What We Need
April 1, 2025
What We Need –
As sometimes happens in labor disputes, we need a ninety-day cooling off period: no Trump; no Musk; no bureaucratic dismantling; no strikes; no protests; no demonstrations; no deportations; no grandstanding; no lies – just get up, embrace the day, do your thing, tell a joke, and try to be nice.
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We need to suppress the urge to hate and to suppress the urge to be quiet when we encounter "one of them." Silence is like putting a band-aid on a waterfall. We need to engage, to talk, to converse, to bring down the temperature. There really is nothing wrong with agreeing to disagree as opposed to wanting to see your antagonist's head on a pike.
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We need leadership. How sadly obvious this one is. The Republiguns have only a psychotic Clown with no one able to stand up to him. The Democrats are in disarray with only a couple of old folks (Schumer and Durbin) protesting in whispers.
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We need to persuade those Maga folks that the Clown is no populist, that he doesn't care about them, that he will sell them out whenever it's to his benefit, that he caters only to the rich because they will make him richer, that every word the Clown utters is a lie, including 'and' and 'the,' that he is turning our history and beliefs and culture into a global sitcom, and that he is hurting everything he touches because he had a bad daddy.
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We need to serve an eviction notice for the Clown that's been living in our heads rent-free. Yes, attention must be paid. Don't ignore what's happening, the destruction taking place, the sycophantic fools justifying the carnage, the families being ripped apart, or the consequences that will be affecting us all. Just ignore the Clown. You have a mute button for a reason.
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We need to stop believing the line that "this is what America wants." Keep in mind that, out of 152 million votes the Clown only won by two million. Yes, 75 million people voted for him. However, 72 million people did not.
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We need to make it clear that we are not a Christian nation. We are a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-agnostic, multi-regional, multi-talented, multi-sexual gathering of human beings with a common goal of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all.
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We, the people, need to decide once and for all if America can be bought, if our rights, privileges, and freedoms can be sold to the highest bidder. We've already seen the sale of the presidency as well as the seats of many of those in the House and Senate. We need to stand up to Big Money and let them know that their money is our money and we can take it back at any time by slamming our collective wallets shut.
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Finally this, from Occupy Democrats: "Imagine being so stupid that you look at this treasonous, traitorous, totally corrupt, self-serving, ignorant clown, this racist, semi-literate moron, this sexually-assaulting, pathologically-lying, feeble minded, morally bankrupt, constitutionally-illiterate simpleton, this bloated nitwit with his cotton candy hair, radioactive tinted skin and obese dishevelment, and think, 'Now that is a guy I really admire.'"
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Thank you. I feel better now.
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G.K. Wuori ©2025
Photoillustration by the author