Ghosting God, Ghosting Self
Day 63
“He has obstructed the Administration of Justice…HE has made Judges dependent on his will alone…he has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislators…For imposing taxes on us without our consent”(from the Declaration of Independence)
WOW, what a long list of crimes the founding fathers accused King George of! It was so long and there are some of the more heinous crimes, to me, that the only recourse was to declare Independence and as We the People come closer to the 250 anniversary of the sending of this Declaration, reading this Declaration, it is high time for us to hold this administration accountable for these same crimes that it is perpetrating upon We the People! The Congress has to STAND UP and do the job they took an OATH to do, not the bidding of a raving lunatic, I guess in this way Trump and old King George have a lot in common, sharing a lunacy, a meanness, a cruelty that knew/knows no bounds.
More importantly, of course, is our own dive into our being, into our actions, into our souls and find the ways we have ‘gone along to get along’ (billionaires, media, racists, anti-semites, fascists, etc) and ask ourselves how our actions are in agreement with the Declaration made so long ago that, we as Americans, are responsible to uphold and push further towards completing and retarding the task our founding fathers began 250 years ago. In order to “Let Freedom Ring” We the People have to keep the bell sounding, we have to keep the clanger on the bell in pristine condition, cleaning the inside of the bell, the clanger and ensuring that when we are ringing it, the sound is true, authentic, and in line with the divinity of the Declaration. In order to keep a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people”, We the People must be part of the solution and, in my humble opinion, we are in danger of fucking it up AGAIN!
Electing Trump twice is a deliberate attempt by Russia, by the Democrats, by the Republicans to undermine this Holy Document that forms the basis of our RIGHT TO REVOLT, our DIGNITY as human beings, and THE EQUALITY of every human being! Now, when there is a good opportunity to flip the Congress, the Democrats are hellbent on electing ‘progressives’ who are as FASCIST as the Republicans in Congress today! WTF, Democrats?
I would ask all these Anti-Semites who hide behind “anti-zionism, anti-Israel” slogans what Hamas did for the People of Gaza all these years? To the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, how many GAY PRIDE parades happened in Gaza, in any Arab country? How many DIKE marches have been in these places? Do you remember that it was the Arab countries who attacked Israel as soon as the UN Mandate was in place? Do you know that Israel has Gay Pride Parades? Do you know that Israel is/was one of the first nations to respond to disasters all across the globe? How many Saudi Arabians have responded? How many Qataris’ have responded, how many UAE scientists have produced ground-breaking drugs as cures, aids for many different ailments?
Do these achievements absolve the current Israeli government from its actions? NO, NO, NO! Holding Netanyahu and his gang of thugs accountable is as important as holding Trump and his Mafia accountable. Both fascists are guilty of the crimes that led to the Declaration of Independence, to the Revolutionary War and We the People need to rebel against both of them and their lawlessness, cruelty. AND, the ‘poor Arabs’ that these Socialist Democrats are so supportive of, in part because of the propaganda being spewed for years by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Iran on college campus’ never gave their people Freedom of Speech, Freedom of thought, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, and these are the people the fascists on the left are supporting!
It is way past time for We the People to SHEMA, (hear, listen, and understand) the words of Amos the prophet:”For they do not know how to do right, said God regretfully, those who’s inclination is towards violence/chaos and robbery in there palaces”. We the People are being called upon on this 250th Anniversary to regain the spiritual strength of the leaders of the 13 Colonies, the prophets and speak Truth to Power and hold the powerful accountable.
ACTION STEP:
What are the ways you have allowed the abandonment of the principles of the Declaration to happen
What are the ways you uphold “these truths to be self-evident”
When will you throw out the Fascists on the right and left
GOD BLESS, Stop Ghosting God, Ghosting Self, Rabbi Mark