that was some weekend for us all

All mothers and Grandmothers look to our children and wonder what the world is turning out to be for them!

Not posted over the weekend as I have been absolutely fascinated by the Trump order on immigration ban. He clearly does not understand that to defeat a criminal gang you need to intelligently use intelligence.... His clumsy handling of his position as we all saw created so much pain and protest.  As I write this post we have crowds in Whitehall outside Downing street to protest against the State visit pomp and ceremony that Mrs May informally invited him too... It puts the Queen in a very awkward situation as we do not agree with the policies his executive orders are initiating forgetting the poem on the Statue of Liberty...

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Interesting article on the Statue of Liberty which was written in 2015 A little-known fact about Lady Liberty adds an intriguing twist to today's debate about refugees from the Muslim world. The statue’s designer, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, was French, but the inspiration for the statue came from a Muslim woman in Egypt.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/statue-liberty-was-originally-muslim-woman-180957377/#Gdkpf8F8EKSTW5Up.01

The badly thought out policies led me to put this protest jpeg together - but I am increasingly getting worried about the well being of the president as a 70yrs old with some observable behaviour problems. Just like the Kings New Clothes story it seems like no one will go to his side and say Donald you need a check up..let some young progressive candidate come to the oval office and help us build a good future for all - with respect for all.. Instead we seem to have taken a nosedive into a previous time that of the 1930s different actors but same hate.  We cannot keep making the same mistakes over and over again... as each time we get closer and closer to losing all....

I was touched by Senator Chuck Schumer in New York trying to sort out the issues of travellors detained at the airport and his obvious pain and with tears in his eyes....So I am alarmed by the response of Trump to this. The Senator as been ridiculed by Trump for "fake tears and who was his acting coach...". Trump seeing this as another victimization in his paranoia and inability to make rationale judgments and see others pain with compassion and respect.... .sadly further example of doubts on Trumps suitability for the post and his mental state..... I watch with nursing eyes always and this is my response.

TO SENATOR CHUCK:
I have nursed for 38yrs saw life in the world safely and seen life out with dignity and comfort. I have held those in pain and know that you were weeping from your heart, as the country, its morals, it legislation, its honour, it liberty, it dignity is destroyed by ill thought out policies in full view of the world and with pain to the global family we are. Yes the pain is much for us all as we see the ripple effects on the world...we hold our children and grand children fearing the echos of 1930s different characters but the same hate! I stand and ponder how a business man can do this no company director in his or her right mind would put out new policies without consultation with experts without listening to the people, without training staff in the organisation on new goals of that policy... and in a democratic way debate with the senate....we all weep with you when we see fine citizens detained because of a blind sweeping policy that did not see the people behind those policies... doctors, lawyers, engineers, relatives visiting family and in some cases sick relatives, students with dreams and aspirations for the future...... there was a sentence that rings in my ears from Mr Trump's meeting with our PM he said he was a people person......so then how could he hurt the people as we saw.... as the world saw.... Keep Strong and Protect Sanity and Dignity and Freedoms with the fundamental for all - the right to respect....

The rose a symbol of USA a flower that has been on earth for millions of years. A symbol of love and care and sharing .. let us keep strong in our hearts to rise above all the hate and confusion that is in the world from a man.... and his wild west signing of his name on ill thought out orders.....