Enough!

I don't know about any of you, but I'm exhausted. Do I want to write a blog about politics? No! But, come on, people! WTF is going on?

Hey! I lived through the 60s and 70s. I'm not a stranger to social uprising. I remember it well- the shooting at Kent State, Watergate...civil rights marches...we've seen a lot over the decades.

But, nothing like this.
Hey, let's play a 'drinking game'. Every time a newscaster says the word 'unprecedented' take a drink. Know what? You'll be drunk every night. EVERY FRIGGIN NIGHT.

I remember every election since Humphrey v. Nixon. (Shut up, I'm old) So, I've been around enough to know, something is wrong. We all know it. Of course, we're waiting for the republican congress to figure it out, they can't keep ignoring this mess. Can they?

Everything from selecting the worst candidates for cabinet positions, to not filling jobs, to firing, and forcing resignations. We are a nation in collapse. Thank you, Russia. Their attack has done so much to us, they may as well have dropped a bomb.

I read the posts on social media, and of course, watch the news. We are all losing sleep, sick to our stomachs, and nervous wrecks. As the powers that be toy with our lives, our healthcare, our rights, and push an unpopular agenda on us, how do we cope?

When I have a new release coming out, I get slapped with headlines so dramatic, it makes me wonder why I am writing at all. Nothing seems as important as getting out of this nightmare.
We are vulnerable at this moment to everything from being attacked, as we were by Russia, to imploding into civil war. Our country has become a nation in conflict and upheaval. We have everything to show for this battle but the burned out cities and crumbling sky-scrapers.

My peers, my author friends, my poet friends, we are all struggling to keep writing. Do we write how we feel? Do we become a voice? I tried that with SHOWBOYS

https://www.amazon.com/Showboys-G-Hauser-ebook/dp/B06XB8ZS31
But, I was blasted for being political. I also ranted in one of my Action! books. Again, it was mixed as to the reaction of readers.
I understand we need fiction to get out of our heads, to find a place to escape. But, maybe we are also responsible for voicing our thoughts. Look, I write gay erotica. It's pretty obvious where I stand politically.

Is it wrong to fight for human rights? Is it wrong to voice objections to a government that's gone off the rails? Is it wrong to fight for healthcare? I'm in line to lose my coverage. Do you think that helps me sleep at night?

Hopefully with time, we will recover as a nation, as a country with values that aren't based on one sect's religious beliefs, but the way our forefathers intended. We are a melting pot of courage, love and freedom. Or at least, we were.

I may be an old fuck, but I am ready to fight like I did in the 70s.

I don't advocate violence. The cop in me won't have it. But, wake up. Do what's right. Never give in. Never give up.

We lived through the 60s and survived. We Will Win.

Be safe out there. It's dangerous as fuck.