How far will all this go?

Unlike so many other Americans, I spent Jan. 20th feeling wave after wave of, well, let's face it, Fear washing over me as I played with my son, trying not to react to what was coming out of the radio. (We don't have cable/satellite tv.)

Looking at all the people willingly throwing themselves into a cult of personality. HOW could Americans, "rugged individualists," get suckered into worship of a man who hasn't had even one significant political/policy achievement in his career?? Someone who, despite promises of 'transparency,' doesn't seem to understand what the term means. Someone who has clamped down on press access even before taking the oath. ('Cause he doesn't do well with real journalists doing their job, asking good questions, trying to get clear answers. This does not please false idols.)

Ok, there's the word. Idol. Its a word I'm going to be thinking a lot during the next four years. Adults should know, particularly Jewish adults should know better than to look to another human for *anything.*

Put no trust in the powerful,

In mortals who cannot save,

Their breath departs, they return to dust

And that is the end of their grand designs.

Blessed are those whose help is Jacob's G-d

Whose hope is the Lord our G-d.

From Tehillim 146

Comforting, yet also a warning. We must be responsible for our own actions, direct our own lives-- this is the point of the free will Hashem endowed us with. To make our own choices, for good or bad; for us to fail and succeed. We need to struggle to deserve merit. No one 'deserves' anything from this life.

So I listened, surfed the 'net, and was truly taken aback by the herd mentality I saw that day, and still see now. Will anyone begin to wake when the cracks in the facade become too large to ignore?

This situation reminds me exactly of the "teen idols" my friends would gush over in late elementary/junior high school. Personally, those singers (most were singers & tried to be actors) mostly left me unmoved. They weren't all that talented, not all that 'cute,' and certainly not boys I was interested in meeting. But they had PR machines, cranking out all sorts of inane stories calculated to keep the interest up, the record sales going, the sighs and tears of young girls flowing. The same tactics are now being used by not only 'soft' outlets (Us, People, etc.) but even 'hard' MSM outlets are channeling "Tiger Beat" magazine. The Washington Post's coverage in particular has been disgraceful. Eli Saslow should be exiled to the Post's Style section.

Have we become such non-thinkers that we'll swallow any pap in front of us?? I shiver at the answer, because I think the majority of people have, but perhaps all is not lost.

Those of us who love America, who think our ideals and institutions are the best going, will need to continue to speak out. This will be difficult. It will get easier, as the mask cracks and begins to fall. Because it will. This adminstration is built on NOTHING, and with such a foundation, it will implode on its own emptiness. Please let that happen before they dismantle our institutions to the extent that we the people will have lost our nation.

So I've changed the name of this blog. I'm cured. January 10, January 20, first call of the POTUS to the head of a TERROR state, Samantha Power back in the inner circle with the ability to ride herd on Hilary-- the United States is in for a bumpy ride. (If you're scratching your head over the Jan. 10 reference, you are 1) probably not a Jew; and/or 2) NOT. PAYING. ATTENTION. I don't care how 'progressive' you are, how much you sympathize with terrorists instead of with victims-- WE ARE ALL TARGETED. How many will step back from this brink?

We live in interesting times.