Thoughts from an American Female

...has got to be one of the worst damn days EVER!!! Now that that is out of my system I have to say, there is something beautiful about being in the White Mountains with no service on my cell. No reason to check Twitter, no exposure to the rantings of a lunatic. It's nice. It's pleasant. Now I'm back to the connected world and I don't know that I like it all that much. I looked up actions and quotes from guilty people and it's so strange to see that Trump's behaviors and tweets match to a T. He's so guilty that he's trying everything to stay to afloat and it's just scary. I see my kids do it. I ask my son, "Did you draw on the wall with sharpie?" He goes, "No, it was my sister." I ask him, "Are you sure you didn't draw on the wall?" He says, "No, I said it was my sister!" Then he throws the Sharpie and proceeds to have a tantrum...he's three. Trump is doing all the same things, and more, that ...

I'm sitting here completely flummoxed. If you aren't flummoxed, flabbergasted, outraged and/or fucking horrified, well then, I don't know that there is any hope for you. The Trump presidency began as a small nuisance, something people laughed off. In 2015, when he announced he was running, a massive majority of American citizens thought there was no way in hell he would ever win. The things he said during the campaign were outlandish, ridiculous and outright lies. He took cues from the demagogue's handbook. He insulted women, immigrants, service men and women, heroes, his opponents, children, the disabled...and the list goes on. Still, people stood by him. The day the Access Hollywood tape came out I said, "That's it, he's done." I was wrong. He wasn't done. After all, he said it was just "Locker room talk". As he lumbered around behind Hillary Clinton like a deranged Michael Meyers from Halloween acting like a victim, I knew how wr...

As well all try to navigate through the divisive and corrosive rhetoric coming from all sides, let's make a promise to each other. Find a person you disagree with and do something nice for them. I know, how the hell can I be nice to someone that supports Trump? How can I be nice to someone that supports his lies and insane rants? Easy, you just do it. There's this misconception that the political left is all amped up wanting to get mass abortions. That's simply not the truth. We simply don't want the government to have a say in the matter. It's a private decision that should be protected by HIPAA and that's that. I don't want to hear any more about abortions just like I don't want to ever hear about vasectomies. Next issue. The other misconception is that the political left is anti law enforcement. That is also a complete lie. I have the utmost respect for our law enforcement officers and our military service members. In fact, I have SUCH respect f...