We've been here before, haven't we?

[UPDATE: Back to the Future? 1968, Chicago, Democratic Nation Convention]

As governance continues to deteriorate, while the #FakePresident, aided and abetted by the Republican Party, undermines the Postal Service in an effort to steal the upcoming election, it became clear to me that we're facing a "Constitutional Crisis..., a problem or conflict in the function of a government that the political constitution or other fundamental governing law is perceived to be unable to resolve." 

I know about the Civil War but was surprised to see how many other constitutional crises the US has faced, including a couple so far within my lifetime. The upcoming election appears to offer a significant potential to rate among the top two or three, and maybe even top the list, depending on how events play out over the next several months. Thats why today I was both dismayed and heartened to come across

Preparing the Public for a Contested Election

I firmly believe it will be worth your while to click on the link and read the piece. I also fervently hope I'm providing lousy, as in unnecessary, advice. But, as they say in the airline industry, Fasten your seatbelts, please, there's turbulence ahead. Of that I have few, if any doubts.

Politics

By Randall Mann

This is what he dreams of:

a map of burned land,

a mound of dirt

in the early century’s winter.

 

A map of burned land?

A country is razed

in the early century’s winter.

And God descends.

 

A country is raised

because of industry.

And God descends,

messengers rush inside

 

because of industry,

in spite of diplomats.

Messengers rush inside

to haunt the darkened aisles.

 

In spite of diplomats,

the witnesses know well

to haunt the darkened aisles,

experimentally—

 

the witnesses know well

that ushers dressed in black

experimentally

lurk by the cushioned seats.

 

That ushers dress in black

should tell you something:

lurking by the cushioned seats,

the saved and the terrible.

 

I should tell you something:

this is what he dreams of,

the saved and the terrible—

a mound of dirt.

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