REPUBLIKAN POLITICS START IN THE GUTTER IN GOVERNOR’S RACE
I’ve already seen the ad so many times telling me how corrupt and unethical Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andy Beshear is I decided to look into exactly who was responsible for this attack ad. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Putting Kentucky First, an organization supported by the Republican Governors Association (RGA), today released its second television ad of the Kentucky gubernatorial election. To date it is reported that this organization has already contributed $1.5 MILLION dollars to the Bevin cause, while the Governor himself has contributed $2.0 MILLION of his own toward getting himself reelected. The ad, titled “Scandal,” highlights the major controversy that engulfed Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Attorney General Andy Beshear when his top deputy was convicted and jailed for bribery, after funneling illegal contributions to Beshear’s campaign. It will run on broadcast and cable outlets across the state. Described by the Lexington Herald-Leader as “a Kentucky Democratic Party insider who was former Gov. Steve Beshear’s personnel secretary,” former Deputy Attorney General Timothy Longmeyer pleaded guilty in 2016 to soliciting over $200,000 in kickbacks in exchange for influencing state business deals. Some of the spoils of the illegal bribery scheme ended up in Andy Beshear’s campaign coffers – according to an Associated Pressreport, Longmeyer and others associated with the scandal gave at least $22,000 to Beshear. Once the scandal broke, Beshear was forced to give away over $14,000 in tainted campaign cash. So we have the RGA through this bogus PAC “Putting Kentucky First” accusing Beshear of corruption-if it wasn’t so insidious it would be laughable. The current administration of “MAD” Matt Bevin, the most unpopular governor EVER in the Commonwealth and unabashed supporter of CROOKED DONALD Trump, who has been guilty of questionable ethical and moral judgements as well as several known financial scandals. He has cut a deal with a Russian oligarch to get an aluminum mill built in eastern Kentucky. He got preferential treatment on a property valuation assessment for his residence in Anchorage. The REPUBLIKANS who run our state are as corrupt and morally bankrupt as Bevin, attempting to break the teacher’s union, deny increases in the working minimum wage and failing miserably to solve our pension fund dilemma. They have consistently from day one trampled upon women’s right to choose and attempted to completely shut down all of the medical facilities involved in these procedures, even though these rights are guaranteed by our laws as decided by the Supreme Court. Bevin has nothing to run on except the economy, just like his golden idol Donald Trump. I have commended him on that. But that’s where all semblance of political capital ends. He will campaign based upon his record on the economy, his pro life and Evangelical support and his relationship with Trump and his sycophant Mike “I’M A LITTLE DENSE” Pence.. And his REPUBLIKAN cohorts from the RGA and other out of state PAC’s and groups will continue to pour in the money until November. And you can bet all of the ads will be negative. They have nothing else to talk about to tout “MAD” Matt and they know it. Andy Beshear has stood up to Bevin’s bullying tactics on numerous occasions as Attorney General for the Commonwealth, and in most instances he has been proven to be on the side of the law whereas Bevin has consistently abused his power as governor. The most recent example involves the Labor Cabinet (at the behest of Bevin) demanding to see teachers records of sick days taken during the demonstrations in Frankfort earlier in the year. Andy Beshear deserves the opportunity to become Kentucky’s next governor. Matt Bevin does not. Just like with his BFF Donald Trump in Washington, it’s time to take out the trash. The ballot box is the ONLY way that we can rid our Commonwealth and our country of these detestable men and their politics of bigotry and divisiveness!!! And don’t believe all of the BULLSH*T you see on television over the next few months. Like the current REPUBLIKAN leadership in Frankfort and in D.C. it’s all smoke and mirrors, defer and deflect. Make your choices based upon what REALLY matters-affordable healthcare, women’s rights, support for labor unions and the teachers, the legalization of gaming and recreational marijuana to solve our pension funding issue as well as strong backing for our public schools. Make your vote count come November.
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TRUMP IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR The recent news that yet another accuser has come forth charging Donald Trump with sexual abuse; in reality he raped E Jean Carroll in a department store fitting room. That makes a total of SIXTEEN different women who have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse and or inappropriate behavior against the President. Think about that number. Then we have the porn star and the playmate. Then we have the “Access Hollywood” tape. And when news of these latest credible allegations broke his response was “she isn’t my type”. He has said he would date his own daughter. All of this and barely a peep from the media or anybody else over the latest news-like it has become the norm. The REPUBLIKANS are as guilty as Trump himself with their ongoing war against women’s rights, and the biggest HYPOCRITES of all, the Evangelicals and religious conservatives who continue to support him despite these known facts. And FAUX NEWS, where is their reporting on this story? Oh, I forgot, their former boss was also a sexual predator. All sins are forgiven in the name of “LIFE”; in other words these so called Christians are so obsessed with the complete ban on abortion on both the state and federal level that they are willing to overlook the fact that Trump breaks half of the Ten Commandments on a daily basis, lying, cheating, stealing, committing adultery, worshipping false idols (money) and coveting his neighbor’s wife, his house and everything else he owns!!! Trump should be called “Teflon Donald” for the way he has managed to dodge these allegations by either paying people off, intimidating them into silence or just plain lying about it. And Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about a BJ in the Oval office?!? ADIOS TO SARAH “HUCKLEBERRY” SANDERS…AND GOOD RIDDANCE!!!! I believe today is the last day that Sarah Sanders will serve as Press Secretary to Donald Trump. She was quite possibly the WORST Press Secretary of all time, from her confrontational style to her manipulation of the truth, misinformation and outright lies on behalf of her corrupt boss. Her credibility became so dubious that nobody cared when she stopped holding WH press briefings-it was BULLSH*T anyway! Maybe she can go back to Arkansas and find her faith again with her dad-Mike Huckabee, himself a religious fanatic and failed politician who Trump destroyed during the 2016 campaign. For someone who always claimed to be a Christian “HUCKLEBERRY” lied during her tenure more than Pinocchio. And supported Trump unequivocally despite the aforementioned sexual dalliances and his corrupt business practices and lack of ethics or a moral compass. A true soldier in Trump’s war on the serious mainstream media. Anyway, I’m glad she’s gone. But knowing Trump, her replacement will be another complete sycophant who will lose credibility the first time he or she opens their mouth!!! “CRUELLA” DeVOS STRIKES AGAIN!! Now comes news that one of the charter members of Trump’s “CABINET OF CLOWNS”, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is at it again, rolling back regulations protecting student rights at for profit colleges. The rule, known as Gainful Employment, required for-profit colleges and career certificate programs to post debt-to-earnings ratios, proving that their students could find good-paying jobs upon graduating. If the average ratio did not meet government standards, the school's federal funding would be revoked. Consumer advocates slammed DeVos on Friday for rolling back the student safeguard. "Again and again, Secretary DeVos proves she only cares about protecting for-profit colleges, no matter how many students they swindle," said Aaron Ament, president of the National Student Legal Defense Network. DeVos has been widely criticized by Democrats for hiring department officials with ties to the for-profit industry. (This information from CNN). Once again, a member of the Trump Cabinet is embroiled in a controversy involving ethical behavior standards, to say nothing of “CRUELLA” DeVos ongoing attempts to destroy public education in America. G20 SUMMIT Word comes from the G 20 Summit in Japan that Trump wants to meet again with his pen pal Kim Jong un, this time in the DMZ. This after they exchanged more love letters earlier. I guess since the first two meetings were such tremendous successes that a third one is necessary. All Trump is doing is giving this murderous thug more exposure on the world stage while he continues to develop his nuclear arsenal and capabilities. Also at this conference, Trump actually JOKED with Putin about Russia’s interference in our democratic process and then heaped glowing praise and adulation upon the Saudi Crown Prince MBS, who is currently under investigation by the United Nations for his direct role in the brutal murder and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khoshoggi in Turkey at the Saudi Embassy. So there is the President of the United States preferring to consort with murderous thugs like Putin and MBS instead of our closest allies. Every time this buffoon goes overseas, he delivers a performance even more disgraceful and embarrassing than the last time. Incredible. SPITTING IMAGE?? A waitress in Chicago apparently spit in Eric Trump’s face. That is a real shame....a shame it wasn’t his old man!!! LAST HURRAH FOR THE WHITE HAIRED WHITE MEN AND THEIR POLITICS!!!
After watching the Democratic debates the last couple of nights, I’ve come to the realization that the 2020 election is about far more than Red v Blue or REPUBLIKAN v Democrat, it is more realistically becoming one about both the gender and the generational gaps that exists in our current political and socioeconomic structures. Women v all the men and young v old, it really boils down to the changing of the guard. It doesn’t matter what your party affiliation is, just take a look at those who have been calling the shots. Look at our government, from the Executive Branch to Congress to the Judiciary, it is currently being run by the same crowd of middle age and older (mostly the latter) white males who have had their way since the end of World War II. Whether it’s Trump, Mitch McConnell, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden or even Nancy Pelosi, these are individuals who are essentially living relics, a gateway to our past. Trump says “make America great again, I say in order to do so it’s time for this entire generation, the Greatest or not, as well as the Baby Boomers like myself, to step aside and let the younger generation or a woman take a turn at the helm. In either case, they couldn’t possibly do any worse than what we have right now!! Think about it-our government is in political gridlock, our society has become completely polarized, racism runs rampant and the only people benefiting from the chaos are the very wealthy and corporate Amerika by virtue of the white man’s tax cuts. Student debt is crushing our brightest young talent. Health care is an absolute disaster that is predicted to completely collapse if not fixed very soon, and fewer and fewer Americans can even afford health insurance. The economy is about to tank, thanks to Trump’s idiotic trade policies and tariffs, and middle class America will once again pay the price, like we always do. Our environment is being trashed by this administration and their pro fossil fuel policies, and climate change being denied despite scientific evidence from around the globe that indicates it’s very real as are its current and forecast effects on our planet. We have been at war for so long now in one shithole country or another younger people can’t remember a time of peace. Our military budget is the largest of any nation on earth, but we have 500,000 homeless people living on the streets, including a large number of military veterans. Trump and his “Axis of Evil” are about to drag us into another military disaster with Iran in the Persian Gulf. Not to benefit us, but his BFF the Crown Prince MBS and his criminal buddy Netanyahu of Israel, the former for financial gain the latter for purely political gain. This is the legacy of the current generation of old white dudes running the show in Washington. Take a look around you-the nation is getting younger, not older. It’s time to bring in the new and throw out the old. As far as politics go, it appears individuals like Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg or Julian Castro might have the right stuff on the Democratic side. We would have already had our first female POTUS had it not been for the incredibly inept campaign Hillary Clinton ran and outside Russian interference in the 2016 election, so the country is more than ready to break through the glass ceiling. I don’t frankly know if the country is ready for a gay president, no matter how well qualified he may be. And Julian Castro doesn’t have the name recognition to bring home the nomination at this point. The other key issues in this race will be the leftward tilt of the Democratic platform and the inevitable labeling of ANY Democratic nominee by Trump and the REPUBLIKANS as being “socialists”. The idea of health care for all, including illegal immigrants, is not going to sit well with middle class America. The ideas of eliminating student debt and a green platform, as well as addressing the issue of wealth inequality, gun regulation and campaign finance reform are solid and will resonate well with the Democratic base. The real proof will be the voters in key swing states and how the candidate relates to their issues and concerns. The bottom line here is that it’s time for a change. A change in our leadership and our direction. It’s time for the white haired men to step aside in favor of a new generation of leaders who can rescue us from the morass in which we are currently mired. After watching the two leaders in the polling perform, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, I’ve decided that neither of these gentlemen can fulfill that mission, and am looking very hard at Senators Warren and Harris. I believe that either of these women have what it takes. We shall see what unfolds over the next year prior to the Democratic convention-a whole lot can happen between now and then!! TRUMP TIME OUT UPDATE
So here I am just a day short of my week long Trump sabbatical when I woke up early this today and decided to tune in to “Morning Joe”. It was less than thirty minutes later that I had already heard enough to convince me that maybe this time out from Trump should become permanent. Here are the horrifying details of what I heard about our President, his policies and his administration. Another prominent woman has come forth accusing Trump of sexual misconduct dating back a number of years. He immediately said to the press “she’s not my type” after denying the accusation that he had forced himself upon columnist E Jean Carroll in a department store fitting room. I believe this makes a total of some SIXTEEN different women who have come forth and accused Trump of sexual misconduct. And Bill Clinton was impeached for a BJ in the Oval Office!!!! And all the while the fraudulent REPUBLIKANS and Evangelicals stand silently by and say nothing about this abhorrent conduct. Then there are the revelations about the horrific conditions at the border where children are being housed as part of Trump's immigration policy. Children, many separated from their parents or adult caretakers, living in filth and squalor. No showers, no toothbrushes, no change of clothing, lice infestations and other information which came forth after a group of immigration attorneys visited one such Border patrol facility in Texas. Now these children are being moved to other facilities as a result of the outrage over the conditions they were living in. I have been calling out Stephen (the KILLER) Miller as the “man behind the curtain” orchestrating these inhumane policies and it appears he is getting his way in the harsh handling of these innocent children. It is beyond deplorable, and someday Trump and he will be held into account for these atrocities. I listened as Trump questioned his probable political opponent, Joe Biden’s mental capacity and intellect. He of ALL people to question ANYBODY’S intellect or mental state!!!! Then I heard another sound bite where Trump took credit for the “greatest economy in U.S. history”, which for the eleven thousandth time is an outright lie. The economy grew at a faster pace under Bill Clinton, and President Obama had a growth rate which was nearly the same as the current GDP. And in the meanwhile, his disastrous tariffs and trade wars are beginning to take their toll on the economy and will end up costing all Americans money out of their own pockets. And oh, BTW, personal income with the working class has all but stagnated, while corporations like Amazon pay no taxes at all and pay their CEO’s hundreds of millions of dollars. All of this terribly negative news information in less than thirty minutes. Welcome back to reality!!! It’s no wonder with this buffoon in the White House our country is in a rapid downward spiral, is close to getting into another “trumped up” war in the Middle East in order to protect our partners in crime Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. and is anything but great again. The man has to be shown the door, one way or the other. America cannot tolerate, nor will the rest of the world, four more years of this reality show host playing at being President and failing miserably in that role. And I’m going back to my Trump blackout. Looking forward to the Democratic debates beginning tomorrow night. It will be interesting to see who emerges as the one who can and will deliver us from the plague that is Donald Trump!!! SATURDAY SNIPPETS
CONGRATS BASEBALL CARDS!! My advice to Luke Smith, Louisville pitcher who F bombed Vandy and then got F bombed into defeat by them next inning, there’s an old saying that says basically “don’t poke the bear”!!! Despite the heartbreaking loss last night to Vanderbilt, the best team in the country who Louisville had the bad luck to draw against in their bracket, the two victories posted in Omaha capped off another phenomenal season for Cardinal baseball. The made it to within one game of the championship series, which is their best showing EVER at the CWS. Coach Dan McDonnell is the best coach at U of L and has been for quite some time. Year in and year out he puts a competitive team on the field against some of the toughest competition in college baseball. Hats off to the Cards!!! Looking forward to another great season next year!! BTW, although Michigan is also undefeated through this point in the competition, I’m going with a Vandy two game sweep in the finals. Too much pitching and too much hitting for the Wolverines to overcome. Congrats to them as well, regardless of the outcome. Nobody normally thinks about the Big ten as a baseball conference, although I must admit the hated Hoosiers field a pretty consistent product year in and year out themselves. TOPGOLF DEFEATS HURSTBOURNE GEEZERS IN MATCH PLAY! I made a post about this the other day entitled “HURSTBOURNE GEEZERS TO FINALLY SEE THE LIGHT(S)…FROM TOPGOLF!!!” I’m thrilled that the judge ruled against Hurstbourne and their frivolous lawsuits and high brow attorneys and tactics. The few shall NOT dictate the needs of the many!!!! One word for the residents of Hurstbourne…..LOSERS!!!!! And welcome to TopGolf. Can’t wait to check it out, as I’m sure many other golfing enthusiasts around town will do when it finally opens up. METRO BUDGET Isn’t it interesting to see the final budget being proposed by the Metro Council and realize that contrary to what “Mayor For Life” Fisher and others like our police department spokespersons have predicted the sky really isn’t falling!! What isn’t falling either is the incredible number of unsolved shootings that have taken place here over the last few weeks. Little Chicago?!? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s time for Fisher to grow a pair and FIRE Chief Conrad. His leadership has been dubious to say the least, and his department has lost all credibility with the public. The decision to disband the Viper unit to combat gang and drug violence was obviously a HUGE miscalculation and mistake on Conrad’s part, and now we’re paying the price. Time for a change at the top. And a shout out to my District’s own Metro Council member Markus Winkler who has been instrumental in not only to shape a budget that was as equitable as possible given the dire financial circumstances the state has put us and other cities in but also for representing the people of his district with solutions to real problems like Westport Road traffic congestion and the Middletown library remaining open. And for marching in our Creekside Fourth of July parade. WILDCAT FIRST ROUNDERS Once again “Coach For Life” Calipari landed three first round picks in the NBA lottery draft. Congrats to these young men for realizing their dreams. And once again, I offer up a simple fact. While over the past decade Kentucky under Calipari has put more players into the NBA as first round picks than ANY other school, it is also true that during that same period Villanova has two national championships to Kentucky’s one. This despite the other fact that during that same time span the Wildcats have had more highly rated recruits than all of the other schools put together. Could it be that our “Coach For Life’s priorities are not what they should be, winning championships and hanging banners from Rupp’s rafters?!? Can’t wait to get deluged with feedback from BBN on this topic….. TAKING A TRUMP TIME OUT Halfway through my self imposed “time out” from Donald Trump. It has been very refreshing, although I confess to seeing headlines on MSN regarding how he and his ignorant and naïve sycophants “POMPOUS” Mike Pompeo and “DR STRANGELOVE” John Bolton have brought us to the brink of a catastrophic war and then how Trump, our Commander in Chief, gutlessly called off a retaliatory air strike over the downing of a hundred million $ U.S. drone by the Iranians. Otherwise, I haven’t watched a single newscast, read a single tweet or commented in Face Book on anything that has to do with Trump or his administration... He doesn’t deserve the 24/7 media coverage he gets. He’s nothing more than a snake oil salesman who just got caught selling a useless tonic. And the Iranians just called his bluff like the schoolyard bully who just got backed down by the guy he’s been picking on. Pathetic…and very dangerous for the security of our country to have a POTUS who can’t make the call when he has to. RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!!!! Anybody else as sick of the rain but me as we officially begin summer?!? Jeez, Louise, enough already. And I’m already tired of mowing, trimming and weeding and it’s only June!!!!! Enjoy your summer!! I'm sure the sun will shine again some day soon!!!! HURSTBOURNE GEEZERS TO FINALLY SEE THE LIGHT(S)…FROM TOP GOLF!!!!
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A circuit court judge has ruled in favor of Topgolf in its battle with neighbors near Oxmoor Center. Those neighbors had filed lawsuits against the company and their proposed site at Oxmoor Center. Both the Jefferson County Planning Commission and Metro Council had approved the project, but attorneys argued the original applications were invalid. On Thursday Judge Ann Bailey Smith ruled in favor of the planning commission and Metro Council. In an emailed statement Topgolf and Oxmoor Center said they applaud the decision of Judge Smith. “The court has now confirmed what we have long known as true: Topgolf is right for Oxmoor Center.” WHAS11 has reached out to representatives of the neighborhood. They have not yet returned a request for comment. (I’m sure they are busy planning their next lawsuit.) This information was reported by WHAS 11. I am so freakin thrilled that the crotchety old geezers and their high powered attorneys from Hurstbourne lost their desperate attempt to derail this project. The project will undoubtedly inject new life into the Oxmoor Center property and the shops, bars and restaurants in the area and those that inevitably spring to life in light of such a project. These neighbors were NOT interested in the well being of the community at large and its wants and desires in terms of entertainment but only of maintaining their own status quo. Their ugly campaign of yard signs and high profile pressers with their high powered attorneys ended up doing them no good. So I can’t wait for the project to be completed and the neighborhood to be kept awake at all hours by the glaring lights from Top Golf, before they retire for the night at 7:30 p.m.!!! Maybe after I enjoy an evening at TopGolf in the future I’ll drive through Hurstbourne and honk my horn just to make sure everybody’s still awake. And in the meanwhile, I’m glad you lost. Go back to your east end enclave and play some more golf on your private course. The rest of us will enjoy TopGolf, thinking of you all the while. TAKING A TRUMP TIME OUT!
Still nearly one and a half years away from the presidential election in 2020, on the day that Trump formally kicks off his reelection campaign in Orlando (home of Disney World, appropriately enough!), the heart of the “GUNSHINE” State that Trump carried in 2016 helping to get him elected, and just over a week out from the first debates involving the Democratic presidential candidates, I’ve decided to take a time out from it all for a week or so. No news with Lester Holt, no Morning Joe, no Face Book, no Twitter, no blog posts, no politics. Like I’m at the beach, but without the sun, sand and water (except for the rain). But especially to not have to hear the name Donald Trump. He is the most egotistical POTUS we’ve ever had, and he likes nothing better than the news cycle being all Trump all the time. He already has one network, FAUX NEWS, as his propaganda outlet, and he feeds Twitter everyday to either divert from negative coverage about him and his corrupt administration or deflect attention from another scandal or bungled foreign policy fiasco. He has surrounded himself with sycophants who merely echo his hollow lies and misstatements or policy directives and his REPUBLIKAN cohorts in crime, whose only objectives are their own self perpetuation at the expense of the rest of us. The credibility of this President and administration is so bad that most of the world, including our European allies. Has yet to buy into the U.S. narrative about the attacks in the Persian Gulf on several oil tankers by the Iranians. Dr. Strangelove and “POMPOUS” Mike Pompeo are doing everything they can to start a war. Kim is laughing at his BFF Trump and the United States while further building his nuclear arsenal and launch capabilities. Putin’s interference into our next election has been welcomed by Trump. He’s pushing thru an EIGHT BILLION $ arms deal for his great friend the Crown Prince MBS and attempting to by pass Congress to do so. The situation at the southern border is an abysmal failure of policy and a genuine human catastrophe for thousands of would be immigrants and their families, including children. Now Trump vows to hunt the illegals down and have ICE deport them by the tens of thousands. All for the sake of his own political gain. And the media eats it up, twenty four seven. Whether it’s the main stream media or basement bloggers like myself, it’s all about something Trump did, something Trump said, something Trump tweeted-ALL the time. And CROOKED DONALD absolutely eats it up. It his very reason for existence. He can’t read a two paragraph briefing summary, but he can sure orchestrate a heck of a political rally! Like when he tells everybody later that tens of thousands waited in line or were turned away from the Orlando rally and that the real numbers were half of that, just like the recent controversy over his internal polling data. Heh, if you don’t like the information, just change the narrative. Or fire somebody (usually by tweet). Anyway, as we move toward next week’s debates, I’m tuning it all out in order to clear my head after two plus years of Trump overload. The REAL battle for control of our country has yet to begin, and I want to move into the serious election cycle with clarified thinking and a serious candidate to back in the all important fight to win back our democracy from Trump and his gang of thugs and clowns. It’s a fight to the death. HOW NOW ELAINE CHAO?!?
As if we needed more reasons to despise “RICH” Mitch McConnell, REPUBLICAN Majority Leader in the Senate, now comes reporting involving serious conflict of interest allegations against his wife, Trump Cabinet member Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. It is reported that she has benefited greatly from stock holdings in a major transportation industry company after agreeing to divest herself of them well over a year ago. It is also being reported that she has attempted to use her influence to financially benefit her own family, specifically her father, who in turn has donated millions back to Mitch McConnell’s election campaign. She has also allegedly attempted to steer Transportation Dept. projects to Kentucky in order to benefit McConnell’s reelection campaign. Chao has been suspect from the very beginning. Her managing of the Boeing Max 8 jet disaster was appalling-her department, which was supposed to be overseeing companies like Boeing, was too busy looking the other way to pay attention to something as troublesome as a design and software flaw that resulted in two catastrophic crashes killing hundreds of people. The pictures of her with Trump looking like a background prop (which she was) are all telling. She fits right in to the Donald Trump “CABINET OF CLOWNS”, a cabinet that has been absolutely rife with political scandal and financial wrongdoing. It seems like it’s a prerequisite for the job!!! Anyway, here we are once again talking about a man who believes he is untouchable, Senator Mitch McConnell. He is guilty of so many damaging blows to our democratic process that he alone stands as the most destructive politician in the history of the Senate, and now we can throw inappropriate and illegal financial gain to that list of offenses he has been guilty of. His wife should be fired, but we all know that will never happen under Trump. Just look at Kellyanne “C” WORD, just recently found to be in violation of the Hatch Act on not one but several different occasions and recommended for termination by an independent government Counsel who was himself a Trump appointee. Trump, in a real laughable defense, says her right to freedom of speech is being violated and immediately lambasted the Counsel and his office for fulfilling their appointed duties. This is the same Donald Trump who is constantly attacking the media for exercising their right to free speech. What an absolute HYPOCRITE!!! Mitch McConnell is the most TOXIC politician in Washington today. Now we know both he and his wife are guilty of abusing their respective positions for their own financial gain, and peddling their influence to gain favorable political and economic outcomes for her family and his reelection campaign. It really is time to DITCH MITCH in 2020. DR. STRANGELOVE or: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND START A WAR
Anybody could see this conflict coming from the day Donald Trump, with the complete backing of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E among others, unilaterally decided to renege on the deal signed with Iran on their nuclear program against the advice of our European allies who also were partner to the deal. You could see it coming the day Trump brought in Dr. Strangelove, otherwise known as John Bolton, as his National Security Advisor. You could see it coming when Trump appointed “POMPOUS” Mike Pompeo, who has become just another Trump sycophant, as Secretary of State. You could see it coming when Trump again instituted harsh economic sanctions against Iran. You saw it coming when the State Department declared the Republican Guards as an international terror organization. You could see it coming when first strategic bombers and then an aircraft carrier group was sent into the Gulf region, followed by the deployment of additional U.S. combat troops to the area. You could see it coming a couple of weeks ago when four oil tankers were mysteriously attacked by saboteurs. You could see it coming this week as two more tankers were attacked by as yet unidentified assailants, though the U.S. has already stated that Iran is responsible and produced video images supposedly incriminating them in the attacks. The U.S. has also claimed a missile was fired at one of its drones prior to the attack. On the diplomatic side, the Iranian regime wants nothing to do with negotiations with Donald Trump. They have already seen that he is anything but trustworthy. The terms the United States has laid out as a pretext for renegotiating the deal are not feasible to the Iranian regime, and they will never agree to them. In other words, there is zero chance of any meaningful dialogue between the two countries that could delay the inevitable military confrontation that is becoming more of a reality with each passing day and each new provocation by either side. The results of such a conflict would be immediate and catastrophic. Oil prices would skyrocket. An all out conflagration involving the U.S. proxies in this confrontation, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. and Iran and its proxies such as Hezbollah and Shiites in Iraq could not be ruled out. And Dr. Strangelove would have his war after all. In the meanwhile, it’s interesting how the leaders of the three U.S. Allies in the region are all either criminals or brutish thugs who have been directly implicated in murder. Netanyahu of Israel was indicted for financial wrongdoing, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, MBS, was directly responsible for the brutal murder and dismemberment of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khoshoggi, and the leader of the U.A.E is an MBS wanna be. The Saudi regime, with full U.S. support both militarily and diplomatically, is conducting a genocidal war in Yemen which has claimed literally tens of thousands of innocent lives, including women and children. Trump recently by passed Congressional approval on approximately EIGHT BILLION $’s in arms sales to the Saudis. He has done everything possible to support Netanyahu, including the controversial move of the embassy to Jerusalem and supporting the additional development and settlement of the West Bank and overtly supporting his reelection campaign. The Trump family and the Kushner family financial involvement with the Saudis is well known and without question enters into the leverage the Saudis have over Trump. He supports Israel simply to pander to the Jewish vote in America. In other words, the motivations for our involvement in an armed conflict against Iran are dubious at best, more in fulfillment of financial and political obligations than any meaningful diplomatic solution to the Gulf’s geo political divisions, which are centuries in the making. Let us fervently hope that this current situation doesn’t explode into something much greater as a result of a miscalculation by one side or the other. The United States appears to be itching for a fight, with Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Sunni dominated regimes in the Gulf egging us on from the sidelines, and the Iranians feel backed into a corner. There is nothing quite as dangerous as an animal backed into a corner, and the Iranian military capabilities are significant. The Islamic regime there isn’t about to lose face to the world without a retaliatory response, and we should all hope that neither side pulls the trigger. And also, BTW, a good war would certainly take America’s mind off of impeachment talks, wouldn’t it?!? Don’t put it past Trump. And let’s see some REAL evidence of Iranian involvement in these oil tanker attacks, not some questionable videos or claims of missile strikes on drones. George W. and his Dr. Strangelove, Dick Cheney, took us to war in Iraq under false pretenses with catastrophic results, and we simply cannot be drawn into another similar conflict without cold hard evidence, like the type we showed during the Cuban missile crisis at the United Nations. We don’t need another war. Trump has already botched any chance for a nuclear deal with N Korea and it looks like the same blunders are being made in the attempt to halt Iranian nuclear ambitions. It’s very possible that the REAL “AXIS OF EVIL” isn’t Iran, N Korea and Iraq as described by George W. Bush, but in truth Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo and John Bolton. They seem determined to start a war in an area that is like a powder keg set to blow sky high. DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!!! THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST(WING) IS MELTING!!!!!
Yesterday was a good day. Not only was Kellyanne “C” WORD accused again of violating the Hatch Act and recommended to have her government employ terminated for these violations by the White House Independent Counsel, but Sarah “HUCKLEBERRY” Sanders announced she is leaving the administration as Trump’s press secretary as well. Although it is highly likely that Trump will do nothing with regard to Kellyanne Conway other than to attack his own appointed General Counsel for bringing the charges of misconduct to light (again!), the fact that we will no longer have to deal with the pathetic act of Sarah Sanders and her lies, misinformation and animosity toward the press is great news for America. I hesitate to say that her replacement couldn’t be any worse, because we all know what Trump is capable of when it comes to his appointments, but it’s hard to imagine anyone who would be a bigger embarrassment to the country or disgrace to the position than “HUCKLEBERRY” Sanders has been. She has lied under oath, just like so many others in the Trump inner circle, while testifying in the Mueller investigation, and attributed it to “a slip of the tongue”. She has lied and misled the American people and the world on a regular basis in defense of the indefensible, the numerous misdeeds and criminal activities of Donald Trump. And all the while she claims to be a Christian woman despite the lies and deliberate attempts to deceive on behalf of her true golden idol, CROOKED DONALD!!! Another total Evangelical fraud, just like her father, Mike Huckabee, a presidential candidate wanna be that Trump destroyed early on in the 2016 campaign. His biggest claim to fame was his ill advised support (remember him holding her hand up in support at the political revival in Kentucky) for the Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis after she had denied a marriage license to a gay couple. The man and his daughter are both buffoons. Trump praised Sanders as “a warrior” and urged her to seek the gubernatorial nomination in her home state of Arkansas. I think she should, too. The two deserve each other, Arkansas and Sanders. Enough said. I’m just glad I don’t have to look at that face anymore or listen to that grating voice talking down to not only the press corps but America in general. She, like her boss, believes that Americans are ignorant fools who will listen to any lie or believe any alternative narrative that Trump chooses to put forth, and it appears that they are correct in that assumption for about 40 per cent of our population, who continue to support Trump despite all of the allegations of wrongdoing and misguided actions he has chosen to pursue globally. Good riddance, HUCKLEBERRY!!!! You will NOT be missed. |
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 |