Probably one of the better t-shirt sayings I’ve seen in a long time.

It boggles my mind that the Elephant’s Ass party thinks that the general public will believe anything they say and hold it as true. And those that do believe it are a classic illustration of the failure of our educational system. To say that people are neglecting their own capacity for intelligence in favor of whatever lies come out of the Republican’ts collective maw is the frightening truth that probably frustrates me the most, followed by the dehumanizing of other humans and blaming them for our own failures as sentient beings.

Hang in there, they say.

Be strong, they say.

Don’t give up, they say.

Keep going, they say.

That type of response has (to me) become more of a trite and mindless dismissal of each others participation in this new societal paradigm we’ve created.

Not all of us can “keep going” when we are battling on a daily basis to meet the basic needs of life – getting a job, putting food on the table, keeping food on the table and staying healthy. We do what little we can, but mostly alone. And when we keep doing what we can, and nothing becomes of the effort, you lose heart and you lose your motivation to go on. And sometimes it’s not only the needs of life or the political issue du jour…it’s everything. You lose connection to everything from sheer disheartening exhaustion.

You want to know why suicide rates are so high? Because the human grist mill this country has created is self-perpetuating. We are all isolated – each person – and told that we are less human when we don’t give 110% to “the cause.” And, if we are having problems, that we should “reach out and talk to someone.”

Well, I’m here to say that I am tired of having my efforts squandered, not being taken seriously and largely wasted. I’m tired of the daily grind to even live in this country, under THIS government, and being blatantly robbed of my hard-earned benefits by the Republicans who say the love America, but can’t stand Americans.

And when people say “social media” is supposed to be a place for meaningful dialog about issues, I shake my head at the ridiculousness of the idea. When “meaningful dialog” involves a font, it’s no longer dialog. It’s graffiti.

And when the darkness again overtakes my soul, and I must do battle on that front, my life energy is sapped. I have nothing left to give. Anyone. If I survive this battle, I tend to come back with more anger inside of me. And that’s something you don’t want to experience,

The only way we’re going survive this is wholesale, catastrophic change to society.

More on that later…