Our Republic - Is It Regular Or The Banana Kind?

For a while now, I have had my suspicion that God has been fast asleep on the job. Why? Just take a look around. Hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, draught, unhinged leaders waging unprovoked wars, children slaughtered at their school desks by gunmen - you name it, we got it. It is a veritable menu for Armageddon.

Excuse me Mr. God. This is your last Alexa wake up call. It's time to rise and shine. Human race is on a mad race towards chaos, in case you haven't noticed. I, for one, would love to live out the rest of my life in peace without the world exploding like a highly flammable propane gas tank every 5 minutes around me. It is time for you to change out of your pajamas, stop staring at the heavenly screen in a post-lunch food coma and report to duty asap.

Do allow me to catch you up on what we earthlings have been up to while you were taking a nap. Guess what? Uteruses in the US now have a brand new master. No silly, it is not us who house them. It is our State governments, of course. Why? Because the highest court in our country recently woke up and decided that we, the little women, were too weak to make decisions about our own health and needed guardians. As a mother, you don't know what a relief it is to know that if my daughters ever need life-saving medical help in future, they can count on the wise counsel and expert medical advice of our congressmen and senators. The next time we women faint, do you think the government will come running with the smelling salts too? No, I think we are still only a regular republic, not the banana kind. At least not yet.

Moving on, I have a small request for you. When politicians lie to their constituents endlessly every single day, can you not make their noses grow like Pinocchio? And when they spew hate and fear to pit us against each other, can you make that long nose twist like a Narwhal's? I would pay to be a fly on the wall to watch Congress in session where half of them are busy navigating the famed halls carefully in order to not to get caught on each other's noses.

By the way, when you catch a breath, can you do something about the Republican politicians please? How is it that any time a legislation comes to the floor that would actually help its citizens, the only lever all of them seem to pull is the big old NO? Help reduce prescription drug cost for seniors by capping insulin at $35 a month - NO. Provide medical care for our veterans who have returned home from war with debilitating illness - NO. Let's fix the railroads, failing bridges and improve infrastructure - NO. Passing Voting rights so every citizen's vote will be counted - a big fat NO. Do you think the YES lever is broken in their voting machines? I always thought the role of the government was, how do I put it delicately, to govern. I can be naïve like that sometimes.

If I promise not to bug you anymore, would you take one last request Mr. God? To my worried fellow citizens who are rightfully concerned that their 401K has taken a hit, would you remind them that their 401K will grow again tomorrow but democracy, once lost, is lost forever.

Election day is November 8th, 2022. Early voting has started in many States. Please make a plan to vote.