Surreal days as the Trump regime continues on and on

I was watching a little bit of Trump's reception in England by Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband today. It was at Blenheim Palace. There was a red carpet, and a crowd of dignitaries waiting to attend a state dinner. A band of Scots, Irish, and Welsh guards marched and played to welcome the Trumps.

I was wondering what everyone was thinking. Here we have a president that much of the world has written off as worse than useless, and yet we are all still going through the motions, the ceremonies, as though things were normal. I'll bet that the Mays, most of the guests, and the members of the band were thinking, "My God, what am I doing in the middle of this charade?"

Here in our democracy, it is hard to take back our big mistake, because both houses of our legislature are full of big mistakes. Everyone but them seems to know what a disaster Trump is, so the surreal dream goes on.

It's way past time to snap out of it and say that our current situation is crazy and needs to stop.

Fun facts: Ben Franklin and the evil lightning rod

Back in Ben Franklin's day, lightning often struck houses. The houses often burned down, and sometimes the people inside them were killed.

After Franklin performed his kite experiment, thereby satisfying himself that lightning and electricity were one and the same, he invented the lightning rod, a metal device that protruded from the highest point on a house, and which diverted the lightning into the ground, saving life and property.

People who believed (as some still do today), that natural events were God's punishment for the sins of men, criticized Franklin for thwarting God's will.