TAKE A HIKE

Liberals and progressives need to get out into the woods, the beaches, the parks. Taking a hike on Black Friday is a way of saying that golden opulence obtained through oppression is evil.

If the weather is nasty, go to a museum, a bookstore, or live theater. I always enjoy the Dicken's Faire. (Buying hand crafted items is not opulent.)

Progress towards equal treatment of all citizens can be painfully slow. Sixty four years ago a secret hero of World War II was convicted of criminal indecency because he was a homosexual. He saved hundreds of thousands of lives through mathematical genius, but was denigrated and despised because of his sexuality.

Now we have gay marriage is many parts of the world.

Women got the right to vote less than 100 years ago. This year the US had a woman almost win the Presidential election.

Just 12 years ago, the US Supreme Court found that it violated the Americans With Disability Act for a judge to require that a disabled person crawl up the steps to his courtroom.

Sometimes people can say incredibly awful things, yet not really mean what they say. Sometimes people can say all the right things, but do all the wrong things.

I recommend that, instead of fighting over the election, we all discuss future shock*, and how it can affect society.

After thirty years, Trump tower is still beautifully maintained. It would be amazing if we could do the necessary public maintenance we have deferred for thirty years. Rusty pipes, deteriorated plastics, roads and bridges.... This list is endless.

It will be fun to encourage people to imagine what Trump could build in their hometown.

I am Thankful that I live in California, in the United States of America.

* Future Shock is a book written by Alvin Toffler, about a world where rapid change left people unable to cope, because all of the behavior patterns they learned when they were young, seemed to be no longer acceptable behavior.