TOOOOOO Much Opinion, not enough information. So here is my opinion

Article after article, opinion piece after opinion piece, all stating that Trump is an embarrassment,  a loose cannon, a court jester in the Emperor's cloak and sceptre.  These articles do not go so far as to label him the anti-well not Christ because that would not be Christian, have failed to record the one thing that is so obvious to me.  He is a smoke screen, a boil of the ass of the political machine, a temporary distraction so that the Grand Old Party's leading senators and representatives can slip elements of their own agenda under the door while we all pay attention to the dancing clown.

Trump is a smoke screen while those "leaders" who lack integrity, sitting on their gilded chairs sporting smug expressions or looking like they just crapped themselves, systematically try to dismantle the elements of our country that were designed to prevent monopoly, protect the environment, provide for the education of children, ensure our workers are protected from shortcuts to satisfy greed, perform scientific research, stop global climate change, promote the American Dream, protect the fund that was created to care for our older workers and provide a level of medical support after decades of building America (you know the stuff we pay for from every check), protect your investments and your homes from unscrupulous persons in private institutions, send foreign relations back to the cold war (even if just for a weekend), rape the national parks, remove protections against sort of religious influences of government and the manner in which its citizens are guaranteed their rights to choose, maintaining civil rights, and equal rights for women, LGBT, minorities and just plain anybody who thinks differently from them. 

What to do, what to do?  Attend a town hall meeting, do some letter writing, create a blog, do some research and not just regurgitate the news articles that suite your political beliefs. Look at your kids and figure out what type of future you want them to have.  Take a look outside and imagine a government employing eminent domain to take a chunk of your back yard to make life more convenient for a corporation that does nothing for you.  Go to a national park and picture a fancy oil rig cranking away while you watch for bear heading toward an elementary school (that's ok though, we got us some guns there too). 

What not to do?  What not to do?  Drop the With US or A GIN US mentality. Stop the Mansplaining, the Womansplaining (cause that happens too) and just start sharing your opinions in a civil tone and mature manner, using more than just one legitimate source of information (not like an opinion from a snarky article). Stop the SNARK.  If you have something useful to contribute then do so IF NOT Shut Up!   I am sure you have a lovely speaking voice but you needn't always exercise your vocal cords. It may make life a little more quiet but that is a good thing.  Oh there is so much more to do and not to do but, it may be worth your time to think about what works best for you (just think like a human and drop the bravado Murican BS).

Side note: Oh and BTW when in our childhood did we ever have access to this many $%^ing guns that we had to have armed persons in our schools?  Hell I listened when the janitor told me to get my shit together but, he was smarter than I would ever be.  But let's do some math, We have more personally owned guns, we have more people mishandling and incidents everyday with guns, we have more "ACCIDENTS" involving these poorly stored (ok left on the coffee table, in the open purse, in the pocket on the back of the driver's seat in the truck, etc) guns and the victims are those who we are claiming we have them to protect. 

And if it slipped by you while the pot stirring assholes in the Alternative facts media and front men and women had your attention, WE survived a Black President who did a pretty good job despite the meat cake called congress that was hung around his neck and nobody was locked into a WALMART FEMA Death Camp, no one came for anyone's guns, no one tried to force you into tofu infused state of confusion with out your massive sugary drink (not available in NYC).  People around you just pretty much lived their lives and while those you who dreadfully feared him held him at bay through prayer and Chinese made multicolored magic ribbon talismans (only $9.99 while supplies last). 

OK Back to the original point. You know the Trump and Congress thing; Think I am reaching, well go take a look for yourself at the over 1800 pieces of legislation that have been introduced by this 115th Congress and think about it yourself.  https://www.congress.gov/

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So what must we do? Regardless of party affiliation it is time to choose more wisely those whom we choose to represent us in government. Local, leads to state, leads to national and it is by no means the loudest voice that should be the only voice heard.

If you want a person to speak for you, you should choose a person whom you truly believe in, not who tells you what you want to hear. A person who looks you in the eye when they speak, who does not tell you something to quell your fear but someone who inspires you. A person who can be approached with an unpopular question and answer it with authority based on knowledge of real facts.

And if you don't well, look what happened this time.

Oh I am not talking about POTUS only (who still makes me throw up a little each time I hear him speak). The gerrymandering of congressional districts has brought us a whole crap load of politicians who would sell off public lands, dictate your rights into as small a package as possible, step in line in front of deserving veterans for health care, produce nothing but a number of bills that are used to line their pockets and produce as much wealth for themselves as possible to prepare for the day when we finally wake up to their intent. And if you are expecting POTUS to veto these bills well just look at the EOs that have been signed already.

I am not proposing anything more than education about whom you would cast your vote for. I watched a "grass roots" movement fail because people listened to lies produced about perfectly competent leaders and chose obstructionists backed by the rich using the promise of real change in government (tea anyone) to promote their agenda.

I have heard politicians collapse under the weight of a wave of popular opinion because they have grown tired of the fight and allowed themselves to be swept along with the fear mongers and racists (never Trump movement you say? Well not really), because they can use this guy to get what they really want.

I have seen religion hijacked.

I have seen oppression covered in the frosting of a wedding cake in the name of a savior become a bill in congress.

I have seen the signing of a document that closes the door to a group of people who follow the teachings of one prophet (or is that profit) over another.

I have seen the ill defined loosening of restrictions for Qualified people to carry concealed weapons across state lines, if its okey dokey with where they are taking them. (And who is it that deems them qualified, the gun dealer at a gun show?)

I have seen the suppression of the media, the alternative fact presentation, the demand for the answer that suits the ego of the Empirer (crowd size matters, I won but, I could have won better, cheaters).

And all this happened in just one week. What the hell do we have to look forward to for the next 93 days?

I stand by my position to encourage everyone to take the time to read what our legislators are proposing for the coming years. 

http://www.congress.gov

http://www.whitehouse.gov