I’m sure you’ve seen the LifeLock commercial where the bank guard informs people that he’s actually a security monitor that only notifies people when a robbery is in progress. Then he, and everyone else watch the crime occur as he says, “There’s a robbery”.

I’ve always considered the Media as a security monitor, notifying us of any disaster looming, but not authorized to stop it. That responsibility fell to the people that were notified.

Well, folks, we’ve been notified. Every news channel, except Fox, is screaming the warning at us, some of them 24/7. There is major corruption in the White House and we have an impulsive, capitalistic, megalomaniac steering the USS America.

Just consider the new words we’ve all added to our daily vernacular: bigly, fake news, misdirection play, covfefe, complicit, bigot, leaks, witch hunt, immunity, nepotism, unprecedented, alternative facts, vindicate, impeach, supremacy and vetting. Two new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary this past February…conway and spicer. Synonyms for the last two are: conway (v) – distort, subvert, falsify and spicer (v) – project, exude, emit, emanate. Not the marks I think they meant to leave for the History books. They are only two examples of the collateral damage Trump has created…but they went willingly.

We are blessed to be living in the United States of America. I thank God, often, for that fact. But we are watching this man humiliate us globally. He’s like the crazy, “rich”, boisterous uncle that talks big at family reunions, and then corners everyone trying to get them into Amway.

There’s really no harm caused if you just watch the crazy Uncle’s delusional shenanigans. Everyone “gets it” and lets him live in his fantasy world.

But our crazy “Uncle” (not Sam) is causing catastrophic harm, not only in our country, but more importantly…globally.

For months, we’ve all watched and said, “That’s crazy sh-t!” and then go back to watching.

Well, it IS crazy sh-t, and we’ve got to stop just watching.

Before our very eyes (but behind the curtain) social programs and regulations are being eliminated.  Political decisions are being made, determined by financial value only. And, now we’re facing a nuclear attack by North Korea’s crazy Uncle. While those two idiots try to out-bully each other, they are fighting on our playground. Hopefully they don’t destroy it.

The ignorance that we laughed at in the 1970’s All in the Family is the same perspective shared by Trump and his “base”. The big difference is that Carroll O’Conner knew that Archie was a dullard and a blue collar, self-righteous bigot. The people surrounding him humored him, actually “egging” him on. We all watched, knowing how ludicrous it was…which is what a comedy should convey.

This is no sitcom written by Norman Lear. This script is written by Steve Bannon, who seems to have plagiarized Lear. He’s turned a comedy into a tragic reality show.

I have notified my MN Congressional representatives (both parties), that I don’t want them to just watch anymore. As things get more serious, my communications get more frequent. I now have a voice. I encourage everyone to get a voice. If we all speak up, our voices get louder.

This, my friends, is a call to action.

In my obituary, I want the sentence that starts with, “In her later years…” to end with “…she didn’t just watch”.