I HAVE HAD ENOUGH


Actually I had enough a long time ago but I came to a conclusion last weekend when I was hiking in Escalante National Monument with my wife, Laila, and Arlo. Living in the mountains around Escalante for a few days has always had a powerful impact on me. It has ever sense the first time I visited the area when I was 17 years old. By the way thank you Farrands for introducing me to this amazing place. From the first time I saw Escalante, it was a part of me. Escalante has help me center myself on many occasions and this magical place did not disappoint this last weekend either.

So, what have I had enough of? Can anyone guess? Lets see..... You are all right, President Trump. Since this is the first time I have called him president and I refuse to ever call him president again, I should come up with another name.

Cheeto has been my name for him since the election. But it is kind of simple.
Orange Menace has a nice ring to it.
Racist, lying, piece of shit who very likely sexually assaulted young women is a little long.
Cheeto might have to be it. Short, sweet and most everyone will know who I am talking about when I say it.
Cheeto it is.

Actually the cheeto is just a pimple about to burst on the ass of what the problem is. But the reason he wants to be the one to pop is what is driving me over the edge. I have found myself getting angrier and angrier almost daily since the election. I only got an hour or two of sleep a night for a week after the election. I do not remember ever feeling so much fear and anger after an event like that. Even after they elected W for the second time I did not feel the sense of hopelessness as I did after the election of 2016. And everything the cheeto has done sense has only reenforced my worry, fear, and hopelessness. Everything!!! I honestly feel if you do not see the cheetos actions; the lying, the bullying, the abuse of other people, the manipulation, the greed, promotion of fear and anger and violence, etc, etc, as anything other then an assault on everything which is decent in this world you are either a fucking moron, a brainwashed nitwit, crazy, or afraid to ever admit you are wrong. And you are a part of the problem.

My conclusion this weekend was I was also part of the problem. Sitting and wallowing in my anger and hopelessness is what the cheeto and his minions want. I have been having these thought for a while now but I have not been able to figure out what to do. Using Facebook has also been a part of the problem. Do not get me wrong Facebook has a very important role to play in trying to fix this problem but can only be one of the many tools used to try to fix it and I will continue to use Facebook as a tool to do just that. Thank you Kevin Lane for helping me to see this. But it is not enough. I have been thinking long and hard about what more could be done. There are enough people sitting on their ass feeling angry and hopeless, raging out against the cheeto and his minions from the Facebook platform. I thought there had to be more that could be done. But what?

Running away to become a hermit has some positive aspects and was considered more then once. And if I must be honest is still in the running to be an option.

Protesting is a very, very good way to fight what is going on, but I do not fit into that amazing, courageous crowd.

Monkey-wrenching is very romantic but I am to much of a law abiding citizen to engage in that kind of action. I usually follow the rules even if I do not agree with them fully.

So I have decided to try this. I am going to write my thoughts down and see what happens. I am starting this for a selfish reason too. I want to get these thoughts out into the light of day and try to make some sense of them. Maybe there are some people out there who are thinking the same way and will share these ideas and thoughts? Maybe people will add to these ideas and thoughts? I do not know what is going to happen.

I know there will be many people who are not going to like the ideas and opinions I express here and I do not give a fuck. I can not sit back any more and pretend everything is ok as I watch my loved ones being made into sluts or criminals or liars because the cheeto and his fucking minions say so. I can not just sit and watch my churches being ripped apart for money, greed, and power.

So, fuck it. Here it goes.


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