The Scum Rises To The Top 

 The Scum Rises to the top - have you heard this phrase before.
I need to write a sidebar here - I wrote this 2 weeks ago when the Harvey Weinstein scum came out, and since then, there have been accusations daily, against him and others.  And many of our politicians seem to exhibit their choice of the bottom of the barrel. 
To keep current on all this scum, one must write every 12 hours.  Sorry, I don't have that time.  I do my best. 
 I had and with all that is going on, phrases come up from my long-term memory that apply to some of this “crap.” I guess the Harvey Weinstein debacle made me think of it, because of all the celebrity attention that is getting. This has been going on for years. I have always heard stories in the midwest of the “casting couch.” But what is happening is people are saying- WOMEN are saying “We aren’t going to take it anymore.” Enough is enough. The travesty that is our government has forced these horrific situations into the forefront. After all, we have a self-admitted sexual molester as our president. What else could happen? So, since Mr. Trump has been running for president, holding rallies promoting hatred, “Lock her up”, and similar travesties of public decency you would NEVER expect from government officials, the bar for expected behavior continues to go down. Those of us who continue to “rise” and expect the best from most people, are exhausted from the absurdity. I think we are all at the place of “we aren’t going to take it anymore,” not just the sexual assault, but the absurdity, the hatred, the abuse of citizens and non-citizens, abuse of blacks, latinos, children, women, LGBTQ community, all of it. I am so sick of it and I’m surprised when people quote these crazy people and give it credibility and act surprised. But, we should all be appalled.

As The Scum Rises To The Top

 So I ask myself “what can I do?” Legitimately, what can I do to help this. The Republicans in congress can call for justice on these actions, they can hold these people accountable. Not just Trump, either. I am left with calling, writing, voting, being kind, helping to make the world a better place in any way I can. We hear those feel good stories and I know most of us still care for our neighbors, and humanity as a whole. But as in self-esteem, what is the rule - one negative can overpower 1000 positives. That is what we pay attention to. So we need to work to continue our focus on the good stories, the positives of our country, and not let the negative scare us, depress us, or get the better of us. As the scum rises to the top, in cooking I would scrape it off and get rid of it.

 How about you?