From Sea to Shining Sea

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The absolute dread that I’ve been feeling since late January was lifted like a veil as I scrolled through the peaceful protests from one coast to another.

There were huge crowds gathered in Washington D.C., Boston, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh and here in Buffalo.

I saw a ‘Hands Off’ protest in freaking Alabama!

Yet, the sad part of it all is that the national media mentioned all the protests as if it were just a passing phase.

As a kid I had a lot of respect for journalists…

…guys who stood up and broke stories in the face of evil.

The journalists covering the shit show have often sat on stories that could’ve made a difference in order to save the big news for their books.

Listen, the media took a beating, and it’s no wonder that they’re back on their heels a bit.

Straight from the dictator playbook, vilifying the media is a huge detail and man, that was done in spades.

At every rally there was a moment when a hand was waved calling all of the reporters gathered ‘liars’.

I often wondered why the journalists would keep going.

I think about the alleged assassination attempt in Butler.

We still know absolutely nothing about that day!

No one has asked any follow-up questions about a AR-15 supposedly hitting an ear and not causing any damage.

The entire story was accepted as their word!

Secret service missed a guy on a roof 100 yards away?

They allowed the target to stand up and raise his fist and gather his shoes?

That story was never covered.

But, this story needs to be!

Millions of Americans are gathering together to protest what has been nothing but a shit show.

So many losing their jobs. 

Citizens being deported without due process and kept in cages at Guantanamo Bay.

Allies being ignored.

Threats being made against social security, Medicare and Medicaid.

401k’s being destroyed.

People have worked all their lives and they are left wondering and worrying.

But, I smiled at the thought of the American spirit and all the men and women rising up in the face of evil or stupidity or both.

Maybe there’s a chance we do survive.

We need the media to at least cover the story.

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