KENTUCKY-UNBRIDLED IDIOCY!!!
As many of you are aware, as those of us who call the Commonwealth home are, our State has been in the news quite a bit of late, and, unfortunately, very little of the news is a positive reflection of the Bluegrass State. Our official brand logo is “UNBRIDLED SPIRIT”, and in that spirit I would like to propose we change it to “UNBRIDLED IDIOCY”. Here are just a few reasons why we should.
That’s just the ones of recent memory I can think of at the moment-I’m sure there are MANY others that we could add to the list. I wouldn’t exactly call this list something for which we can all be “KENTUCKY PROUD”!!!!!! UNBRIDLED SPIRIT???? Where????? Somebody please help me out here…..we’re so bad we make Indiana look good, the state that gave us Bobby Knight and Mike “I’M JUST A LITTLE DENSE” Pence, among other idiots!!! Let’s get rid of the negative brand that our Commonwealth has become-we can start by getting rid of the politicians who have brought us to this place, beginning with “MAD” Matt Bevin. VOTE ‘EM TOTALLY OUT come November.
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TEMPLE VANDALS HURT MORE THAN HINDUS!
The news the other day that vandals had broken into a Hindu Temple here in Louisville and desecrated and defamed it is both incredibly disturbing on one hand and uplifting in the outpouring of sympathy and the support the local, national and even international community has demonstrated. The news of the incident has been reported as follows. In a hate crime, a Hindu temple has been vandalized in the state of Kentucky by miscreants who sprayed black paint on the deity and left a knife stabbed into a chair in the main hall. The incident happened between Sunday night and Tuesday morning at the Swaminarayan Temple in Louisville city, and has sent shock waves through the Indian-American community residing there. According to local media report, vandalism resulted in deity image sprayed with black paint, broken windows, walls spray-painted with inappropriate messages and graffiti. A knife was stabbed in the chair, and cabinets were emptied. Authorities are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Condemning the incident of vandalism, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer called upon the city residents to stand up against this hatred. "Anytime we see hatred or bigotry we will stand against it. The cowards who did this have only given our community more fuel and determination to embrace compassion, understanding, and each other," Fischer said as he visited the vandalized temple yesterday. This story hits home for me because my daughter recently married a young man from India and we were privileged enough to experience a Hindu Temple and the Indian marriage ritual firsthand. It was quite a learning experience for my wife and me, both middle class Americans . Although India is the second most populous country on earth, it’s amazing to me how little we know, including myself, about the country or its diverse religious culture, including Christian, Hindu and Muslim and Buddhist sects. The opportunity to meet my son in laws parents and to see them practice their religious faith was something I will always remember. Any yet, in the name of Jesus, some individual(s) chose to spread evil and hate instead into this place of worship. It’s a sign of the times, I’m afraid, with all of the so called nationalistic rhetoric (code word for racism and bigotry) being thrown around by our President, Donald Trump which in turn enables misguided individuals like these to operate in the open instead of in the shadows or from the gutter like they usually do. I sincerely hope that the perpetrators are apprehended and that they are punished under the full weight of the hate crime laws, because this was a hate crime, make no mistake! But it wasn’t just a hate crime against Hindus or Indians; it was a hate crime against ALL OF US!!! The right to freely practice the religion of our choice, be it Christian or Hindu, Jewish or Catholic, is a right guaranteed by our Constitution. Nobody should have to look over their shoulder while exercising this right. For the record, the Hindu beliefs and their various deities are very interesting and symbolic. YAMU is the Hindu God of Death and Justice, and those responsible for this horrific act will undoubtedly have to answer to him someday!!!! THE FALLACY OF TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY
I watched the news this morning to witness another in a long litany of incredibly ignorant and outrageous statements made by Donald Trump regarding the testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday of the United States Intelligence Chiefs. The group consisted of the following individuals: FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director Gen. Robert Ashley, National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Paul Nakasone and Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. I daresay the collective wisdom of this group, combined with their experience in the realm of intelligence and foreign policy is formidable. Apparently POTUS doesn’t agree, instead calling the group’s assessment of Iran, for example, “extremely passive and naïve”. And that’s not all. Leaders of the U.S. intelligence community told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the nuclear threat from North Korea remained but that Iran was not taking steps toward making a nuclear bomb, differing with Trump's views on those countries. Their assessments also broke with other assertions by Trump, including on the threat posed by Russia to U.S. elections, the threat that the Islamic State militant group poses in Syria and North Korea's commitment to denuclearize. On almost every single issue currently facing the United States worldwide, the Intelligence community unanimously disagrees with Trump, yet he chooses to listen to the advise of Jared Kushner and others within his inner circle who have literally NO IDEA what they’re doing. Let’s just have a quick look. N Korea-complete failure of objective regarding denuclearization. Kim has been playing Trump and “POMPOUS” Mike Pompeo from the beginning, while all the while continuing to develop his nuclear weapons capability and their delivery systems. A second upcoming summit is just another photo op for Kim as trump has already legitimized this murderous thug by agreeing to meet with him in the first place. Second, let’s look at Syria-plan to withdraw American forces entirely has already resulted in an attack by ISIS (the group Trump claims is “finished”) that resulted in the loss of four American lives. Everybody from Lindsey Graham “CRACKER” to “RICH” Mitch McConnell has advised against such a unilateral move on the basis that it essentially cedes Syria to the Russians, as well as opening the door for the Turks to move against the Kurds, who to a great extent shouldered the bulk of the battle to wrest Syria from ISIS control as our ally. On the subject of Iran, the Intelligence community disputes the assessment by Trump and “Dr. STRANGLOVE”, John Bolton that they are continuing to work on developing their nuclear capabilities. Bolton wants a war so bad he can taste it. Then there’s Afghanistan. While in the middle of delicate negotiations with the Taliban, Trump again, unilaterally, announced the complete withdrawal of American forces. Now we are told a peace agreement is being drawn up that is beginning to look more like capitulation and surrender than any form of achieving our original objectives. The reality is the Taliban have won this war after seventeen years and nearly 2500 American lives, countless wounded, many involving amputations from explosive devices and nearly ONE TRILLION DOLLARS!! For what?!? So we can withdraw with our tail tucked between our legs like the Russians did?!? How about Saudi Arabia?!? The Crown Prince orders the assassination and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist, documented by irrefutable intelligence, and Donald Trump sides with the Saudis because “if we don’t sell them BILLIONS in arms, the Russians or Chinese will”. Never a word regarding the absolute horror of the act or accountability for it!!! Last we now have the Venezuelan crisis. Trump has decided to actively involve the United States in another exercise of ‘regime change” by interfering in another sovereign nation’s internal political affairs. And Dr. Strangelove, once again, is just itching to pull the trigger at the slightest provocation. And of course we have Russia and China, our two biggest adversaries, interfering in our democratic process and stealing our intellectual property while Trump either sides with Putin or starts a trade war with the Chinese, while at the same time attacking our traditional allies such as NATO. As you can plainly see, there have been few if any accomplishments achieved in the realm of foreign policy in the last two years of Trump’s administration. Many of the State Department posts which are critical in the decision making process remain vacant, thanks in great part to the destruction wrought by “WRECKS” Tillerson. It’s not just a matter of the President of the United States ignoring the advice and recommendations of his foreign policy and threat assessment advisors; it’s that his position on these issues ENDANGERS ALL OF US!!! I know I’m sure as hell not “sleeping better at night” knowing that the “master negotiator” is solving all of our problems, but I’ll bet you that Putin, Kim, ISIS, the Taliban and MBS sure are!!!! We talk about Trump’s impeachment for collusion and conspiracy with regard to the Mueller investigation and Russia, maybe it’s time we start talking about impeachment on the grounds of national security and our survival!!! We are headed toward catastrophe folks-it’s like watching a train wreck unwind before your very eyes in slow motion. “MAD” MATT’S MUTED MESSAGE
The Governor of the Commonwealth, Matt Bevin, announced his candidacy for reelection on Friday-nothing unexpected there. What were unexpected, however, was the manner, time and place in which it was delivered. The following information was taken from the Louisville Courier Journal. Short and sweet: The announcement in the Capitol Rotunda lasted just 10 minutes and lacked the fanfare of many announcements of major candidates for governor. The cheering audience was made up mostly of Bevin administration officials who work at the Capitol and Capitol Annex. Just short statements from Bevin and Alvarado, and a few questions. Then they walked down the hall with their spouses to file candidacy papers with the Kentucky secretary of state. Odd timing: Bevin's choice of 3:30 p.m. on a Friday for his announcement was a head-scratcher. Anyone looking to maximize exposure for a big announcement could hardly have chosen a quieter time and still been inside the work week. Often, announcements that come from government late in the day on a Friday are the kinds that officials hope will fly under the radar. Alvarado coy: Asked minutes before the announcement why he happened to be there, Alvarado said he came just to see who the governor had selected as his running mate. Hampton down the hall: Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton, replaced as the person Bevin wants as his lieutenant governor over the next four years, did not attend. But she was apparently down the hall in her office. A member of her staff said she was in the office, but declined to come out and talk to a reporter. Tea party is upset: Hampton has long been a leader in the Tea Party movement, and Scott Hofstra, spokesman for the United Kentucky Tea Party, said, "The Tea Party base is not happy about this." He called Alvarado an "establishment Republican" preferred over Hampton for the second spot on the ticket by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. The top of the field right now: Bevin faces opposition from little-known challengers in the Republican primary, including from Robert Goforth, a first-year state representative from East Bernstadt in Laurel County. Three major Democratic candidates have announced: Attorney General Andy Beshear, Kentucky House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins, and former State Auditor Adam Edelen. It’s my prediction that it will end up being “MAD” Matt running against “DANDY” Andy Beshear, a race that will undoubtedly take mean spirited politics to an all time high in Kentucky given the past history and acrimony which exist between Bevin and the Beshear family. The long and short of this story is it doesn’t appear to me that Bevin is real anxious to announce his candidacy with much fanfare because he realizes he is the most unpopular Governor the Commonwealth has endured since Ernie Fletcher. He also played total sycophant to the ultimate puppeteer, “RICH” Mitch McConnell (aren’t you sick and tired of hearing this manipulator’s name?) by naming Alvarado as his running mate over the existing Lt Governor, Jenean Hampton. This selection is just another indication of the complete loss of influence wielded by the Tea Party, not only here but on a national level. Make no mistake about it, “MAD” Matt CANNOT be given another four years to continue his ongoing campaign of entitling big business, rolling back healthcare benefits, attempting to break the back of labor unions, including our teachers and denying women’s rights, all the while claiming to be a good Christian. He is a FRAUD, just like the property valuation on his Anchorage home!! He is a carpetbagger of the worst sort, and the people of the Commonwealth need to show him the door. Maybe I’ll reconsider my candidacy to run for United States Senate against “RICH” Mitch “COLE(LASSAL) FOR SENATE 2020” and set my sights on the Governor’s mansion in Frankfort. My campaign slogan would be: “TAKE BEVIN TO THE MATT-VOTE COLE(LASSAL) FOR GOVERNOR 2019!!! A LOT OF HATERS IN ADA
I’ll confess right up front that I am a HUGE John Grisham fan. I heard him say the other day that he has written forty books, and I’m pretty certain I’ve read every one of them, including his current book entitled “THE RECKONING”. He has only written a single work of non fiction, and that book is entitled “AN INNOCENT MAN”. It has also been made into a documentary series on Netflix, which I just finished watching. I would highly recommend watching this very troubling account of how the wheels of justice in the town of ADA, OKLAHOMA completely broke down and resulted in the wrongful incarceration of four innocent men charged in two brutal murders of young female residents within a short period of time. It is an incredible tale of police and District Attorney malfeasance, incompetence and cover up that is still playing out today, some thirty five years after the original crime took place. Oklahoma is a strange place. Originally home to Native American tribes such as the Choctaw and the Cherokee, white settlers, like a plague of locusts, eventually drove the Indians out of their native land in one of the most disgraceful events in our history, called the “Trail of Tears”, whereby the Native Americans of the Choctaw Nation were physically removed from their land. Then followed the oil boom and Oklahoma became home to the wealthy oil tycoons as well as the riff raff usually associated with the rough and tumble business of oil drilling. Oklahoma was one of the hardest hit states during the dust bowl, and was the proving ground for lawbreakers such as Bonnie and Clyde. It was also the site of one of the deadliest terror attacks in our history, the Oklahoma City federal building bombing. As you can look up and read further, Oklahoma has a very tumultuous history and in many ways typified the so called wild Wild West. About the town of Ada. It is a small town south of Oklahoma City and north of Dallas, Texas. The population is less than 20,000. It has its own police force, which becomes a vital part of this story. It was a quiet town where there wasn’t much excitement until December of 1982, when the first murder occurred. Early in the morning of December 8, 1982, the body of Debra Sue Carter, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress, was found in the bedroom of her garage apartment in Ada. She had been beaten, raped and suffocated. After five years of false starts and shoddy police work by the Ada police department, Ron Williamson—along with his "drinking buddy", Dennis Fritz—were charged, tried and convicted of the rape and murder charges in 1988. Williamson was sentenced to death. Fritz was given a life sentence. Fritz's wife had been murdered seven years earlier and he was raising their only daughter when he was arrested. Grisham's book describes the aggressive and misguided mission of the Ada police department and Pontotoc County District Attorney Bill Peterson to solve the mystery of Carter's murder. The police and prosecutor used forced "dream" confessions, unreliable witnesses, and flimsy evidence to convict Williamson and Fritz. Since a death penalty conviction automatically sets in motion a series of appeals, the Innocence Project aided Williamson's attorney, Mark Barrett, in exposing several glaring holes in the prosecution's case and the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses. Frank H. Seay, a U.S. District Court judge, ordered a retrial. After suffering through a conviction and eleven years on death row, Williamson and Fritz were exonerated by DNA evidence and released on April 15, 1999. Williamson was the 78th inmate released from death row since 1973. Another man from Ada, Glen Gore, was eventually convicted of the original crime on June 24, 2003. He was sentenced to death,[7] but his sentence was overturned in August 2005.[9] He was convicted at a second trial on June 21, 2006, and sentenced by Judge Landrith to life in prison without parole. This was required by law due to a jury deadlock on sentencing. Williamson and Fritz sued and won a settlement for wrongful conviction of $500,000 in 2003 from the City of Ada, and an out-of-court settlement with the State of Oklahoma for an undisclosed amount. By 2004, Williamson was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and died on December 4, 2004, in a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma nursing home. Fritz returned to Kansas City, where he lives with his daughter, Elizabeth as of 2006[update]. In 2006, Fritz published his own account of being wrongly convicted in his book titled Journey toward Justice.[12] The second case involved another murder and rape conviction which to this day has not been resolved as the appeals for Tommy Ward, who has been incarcerated now for over thirty years, are still in process after multiple appeals have been denied by the parole board for his release. The book includes accounts (as subplots) of the false conviction, trial and sentencing of Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot in the abduction, rape, and purported murder of Denice Haraway, as well as the false conviction of Greg Wilhoit in the rape and murder of his estranged wife, Kathy. At one time, all the men were incarcerated in the same death row. About two decades before Grisham's book, Ward and Fontenot's wrongful convictions were detailed in a book published in 1987 called The Dreams of Ada by Robert Mayer. The District Attorney in both instances was Bill Peterson, and investigators from both the Ada P.D. and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation were all guilty of gross misconduct, such as withholding crucial evidence or coercing false confessions, to say nothing of shoddy investigative work and legal procedural gaffes. None of these four men SHOULD EVER HAVE BEEN CONVICTED. I have served on a jury in a murder trial. The next time somebody tells you that the system of justice in our country is without flaw, just point them toward these stories. Justice WAS NOT served, and the party most responsible for these miscarriages of justice retired in 2008 as the District Attorney of Pontotoc County, and is completely unapologetic regarding these cases, claiming he was just “doing his job”. There have been allegations of corruption in his office as well as within the ADA P.D., such as involvement with drugs and sexual misconduct. Final thought-it is estimated that within the United States, there are nearly 100,000 current inmates in our prison system who have been falsely convicted, in essence, innocent men and women. Our country incarcerates more people than any nation in the world (Oklahoma leads the U.S. in numbers), and it’s time that we took a long hard look at why. The current system simply isn’t working. Just ask one of these individuals. ROGER STONE-TO JAIL I’M GOIN!!!
This mornings news that a grand jury has indicted former Trump confidant Roger Stone on SEVEN counts, including obstruction of justice and witness tampering in connection with the Mueller Russian investigation for his role in the Wikileaks release of Hillary Clinton’s hacked e mails prior to the 2016 presidential election is further evidence that the noose is tightening around the neck of CROOKED DONALD. Yet another of his closest confidants has been arrested in Florida (do I EVER wish I could’ve seen that bust!) for his criminal involvement in working with Julian Assange and the Russian GRU (Intelligence Service) to release these e mails which almost certainly played a role in the election of Donald Trump. Roger Stone, to me, is just like Kellyanne “C” Word, an individual who is so sleazy and so arrogant that I disliked him intensely from the first time I saw him and heard him speak. He epitomizes the group of individuals that Trump surrounded himself with, like Michael Cohen, like Paul Manafort, like Rick Gates-unsavory men who completely disregarded any rule of law in order to get their man (and Vladimir Putin’s) into the White House. For all those who have been calling this investigation a “witch hunt” from the start, including the President himself and his buffoon of an attorney, Rudy "RUNAWAY BEER TRUCK” Guiliani, I would merely direct you to the list of those already indicted for criminal offenses. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 33 people and three companies that we know of — the latest being former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. (Update-the latest being Roger Stone). That group is composed of five (update-six) former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man, and one London-based lawyer. Seven of these people (including now all five former Trump aides) have pleaded guilty. What will be interesting to see is how Stone reacts? He has previously played the Godfather role, stating repeatedly that he would never flip and that those who had thus far done so were “weak” Like with Michael Cohen, I believe things will appear in a little different light from this point forward, starting with being taken into custody and handcuffed. At this point in time, it’s very likely that with no plea arrangement Stone is also likely to face prison time. We’ll see just how tough he REALLY is when faced with that probability. At any rate, in looking at the bigger picture, there are a couple of other things worth noting as we digest this latest news. It’s very obvious that Julian Assange of Wikileaks IS guilty of criminal activities in conspiring with the Russians and the Trump campaign to release confidential e mails which were hacked by the Russians from DNC computers for the sole purpose of abetting his campaign, and that he SHOULD be extradited to the U.S. to face justice. He is currently holed up inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London fighting such extradition. The other big picture item involves POTUS himself. It’s by now very obvious that the 2016 Presidential election was stolen by Donald Trump with the assistance of the Russians in so many different ways, from hacked e mails to electronic trolling to attempting to hack into actual state voter records. It’s no wonder he became so defensive about how his victory was something less than a ringing endorsement by the American people when it was pointed out he lost the popular vote by over 3,000,000 votes-he knew full well even then that his election WAS ILLEGITIMATE!!!! Now that the House of Representatives is back under Democratic control being guided by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, I think it’s safe to assume that it is only a matter of time before IMPEACHMENT proceedings are initiated to remove this corrupt and criminal President from office. Trump sycophants like Devin Nunes had better start finding cover, because their days of delay, defer and obstruct are over. It may be delayed until the Mueller investigation is completed and reported on to Congress and hopefully the American people as well, but the handwriting is on the wall. Trump’s days are numbered, and that rope is getting stretched tighter every day!!!! KELLYANNE ‘C’ WORD IS LEAKING-AND IT’S SHOWING!!!
The news revealed in the about to be released book written by former White House aid Cliff Sims that Kellyanne Conway, advisor to CROOKED DONALD (I have nicknamed her “C” Word because that’s what she is!!) was herself one of the primary “leakers” inside the White House while she was at the same time calling out and placing blame on other staffers and the so called “fake media” should come as no surprise to anyone. She is almost as much of a sociopath and pathological liar as Donald Trump himself, as has been proven on numerous occasions. Her credibility has become such a joke that a number of the main stream media outlets refuse to give her ANY air time. However, you can always tune in to FAUX NEWS if you really want to see her! I have disliked this woman from the very first time I laid eyes on her and heard her speak. She is pure evil, to put it bluntly, the perfect foil for Trumps narcissism. She is the very definition of a sycophant. But to reveal her true character, just take a look at the following comments she made when questioned about the book and its allegation. These excerpts were taken from “Newsweek”. Kellyanne Conway has refuted an excerpt from former White House aide Cliff Sims’s new book that details her purported leaking tactics in the White House. The counselor to President Donald Trump said she prefers to “knife people from the front” rather than backstab members of the administration. “The real leakers, past and present, get much more positive press than I do,” Conway told Vanity Fair in response to Sims’s claims. “While it’s rare, I prefer to knife people from the front, so they see it coming.” Sims, who served as a West Wing communications aide, is the latest former member of the Trump administration to write a book describing the chaos in the White House. The book, titled Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House, goes on sale next week. Vanity Fair published an exclusive excerpt from the book on Wednesday that highlights how Conway, currently serving as counselor to the president, became a major player in the administration by leaking and gossiping. Sims wrote that Conway was “a cartoon villain brought to life.” Just like a real time reality show, apparently there is never a dull moment in the Trump White House. Only our nation’s fate hangs in the balance, and our President is taking advice from a woman who prefers to “knife people from the front”. Spoken like a true TRUMPITE. This embarrassment of a so called advisor can’t be gone soon enough, just like her boss!!! And PLEASE stop putting her on air. That would be a true public service!! VOTE COLE(LASSAL) FOR SENATE 2020!!!
After a couple of years now of writing about the abysmal state of politics in this country and seeing how our current members of Congress, from “RICH” Mitch McConnell to Lindsey Graham “CRACKER” to “GRANDSTAND” Rand Paul have failed us, I have decided to announce my candidacy to run for Mitch McConnell’s United States Senate seat as a Democrat in 2020. My platform is as follows, plain and simple.
CAN I COUNT ON YOUR VOTE IN 2020? MIKE PENCE REALLY IS DENSE!!
Some time back I gave our VP the nickname Mike “I’M A LITTLE DENSE” Pence after seeing and hearing him blindly following the lead of CROOKED DONALD, lying to and misleading the American public on everything from immigration to N Korea. I wrote a post the other day regarding his wife’s new job at a school that proudly discriminates against the LGBT community in the name of Christianity entitled “THE PENCE’S: FRAUD IN THE NAME OF GOD”. But after seeing his interview yesterday on one of the mainstream media talk shows quoting Martin Luther King in support of Donald Trump’s border wall it really did send me over the edge! Are you freaking kidding me?!? The Trump administration, including Mike Pence, is as far removed from the ideals and dreams of MLK that it is beyond the pale. Here we have an administration that tacitly supports white nationalism (Charlottesville), attempts to block Muslim immigrants from entering the country, shuts down the government over a wall intended to keep out the so called “brown invasion” complete with fictitious caravans, a shutdown which has resulted in approximately 150,000 minority individuals going without pay on MLK’s birthday and has not scheduled a SINGLE official appearance by either Trump or Pence to commemorate the federal holiday in honor of Dr. King. And Pence has the absolute gall to try to politicize the words which were intended to heal our nation’s race divide instead of stoking the flames of racism and bigotry. He is a FRAUD, indeed. He also pontificated about Trump’s proposed second meeting with Kim Jong un of N Korea, and how we are moving forward with the denuclearization program. This after he said Wednesday that the negotiations were at a dead end, and also after the revelation that there are TWENTY additional missile sites that the N Koreans have concealed. The “art of the deal” is NO deal whatsoever that benefits us or makes us safe from nuclear mayhem at the hands of a murderous lunatic who Trump calls his “good friend”. I know I’m not “sleeping better at night” as Trump promised when he naively entered into these negotiations without a clue of what he was talking about. I have advocated for some time now the impeachment of Donald Trump, the most corrupt and dishonest POTUS in our nation’s history. That being said, when I consider the fact that the next in line to succeed him would be Mike Pence, I’m not so sure. Trump is amoral to be certain, but at least he wears it. You know that his intention in deceiving us with lies and misinformation is solely to legitimize his farcical election and secure his ego’s place in history, as well as to line his pockets and those of his family, friends and allies (like Putin). In the case of Mike Pence, you have to wonder what his REAL motivations are in promoting all of these alternative realities while claiming time and again to be a man of faith, a true believer!! The same holds true for his wife. And little bunny Fu Fu. I haven’t done the research, but I wonder if it’s possible to impeach BOTH President AND Vice President simultaneously?!? That would leave Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House next in line. That would be a far more satisfying outcome to removing CROOKED DONALD from office than having a phony holy roller with the same basic beliefs replace him. In the meanwhile, don’t believe a single word uttered by Mike “I’M A LITTLE DENSE” Pence, because he is truly a FRAUD IN THE NAME OF GOD!!!!!! KENTUCKY PROUD?!?
I no sooner finish a post the other day talking about having to deal with arguably the two WORST United States Senators in “RICH” Mitch McConnell and “GRANDSTAND” Rand Paul for their absurd and unabashed support for CROOKED Donald and his abhorrent policies, both foreign and domestic and the embarrassment they bring to the Commonwealth than we have a new claim to fame. A group of high school students from Covington Catholic High School in northern KY made national headlines by harassing and taunting a Native American who was participating in the “March For Life” rally in Washington, D.C. while proudly sporting both their school logo AND their Donald Trump “MAGA” hats. OMG!! To make matters worse, it turns out the individual that they harassed and taunted for exercising his Constitutional right to free speech is also a Vietnam War veteran who served his country. And the comments he made afterward, with tears in his eyes, should give us all pause to consider what Trump has wrought with his divisive and racist rhetoric and immigration policies and mocking Elizabeth Warren when she claims to be part Native American. Here is how the incident and the subsequent backlash are playing out in the national media. The following was taken from the New York Times. They were Catholic high school students who came to Washington on a field trip to rally at the March for Life. He was a Native American veteran of the Vietnam War who was there to raise awareness at the Indigenous Peoples March. They intersected on Friday in an unsettling encounter outside the Lincoln Memorial — a throng of cheering and jeering high school boys, predominantly white and wearing “Make America Great Again” gear, surrounding a Native American elder. The encounter became the latest touch point for racial tensions in America, particularly under Mr. Trump, who has painted immigrants in broad strokes as rapists and drug dealers and recently mocked Senator Elizabeth Warren with a reference to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, sacred ground for Native Americans whose ancestors fought and died there. The episode drew widespread condemnation from Native Americans, Catholics and politicians alike. “This veteran put his life on the line for our country,” Representative Deb Haaland, a Democrat of New Mexico who recently became one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress, said on Twitter. “The students’ display of blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance is a signal of how common decency has decayed under this administration. Heartbreaking.” In a statement on Saturday, the Indigenous Peoples Movement identified the man in the videos as Nathan Phillips, an Omaha elder, a veteran of the Vietnam War and the former director of the Native Youth Alliance, a group that works to ensure that traditional culture and spiritual ways are upheld for future generations. Mr. Phillips also holds an annual ceremony honoring Native American veterans in Arlington National Cemetery, the group said. In a video by Kaya Taitano, posted to Instagram, Mr. Phillips stood outside the Lincoln Memorial and wiped his eyes. “I heard them saying ‘Build that wall! Build that wall!’” he said. “This is indigenous land. We’re not supposed to have walls here.” The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a program in place called “KENTUCKY PROUD” which emphasizes all things Kentucky from an economic standpoint, such as produce. Unfortunately, it seems that every single time we make the news, it is for things that are anything but. Northern Kentucky is a bastion of the Christian conservative right, hotbed of the Tea Party and base for Trump sycophants like “GRANDSTAND” Rand Paul. What we saw demonstrated by this group of out of control white males is indicative of the typical TRUMPITE-no tolerance for anyone of color or a different culture, such as Muslims or Native Americans and no regard for Constitutional norms such as freedom of speech. It was indeed a disgusting display of hate and bigotry by a collective group who probably have no idea whatsoever that what they did was completely inappropriate and offensive to ALL minorities. The school and the Archdiocese of Covington both have issued apologies and claim that the students involved will be punished for their actions. We’ll see about that. In the meanwhile, once again, Kentucky is thrust into the national spotlight again in a completely negative way. Just like I said to conclude my post about our politicians, I think I would prefer to see a toothless hillbilly who can’t speak English representing our Commonwealth in the national media rather than these privileged and misguided white kids. who felt like it was OK to disrespect a Native American who served his country. I'm embarrassed for ALL Kentuckians!! |
About Mike ColeBorn in Hamilton, OH but a proud Kentuckian since age two. One brother and three sisters. Suburban, Catholic middle-class upbringing. Attended Jefferson Community College and Pasadena Community College. Proud father of four and grandfather to seven, and most of all, a concerned American citizen! Are you??? Categories |