Is Putin really trying to "tamper" with the American election by releasing emails from the DNC -- to destabilize the Democratic convention? If he is, or if Russian hackers are, or if someone else is --- and covering their URL tracks -- it is an anemic and moronic attempt!
Americans can recognize and ignore the kinds of "big lie" approaches used in American politics. "Crooked Hilary" is a big lie -- the big lie of this GOP campaign. Just like last cycle it was that "Obama will take away your guns" or "Obama will take away your Bibles (West Virginia ministers, 2012). The Big Lie is an old and shallow technique -- which, this far out from the election, will be defeated by the press; by investigative journalism, by the free press we all cherish.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Friday, July 22, 2016
Long Live the King
As the many Jesters crowed throughout the exorbitant courts of Europe for a thousand years: "Long live the King (the King is Dead)! Long live the King!"
Thursday, July 21, 2016
The Death of Donald J. Trump
In the political intrigue coming up to the RNC in Cleveland, we learn that Trump offered the "presidency" (note small 'p') to John Kasich, Governor of Ohio -- in exchange for his place on the Republican Ticket as Vice-President! How can that be? It "can be" because the Trump Advisors (note Trump family) liked Kasich and though he was the one candidate who could be President while Trump was off doing what he wanted to be doing -- a kind of "superhero advisor/controller out there in the world 'making America Great again'"!
There has been all kinds of talk about how The Donald doesn't really want to BE President, he just wants to "win the Presidency" and then, incredibly, give it away to the Vice-President. At least Kasich would have been better than Pence! Now it looks like, if Trump "wins" the Presidency (how, god only knows), that he might actually do some of the work connected with being a President -- and he won't be making any money doing it! Yikes.
There has been all kinds of talk about how The Donald doesn't really want to BE President, he just wants to "win the Presidency" and then, incredibly, give it away to the Vice-President. At least Kasich would have been better than Pence! Now it looks like, if Trump "wins" the Presidency (how, god only knows), that he might actually do some of the work connected with being a President -- and he won't be making any money doing it! Yikes.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Trump's Family
We are not electing Trump's family --- handsome children, beautiful wives (former and current)! We are electing a President of the United States.
We are not electing the best "hee haw" storyteller, or the best name-caller, or the best prevaricator!
We are electing the President of the United States of America.
We are not electing the best womanizer, or the best "good ol' boy," or the best crook! We are electing the President of the U.S. of A.
We are not electing the best fake, the best jerk, the best loser, or the best bankrupt businessman! We are electing the President of America.
We are NOT electing Donald J. Trump!
We are not electing the best "hee haw" storyteller, or the best name-caller, or the best prevaricator!
We are electing the President of the United States of America.
We are not electing the best womanizer, or the best "good ol' boy," or the best crook! We are electing the President of the U.S. of A.
We are not electing the best fake, the best jerk, the best loser, or the best bankrupt businessman! We are electing the President of America.
We are NOT electing Donald J. Trump!
Monday, July 18, 2016
It Was The Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times!
My friend and colleague Marcellus just earned the full-time position in Speech at STC. The RNC opens its "coronation" of Trump today in Cleveland's Quicken Arena!
Hillary leads in the polls versus the "uber businessman" Trump! Six police officers were shot in Baton Rouge yesterday morning -- and Donald Trump says that Barack Obama is to blame!
All life is fleeting!
Hillary leads in the polls versus the "uber businessman" Trump! Six police officers were shot in Baton Rouge yesterday morning -- and Donald Trump says that Barack Obama is to blame!
All life is fleeting!
Friday, July 15, 2016
We Weep Again -- this time for Nice
The insidious and insane terror network known as ISIS (or DASH, or ISIL, or the Caliphate) has struck again with a van, guns, and a murderous heart.
Many are dead; many are injured! All because they were out watching a fireworks display commemorating Bastille Day in the beautiful city of Nice. I don't know where this will lead in the USA -- I hope not to Trump Presidency, I hope not to the horrific suggestions of a Newt Gingrich, I hope not to a war of violence within the US. I hope not...,.
Many are dead; many are injured! All because they were out watching a fireworks display commemorating Bastille Day in the beautiful city of Nice. I don't know where this will lead in the USA -- I hope not to Trump Presidency, I hope not to the horrific suggestions of a Newt Gingrich, I hope not to a war of violence within the US. I hope not...,.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Wait For It; Wait For It
On the 18th of July, during this year of the Lord 2016, the Republican Convention will begin in Cleveland, Ohio. That city that had been so honored by the victory by the Cavaliers will be dishonored by the GOP's cavalier attitude towards the truth.
The GOP will eventually nominate Donald Trump for President, amidst the confusion and hullabaloo
of a ritual convention -- this time bereft of honesty, fair play, and a decent candidate. And the Republican and Conservative faithful will weep -- because people are unwilling to acknowledge their own stupidity, their own crassness, their own lying about their "opponents," and will assuage their desire to destroy their own country. And the Evangelical Christians will rejoice -- for the "end times" may actually have arrived.
The GOP will eventually nominate Donald Trump for President, amidst the confusion and hullabaloo
of a ritual convention -- this time bereft of honesty, fair play, and a decent candidate. And the Republican and Conservative faithful will weep -- because people are unwilling to acknowledge their own stupidity, their own crassness, their own lying about their "opponents," and will assuage their desire to destroy their own country. And the Evangelical Christians will rejoice -- for the "end times" may actually have arrived.
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