Depending on who you talk with the question of when the last milligram of competence and ethical behavior died in our elected officials will get you a multitude of answers. Of course, to a certain degree the elected officials in this country have never shown any consist level of competence and ethics. Simple put politics is a disgusting but necessary endeavor to have a functioning society. The absence of organized politics is not some libertarian utopia but a survival of the fittest anarchical nightmare.
But in countries where there is at least a semi-commitment to the rule of law and the idea that at some hazy point certain political actions exceed even the most tenuous rationalizations you would expect elected officials to show some absolute values. I mean the majority of elected federal officials in this country proudly profess to possess some belief in the teaching of Jesus Christ. Along with the ideas enshrined in the United States Constitution of human rights and that no individual is above the law.
So just for shits and giggles I’ll concede that federal elected officials have shown a moderate level of dignified actions and proper behavior since the ratification of the United States Constitution. Yes, that assumption is greatly flawed, but work with me here. The unavoidable truth is that all human culture and morals are fictional constructs that vary to the whims of people living at any given moment.
That became glaringly obvious for me yesterday. And even though all my illusions about American Democracy have long since been damaged beyond repair, the responses I got from my US congressman and senators show a level of moral and ethical abandonment that is staggering to me.
It all began with the news that the Tangerine Hitler (“TH” for short) was going to take over the Gaza Strip after Israel concluded the war with Hamas. TH’s plans had for the entire Palestinian population being evacuated from Gaza and be permanently relocated to other nearby countries. In other words ethnic cleansing, the crime against humanity one small step below organized genocide.
Understand, I have mixed feelings about the whole Israeli/Palestinian conflict. That insane bloodbath has been centuries in the making involving both the Western and Arab world. One huge clusterfuck with no true good or bad guy above the individual level. The victims though are millions of human beings who only want to raise their children in peace. If there is any one example of the savage and short-sighted nature of our species it is that conflict.
Given the intransigence of all those involved I often think the best course of action would be to close off the region and let them fight it out. That of course is out of the question. There are good people and innocent children who continue to be victims of religious hate and basic greed.
When I learned of TH’s plans for Gaza, I felt moved to call my duly elected federal representatives. The result of my efforts to talke with them has me entertaining the idea that our government is nonredeemable.
My first call was to my congressman, a person who in a better, wiser world would have never been allowed to rise above the average county councilman. To say he is a swarmy little weasel would be an insult to the Mustelidae family which includes badgers, otters, and wolverines.
Of course I only reached the unlucky dude tasked with manning the phones. I asked this guy what was Congressman Weasel's views on TH’s plans for the Gaza Strip. I further mentions that forcing all the Palestinians out of Gaza was ethnic cleansing, something that the modern US government takes a dim view of. I outright said that ethnic cleansing was unqualified evil.
The aide on the other end of the phone could only say that the congressman had no position on the question of the Palestinian population being forcibly removed from the land. This person was nice, and seemed interested in hearing my views but gave no clue if he understood my outrage. It was like engaging with an AI.
You would think the question of ethnic cleansing would be something that wouldn’t need an official position. This story takes an even more disgusting turn just minutes after I hung up.
Surfing on YouTube I found a video of my congressman on the floor of the House losing his shit over the news that Russian television was showing naked pictures of the current First Lady. It was just another episode of the bizarre and improbable nature of our current politics. Rage over the wildly accessible erotic photographs of Melania Trump but nothing on TH’s wanting to commit a crime against humanity.
I called my senators after that. All I got from both was a recorded message saying that their voice mail was full. A little research later I found out their voice mails have been full for days.
That folks is the current condition of the United States. TH won the popular vote this time and in less than a month the United States has alienated our long-time allies. Openly states that he wants to take back the Panama Canal, “buy” Greenland, and force Canada to become a state. All batshit insane actions, but they pale with the reason TH wants Gaza.
He and his son-in-law are eyeing the “property” as undeveloped beachfront land where they can build resorts, condos, and of course golf courses.
The US government has never been a beacon of fully honest government overflowing with integrity but this unforgivable.
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