MAGA

Has anyone seen the USA?  I haven’t seen it in years.  The weird thing is, I’m not sure when it disappeared.   It just vanished.  There’s some evidence of its existence.  I see American flags here and there, and we play with fireworks on the 4^th of July … what did they used to call it? … oh yes:  Independence Day.  We still hold elections on a regular basis and some of the laws from back in the day are still around.  We even celebrate all of the same holidays that we used to.

It’s like when someone you knew dies, but you didn’t love them or know them well enough to keep up with them. Then you stop and think, “Hey when was the last time I spoke with that person?”  They were here, now they’re not.  Gone. 

I miss the USA. It was a great place to grow up.  It was the kind of place where men were men and women weren’t men.  Sure it had its flaws, but what place doesn’t?  I know of some people that didn’t like living in Hawaii!

I always liked living in the USA. I still do, but this place is not the USA I’ve always known.  It’s a different “new Coke” kind of country.  It looks the same and it’s packaged the same, it even has some of the same ingredients, but it isn’t the same. 

Fortunately in our little part of the country (Helotes, Texas), the change hasn’t been as drastic.  In fact it still feels like home.  I thank God for that … around here, you can still do that without fear of ridicule.

Even politics aren’t the same anymore.   In the past it was normal for politicians to be dishonest, we expected them to be.  It didn’t matter if they were a Democrat or a Republican, moderate, liberal, or conservative.   The definition of an honest politician was …. well, there wasn’t.  But even that’s changed. 

Donald Trump was elected President of the United States of America.  Almost no one expected that to happen. When I say almost no one I’m talking about the people in politics, the media, and entertainment.  (in a country of hundreds and hundreds of millions of people, they amount to … almost no one.)

President Trump did something unimaginable:  he kept his word.   He’s doing things Republicans have always promised they would do.  That’s something new, something different.  Republicans and Democrats were blindsided by him.  And now politics will never be the same.   

MAGA … Make America Great Again. Did you know MAGA is the newest, meanest, vilest, racist, thing anyone can say in the new USA?  If you put it on a baseball cap it’s an even worse offence than actually saying it.  If you don’t believe me ask anyone at CNN or a college professor and they’ll tell you that themselves.   You might think that “Making America Great Again” is as harmless as saying “In God We Trust” or “One Nation Under God” … but you would be wrong.   They’re bad, too.

The new USA was fundamentally transformed and turned into an abomination (or is it Obama nation?).   It is now acceptable for laws to be ignored if the lawbreaker has the “right” political motivation and persuasion, or is an illegal immigrant.   In the new USA a completely naked man can have his picture taken with a young boy (that performs in drag on TV and for live audiences). Have it posted on the World Wide Web and no one bats an eye.  No media or social outrage.  In the new USA teenage boys that are victims can be turned into villains just for wearing MAGA caps.   The very same media and social outlets that stay silent when “one of their own” is caught in a vile act knowingly, willingly, and with purpose tried to destroy youngsters’ lives because they wore a cap.

I didn’t like New Coke. It wasn’t great. (To be honest I don’t really like original Coke …I’m a Dr. Pepper man.)  I hope the new USA disappears just like new Coke did and the USA makes a comeback, because I absolutely believe that we can Make America Great Again!

There you have it,
Eddie