August 5, 2016
On the white horse was a rider and the rider had a bow
he rode out to conquer, the lands of long ago;
On a red horse was rider and the rider held a sword
People killed each other, he reigned as their warlord…
On a Black horse was a rider with a balance in his hand
Sparing only wine and oil — ravaging the land;
On a pale horse was a rider and the rider\’s name was Death
With his partner Hades he slayed half-of-the-earth… Craig Wisda/circa 1985
I apologize to my readers for taking so long to produce this installment — but I have been recovering from my double hip replacements, and, my percocets did not give me the desired inspirational impact to compose (even mixed with my chardonnay). Sure, they dulled the pain — but they seemed to constipate me (literally and figuratively)…but my readers know this…
Couple the foregoing dynamic with Friend Dale sending me some penning from One, Laurie Penny (pun embedded), who seems to have mastered that gonzo prose style I have long been attempting to attain (at a very young age [at least judging from her photo]) — and I had a recipe for lethargy. So I turned to the idiot box to entertain myself — which IT DID — as I watched the Republican and Democrat conventions!
The Donald embodies the title of this piece — as the course of his bullying has taken him far beyond where I thought he would get to, and, it is a culture of bullying that has propped him up this long. As I wrote in \”Frankentrump\” — we have no one to blame but ourselves. We have long supported a culture generated by Hollywood and our social media that promotes bullying — whether we talk about Reality TV, South Park or just about anything in television or in film — we will witness bullying (even from the alleged \’good guys\’). We have managed to \”normalize\” bullying. We actually get \”turned on\” by it! And so, the four horses are well out-of-the-barn — with no chance of returning.
And don\’t forget Hillary\’s acceptance speech where she twice (or was it thrice?) mentioned how her mother pushed her out-the-door to deal with the bullies.
Now that she has framed The Donald as the consummate Bully, everyone better brace themselves for a good whooping — because even more intoxicating than bullying itself — is beating the bully u!. And if you sound at all like The Donald — you will be marked as a bully…
After talking to Neighbor Andre, and learning about his ire RE: Netanyahu\’s disparagement of Obama and the Office of the President (when Benji was invited by the GOP to address Congress), I wondered if The Donald wasn\’t somehow inspired by Netanyahu\’s bullying? The country has definitely been turned on its ear; and the still-racist underbelly that is US, exposed.
Now The Donald rides with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — having no qualms about destroying the last remnants of civility in this country and inviting anarchy to follow in his wake. What I don\’t understand about The Donald is: he doesn\’t seem to recognize a fellow equestrian in Hillary?
Consequently, I\’ve begun to think that The Donald might be suffering from dementia — not realizing how upside down he is; and, what the impacts of his comments on the rest of the racists and bigots in this country are. He has certainly helped the inmates take over the asylum and FOX News has been with him every step of the way.
Yep, all Hell has broken loose! I think Donald is riding the Red Horse…but I sincerely hope (and pray) that Hillary rides the Black Horse — so that I can at least enjoy my chardonnay in the post-apocalyptic world…