As we near October and the home stretch in the 2020 Presidential election, this will be my final post until after November 3rd. Over the course of the past nearly four years I have written over five hundred such posts and many of them have been about the utter corruption, incompetence and indifference of Donald J. Trump and his “henchmen” as Nancy Pelosi correctly called them and their continuing efforts to undermine our democracy and perpetuate and enrich themselves at our expense.
We have witnessed the destruction of our environment for cash considerations; we are in the midst of a raging pandemic that has killed over 200,000 Americans that Trump has admittedly downplayed from day one thereby costing thousands of these lives; we have witnessed the ruination of our economy as a direct result of the gross mismanagement of the pandemic with thirty million unemployed and thousands of businesses failing, especially small businesses-all this while Trump and his Billionaires Boys Club and banker buddies and hedge fund managers stuff their pockets full of ill begotten loot from the stock market. We have seen our foreign policy in complete shambles, along with the incredibly mangled State Department (or what remains of it) under “POMPOUS” Mike Pompeo. Under Trump’s guidance, he has seriously damaged old alliances like NATO and instead engaged with and befriended murderous thugs like Putin, Kim Jung Un and Erdogan while they undermine our democracy and seek to expand their own influence. We have been witnessed to one scandal after another since the first day Trump took office, including impeachment proceedings against him for the Ukrainian extortion attempt. His family has been implicated in numerous wrongdoings since before he took office and during his time in office, enriching the brand while stealing from the taxpayers, people like Jared Kushner and Don Jr. and Ivanka. We have seen our country racially ripped apart by his racist rhetoric and actions, his inhumane immigration policies and his racial baiting. We have seen the news media attacked and belittled by Trump from day one when they called him out about his first lie, the size of the crowd at his inauguration, unless you happen to be FAUX NEWS or Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh. We have seen unwavering subordination to the NRA with virtually no meaningful gun legislation even voted on in the Senate due to Trump’s close ally MASSACRE Mitch and the huge campaign contributions the crooked Wayne LaPierre sent their way. We have seen public education attacked, defunded and marginalized under another Trump sycophant and complete incompetent Betsy “CRUELLA” DeVos, a charter member of Trump’s “CABINET OF CLOWNS” herself currently under investigation. The parade of people indicted or disgraced by corruption and wrongdoing under this administration is unprecedented. But Trump has somehow managed to surround himself with an Attorney General in William (DIS)Barr and stack the Supreme Court with right wing conservative judges, again with his ally and accomplice in crime “MOSCOW” Mitch. We have a man in the White House who has already told the American people the upcoming election will be rigged against him due to “fraudulent” mail in ballots and that he will “have to wait and see” about a transfer of power were he to lose the election. At this point in time, I don’t even know if I will watch the debates. Nancy Pelosi nailed it when she asked how you could debate a man who has to be fact checked every time he opens his mouth. My position at this time is this, as I have told all of my friends, right left or God forbid “undecided”-if you haven’t made up your mind who you are going to vote for you at this point in time maybe you shouldn’t vote at all. The million $ question is quite simple, really, when you cut through the hundreds of millions being spent on television spots that are utterly false and negative no matter what or where the race-are you better off today than you were four years ago? I rest my case. Please vote early and with careful consideration as to the consequences of that precious ballot. See you in November.
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For those Millennials and Gen X’ers out there who have never heard this expression before, here it is: the expression “Katy, bar the door'” means take precautions; there's trouble ahead. In this case, that trouble with a capital T is our Attorney General, William Barr. In his wildest dreams Trump couldn’t have hoped for a better point man to protect his flanks and allow him to run amuck over every Constitutional norm and rule of law that suits his political or economic narrative. And right now that narrative reads get reelected at ANY cost, including nearly 200,000 DEAD Americans resulting from his gross negligence and apparent disregard for our health and safety in dealing with the pandemic because it didn’t suit his agenda. And right there beside him throughout and marching through Lafayette Square after gassing and attacking non violent protesters in order to get Trump a photo op in front of a burned out church holding a Bible upside down has been Bill (DIS)Barr. He is without question the most corrupt AG this nation has seen since Nixon’s John Mitchell and his actions from the beginning of his tenure as well as his recent comments should give every liberty loving American pause for concern. Remember it was (DIS)Barr who insisted on reviewing the final report from the Mueller investigation before it was released and then took it upon himself to completely mislead the American public as to the actual findings Mueller’s team had put together over the course of the lengthy investigation. He told us all that sitting presidents cannot be indicted or charged with any crimes-the interpretation of his own DOJ, therefore there would be no criminal indictments. He then told us there was no collusion AND no obstruction in the so called “witch hunt” of the Russia investigation involving the Trump campaign and the Russians in 2016; in fact there were at least TEN different instances in the report where Trump DID in fact obstruct justice. We’ve also found out subsequently that Trump perjured himself in his written responses to Mueller’s questions. But as far as (DIS)Barr and Trump were concerned, the report completely exonerated Trump of any wrongdoing, despite the fact that numerous of his associates and operatives were convicted and sentenced for their roles in the scheme to steal the election from Hillary Clinton. Then came (DIS)Barr’s direct involvement in and interference with the sentencing of at least two of these individuals, Roger Stone and Michael Flynn. These actions precipitated the unprecedented signing of a letter by over one thousand bipartisan former DOJ prosecutors condemning his actions. He claims now that he did not interfere at all. He lied to Congress during the hearings on the Mueller investigation, which is a felony offense called perjury. He has led the interference in Trump’s so called “law and order” campaign, decrying peaceful protesters and demonstrations as “seditious” and comparing the current Covid-19 restrictions mandated in states like Kentucky to slavery. Here is a sample of his recent comments, for which he has won the undying adulation of his boss. “Putting a national lockdown, stay at home orders is like house arrest," Barr said. "Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history." He has also called out his own DOJ prosecutors calling them “headhunters”. He also reinforced Trump’s ongoing and fallacious claims about voting by mail being rift with fraud, a claim that has been debunked repeatedly by experts. Donald Trump is insidious and has found the absolute perfect foil in (DIS)Barr. Like Trump himself, this man has shown repeatedly since taking office that he has no moral compass, could care less about upholding any laws or the Constitution and that he will do and say virtually ANYTHING to protect Trump-he is Roy Cohn reincarnated!!! To say that (DIS)Barr is dangerous is an incredible understatement given the broad powers that have been either given to the Executive Branch and DOJ or that they have usurped while McConnell and Co. did nothing as usual. He also commented during his recent right wing ramblings that Seattle’s mayor should be criminally charged over the handling of the protests and rioting which plagued that city, fueled on of course by the words and actions of none other than Donald Trump. There are many who at this moment are extremely concerned that (DIS)Barr will do everything in his power to either prevent people from voting, intimidating would be voters or devaluing the entire electoral process in the name of justice in order to hand the victory to Trump. Hopefully we will never get to this point, and democracy will prevail when Trump and all of his stooges like (DIS)Barr are sent packing into the darkest annals of history after the November election. It’s our ultimate weapon and defense against those who would hijack our country in the name of freedom while depriving us of our own!!! VOTE IN NOVEMBER TO END THIS INSANITY or Katy WILL bar the door!!! Yesterday marked the sixth month to the day since our lockdown began, nearly nine months since our government first learned about the Covid-19 outbreak in China. Since that time, nearly TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND of our fellow citizens have perished, our economy has crashed (unless you are a billionaire or hedge fund manager) causing tens of millions of Americans to lose their jobs and forcing closure of thousands of small businesses throughout the country. While most of the rest of the world has flattened the curve and begun some return to normalcy, the United States continues to account for nearly twenty five per cent of all cases worldwide with a number of states reporting recent surges in positive cases. The statistics don’t lie. Our country has failed abjectly to contain this pandemic.
With this in mind, consider what we witnessed from Donald Trump and his administration just yesterday. Trump tells reporters that a vaccine will be available before Election Day (despite all scientific indicators otherwise) and that the anti body treatment is a miracle cure and that all is well and good. You want statistics? OK. Yesterday’s U.S. statistics: 6,612,018 confirmed cases; 197,077 deaths while Trump talks fantasy. He’s then off to Nevada to hold an indoor political rally which is literally against the law under the state’s current Covid-19 restrictions limiting mass gatherings. These events have a history of becoming so called “super spreaders” which is understandable considering there are few masks and virtually no social distancing involved. Does ANYBODY believe Trump is in the least bit concerned that some of his supporters might become ill and infect others?!? Then I see the Chair of the Republikan(t) National Committee on a Sunday talk show explaining to all stupid Americans how catastrophic it would have been for Donald Trump to tell America the truth nine months ago when he knew full well what was coming, how it would have caused a massive panic, a run on banks, grocery stores and mass chaos and essentially admitted that there was NO PLAN in place to deal with it. This has been the Trump administration spin on his own damning words to journalist Bob Woodward since he essentially admitted that he knew how bad the pandemic would be but decided to play it down to the American people. Now play it forward-six months after the initial lockdown we are no better off than we were in March. Why? Donald Trump. From the very beginning, Trump has lied to us, refused to invoke the Defense Production Act early on to speed the production of necessary supplies and PPE equipment for hospitals and health care workers, had Jared Kushner interfere in the distribution of these critical supplies for financial gain, urged the nation to reopen as early as last Easter despite the raging pandemic, refused to wear a face covering and ridiculed those who did, silenced his own doctors and scientists who dared contradict his false narrative, has actually had CDC and FDA documents and policies altered to suit his political agenda, coerced Republikan(t) governors, especially in the Sun Belt, to reopen their states prematurely for political and economic purposes at the direct expense of the health and safety of their constituents, held numerous “super spreader” events around the country where it has been documented people have contracted Covid-19 and spread the virus themselves. He has consistently urged people to send their children back to in person learning at school despite the fact that colleges are experiencing horrendous outbreaks and most school systems have chosen at home education until the current outbreak is better contained. This is NOT fake news America, this is our current reality. We have a President who has his own reality that is completely centered on him and those stooges he surrounds himself with who themselves are afraid to speak the truth. And now with the election less than two months away and with Trump trailing in almost every poll the spinning of his very own words and deeds is now completely out of control. And of course the whole while the Republikan(t) do nothings in Congress remain silent. Their only concern right now is their OWN reelections, the rest of the country’s business be damned. While Middle America struggles to put food on the table with nearly thirty million out of work, MOSCOW Mitch decides to take a months vacation. These actions by Donald Trump which have brought us to the place we are at in September border on dereliction of duty. There are STILL no plans in place for a nationwide program of comprehensive testing or contact tracing. One out of three Americans have already indicated they won’t get vaccinated anyway, many because they fear the vaccines are being rushed for political purposes without regard for the safety and well being of those who are to be inoculated. Who can blame them? Dr. Anthony Fauci has stated for the record that it will probably be late next year, 2021, before we can get back to any semblance of normal, and even then it will not be the normal that existed prior to March. I believe to our credit most Americans have deciphered the BS coming from Trump and his administration and fully understand this-we are a long way from being out of the woods with this pandemic., and have altered their daily lives and habits accordingly. In the meanwhile, BEWARE of anything that Trump or sycophants have to say about Covid-19 because it will NOT be factual or based upon scientific evidence. It will be predicated upon one thing and one thing only-to get this man reelected for another four years. Think about that before you cast your ballot. Fact: Number of lies or false statements made by Donald J. Trump since he became President: over TWENTY THOUSAND!!! Nearly two hundred thousand dead Americans. Millions still out of work. Schools closed. Businesses shuttered up, many of them for good, food banks overwhelmed, pandemic raging and what does our hard working Congress do? They take the month off after failing to come to any type of agreement on a relief and stimulus package which would help pull us through what is without question our nation’s biggest challenge since that awful day nineteen years ago when the twin towers toppled. (MOSCOW) Mitch and his Republikan(t) colleagues believe that doling out literally billions to their corporate benefactors is sufficient stimulus enough, that all is well and good in Middle America, that additional economic relief is no longer required as the nation goes back to work. This is how incredibly out of touch with reality these people are, people like Lindsey Graham (CRACKER), John (I’M NOT) Kennedy, (GRANDSTAND) Rand Paul, Jim (COVER UP) Jordan, Kevin (JOE) McCarthy and Devin (THE DICK) Nunes much like their incompetent and corrupt leader, Donald Trump.
These people don’t give a DAMN about us. Their ONLY interest lies in self perpetuation both politically and financially. This has been evidenced in their every action since they have either controlled one or both legislative branches and the White House. Huge tax breaks for corporate America which has resulted in the biggest budget deficit in our history. Nominal tax breaks for Middle America, a one and done shell game. They have tried to destroy Obamacare and deny health coverage to literally millions of Americans at a time when it’s most critical. They have deregulated industry to the point of the destruction of our environment in exchange for campaign contributions from oil and gas, chemical companies and utilities. The mock climate change while the evidence of it is before our very eyes daily in the form of wildfires burning out of control, hurricanes raging or ice caps melting. The champion fossil fuels like coal to power the economy while the rest of the world goes green and laughs at us. They would deny women the right to choose despite it being guaranteed by the highest court in the land. They have stood by while Donald Trump completely mismanaged the pandemic and while he fanned the flames of protest throughout the country with his inflammatory and racist rhetoric. (MASSACRE) Mitch has held up every piece of proposed gun regulations while thousands are being gunned down on our own streets while at the same time he and his fellow Republikan(t) Senators were accepting millions in contributions from the NRA and its corrupt boss, Wayne LaPierre. They have done nothing while Trump has slowly but surely usurped their very power and run roughshod over the Constitution with his crooked Attorney General William (DIS)Barr running interference for him. These are the same people who have spent literally BILLIONS on trying to get themselves reelected while the rest of us wait for our elected officials to do what they were voted into office for in the first place-to do the will of the people they serve!!! It appears this is the farthest thing from any of their minds. I am not limiting this criticism at the Republikan(t)s. The Democrats are constantly shooting for the moon with every conceivable legislative wish crammed into proposed legislation instead of focusing on the real issues. We need some action and we need it NOW. America has grown weary of the constant stalemate in Congress, the never ending political gamesmanship and the incredible arrogance of the politicians we have in Washington. Trump said he was going to “drain the swamp” and instead the swamp has become an ocean. Somebody please tell me what this Congress has accomplished. Anything??? Our legislative branch has become a joke, with the House virtually powerless to do anything to stop Trump’s reign of terror and the Senate failing to do their duty to impeach Trump and honor their oath of office. Had they done so instead of blindly supporting the most corrupt POTUS in American history we might not have nearly 200,000 dead Americans resulting from Trump’s indifference and incompetence and lies which betrayed the very people he is supposed to serve. We have the opportunity to change this in less than two months. There are certainly those members of Congress, like KY Representative John Yarmouth, who are there for the purpose of doing the people’s business and protecting the interests of their constituency, though they seem few and far between. In the upcoming November election, I strongly urge every single American voter to consider exactly what your Congressional delegation is doing for you, your city, your state and your country NOT what you are doing for them. If they aren’t doing the job they were elected to do, it’s time to move them out. Vote them into retirement. People like Mitch McConnell-over THIRTY FIVE years in Congress. This is also where future Congressional members should also start to seriously discuss term limits on all of our elected officials. It’s more like a good ole boys club than a body of people who can get something done. It’s time for a change. We deserve better. At this point in our never ending electoral cycle I seriously cannot imagine ANYONE being undecided as to who they are going to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. However, for those few who may yet not be paying enough attention or have been listening to the REAL fake news from either FAUX NEWS or OANN, the revelations made in Bob Woodward’s about to be released book entitled “Rage” regarding Donald Trump should be more than enough to convince you that he is absolutely unfit to be President and is guilty of dereliction of duty at the very least by his handling of the pandemic. I’ll get into the specifics in a minute, but let’s examine the source of these revelations before proceeding so that we are clear as to their credibility. Bob Woodward is regarded as one of the top investigative journalists in the world. He and Carl Bernstein’s Watergate reporting in the Washington Post brought down another crook who occupied the White House, “TRICKY” Dick Nixon. Donald Trump himself gave Woodward over nine hours of recorded material during eighteen different interviews spanning several months. Woodward had already written one book critical of Trump and his presidency back a couple of years ago. So for the record, this is NOT fake news or the words of a former official or confidante, they are Trump’s own. He can’t run from them and he can’t hide. Kay(LIE) McENEMY can deny he’s ever understated the severity of the pandemic and Senator (he’s no John) Kennedy can say that the book is a hatchet job but Trump’s very own words belie both of these absurd narratives. So for the record for all of you Trump supporters out there, this is real. It is NOT a hoax as Trump proclaimed early on about the Covid-19 outbreak and its severity.
The most damning revelation in Woodward’s book so far is that Trump understood early on the severity of the outbreak and the dangers it posed to America. He describes it in his own words as being deadly. And yet, he deliberately and methodically underplayed the pandemic’s deadly severity over months while doing absolutely nothing to prevent the eventual outbreak and spread of the virus. In fact, he encouraged even his own followers to expose themselves to what he himself described as a deadly threat by attending his political rallies, urging parents to send their children back to school and stating that the pandemic wouldn’t affect them (there are now half a million conformed pediatric cases of Covid-19 in the U.S.) and goading Republican governors into reopening their respective states to bolster the devastated economy knowing full well the potential ramifications of his words and actions down the road. We have all seen the result-we are closing in now on 200,000 deaths from this “hoax” and with fall nearly upon us and flu season we are likely to see many more over the next months. Some experts have warned the eventual death toll from Covid-19 could reach HALF a MILLION Americans. The blood of these Americans is all over Donald Trump, who now claims that he was understating the severity of the outbreak in order to prevent widespread panic. More lies and disinformation while Americans continue to die on his watch. I’m sure that there will be many more eye popping revelations in Woodward’s book when it is released, but the insight into his relationship with brutal strongman Kim Jung UN of N Korea is also terrifying. Kim has played him from the very first meeting in Singapore by stroking his massive ego with compliments and love letters while at the same time furiously working to grow his nuclear arsenal and the capabilities to deliver it to the United States. This is a man who has murdered literally tens of thousands of his own people, fed his political rivals to wild dogs and had his own relatives poisoned with saran and blown apart at short range with artillery rounds. And yet Trump boasts about his relationship with him and tells us all we can now “sleep better at night”. He apparently divulged top secret military information to Woodward regarding the confrontation with N Korea back a couple of years ago that included the use of tactical nuclear weapons that he was prepared to deploy. Apparently it reached the point where it was so dire that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis went to bed with his clothes on believing he would be called to the situation room to deal with this potential conflagration on the Korean Peninsula. And we’re supposed to be sleeping better at night?!? All the while Trump’s Republikan(T) allies remain silent, people like “MOSCOW” Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham “CRACKER”, Kevin “JOE” McCarthy, Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan and many others. They have stood by for nearly four years while Donald Trump has trampled the Constitution, run the government like a mob boss for his own personal financial and political gain and fostered an atmosphere of racial unrest that threatens to tear this shattered country even further apart. For what? To what purpose? Simple. Their own political lives. Period. Just like the man with whom they have chosen to cast their respective lot, they are all guilty of dereliction of their sworn duties. If they had impeached Trump back in January instead of giving him a free pass (orchestrated by McConnell in “lock step” (his very own words) with the White House) it’s very possible tens of thousands of lives could have been saved. Instead, they enabled his charade and chose to do and say nothing. Finally, in closing, I would ask those as yet undecided voters one final question; how stupid do you have to be, or maybe it’s how arrogant, to give an investigative journalist with the reputation of Bob Woodward NINE hours of recorded cannon fodder less than two months ahead of an election?!? I guess for that thirty per cent or so of the electorate who would vote for this indifferent, incompetent and amoral individual who tend to be those who are less educated lower income white males who share that common characteristic…STUPIDITY!!! November 3, 2020 can’t come soon enough for America. I hope we’re all around to celebrate the voice of the people once again in removing the REAL virus destroying our great country…Donald J. Trump!!! I wrote a piece a couple of weeks ago about the corruption within the NRA under the abysmal leadership of Wayne LaPierre. To follow up on that story, I have included an article below taken from The New York Times today.
"The National Rifle Association’s former second-in-command is breaking with the group’s orthodoxy and calling for universal background checks and so-called red flag laws in a new book assailing the organization as more focused on money and internal intrigue than the Second Amendment, while thwarting constructive dialogue on gun violence. The former executive, Joshua L. Powell, who was fired by the N.R.A. in January, reinforces the kind of criticism made of the organization by gun control groups and state regulators, but it is the first critical look at its recent history by such a high-ranking insider. He describes the N.R.A.’s longtime chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, as a woefully inept manager, but also a skilled lobbyist with a deft touch at directing President Trump to support the group’s objectives, and who repeatedly reeled in the president’s flirtations with even modest gun control measures. The book, “Inside the N.R.A.: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia Within the Most Powerful Political Group in America,” is to be published next week, the latest public calamity for an organization that has faced years of headlines detailing allegations of corruption, infighting and even its infiltration by a Russian agent. The attorney general of New York, Letitia James, is also seeking to dissolve the group; in a lawsuit filed last month that names both Mr. LaPierre and Mr. Powell among four individual defendants from whom it is seeking millions of dollars in restitution". (Above taken from the New York Times). While there is some issue with the author’s credibility as a result of his termination from the NRA and some questionable expense vouchers (seems to be a recurring theme within the organization from the top down!) there can be no doubt as to the fact that his narrative merely reinforces what we have already learned about the NRA under the leadership (or lack thereof!) of Wayne LaPierre - he has used the organization as his personal bank account, he has been directly responsible for the complete sabotage of any meaningful gun regulations or legislation which has resulted in literally thousands of innocent lives being lost to gun violence, has influenced politicians from Trump on down to do the same with huge campaign contributions and has completely lost focus on the organization’s true mission-the protection of the Second Amendment. I also stated for the record that while my personal position on gun regulation is very simple and straightforward-ban outright the sale of assault weapons and ammo for same and ban the future sale of handguns. We need to make possession of or use of a handgun in committing a crime with REAL consequences-mandatory ten year prison sentences for example. The other type of weapons that could be utilized by sportsmen and for self protection would be long rifles and shotguns, and the assault rifles and handguns currently in circulation would be grandfathered in. I have no beef with the rank & file membership of the NRA, although we certainly wouldn’t agree on this proposal. However, I hope they all realize what’s been going on within this corrupt organization, and how their membership fees are being used to finance the incredibly lavish lifestyles of Wayne LaPierre and others as well as to bankroll politicians to kill any type of gun legislation, no matter how horrific the crimes being committed on our streets may be. I don’t think this is what you signed up for. THE LAW AND ORDER PRESIDENT?!?
The political photo op that Trump staged in Wisconsin yesterday alongside two of his staunchest allies and two of the sleaziest dirt bags in D.C., Attorney General William (DIS)Barr and Ron (The TOOL) Johnson to tout his “law and order” crusade would almost be funny if it weren’t so incredibly outrageous on so many levels. Here we have a man in Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, who himself has been guilty of numerous criminal transgressions since taking office including perjury, income tax evasion, extortion, blackmail and financial fraud; an AJ in Barr who is more crooked than Trump himself and a Senator from Wisconsin who would sell out his mom if it suited his political purposes telling America how they and the Rpubulican(T) party are the champions of “law and order”. Just chalk it up to the more than 20,000 lies that Trump has told since taking office. He openly supports a man who killed two innocent protesters and injured a third by shooting them after traveling to Wisconsin from Illinois and doesn’t bother to mention the name of the victim of the police shooting (seven times in the back) that sparked the outbreak of violence in Kenosha. The fact of the matter is that Trump is merely stoking up his thirty per cent base and trying to paint Joe Biden and Democratic politicians as socialists and anarchists when ALL of the civil unrest we are experiencing across the country is a direct result of his actions and rhetoric, has all happened on HIS watch. It’s also a convenient way for him to go back to his strategy of “defer and deflect” on the raging pandemic which has killed 187,000 Americans as a direct result of his incompetence and indifference. It’s ironic how the two Republikan(T) Presidents who touted “law and order” agendas are two of the biggest crooks in American political history, “Tricky” Dick and “Crooked Donald”. It was also during both administrations that racial strife and civil unrest reached a crescendo in America. Don’t be fooled by these photo ops and all of the noise being generated-it’s all smoke and mirrors. EVANGELICALS…YOU CANT’T HAVE YOUR LOAVES AND FISHES, TOO! I wrote a post the other day entitled “PROFILE OF THE TRUMP SUPPORTER” where I listed numerous characteristics of that thirty per cent or so who support Trump regardless of what he says or does. I have a family member who told me after reading the post on Face book that she is a strong Trump supporter as are many of her friends. She also claims to be a devout Christian. My questions is very simple to her and all of the other Evangelicals out there who support Donald Trump-how can you possibly square being a Christian with supporting a man who is as amoral or immoral as Trump??? The man has been guilty of lying, cheating, stealing, and numerous extramarital affairs-he breaks over half of the Ten Commandments before breakfast every day for God’s sake!!! To say nothing of his inhumane immigration policies which put children in cages and separate them from their parents or his inherent racism? And yet somehow these individuals and congregations collectively and conveniently look past all of this and preach about Trump’s position on abortion, his support for the Evangelicals (as phony as he is!), his appointment of right wing leaning judges at every level of the court system and the economy as the reasons they support him. In other words, they want it both ways. Well, guess what folks-you CAN’T have it both ways. You’re either a Christian in name only if you support Trump or you’re not a Christian at all!!! VIOLENT PROTESTERS PLAYING RIGHT INTO TRUMP’S HANDS Just like with the #metoo movement, it’s beginning to appear after months of protests and demonstrations across America over the George Floyd and Breanna Taylor police involved shootings that the message is being eroded by the images. In my city, Louisville, home of Breanna Taylor, our downtown has been severely damaged after weeks of demonstrations and vandalism and violence. Most suburban residents refuse to go there anymore, which has killed area businesses on top of Covid-19 restrictions. The images of looting and violence perpetrated by the few have become fodder for Trump’s “law and order campaign”, FAUX NEWS, Rush Limbaugh and every other conspiracy theorist on the right. They are all supporting Trump’s narrative; the path forward which he believes gives him his best chance to win reelection-scaring voters into believing that the end is near. The bottom line is that the longer this goes on the less support will be there to motivate change and for the movement in general in white America. Just the facts people. Trump’s allies on the right know this and are doing all they can to foment confrontation (see Portland, Oregon and the “Trump caravan) to support his false narrative depicting the angry mobs as tools of the far left and the Democrats. The protests to date have accomplished the objective on focusing attention on what continues to be a serious issue in our nation, that of racial injustice across many fronts. The peaceful demonstrations of solidarity against the tactics used by the police have showed America that it’s time for a serious change in our culture. It would be unfortunate to have that progress and momentum wiped out by the few who will benefit from violence and confrontation in the streets and help get the worst President in American history get reelected, something that WILL destroy whatever hope is left to heal the wounds he has ripped open. WHAT’S THE HOLD UP MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL?!? As the investigation into the death of Breanna Taylor drags on into its FOURTH month now and the Kentucky Attorney General has finally received the results of long and extensive FBI forensics analysis, which he has claimed for weeks was holding up the release of his report on the shootings, we still have no answers. He claims now that he needs more time. Are you FUC*ING kidding me?!? For what??? To prepare more speeches in praise of his two puppeteers Trump and MOSCOW Mitch? To sue KY Governor Beshear over his Covid-19 mandates designed to protect the health & safety of ALL Kentuckians? To tell Joe Biden he’s a man of color? This investigation has been botched from the very beginning by all parties concerned. I guess Cameron must have information he really doesn’t want to share with the public at this point and it would only be speculation to guess what that might be at this juncture; either that or he is as incompetent and politically corrupted as his two masters. We need ANSWERS sir, not EXCUSES!!! IT’S GO TIME With the election only two months off, it’s game time America. We have witnessed three and a half years of unbridled corruption, graft, nepotism, policies favoring the very wealthy and huge tax breaks for corporate America in exchange for campaign contributions, incompetence at every level in government starting with the “CABINET OF CLOWNS”, the deaths of 187,000 of our fellow citizens as a result of a pandemic that was NEVER taken seriously but treated as a political football instead, racial protests stoked by inflammatory rhetoric and tweets from the White House, complete disregard for ALL things environmental, with the roll back or outright rescinding of regulations across the board given to oil & gas interests, chemical and pharmaceutical firms and other corporate interests in exchange for campaign contributions and support, a foreign policy that has alienated our allies across the globe and emboldened our enemies such as Putin, Xi and Kim Jung Un while reducing the United States to a laughing stock, an economy that is a train wreck unless you are a Wall Street hedge Fund manager or millionaire, a President who has utter disregard for our Constitution or the institutions that comprise our democracy instead focusing all of his energies on ways to circumvent the norms of governance to suit his political agenda, economic advantage or narrative and it is time to put an end to it and the man responsible for just about all of it…..Donald J. Trump. I have undertaken the writing of these many posts over the past three and a half years warning of the dangers this man and his henchmen and family members represent to our democracy and frankly have been right on point. The only salvation for our country at this point in time is the overwhelming rejection of this morally bankrupt game show host in the upcoming election. Your vote in November or before if you vote by mail or e mail, which I highly recommend, will decide the fate of our nation for many years to come. Don’t sit on the sidelines this time-it’s time to put your game face on. As Kenny Loggins sang “this is it…….the moment’s at hand”. Believe it. |
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 |