Bruce and I feel sick this morning. Sick in our souls. Every day the news gets worse and worse. Now we’re in a dystopian autocracy, full stop. None of this, “were heading towards autocracy”. The cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel by the greed of the feckless Bob Iger, all so him and shareholders of Disney Inc. can get a merger, is nothing more than profit over the ideals of the core of the great experiment that is the United States, the first amendment. I’m not one to be political on facebook but I couldn’t hold my tongue this morning. We have cancelled Hulu. I hope others will boycott Disney and all its affiliates. Fascism relies on corporations to go along. In the 6 months since Trump took office, a mere 400 people gained 1.6 trillion dollars in wealth. There’s an obscenity to this statistic. I end my screed with this. Don’t be complacent, make your voices heard. If we stay silent, they win. I have been making my MODEL CITIZENS, as therapy to cope with these feelings of fear for our country. They represent the core of what I believe is the key to a healthy civilization, that we all contribute to the health of our communities, care for each other, respect our differences, hold truth to power and most important, have love in our hearts, not hate.
Andrew Reach & Bruce Baumwoll
Amen