The Transition

9:00 A.M Eastern time.  By 5:30 mountain time the Kadizzles will make the transition from the hustle bustle of big city life to the quiet of the desert.  Seems like two such different worlds. Here people are packed shoulder to shoulder.  Tomorrow no doubt we will be hiking somewhere with no one in miles.  What a strange planet.  Always overhead there are people in the aluminum tubes moving from one ant mound to the next. 

In the background is CNN.  On they go about nailing Trump.  Just do it get rid of the pox on America.

Truly there are two different worlds.  The red world of rural American has no idea all kinds of people live in cities.  The country bumpkins think the country is made of gun totting Trump voting fools.  On the other hand the people in the metropolitan areas don't know of the bubbas in the hinterlands.  So at 10:45 we get in the magic tube and go to the other side of America.  Walking around here in Philadelphia we see a lot of young people with children. People who care about education and health care.  Once we land in the land of old retire goats things will be different.  The old goats got theirs, and they are afraid someone will get their gold.  Old goats don't want to pay for schools but would like to have some more war machines to protect their gold.

The people in the city don't seem to be afraid, but back in goat land about half the people are armed.  There is a reality in the city.  In the city you quickly learn we are all in this together.  By necessity a lot of sharing and close proximity goes on.  You have to trust a lot of people you don't know.  Out in the hinterland the idea of independence and self reliance prevails. It is an illusion, we all rely on each other.  Sadly Trump plays on differences, greed, and the idea that we need to protect the rich from the masses of poor that want their money.  So here we go another day,  a long day sitting in the tube. Everyone trying to pry a nickle from everyone else.  Everyone trying to keep someone else from getting their nickle.  The saddest thing in this whole game is that we have plenty.  We have enough for everyone to have a good education, healthcare, and a decent home, but we just cannot manage to spread it around. Instead one percent of the population gorges on too much while the roads, schools, and health care system crumble.  This has been the lesson of history no one learns.