FFS Friday 4/18/25- Four years

I know that people have been consoling themselves by chanting the number. It will be 4 years of the monster under the bed. Only 4 years.

4 years.

Well, less now that it has been 8 weeks.

8 weeks of nonsense and him smashing and cash grabbing all that he can get his grubby hands on. Like a child who has been let loose in a candy shop while the adults are distracted on their phone. Like the menace who doesn’t like the word no and ignores the adult when they finally notice the havoc that has been going on.

I, for one of many, am so tired of it.

How do you measure a year?

If five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes make up a year this can lead to math.

You could multiply each minute by 60 to determine the number of seconds in a year (thirty one million, five hundred thirty six thousand seconds).

You could multiple 525,600 by four to determine the number of minutes we have left in this abomination of a presidential term (two million, one hundred two thousand, and four hundred minutes).

I could talk disheartening numbers all day long.

It all starts with the supposed fact that they will not gerrymander rig elections to keep themselves in power. Why would they hand the reins back at the end of 4 years? Just because that it is what expected of us?

Spoiler alert, it is already happening. I point out and have written about the Republican Jefferson Griffin and his grinding, unceasing, probably very expensive (where is the money coming from) tilting at windmills attempt to pry Alison Griggs out of the spot she rightfully won. In November. People aren’t paying enough attention to his scammy scammerton efforts to throw out the ballots that he doesn’t agree with that cause him to lose.

I have written at how this is a test case of how elections can be stolen with money. And sleight of hand. And bluster.

This definitely sounds familiar doesn’t it?

Back to the four years thing. If so much can be dismantled in 2 months, including destruction of any words that the administration doesn’t like, imagine how much the next three years and 10 months are going to cost us.

They can only hurt me for 4 years sounds comforting. Until you realize you are speaking like an abused wife. Cowering in the corner while the abuser takes off their belt.

Next thing will be the “gifts” and the promises never to do it again. Also included are the promises to be around after the 4 years, no matter how that is accomplished.

But it will happen again and the four years thing is not a guarantee.

It is a scary time to be an American who is paying attention.