As we move into 2021 I've decided to write as myself, Carmen Marie Shelley. I'm slow so it may take me a while to update all the elements on my blog to reflect this change.
Good luck figuring out who I'm related to and who I've BEEN related to since my birth certificate doesn't have the name I was born with on it and I've been married five times and divorced four times. (Sniggering as I write this.) I have a decidedly dark sense of humor.
Today, I'm writing about my disappointment in our sitting President. Donald Trump lost the 2020 election against Joe Biden and I cannot understand this because where I live nearly everyone is pro-Trump. However, the state's electoral votes went to Biden. It doesn't seem right. Unfortunately, most of the state's population resides in one area and that area is predominately pro-Biden. We've been overrun by Californians who couldn't afford to live there anymore, so they sold out and moved here and are bringing their political ideas and philosophies here and turning our state into the swamp they just moved away from. Hello! Does anyone see a problem with this? Well, those of us who were here and enjoying our lifestyle do. The Californian transplants are angry that we aren't welcoming them. It's not you personally we don't want here. We don't want California and your politics and socialism here. Leave that behind with the problems they caused that you're fleeing. We had a better life and you're ruining it!
I digress.
President Trump, you lost the election. Sir, you've lost more than 60 court cases over the election results. It is too late to do so with much dignity. It is past time to concede. You have shown the world you don't know how to lose. With the entire world watching, you intentionally incited people to storm the Capitol Building. You lied again and said you would be there and you weren't.
I didn't vote for Donald Trump in 2016. I didn't feel he had the polish needed to represent our great nation; although I did think we could benefit from a successful businessperson leading our country. I don't believe he's as successful as he would lead us to think. I think his father bailed him out of bankruptcy on multiple occasions. I didn't vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton either. I think she and former President Clinton belong in prison. I voted for Gary Johnson. Where was he in 2020?
We have a broken system at the highest level. Our choice for president of our great nation was between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. IN MY OPINION, both of them are racist, both of them are liars, both of them are lawbreakers, both of them have been accused of inappropriate and unwelcome conduct toward women, both of them are nepotists. Donald Trump is a misogynist. Joe Biden has obvious health problems from aging so they're just going to get worse, he is a plagiarist, he claims more than is true to garner goodwill from special interest groups (he was NOT arrested in South Africa), he used his position to get his son into the military, his son was removed from the military under Other Than Honorable Conditions (I'm a Veteran of both the U.S. Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force and left with an Honorable Discharge both times. I take offense at them trying to talk their way around the fact that he did NOT receive an Honorable discharge), and his son Hunter (last time I checked Snopes) is under investigation for his interaction in foreign business. On a personal level, I can't stand either man. So I looked at where they stand on the issues.
I voted for President Trump in 2020. I didn't feel the Libertarians had a viable candidate. As I made my decision for my 2020 ballot, I was impressed by the number of promises President Trump kept and the amount of good he did for our country despite being hounded by the media and the left. Let's face it, I don't think any president has been more hated than Donald Trump. Personally, wow! He has said things that are just astonishing!
To the Republican and Democratic parties, I'd like to say: out of all the people in the United States of America. Really? That's the best you can come up with? Come talk to me. I personally know better candidates than either of the two men you put forward. There have to be better choices than what you've given us. Or maybe you just can't find anyone willing to go along with your hidden agendas. Puppets who will appease the people publicly while doing what you want behind closed doors. That's my guess. That's what I believe now, after having lived through this presidency, this election, these riots, this assault on democracy.
I'm so disappointed in the political system of this great country I can't fully express it in words. It is corrupt from the very top, as it appears we're about to have a President in office whose son is guilty of treason and he himself may be guilty of treason. At the very least, he is the father of a man who entered the military well past the maximum age most people are allowed to enter the military (nepotism, favors granted a father in politics?) only to be put out under Other Than Honorable Conditions for drug use, which I argue reflects poorly on his parenting (leadership) skills. I'm going to stop now because it isn't going to change a thing and I could be doing something more useful than this. And it is corrupt to the very bottom. I have personally offered to volunteer in local politics to collect signatures to remove a county supervisor from office who is not representing her constituency and can't even get a timely response. We have a Congressman in our district who doesn't live in our district; however, the GOP and President Trump have endorsed him. State law says he has to have lived in the county he represents for 1 year, he did not; however, the GOP endorsed him and told his opponent to go away. Why? He doesn't represent his constituency. He won't return my calls! Shame on you! Shame on the GOP! No wonder so many Americans are fed up. Those in power are CORRUPT! From the TOP to the BOTTOM. All they want is our money. I have gotten HUNDREDS of EMAILs asking for donations both before and AFTER the 2020 elections. SHAKING MY HEAD. Not sure where we're headed, but pretty certain this experiment is over. I am heartbroken; devastated.
My hope is in GOD and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
I have to ask myself, have I been sinning by placing America on a throne in my heart and in my home?
I'm too thrifty to burn my hats and shirts; they've been relegated to the work pile to be used for projects that may end up getting paint splashed on them or holes poked in them. They won't be worn as political advertisements ever again. There's no pride in them. I have pride in Americans. I love my fellow man. I have hope in my God. I have respect for the views of others. I will continue to be law-abiding as commanded by my LORD. I will continue to pray for my country, the world, and its leaders to serve. America no longer has a throne in my heart or home and never should have had. Shame on me.
