Hit expiration date

I never noticed the “use by” date on our Constitution, but apparently T-Rump picked up on it or, more likely, used a Sharpie and scribbled it on: “Nov, 8, 2016.”

The good news: The U.S. Constitution remained valid and useful for 228 years (ratified on June 21, 1788). The bad news: T-Rump. America is now a private corporation: America Inc.

The seven articles of our Constitution have substantively been bundled into Article II, the executive, and now form America Inc.’s articles of incorporation. Article I, the legislative, and Article III, the judicial, have been stripped of their authority and exist only at the discretion of the executive.

Cabinet secretaries are division managers and answer directly to the executive; moreover, they share a common mission: Be loyal to the executive. Invest your time and energy as well as your division’s resources to fulfill the executive’s wishes and optimize his financial gains. All public statements will be consistent with the executive’s tweets and reflect favorably on his thinking and decisionmaking. Anyone working for America Inc. will follow the path of obedience, sing praises to the executive and know if they falter … they’re “fired.”

The line that separates America Inc., a corporate entity, from America, the totalitarian’s playground, is negligible. If you don’t stand up for our Constitution and fight for what’s right, you’re complicit in T-Rump’s privatized America. Remember, bankruptcy is his specialty. HARRY HERGET

Little Rock