2020 Just Hit and We're Already FUBARed

We're not a day into 2020 and already I want to puke from all the warm, fuzzy and sickly gooey expressions of hope and unfounded optimism saturating social media concerning the new decade. The straw that broke this camel's back was an Instagram post by a B-list celebrity I actually like saying he “knew” the new decade would be filled with love, charity, and a couple of other things I missed due to an oncoming wave of nausea. Sorry to break anyone's bubble, especially after a night where they may have gotten laid, but folks we're fucked.

Everyone put on their memory hats and think back to New Year's Day 2010. President Obama was in office and the Democrats had control of both houses of Congress. Think about all the wonderful progressive expectations that were suppose to magically appear out of thin air. Of course the reality of the massive FUBAR situation hit the Obama coalition about six months later with many becoming disillusioned that wild herds of unicorns were not roaming Washington DC farting out rainbows and happy endings.

In fact several internet friends of mine, extreme progressives, would go as far to suggested President Obama was some sort of corporate Manchurian Candidate out to maintain the Bush/Cheney status quo. Which was funny in a way since the Republicans had lost what little remained of their minds by screaming on everyone of their media outlets that Barrack Obama was a secret Muslim born in Kenya out to ban guns and Jesus.

God in Heaven's sake, I would have never guessed that knowledge of the workings of basic politics was such a rare commodity. Especially after the 2010 midterms when all those progressives stayed home allowing the Republicans to take back the House of Representatives. Instead of rushing to the voting booth to bolster President Obama, liberal/progressives had something better to do like standing in line for that new Iphone or sipping coffee at Starbucks.

Yes, some good legislation was passed during the Obama Administration but a lot more stuff went to shit because of the irrational assholes controlling the U.S. House and eventually the Senate.

Let's see, Moscow Mitch McConnell cock blocked President Obama's last Supreme Court pick. Due to the crazed whining of Ted Cruz and the Tea Party types in the House, the credit rating of the United States Government was downgraded when they allowed the country to default on its debt payments. Without going on a long tangent, I'll just write that Republicans threw in numerous other monkey wrenches into the delicate workings of our government all in an effort to discredit and embarrass President Obama.

All this lead to the disastrous 2016 presidential campaign where we ended up with Donald Trump in office. This allowed the Orange Sociopath two Supreme Court picks with Ruth Bader Ginsburg edging ever closer to a meeting with the Grim Reaper. Throw in hundreds of Trump's lower court picks, all quickly approved by Moscow Mitch's Senate majority. You want a political dystopian nightmare? Well with Trump picking federal judges and Mitch allowing them express lane approval you have a good chance to live it.

So here's the skinny on 2020 as I see it from my humble but wise observations.

We have an individual occupying the White House who pals around with authoritarian dictators. Who openly expresses contempt for a free and open press while “joking” about running for a third term. If that wasn't nightmare enough, you don't have to look hard to find some of his supporters speculating about other members of his family running for POTUS and establishing a dynasty that one meme had lasting until the 2050s. An individual who calls foreign leaders and extorts them to open investigations on his political opponents. I could continue but the icing on this rancid cake is how next to no one in his party dares to whisper the slightest opposition to his growing megalomania delusions. For brevity's sake I'll just mention there is a whole host of environmental crises that Trump not only refuses to acknowledge, but actively works to make worse.

Assumptions are a dangerous practice, but I'll go way out on a limb here and say the Roaring '20s as that B-list celebrity put it will not be filled with love, charity, and whatever else he said. We're in survival mode here folks, this coming 2020 election is not an “opportunity” as Elizabeth Warren has said. If the Democratic nominee happens to win, something I'm coming to doubt, we'll spend years just trying to mitigated the damage Trump and his sycophants have done to the United States and the rest of the planet

The 2020s will be a decades of work and rebuilding on all levels with an eager population of ignorant Trump supporters ready to rush in and finish their job if the liberal/progressives become distracted by yet another shiny object. Sorry to piss in your corn flakes this morning but if you ain't scared and ready to do everything and anything to defeat Trump, you are all sorts of wrong.