The Ideology of Cartoon

                                                          Some of us are completely familiar with "The Politics Girl" one Leigh McGowan, who resembles one of my fav all-time actresses Kristen Johnston [of] whom  we know from watching "3rd Rock From The Sun" .   Recently Leigh {who is also an Author > A Return To Common Sense} , posted that we, as a Nation, are living in a CARTOON Reality, and she cited the "Green-Water guy as PROOF .   I love this  since living in a Cartoon is kinda pre-school for living in a Myth, which is what we are doing, at least as far as I 'go' .   Cartoons are barely one step away from "Kiddie Lit" -- indeed, some cartoons are dependent upon the Kiddie Lit Genre, and I MUST include the various Myths, Stories and Fables that are a TREASURE to the Nations of the Planet .   Just to be CLEAR =  the guys with whom trump has surrounded himself are NOT "True Men" in ANY Sense of "True Men", since they do not ACT "like" True Men, in ANY Way, Shape or Form .  They DO "Act" like Cartoon Characters the likes of "Snidely Whiplash" and "Cruella de Vil" to  note {randomly} .    Look at trump, listen to trump .  All the garish and garrulous 'discharge' of "Foghorn Leghorn" and the dim-witted stubborn-ness of Elmer Fudd .   

                           I NEED to showcase the CONDITION of TV Commercials, that many of them are CARTOONS , and Cartoons are a VEHICLE OF COMMUNICATION for Capitalists who NEED to make things appear EZ, because of the True Nature of the American Collective Conscious .   I inject this,  "They Became What They Beheld ".

"I wish to own Iran"

                                                          Bacchus wanted to reward Midas for his kindness and generosity toward Bacchus' foster-father and so told Midas that he would grant whatever  Midas wished, and WITHOUT THINKING Midas said, "Whatever I touch will be turned into GOLD".   You can read the Problem, IT'S IN BOLDFACE .   

                          You'd think and even want to Believe that Midas' Kingship would have (somehow) GUARANTEED at least a MINIMAL amount of Consideration, that he would have consulted his advisors or whomever else was available so that some COLLECTIVE BENEFIT could be derived from Bacchus' Generosity .   2 words :  NOPE .   Midas thought only of himself   and IGNORED the Needs of his Subjects .   

                          Midas did NOT "Think things through" to their Logical Outcome, and he was forced, due to starvation, to recant his wish .   He could have saved himself some misery if he had simply taken his time to consider the ramifications of his Desire .

                           Anyone else see trump here ??????????? 

"The Golden Ass"

                                                          Within the first few paragraphs of Midas's 'predicament' we find the Midas went from a a joy "that knew  no bounds" to a profound HATRED of the Gift given to him by (get this) BACCHUS !    Weirdly, there is a story within a story, where we learn that Midas was PUNISHED by Apollo, and that this punishment was that Midas would 'turn into' an ASS .   Oh how we of the Present Day would just LOVE to see trump similarly transformed !!!  Alas, it is not to be .   

                         I've waited for the media nit wits to highlight trump's OBSESSION with gold by referring to Midas, and indirectly the Mythology surrounding Midas .   I don't know what I was thinking, they did NOT, and I find that, {as a make-believe Scholar}, not only Disappointing, but malfeasant as well .   I WANT to ask, How could they be so "out-of-touch" (?) but perhaps it's NOT them but I !!!   It sucks to get old and then you find that Bulfinch's Mythology has NOT been Read well enough to provide Mythological Context to trump and his "schemes' .   It is I who is "out of touch" .  

                        "But wait, there's MORE !"

"The Midas Touch IN REVERSE

                                                           I don't want anybody to miss that Venezuela has suffered catastrophic damage from the Earthquakes that have been visited upon it .   I argue that the Event is NOT a Coincidence, that, the Universal Energy, the Divine Intelligence, the Infinite ALL, (whatever we wish to tag "IT") is "at work" here .   Only a few weeks have elapsed since trump "took over", since then, millions upon MILLIONS of oil gallons have been extracted and sold, but the whereabouts of the profits remain hidden .   Some have said that the monies are located in some sort of Trust that only trump and his can access .  Ohers say that the funds ARE accessible by the U.S. and Venezuela --- either way, the monies and/or funds have NOT seen the Light of Venezuela's Common Folk, its own Peoples .   they continue to Suffer and Suffer GREATLY .

                             The Teaching is that "The Lord works in Mysterious Ways",  that for the Finite Mind to Understand the Infinite Mind is >IMPOSSIBLE< ,,,  for the most part, I would agree .   But I must insist that there ARE 'Times' when we must NOT ignore what is directly in front of us ~~~~~~  we DON'T want to "Step over a dollar to pick up a dime" .   Trump got control of Venezuela, within days Earthquakes RAVAGED that Nation's Land and Peoples .   We must not "miss the point' of  Synchronicity, that is, "Meaningful Coincidence" .   

                            There's this :  "Whatever trump touches turns to shit" --->  Global Agreement for sure .

Small victories that are COLOSSAL

                                                           Technically, the only Folks actually combatting putin are the Ukrainians, so we CAN declare that THEY are "Winning" but [somehow] trump is LOSING and losing "BIGLY" .    Trump has SURRENDERED to Iran, meaning AMERICA HAS SURRENDERED .   No one saw "IT" coming, least of all trump .   What HAS occurred is that American WILL has [somehow] been imposed onto trump and his, in such a way as to DIRECTLY Influence trump to ABANDON the Conquest of Iran .    I would LOVE for America to take ALL the "Credit" but no, of course not .   I insist there was a "Weight of the 'World' "  on trump's shoulders, a Weight clearly UNBEARABLE for him and his , so now we see feel and hear him BETRAY his own in order to maintain the Power that he usurped in the first place .   I will use World Mind Energy to describe and define Weight (of the World) .    Good, Honest and Decent Folks around the World focused their Mind Energies onto trump and he felt that POWER .   "IT" is happening in Russia and Israel .    [Somehow] Goodness is advancing .

"500 Hundred Miles High"

                                                            It's completely Understandable that We as in "We the People" are focused on trump's newest Debacle, the Reflecting Pool, that "IT" has become a NATIONAL Embarrassment where 'embarrassment' is code for JOKE .   Even those of us who are challenged by 'symbolism' and the like, are SEEING that the Debacle is yet another MANIFESTATION of trump's MIND and, for all intents and purposes, its Machinations .   Trump and We are experiencing the CONSEQUENCES of trump's decisions, the decisions that have now cost America BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS of American HARD-EARNED Tax dollars.   We are PISSED where 'pissed' is code for FURIOUS !!!   

                            Still ~~~ there remains a Sense of Helplessness that pervades the already Exhausted Psyche of the American Mental Politic , a Sense that trump is out of control and can't be stopped .   

                            BUT ...

                            There is Reporting that Ukraine is attacking once inviolable military bases, and sensitive infrastructures not only in Russia but Crimea as well .  Indeed, attacking the Russian supply lines that lead into Crimea has cause MASS Concern in Moscow, since Crimea is considered THE 'land base' for Russian Operations in Ukraine .  We MUST consider that Ukraine has gained some sort of "Upper Hand" in the War, that putin is STRUGGLING to maintain ORDER in Russia in the EXACT Same Way that trump is STRUGGLING in America AND Netanyahu in Israel .

                           We can only "SEE" this from a vantage point well above the teeny tiny reflecting pool in D.C. hence the title of this blog .

Humpty Trumpty had a great fall ....

                                                           Wars expose Flaws, Flaws in the Civilization, Flaws in the Society and Flaws in the Culture but not just these, but Flaws in Individuals as well .   Elsewhere I have proffered that the turning away from Reason and toward Instinct is DE-Evolutionary .  To be driven by Instinct is to be Animalistic, that is, to Deny one's HUMANITY .   This is where trump is, his Actions are those of a 'something' that denies Humanity and favors Animalism*, the so-called "dog-eat-dog" mental complex that PUNISHES Humanity for being, in its eyes, weak .  We speak of "Top Dog" because it supplies an understanding that on an elementary level we are all animals and that Ferocity is the Highest "Value" .   

                            I am one who insists that we NEED 'Animal Ferocity' in order to not only subdue our own Passions but to use CONTROLLED Ferocity to leverage or advance our           Standing, our 'Position' in our Society and Culture .   Trump seeks to REMOVE our Standing, meaning, he seeks to DESTROY OUR INDIVIDUAL WORTH, made OBVIOUS by his >Attention< to the Voting that IS a Pillar ( dare I say Battlement ) of American POWER .   Here it is where WE as INDIVIDUALS must now exert TREMENDOUS FEROCITY in order to Withstand trump's Onslaught and OVERCOME his Intent .  

                           There's a great line ;   "I hate people but I LOVE Humankind" .

                           Ain't no one gonna come and Rescue Us .   We gotta do "It" ourselves .

                           Remember, "The HARDER they come, the HARDER they fall--- that's all" .

                           "WE" Defeated Hitler, trump will be next .