The neighbors baby's crying

By Marcus McCarroll, 1 February 2026
Trees in the snow

The neighbors baby's crying, it's keeping me awake at night. Of course I can't actually hear them,I know they are there. I'm feeling the cold, but not the way they are feeling it, in their tent, in below zero weather. Of course the foot of snow serves to insulate some, but not very much. 

The most troubling bit, is the sheer normality of their plight, shoved to back of mind, while Nobody's using Federal troops to resolve the real national emergency; problems of homelessness, and environmental disasters,

(which that power could alleviate).

Instead, the administration is occupied with sword-brandishing abroad, in Venezuela and against NATO , (next stop Iran). We are also forced to bear traumatic Witness to domestic siege in American cities,motivated by misguided race and gender-bias; and a fear of foreigners-in-general.

Add into this recipe for disaster;revenge on political opponents and activists. Sheer profit as the impetus for exaggerated use of force and violence against natural-born citizens or Naturalized American citizens. 

Soon , will people be expected to carry around ID papers; visas and such? To be surrendered upon demand, to a masked, unidentified, highly-overpaid, undertrained, or unsupervised Goon? 

They are arriving, and behaving like less than humane persons, to say the least. Hiring's ongoing, thanks to the Big Bogus Bill.

I heard a quiet voice saying watch; listen, be aware of the world and our neighborhoods. Keep your head.

Trump's got the wrong end of the stick again, needs correction, has for a while. 

Yet instead of finding a carrot at the end, the immigrant finds a billyclub and mace.

Whereas; the Executive branches' excesses, and lawlessness needs to be addressed calmly, and with certainty. 

The Congress has the power to restrain him, and rectify the situation, by making a Comprehensive Immigration plan today;and a Judicial panel to review it all.

Mis-treament of arrested and detained prisoners, faced with self-deportation, or enduring inhumane deportation camps' deplorable conditions continues,despite court orders; and is not as well-documented. 

Families separated and illegally charged,kidnapped by INS and ICE,could've been counseled, and offered the next step to citizenship and taxpayer status,as promised by the honorable mister Obama. 

Of course The Donald's against anything without his name on it, and justifies slashing the Healthcare named for his rival. Ditto Obama's agenda, which did better, arguably had a better record on both Immigration Judicial reform and International Peace Prizes. Happy groundhogs day.