by Robert Fischer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you may have noticed, the last three postings have largely avoided politics altogether. Life goes on, and there are other important happenings in our lives, many more important, than the news and shenanigans of our elected representatives. Further, the absurdity of this post election time is unfathomable and downright exhausting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe I\u2019m just nuts, but as I read the editorials and opinion pages and watch and absorb the pronouncements of the pundits to the left and right, I question our collective sanity. This time is not only unprecedented, it begs serious scrutiny. We\u2019ve gone off the rails!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just finished reading The Wall Street Journal<\/em> and learned that President Trump has left an enviable legacy of achievements. The incoming president-elect, in contrast, has chosen a dangerous group of radicals and weak-kneed candidates. The New York Times<\/em>, of course, gives just the opposite view of things. What strikes me as sad and unreasonable is that we just don\u2019t seem to be able to come out and tell the truth about what has happened. If we did so, it would not scuttle the goals and ambitions of our particular politics but rather strengthen them in my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What I really find scary about all this is that we have begun to take cornball actions and falsehoods for granted. As has been stated ad<\/em>nauseam<\/em> by now, we don\u2019t seem to care and accept this sad state to be normal. It\u2019s like the awful body count stories during the Vietnam war: we have become numb and shrug things off \u201cho-hum!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Am I crazy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you may have noticed, the last three postings have largely avoided politics altogether. Life goes on, and there are other important happenings in our lives, many more important, than the news and shenanigans of our elected representatives. Further, the absurdity of this post election time is unfathomable and downright exhausting. Maybe I\u2019m just nuts,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-robert-fischer"],"yoast_head":"\n