And the Walls…came tumbling down

Posted on August 28, 2018 by admin

This just in: I have to start with John McCain. He was a great man. I disagreed with him on a lot of issues but I always respected that disagreement. I knew he was taking a position that he felt was right and what was best for the country and those that elected him to office. He fought hard when he felt he was in the right and apologized when he felt he’d made a mistake. My greatest sadness, however, is that he leaves no one behind to fill his shoes.

As for the latest in a long list of Trump failures…

Trump is now boasting about a trade agreement with Mexico. I haven’t heard a lot about the details but it sounds like China has been somehow cut out of automobile manufacturing trade between us and Mexico. I think I’m fine with that. On the other hand, the Wall Street Journal says this deal may actually be worse than the original. This is not hard to believe. Recall that Trump wanted to repeal ObamaCare and replace it with the “Best Healthcare Ever”. In the end, all he, and the Republican Party wanted to do was eliminate an achievement by the opposing party at the expense of the American People.

Also….

The deal maker that thought he might get the Nobel Peace Prize is watching an agreement with North Korea slip away. In fact, it could be worse than before Trump touched it (Everything Trump Touches Dies). We gave up an exercise with South Korea to get this deal rolling. In the meantime, Russia and China are stepping in to support North Korea, belittling any “sanction” type efforts we may make to put pressure on Kim Jung Bowling Ball.

And as for the crumbling…

Trump’s campaign manager is found guilty on 8 felony counts.
Trump’s “fixer/lawyer” is found guilty on 8 felony counts and implicates Trump in one of them.
Trump confesses to breaking campaign finance laws on Fox and doesn’t even know it.
Trump family Chief Financial Officer has agreed to testify against Trump for immunity.
National Enquirer owner has agreed to testify against Trump for immunity. This is a biggie as this guy gets dirt on powerful people and then keeps it in a safe where he can use it later if needed.
Trump Chief Political Advisor, Roger Stone, has agreed to testify against Trump for immunity.
Trump’s son is in trouble for lying to Congress.
Trump’s son-in-law was just fined for lying on documents related to real estate deals.
New York is after Trump for financial misdealings with regards to his foundation.

And these are just the issues from the last 2 weeks.

But don’t forget. Obama had scandals as well. He once wore a brown suit. That was Yuge!

I would bring up how Trump treated John McCain’s death but if you support Trump, I’m sure you found a way to make this okay in your mind. Good for you.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

The Tip of the Iceburg

Posted on August 22, 2018 by admin

This just in: Yesterday, Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, tweeted to Giuliani, “Buckle Up Buttercup.” Basically, the ride has only just started to get good.

The “Trump Witch Hunt” handed in 16 more guilty felony counts yesterday; 8 from his long-time lawyer/fixer and 8 from his campaign manager. Of these 16 felonies, only one really pointed at Trump. Cohen said he violated campaign laws at the direction of a Republican presidential candidate in an effort to help that candidate’s campaign.

Small stuff, really.

Isn’t that strange? The president is accused of being a co-conspirator to commit a felony crime and it’s really the least important and least illegal thing he has likely participated in for decades.

I predict Trump is going to face many, many more problems in the very near future. I think he’ll be charged with money laundering, bank fraud, tax evasion and treason.

All of this illegal stuff, in my humble opinion, is really not why I dislike him so much. I think he is a scumbag whose twisted personality is so foul it has reached out and affected the lives of every American.

He has made racism okay. He’s set back civil rights and discourse back to the 1960’s. He has damaged NATO which has been able to keep all of us safe for nearly 4 generations. He’s aligned our country with the lowest of dictators and withdrawn our standing as the Moral Authority in the world. He’s damaged international trade agreements that will lower the economic wellbeing of the entire world. He’s actively worked to enable exploitation of the planet; making it acceptable and even profitable.

And worst of all, he’s pulled back the curtain and exposed something I was in complete denial about – the fact that millions of Americans are completely okay with his behavior and even support it. Nearly the entire Republican Party, that I was once a member of, has been exposed as enablers of Trump. As he takes one swing after another at the world order pinata, Republicans gather around to scoop up their share of the ill-gotten candy that bleeds out. So long as there is candy, they will help him do whatever he wants to do.

Why do I say this? Watch the news today. Count how few Republicans step forward to wash their hands of this clown. Right now Fox News is talking about the 70 new jobs in Met Coal (used to make steel) in PA. This coal mine has nothing to do with Trump but Fox acts like he just saved the world…while failing to notice Cohen or Manafort.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim

The Company Trump Keeps

Posted on August 8, 2018 by admin

This just in: “A man is known by the company he keeps.” – Aesop

Let’s pretend that we don’t know Donald Trump. We have never heard of him and have not seen him in action.

All that we know is that he is in a position to surround himself with whomever he wants…and we know the company he keeps.

What would we think?

Here is a list of some of the company he keeps…

In New York, a city thick with lawyers, Trump hires Michael Cohen. A self-described “fixer”, Cohen has been described as a mob-boss type lawyer. He saw his job as fixing Trump messes. For example, he’s the guy that set up fake corporations to funnel money to women that Trump had affairs with. He is currently being investigated for Tax Fraud. He also is being investigated for selling access to Trump once he became president.

Michael Flynn was picked by Trump to be his National Security Advisor. Flynn lasted about 2.3 Scaramuccis (23 days). He was fired after it had been discovered that he lied to congress. Before taking office, he was seen at a table an event in Russia where he was seated with Putin.

Rex Tillerson was Trump’s first Secretary of State. While he did nothing illegal, he spent his career in Big Oil and was awarded Russian Order of Friendship from Putin.

Paul Manafort was Trump’s campaign manager for about 5 months (15 Scaramuccis). Manafort was a lobbyist with most of his fingers in Russian related dealings. He is currently on trial for Tax Evasion, amongst a number of other crimes.

Wilbur Ross, is the current Secretary of Commerce. Yesterday’s news brought out an article in Forbes describing a grifter scheme that Ross used to steal about $120 million from clients of his investment firm. Note: He denies this and has not been proven guilty or even formally charged.

Rick Perry is the Secretary of Energy. As a presidential candidate, Perry said he would eliminate this agency.

Betsy DeVos is the Secretary of Education. She is a mega-millionaire and major campaign contributor for Trump. She is a fan of privatized education and is widely seen as grossly unqualified for the job.

Scott Pruitt was ousted as Trump’s administration of the Environmental Protection agency. Not only did Pruitt work tirelessly to end environmental protections, he left office while being investigated for nearly a dozen different questionable practices.

While Trump has publicly criticized a number of world leaders, let’s look at a list of those he has praised.

About the Leader of North Korea:

“If you can do that at 27-years-old, I mean, that’s one in 10,000 that can do that,” Trump added. “So he’s a very smart guy. He’s a great negotiator. But I think we understand each other.”

He appears to admire Putin, one many consider the greatest military threat to the world today

He claims to have a great relationship with China’s Xi Jinping, who is the greatest economic threat to the United States and is currently responding to Trump’s tariffs, tit-for-tat.

He is an admirer of Turkey’s Erdogen, a man that may have staged his own coup in order to facilitate a “cleansing” of his military. This is the guy that came to the United States and had his private guards beat up some Americans.

He is friendly with Duerte, the leader of the Philippines. This is the guy that has authorized the killing of people believed to be dealing drugs. This is not a “trial then guilty then shoot” type thing. It’s more of a “shoot as soon as you suspect” type thing.

In short, the world leaders that Trump admires are the very same that the United States typically spends a great deal of effort protecting the world from.

I can’t really find someone on the other side of the isle for Trump. There is no Ghandi out there that thinks Trump is great.

So…if this was all you know about Trump…how would you judge him?

Up, up and away…

Jim