Military Parade

“Anyone who protests the military parade on Sunday will be met with very heavy force.”

Read it again.

A threat of military force against American citizens for protesting.

See anything wrong with that?

First off, why are we bringing tanks through the city streets?

Secondly, what does it mean when this is said:

“There are going to be troops everywhere to stop protests all across the country.”

Watch the interviews.

Read the comments.

Then say the pledge of the allegiance to yourself and see how any of this fits into the plan that the founders had for our Democracy.

“What a weird time to be alive,” my 28-year old son said. He followed that with a question.

“Is our Democracy over?”

Using military force to silence protesters?

“It might be,” I said.

“Then what happens?”

“Nothing good I’d imagine,” I said. “I don’t know. It’s always been a Democracy as far as I remember.”

I have a question of my own.

Where is Congress?

Where are the Americans who believe in “We the People”?

It appears that MAGA is happy to cede all power to the fat, orange guy with the bad wig and the criminal record…

…but the rest of us?

“How do we stop it?” Jake asked.

“I’ve always believed that we had enough checks and balances to stop a takeover,” I said.

“Hope so,” Jake answered.

Me too.

Problem is….

…I don’t believe it anymore.

And I was too scared to tell my son that tanks in the street and threatened violence against American citizens is too sad to verbalize.