That Other America

It’s still out there. I know, I know, it’s been hard to find, but there have been glimmers of it for some time now. Yes, we saw it in my last post, and we see it in our neighborhoods. Yes, I am talking about a normal America where people actually care about one another and desire to help the less fortunate.

What with the oval office redecorated as a bordello and our Grifter-In-Chief accepting $400 million planes from foreign sources, with the draconian cuts to programs meant to help the sick, disabled, elderly and families just trying to survive being rolled out in order to cut taxes for those who really can afford taxes it’s been a dark few months. So much so that it has been hard to watch the news. But sometimes there comes a flicker of light, of hope, but maybe also of sadness over what could have been.

For anyone who watched the DNC, or who read the social media accounts and watched the YouTube videos, you may remember Gus Walz. He is the son of our governor Tim Walz here in Minnesota. His public display of emotion over his father’s being nominated for Vice President was either accepted as a very nice reaction to what for him was a wonderful thing or ridiculed. It is those who ridiculed his behavior who really should be ashamed. Since that time there has been no follow up, until now.

Gus Walz did an interview, speaking about his situation and what happened at the DNC. He really is an amazing person and should be heard.

I cannot help but feel a great deal of sadness that this family is not in Washington right now. They would have really helped America remain one of the greatest countries that has ever existed instead of a country where people do not desire to travel to.