Sunday, August 23, 2015

11 Million De-Migration?

Listening to Mr. Trump's pronouncements, yesterday, my logical mind at once began contemplating the obvious, in response to his mass-deportation program.

How and where would the government find "holding camps"  (not to call them concentration camps)  to gather those illegal aliens ready for deportation?  They would have to be housed and fed, after all, until their turn for a flight came.

Why should the government (the taxpayers) pay for, and make available airplanes, flying 11 million illegal aliens to Mexico?  Mr. Trump's single private airplane, or even Air Force One, would of course take decades to accomplish this; the Air Force's military planes must remain on alert for security reasons... So, should the aviation industry, perhaps, now go into overtime producing larger and better transport planes? Good for job creation?

My mind pondered late into the night, but questions kept popping up in the attempt to find THE  most efficient means to accomplish such impulsive and very BIG decisions by our, currently leading, and potential "Leader of the First World".  I shall pay close attention to more detailed proposals by Mr. Trump, or any other candidate among the large pack. Several contestants are showing interest in this novel idea, seem to have been inspired by Mr. Trump's support among Republican voters, and have been echoing his vision, too. ..
I wonder....

Saturday, August 8, 2015

A Nightmare?

I woke with a panic from a nightmarish dream last night.  The man who had dominated the first Rep. Presidential Debate the night before appeared at my door shaking his finger at me while scolding me in rather harsh words for failing to have voted for him as our next president. I wondered if the presidential vote had already been?... Shuddering awake from this vision, I found it hard to return to sleep.

Since the debate, I have seen little else occupying our media spokespersons, the newspaper headlines, and even our conversations at home here.  While the views seem starkly divided, the very amount of attention and time spent on this man, his wealth, background and behavior, cause me to wonder what the future of this great country might look like under such an occupant of the Presidential Office in the White House.

Considering the current reality on the global scale, I cannot feel optimistic for my children's and grandchildren's futures, nor actually for the rest of humanity's.

Perhaps, I tell myself, it was only a very dark dream after all... or was it?