The past four years, and particularly the last 12 months, have been among the strangest of a lifetime: the coronavirus, the spate of violence leading to Black Lives Matter, and global warming resulting in devastating wildfires and deadly hurricanes. Truly, we have entered the Bizzaro World.
Climate change is occurring at an unprecedented rate, punctuated with massive wildfires in the West and an ungodly number of hurricanes, not to mention the resulting loss and life and property. How can we wait for action from a government refusing to acknowledge that science is real?
Now, we have the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a liberal legal icon, right before the most important election of a generation. The efforts to draft a new justice, Amy Coney Barrett, before the election takes place on November 3 will occur. It's not a question of if as when the vote will happen.
Further, The New York Times has information on the current president's federal income taxes, showing that he paid zero income tax for 10 of the past 14 years because of massive losses. In 2016 and 2017, he paid only $750 each year. Apparently, he has been fraudulent for years.
For his entire life, Herr Gropenfuhrer has stayed one step ahead of disaster, applying his gift for keeping reality in check. He has concocted his own odd reality -- about success and his virility, while skirting imbroglios with ex-wives and other women, and more that would be much too long to list here.
Then, we have the first presidential debate, which was more like a schoolyard scrum than a serious discussion of the issues and policy decisions that will help guide this country in these times of increasing division amongst its citizens. We will need a concerted effort by leaders of principle to move forward.
Now, our erstwhile president has the coronavirus after a number of ill-advised appearances that has contaminated many more within the circle of White House staffers. His contracting the disease he dismissed as a threat is an irony of Sophoclean proportions that he can no longer spin away.
The collective reasoning here at GonzoPR was: "Could this be a hoax, too?" With any other president, this question would not be reasonable nor expected. But now, under this president, it is indeed perfectly understandable to see why some might think we can never be sure.
As editorial director of the GonzoPR blog, and in consultation with other members of the editorial board, Helmut Vallindaklopf, Ramona Vallindaklopf, and Wolfgang Majoris, we have unanimously agreed that a response to the maddening chaos must be made.
But how do we respond when the crises have reached fever pitch? What can we, as individuals -- as citizens of the United States -- do in such a situation. There's only one answer really: vote. Vote like your life depends on it, And believe me, it does. Voting will be our only option to escape where we have been -- Bizzaro World.
