Deplorable

Deplorable, despicable people: adjective. 1. deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible

Now I am no fan of either candidate-let me stress.

It is with this adjective that the democratic candidate referred to some part of the electorate of the US yesterday, at a fundraiser filled with the “elites”-the one`s with the money, not necessarily the class or the pedigree. Now, I don`t do politics-especially as to preference of any of the candidates. I am a Canadian-thank God, and I have no say in the matter what so ever anyway. So, politics is not the intent of this entry; just an observation of human behavior- and an observation of a despicable political process and a broken system . It all  reminds me of Orwell`s “Animal Farm”.

I doubt that many countries who profess to be democratic- have such fierce, ugly, divisive, deceitful campaigns as this one-and I have witnessed a few. The struggle for power, for money, for adulation goes beyond the pale-and the people suffer.  Wars are waged, governments get toppled, regimes get changed-and people die. Mostly the innocents, the ones who find themselves in the crossfire as well as the thousands of  military who sacrifice their lives fighting some enemy if the far reaches of the deserts of Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.  Now this is deplorable.

For what are they dying for? They are all someone`s child, husband, father, mother, brother, sister-no one takes the responsibility, no one cares. A short apology, a brief “mea culpa” and on goes the game-and it is done. As Mrs. Clinton so poignantly said regarding Benghazi –“they are dead-so what difference does it make as to why or how?”  Now this is deplorable. Well it would make a hell of a difference if it was her child, I am sure.  

So what is really deplorable is how this government treats its people-how, the “political elite” for its own selfish agenda will do anything to hold onto power, irrespective of the outcome. They cheat and lie, nothing is sacred, noting is off the board. This is deplorable

People are poisoned by their water, 22 veterans a day commit suicide, hundreds are murdered in the inner cities, the elderly die because they cannot afford their medications, thousands are on food stamps, even more are without work, the prisons are full, the police shoot people like dogs, the inner cities are in shambles, the infrastructures are crumbling, the food banks are empty, young people are dying-Yet the “elite” – nouveau riche party on-eating caviar, drinking champagne  and snorting coccain. These  Hollywood stars, sport players , fraudulent wall street bankers, corporate CEOs and the like spend their “easy come multi-millions” propping up “would be presidents” for their own gain,power and future favours . Now all the above is truly deplorable, despicable and contemptible and utterly disgraceful.  Shame on them.

 I am so glad that I am a Canadian.