Couple Sunday morning thoughts...
Waiting for someone to write a book, "When America Went Crazy and Why."
Anyone else hear Deutsch say on Joy Reid's show yesterday that he would not be surprised if trump releases his goons on the populace if he loses in 2020?
Chilling. And not in the relaxed meaning of the word.
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...I might be called up to defend our Democracy. I'm a GenXer, never subjected to a draft, never called upon to serve my country. But if this happens, I will do what my Dad did in 1943 - defend the US.
He worked in a war-necessary position (making rope at the local rope plant) until 1943, when he was called up to fight in Operation Overlord (he didn't hit the beach on 6/6/44, but came ashore 3 weeks later with his anti-aircraft contingent, 551st AA Bn).
In 1983, a pal of mine joined the Army. I tried my best to talk him out of it - keep in mind that Reagan was POTUS and I had a sincere fear that he would get us into a war. He didn't (to his credit, he was a shitty POTUS, but didn't start WW3. Just a stupid incursion into Grenada). Anyhow, GenX me continued on my path of non-involvement, smoking weed and grooving to bands like Talking Heads and The Police.
FF to today. I'm still the GenXer I was 30 years ago. Certainly more prosperous than then, but still acutely aware of politics and how it affects my situation, my bottom line. If I'm needed, I will fight. It's in my DNA...
I stuffed envelopes and went door-to-door for McGovern as a 7 year old. Repeated the process for Hugh Carey (NY Governor) and Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Mike Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry and, of course, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Me mum started me on this path 47 yrs ago... 
Both Mom and Dad were politicians, ran for School Board (Dad won, and Mom tried to take his seat after he drowned at the age of 45, but was defeated? Who votes against a widow, for Christs sake?? ).
