An atomic bomb is usually an "air implosion device". It explodes about 50 to 100 yards above the ground. The blast wave is so extreme, the air itself is scorched and expelled outward with great force. When the air comes rushing back in, due to the vacuum left by the shock wave, the dirt and ash of incinerated bodies,is pulled back in, along with the air. It is then shot upward in a volley of fire and energy. That dust, dirt, soot, and ash... all radioactive. All damaging and detrimental.
This is the mushroom cloud. One of the most indelible icons there is to convey death and destruction. (Hey kiddies... for some time/population killing fun at work, CLICK HERE!!!)
The people atomized in the initial blast... They are the lucky ones. Their suffering is over. They no longer are subject to the horror yet to come.
So... This election...
Whichever way it turns out, there will be the shock wave. Once the winner is declared, a large number of people will die, in a political sense. They will shut down and just cease to exist on the political plane.
Whichever way it turns out, there will be the shock wave. Once the winner is declared, a large number of people will die, in a political sense. They will shut down and just cease to exist on the political plane.
The rest of us, who can't just flick that switch... Who actually give a shit about issues and follow the happenings will be mired in the radioactive fallout. Our death will be slow... It will be painful.
The next four years will see AT LEAST one Justice of the Supreme Court nominated by the new President. If one candidate wins, they will probably select Garland. If Republicans still control anything, they will still say that we should wait... Let the American people "have a say"... You know, the SAME BULLSHIT ARGUMENT that has left the court lopsided for the last 8 months.
If the other candidate wins, we could very well see Judge Judy nominated.
The next four years will include a decision to be made about Syria. Syria is the 1,000 piece puzzle of the Beatles "White Album" cover. If any person reading this has a REAL and VIABLE solution of how to deal with Syria, NOW would be a really great time to speak up. I know if one candidate wins, there will be strategy meetings upon strategy meetings. Going over logistical permutations and predictions on a myriad action plans.
If the other candidate wins, it will be a non issue because they have vowed to dedicate the first 100 days to suing all the people accusing them of sexual assault.
The next four years will be socially tumultuous if something about the law enforcement communities disregard for due process (and meriting out a death sentence for non violent offenses that are not even felonies) is not done... Or even addressed. If one candidate wins, there are plans to address more than one issue. Racial Bias, Criminal Justice Reform, RAMPANT Military and Campus Sexual Assault, and Gun Violence Protection, to name a few.
If the other candidate wins... "Law & Order". That is all we have received. Well... are we talking "Criminal Intent"? "S.V.U."? How about "Los Angeles"? or "Trial By Jury"??? Seriously???
The next four years might just see MORE effects of the "hoax" of climate change emerge. I mean besides the crippling California drought... And the increased number and ferocity of hurricanes and other severe weather patterns... And the collapse of entire ecosystems like bee colonies and the Great Barrier Reef... And the erosion of polar ice sheaths at an unprecedented rate... Do I really need to continue? One candidate accepts the findings of 97% of scientists who agree wholeheartedly that climate change is real and human interference is a major contributing factor.
The other candidate is of the mindset that "Gy-nah" is perpetrating a ruse on everyone... It will be free reign for the corporations that have made their fortunes by making the ground, water and air unusable, undrinkable, and unbreathable.
Four years... A lot of issues and things that will impact this country that I loved enough to dress up in camouflage will have to be dealt with.
I am not trying to convince anyone what is the right way to vote. You have your mind made up. I know most reading this, will be voting against a certain candidate. I know this because this blog is longer than a bumper sticker and not as pandering as a segment of Fox "News".
Wait... I guess I am trying to convince people. I do so because I DO love this country and if one candidate gets in, the possibility that I could get sued or imprisoned for writing things against him, becomes real.
Don't vote for Trump.
Don't vote for Trump.
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Tomorrow, early voting opens in Texas. I am very thankful that by Wednesday, I should have done my civic duty.
I am awaiting the inevitable lunch room conversations at work..
"Dougie! Didja vote?"
"Of course."
"Who'd ya vote for?"
"That, good Sir, is none of your business, thank you, oh so mucking fuch."
"All right, fine"
"Fine... You wanna know how I voted?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Correctly. And I hope he loses."
Hanging chad,
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