outlandish and cruel notions upon the populace. Steps are taken to undermine the safety of those nations who once were staunch allies in what seems to be slavish service to a former KGB agent.
Daniel Boone led settlers through the Cumberland Gap and into the land which would be called "Kentucky". The name is of course of Native American origin, but what it means is not fully established, but best guesses are that it originates from an Iroquois word mean "Land of Tomorrow". The settlements in Kentucky went on to become the only second state added to the original thirteen, which were the United States of America.
But now I am embarrassed to be an American. I well understand the world's reaction to the insanity inside this nation as a convicted felon sells the nation off and into the hands of a foreign dictator. The world is not wrong to shun us. Foreigners should not come here. But do remember if you are able, that not all of us, in fact far from a majority voted for this, including me. (That's why I'm "embarrassed" and not "ashamed" -- two different things.) But that's of little comfort for the latest outrage.
Now it's come to light (as if anything else could be the case) that at least one innocent man and almost certainly more were bolted out of the country despite a judge's order to a foreign prison which the United States effectively rents. The blood-rage to send non-whites out of this country burns so hot that no time can be seem to be wasted on actual due process of law. This lawlessness must result in his repatriation and in the punishment of those who are responsible. But the former is almost certainly the best we can hope for. Disgust for those in my own country who allowed it and for those who will surely find some way to defend it.
But this latest horror isn't just the problem of one election and its pitiful result. It's been coming for quite some time. Forty years ago, or thereabout, when I was a hale and hearty man in his twenties with a blooming family on the way, the nation made the tragic mistake of making a Hollywood actor its president. His nonsensical policies of trickle-down economics began the slow and steady slog to our current status as a debtor nation. Citizens decided they just didn't want to pay for services anymore and to justify that greedy decision began to blame those that needed help and those that gave it to them. We were taught to do that at the highest level and while some of us resisted, many did not.
The aforementioned courts at the same time began a series of decisions which bit by bit made bribery legal. Our politicians (on both sides) were by and large reluctant to call this out as they benefited mightily. The media slowly but steadily abandoned its responsibilities and the only news we got most of the time was that which was pre-cooked or easy to scavenge up. More and more Congress allowed mergers to occur when none should have been allowed, but stocks were up so who cared really.
Some did, but they were not enough. And now I live in what some call a rogue nation, unfit to have real allies and isolated. We can't be ignored because of our military might. The U.S. will continue to play a pivotal role in the future history of his planet, I just hope we are not the outright villains. Until the ship is righted though I am not an American first and foremost...
I am a Kentuckian. Maybe one day sooner than later in the land of tomorrow I can proudly be an American again...I hope.
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