Republicans, 99% Stupid!

And I can prove it.

Republicans are so far off the rails that the rest of us should consider banning them from political involvement due to their incapacity to use their brains for something other that soaking up conspiracy theories and outright lies. I will credit Donald Trump, he sure used his talent to spew propaganda to good effect. Joseph Goebbels would be so proud of him.

Republicans have become out of touch with reality. So many of them, both citizens and elected officials, have given up on using common sense, reasoning, and critical thinking. Instead they prefer to follow each other off the cliffs of sanity like good little lemmings. Since most Republicans would say I’m lying, I’ll prove my case.

First up we have Anthony Antonio, who according to a CNN article of his appearance on Chris Cuomo’s “Prime Time,” got caught up in the lies spewed on Fox News about the election being stolen from Donald Trump. “Foxitis” his attorney called it in court. He admits his participation in the January 6th insurrection/riot and takes full responsibility for it. His mea culpa sounds like German citizens after the end of World War Two saying they didn’t know of the evils of the Nazi regime.

His “excuse” for his behavior doesn’t hold water. He’s an adult and supposedly capable of thinking for himself, but he didn’t. Instead he argues he was led by the nose into the depths of the lies. While he now accepts responsibility for his actions, it should not sway the judge in his case to go easy on him. He tried, with a great many others, to take down the government.

Next is an article in Huffpost about the Republican Arizona state senator, Paul Boyer, who now regrets supporting the recount of the November 2020 election in Maricopa County. Apparently he now believes that the recount “makes us look like idiots.” Gee, why would anyone think that an “audit” of those ballots by Cyber Ninjas seem ridiculous? The audit is only being led by the Trump partisan CEO of the company, a company which has NO experience in ballot audits. An audit that hunted for watermarks on ballots that supposedly were printed up by Trump to show fraud in the voting. Also, hunting for ballots with bamboo in the paper to prove they were inserted into the election by the Chinese.

State Senator Boyer needs to explain to the voters in Maricopa County why he believed the lies that Donald Trump had votes stolen from him and given to Joe Biden. There were recounts and audits done by election officials that verified the findings that Joe Biden won the election. This sham audit that he supported seems to be saying that all the election officials, to include the Arizona Secretary of State and the Arizona Governor, were crooked operators in the first place.

Yes, I certainly agree with Senator Boyer, they look like idiots.

We all know, or should know, who House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is in America. If not, he’s a California Republican who is the House version of Mitch McConnell. Of late he and the other Republicans in the House have ginned up a vote to remove Representative Liz Cheney from her position in the Republican leadership (note: I don’t like Cheney either).

So, he sent a letter to all the House Republicans and something he said in that letter is eye-catching. In an MSNBC article report, “We are a big tent party,” McCarthy wrote. “We represent Americans of all backgrounds…. And unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate.

“Free thought and debate.” If that were the truth Kevin, then why are you removing a member of the Republican House leadership for having “free thought” when she publicly called out Trump’s election lies and said Biden was the winner of the election and the rightful president? Umm, seems to me that there was no common sense or critical thinking on the hypocrisy of that statement in McCarthy’s letter. Idiots abound Kevin. Put on your dunce hat and go sit in the corner.

Then we have the certain Republican loving media personalities (who shall remain nameless) who are just as much fools as any I’ve already spoken about above. It just so happens that these particular idiots work at the Trump-loving Fox News. I’m speaking of the multiple personalities at Fox News who paraded out the story of the great American hamburger theft they spouted off about in April. They told the American public, mostly Republican dupes for Trump, that President Biden’s climate plan will force the reduction of the consumption of beef by Americans is coming to a McDonald’s near you.

Who failed to do some due diligence on this story? We know Fox News hates anything Biden’s doing as president, but to honestly believe, and report to America, that you’ll be limited to one hamburger a month to help save the climate is so stupid that the Fox personalities are in the same boat as the Republicans in the Arizona Senate. They clearly look like idiots.

Good work people. Fox News ended up having to make an on air retraction of this ridiculously asinine story. You can read all about it in this Media Matters article.

Need I give any more examples of the lunacy of Republicans? I mean, I could go on and talk about the nonsense that comes out of the mouths of QAnon nuts, Representatives Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Senator Ted Cruz, etc, etc, etc. But, why huh? If you haven’t gotten the idea by now of the crazy Republicans, you never will.

This is what you get with them. Do you really think they should have any positions “leading” this country?

Until next time

The Nation’s Wreckage

Trump’s Shame!

Well, it’s been a while. I went dark, initially unintended and later by choice, when I spent two different periods hospitalized in late October and early November 2020. I was already at the point where I was sick and tired of the disaster of Trump and his administration. I did keep an eye on what occurred since the election, waiting for today now that President Joe Biden has replaced the, in my opinion, criminal Donald Trump.

The four years of Trump’s administration has been a train wreck unequaled by any period of U.S. history, to include the American Revolution. He and his followers no longer have a stranglehold on the nation. His Congressional Republicans have had power stripped from them, as it should be, for supporting and promoting all that Donald Trump did to America. Some of those Republicans insisted on continuing to find some way to keep Trump in office after he lost the election. Each one of them should be removed from office as they are unfit to serve. A few, like Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, need to be investigated for any criminal actions and if found, they should be arrested and tried. Even now some of Trump’s congressional lackeys remain faithful, like Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, both QAnon nuts, and continue spouting their nonsense as they worship a disgraced Trump.

Our Capitol was engulfed in a riotous insurrection by members of Trump’s band of ignorant racists and conspiracy believing fools. They were unable and unwilling to accept the election results. After being riled up and sent to the Capitol by Donald Trump, they attempted to stop our constitutional government from carrying out their lawful duties. These followers do nothing but whine about how the 74 million of them have had the election stolen from them. They demand Trump be given his rightful second term, that he “won” by a landslide. Never mind that over 80 million Americans voted for President Joe Biden. They don’t deserve to have their votes matter I guess. These “Americans” trashed the Capitol, causing the death of five people, including a Capitol Police officer. I’m thinking had the Capitol Police formed a line and opened fire things would have been different. After five or six fell to a flurry of bullets, the rest would turn and run as fast as their little legs could move in the opposite direction. Many likely peeing themselves as they ran. Luckily for them there were sympathizers among the Capitol Police who ushered them into the building and allowed them to run wild.

The real animals among Trump’s supporters, groups like the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and the generic white supremacists, have screamed loudly for their members to rise and start a civil war to remake America into their dreamed of Whites Only nation. They’ve lost access to social media for their fomenting of violence. Some, as with many other insurrectionists, have had their wake up call as the FBI arrived and arrested them for their criminal actions. Let them stand in court and be judged and to, hopefully, spend many years in prison for their attempted coup to save their twisted and mentally ill (or deranged) “leader” Donald Trump. Maybe they can request a cell next to Trump’s? Each of these groups are poster children for enacting a domestic terrorism law(s) to place them where they belong, outlawed and driven back under the rocks from which they squirmed out from under. The great majority of these lowlifes are as cowardly as Donald “Pathological Liar” Trump.

Yet, such law(s) would not be in the spirit of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. Such law(s) would empower government to decide what organizations are to be labelled terrorist organizations. Imagine another administration of a Trump-like president using the law to silence opposition groups and persons. Americans can not, and should not, trust any government with such power. So, the nation must allow these “patriot” groups to exist and to be allowed to run their mouths. Should they cross the line into criminal speech, we must let law enforcement bring them before the bar of “justice” for punishment. But, this begs the question of whether or not we can trust law enforcement to do their job, something we haven’t been able to do throughout most of 2020.

Donald Trump couldn’t even handle attending the inauguration, instead he slunk out of town on Air Force One while he was still the President. Off to his digs in Palm Beach, Florida. There he will lick his wounds and, some believe, try to control the Republican Party. He told American he’d be back during his farewell speech before boarding Air Force One for his flight to flee Washington D.C. What he may be able to accomplish to that end is anyone’s guess. Certainly, as we have seen, there are plenty of Republicans in federal and state government willing to back his idiocy. The Republican Party is dead, yet they don’t know it or believe it. Even Trump has, or is, considering whether to set up a new party to compete against the Republican Party. Now that would be good, in my humble opinion. What better way to split the conservative voting in the country? His speech to CPAC was nothing more than a repeat of all his lies he has sold those believers in his views. Maybe the Republicanj party should be declared a domestic terrorist organization?

President Joe Biden has his work cut out for him. He has two years before the mid-term election in which to get his agenda in place. As with all presidential terms, the mid-term elections could flip Congress back to opposition control. Then, it’s the usual roadblocks to getting anything done. Both parties operate this way when the President is in the other party. At least he can undo Trump’s Executive Orders. That’s a good start, but with the pandemic still raging and there being a shortage of vaccines, work must focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, not only in America, but worldwide. Many third world nations are stuck depending on the first world nations to aid them in their fight to survive. Humanity demands that every able nation aids those lesser able nations in saving their populations. We will have to wait and see what happens. Beyond the pandemic itself, President Biden must act to aid those who have suffered and are suffering. Men, women, and families have lost their income, some their homes. Many more live on the streets of the country with little hope of help by states already stretched thin and running out of money. Over 500,000 Americans have paid with their lives, how many more will Joe Biden allow to die? How will he aid and protect those who are homeless, those who are so far behind in their rents that landlords are begging for an end to the eviction moratorium (which ios on the brink of happening), those who are food insecure even if they are lucky enough to have a job, and those in the country who have lost the hope for a better life? It’s only been through citizens who have grouped together to aid those in dire straits that the much less fortunate have some chance to get to tomorrow.

I expect in many ways we will see business as usual. The filthy rich will continue to get richer off the sweat of workers. The poor will continue their struggles for daily existence and those in the middle will be expected to pay the bill for getting the country back on it’s feet. I’d like to see changes, like the filthy rich being taxed heavily. I’d like to see corporations be taxed heavily as well. That could be done by just preventing corporations from having so many deductions that their tax bill is negligible. It is far past time these rich people and corporations pony up a fair share. Yet, I doubt the Democrats will have the spine to take on their super donors and corporations. Hell, we know they’re just conservatives under a different name.

In the end we just have to wait and see if all the wreckage is cleaned up. For the record, I didn’t vote for Biden. I’m a socialist, why would I vote for a conservative? I’d prefer, as I have said before, that the governmental system in the United States collapse and a true peoples democracy replace it so that human rights and equality are the absolute law of the land.

Until next time

Dead on Arrival: The US Constitution

A Document to enslave, suppress, and oppress the American underclasses.

I was 18 years-old when I joined the military. I took an oath to the US Constitution, as stated below:


I lived up to my oath I made through my military service and for long after I left the service. I believed in the importance of the US Constitution to American society. I was prepared to defend the US Constitution when arguments about the Constitution arose. I believed that our society could not survive without it. I chose to overlook any parts of the Constitution that were defective, such as in Article 1, Section 2, wherein Black people (meaning slaves primarily) were to be counted as 3/5th’s of a person for determining representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation. I believed this rule became null and void with the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. I never questioned any part of the nation’s founding document. It should never been in the Constitution in the first place, but it was added to protect slavery and get the Constitution ratified.

I should have questioned it though. Now, when I look at the Constitution, I see a document written for the elite class only. It was written to keep the elite as the rulers of America. It was to keep all of the underclasses loyal to the demands of the elite. This is the living legacy of the Constitution right up to today. We are taught of the rights each of us have been “granted” and the prohibitions that the government can not use against the people. But, it’s all a lie because there is no equal treatment of all people.

I figure many are shouting, “No, that’s not true.” It’s your right to disagree, but it’s mine to maintain my current belief about the Constitution. The Constitution implement sdifferent ways of determining who represents us in Congress. Originally, for example, Senators were elected by the state legislature until the adoption of the 17th Amendment on April 8, 1913. Yes, it can be argued that the state legislatures were the representatives of the citizenry of the state, but were they?

The Electoral College is an obsolete in the need to determine the President of the United States. In our current technological country, there is no reason that the popular vote should not select a president. As with anything, there are opponents and supporters of the Electoral College. It would take amending the Constitution to end the Electoral College system. Or, completely scrap the Constitution and write a new one more designed with the current state of American society as the focus. My personal belief is to scrap it, along with the current political and economic systems that we have. I’m a socialist, what would you expect me to say, we should fix it?

With the current protesting ongoing in America, the Constitution’s Bill of Rights are being violated on a regular basis. Look at the 1st Amendment. Freedom of the press is ignored as members of the press reporting on protests are attacked, assaulted, and arrested by the police. Freedom to peacefully assemble has resulted in protestors being gassed, shot with pepper balls, rubber bullets, and violently assaulted by police, and hauled away to jail after being arrested – with bogus violations of law being charged. Yes, there is violence at protests, but they are by groups of people who hide among the lawful protestors before setting off looting, arson, attacks on police, and riots. Many of those arrested are held in confinement without charge and later released, a clear violation of the 6th Amendment. Oh, and about the arson, looting, and rioting, when has any demands for major societal changes been accomplished peacefully?

Tell me again how the Constitution protects the rights of the people? Lets go further. President Donald Trump has ordered that cities that he declares are in a state of anarchy should be stripped of federal funding. The memo sent to the, not ever honest, US Attorney General from Trump states, as reported by the Daily Beast:

“For the past few months, several state and local governments have contributed to the violence and destruction in their jurisdictions by failing to enforce the law, disempowering and significantly defunding their police departments, and refusing to accept offers of federal law enforcement assistance. To ensure that Federal funds are neither unduly wasted nor spent in a manner that directly violates our Government’s promise to protect life, liberty, and property, it is imperative that the Federal Government review the use of Federal funds by jurisdictions that permit anarchy, violence, and destruction in America’s cities.”

Show me where in the Constitution Trump has the authority to do this? Don’t give me any garbage about “preserving and protecting” the Constitution. The protests are not an attack on the Constitution, in fact rights are being exercised that are protected by the Constitution. Trump is just exercising his supposed “absolute power” he thinks is his right. There is NO authority for absolute power in the Constitution and there is NO prohibitions in the Constitution to prohibit such delusions.

Plain and simple, the US Constitution is outdated and insufficient as a governing document for the United States. It’s time that it is burned and a new model, suitable for the America that now exists, be put in it’s place. But, I figured people will cling to the Constitution unto death.

Until next time

Thoughts Roundup

Clearing out the clutter.

We’ve all been there, stray thoughts that tend to clutter up our mind. They must, sooner or later, be exorcised from our brain to make room to start gathering more stray thoughts. Well, “sooner or later” has arrived for me. Hopefully, some of these thoughts will be interesting to you.

Breonna Taylor: As we know, Breonna Taylor was, as far as many of us in America are concerned, was murdered in her sleep in her home on March 13, 2020. Yesterday the Kentucky Attorney General reported the decision of the Grand Jury reviewing the case. Of the three officers involved in shooting Breonna Taylor, only one was indicted. The indictment wasn’t for murdering her, it was for firing into the adjoining residence! The shooting of Ms Taylor was completely ignored. Once again, White America has justified murder by police officers.

As a result of this idiotic thinking by the Grand Jury, protests broke out in cities across America. Demands by peaceful protestors for justice for Breonna Taylor was thrown in the faces of Americans, as it should be every day. If Americans must be shown the shame they allow to be perpetrated, SO BE IT! America should not be allowed to continue the systemic racism that does exist, regardless of the opinions of Donald Trump and the Republicans in the country.

I fervently hope the protests never stop until America in remade into a nation where true equality and justice for all is the truth, not the convenient mirage Americans hide behind. I urge everyone to support Mutual Aid groups around the country helping those in need and protestors with supplies to sustain them during protests. These are volunteer groups of activists, not any government agency. They depend on the generosity of donors to their vital work.

Louisville Protest: Last night, as a reaction to the grand jury result, a protest went on in the city by protestors enraged by the decision. During the protest two Louisville PD officers were shot. A suspect was arrested by police and was “charged with wanton endangerment and assaulting a police officer,” according to an online BBC article. The alleged shooter was identified as Larynzo Johnson, a 26 year-old Black man.

We know damn well that Mr Johnson won’t be excused by an grand jury for his alleged actions. We know that when he is convicted he will suffer the full weight of the law at sentencing because he is a Black man. The racist White America will demand it. The system will use him as an example to others considering violent acts during protests. After all, they will say, the officers were just doing their job protecting the public. To me, they were doing their unstated jobs of suppressing lawful protest, using violence, and intimidating people they are also allegedly suppose to protect. The police must ensure the nation’s elite maintain the stranglehold over us.

This is how justice is meted out in America. Cops slide for their unlawful acts, while Black Americans suffer the heavy hand of the police, up to and including being murdered. Whether you want to accept it or not, systemic racism is a foundational base instituted by whites, for whites against all non-white people.

Donald Trump: How would any day be complete without thinking of Donald Trump? I’m being truthful and sarcastic at the same time. As usual Trump has continued his harangue on mail-in voting being rife with fraud (a lie). During his afternoon press conference he was asked if he would guarantee a peaceful transition of power after the election. As reported by CNN, Trump refused to guarantee the peaceful transition. Trump stated, “Well, we’re going to have to see what happens.”

Folks, Donald Trump has decided and is prepared to create a constitutional crisis after the election. He’ll begin by fighting the results in court and when he loses he’ll get his Republican Supreme Court to rule he is the lawful winner of the election. The Supreme Court will deny the will of the people, destroying any faith the people have in the “democratic” election process.We already know the national election process for selecting a president isn’t democratic because of the Electoral College. His grip on America after that will be stronger and America will really suffer. He’ll tighten his fascist regime’s control over every aspect of American society. You have now been warned, again. At least some Republicans are pushing back against his lunacy. I want to be wrong about this, but I fear I’m not.

Yesterday, Dr Stephen Hahn, FDA Commissioner, stated that vaccine approvals will be based on the science, not politics. Donald Trump responded to this statement, at his afternoon press conference, “We’re looking at that. That has to be approved by the White House, we may or may not approve it. That sounds like a political move,” according to a CBS News station. FDA rules must be approved by the White House, so Trump could have them changed.

Many, many Americans will decline to take the vaccine, as will I. No one should be put at risk for political purposes. Trump doesn’t give a tinkers damn who gets ill or dies from the side effects of or failures of a vaccine. He’s incapable of empathy and sympathy, like all sociopaths. He only cares about himself.

This is a pure political move so he can get a vaccine approved before November 3rd. He wants to be able to claim all the credit for the vaccine. He wants to use this, like everything, in his campaign. Why that matters, I know not. The election, in Trump’s mind, is going to be false and he’ll try to hold power regardless. However, it will be America who suffers if science isn’t used to determine a vaccine authorization from the FDA. How many will become ill? How many will die? How many children, for which there haven’t been any trials of a vaccine on children, will suffer? How many more families will mourn?

Speaking of Trump some more, he showed up this morning at the Supreme Court to pay his respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As he stood looking towards the cabinet, he was wearing a face mask. So was Melania Trump. So, why now? I know there have been a few, very few, occasions he’s worn a mask, but it is still out of character for him. I believe he and Melania wore masks because he is not able to arrange the area to be “safe” for him. He feared the coronavirus. We’ve all seen at his rallies how he doesn’t wear a mask, as almost all of the crowd doesn’t. But, he is positioned well away from anyone while speaking at his rallies. He feels confident since he had control over the environment. So, obviously, as he also said to Bob Woodward, the coronavirus is dangerous and deadly in his mind.

One more thing on Trump and masks. Trump has said that his rallies should be called protests. That way they can legally, he believes, ignore masks and social distancing requirements, just like the protestors do. However, look at footage of several, or more, of the protests that have been happening since the George Floyd murder. In the footage, the wearing of masks or face covers are the general rule protestors follow. While, they aren’t staying safely distanced, they have masks on. Why has no reporter asked Trump about this being different, on mask wearing, at his rallies? He’d make up some lie probably, so why bother asking him.

Whew, that’s enough on Trump for today.

The US Supreme Court: Love them or hate them, they are a branch of the US Government. For now we have no choice about it. Anyway, we all know of the push by Trump and Senate Republicans to fill the chair of Justice Ginsburg. They have the votes to turn the court into 6 – 3 majority for Republicans. Yes, the Democrats in the Senate can slow down how fast it happens, but it will happen.

This spells ill for the country. A 6 – 3 majority will be able to attack and reverse many of the rights the Court placed into the legal fabric of America, like Roe v Wade for example. This concept of Mitch McConnell ramming through a new, Republican, justice to the Court has angered Democrats. Democrats are now saying that they will pack the Court in 2021, should they hold the House and flip the Senate.

Lets say Democrats try this. There are some things they must insure to get this to happen. If Trump holds the presidency, a Democratic Congress will have to have the votes to override a sure veto from Trump. The Democrats must have 2/3rd’s of the votes in each chamber of Congress to override any veto. That means some of the Republicans in each chamber would have to vote to override a veto. They wouldn’t. If Joe Biden is elected, then the Congressional Democrats have to insure the legislation would be signed by Biden. If he vetoes, back to trying to override the veto.

If the Democrats do get to pack the Court, their “victory” would be fleeting. You have to believe the Republicans will do the same when they regain power. Hell, if they all keep it up, in time the whole Country will sit on the Supreme Court (lmao). While having five ideological conservatives on the Court will be ugly, a Court packing war would ultimately be worse. The Democrats need to drop this stupid idea, like yesterday.

OK, we need a laugh. Check out this photo:

Chihuahua and a Rhino

That’s what our Chihuahua would be nutty enough to do. That poor Rhino is thinking while he runs, “What the hell is that little thing?” It just keeps making me laugh.

OK, my mind has been sufficiently uncluttered for now. We’ll do this again in the future.

Until next time

Kayleigh McEnany

Donald Trump’s supposedly honest Press Secretary

Kayleigh McEnany has been the White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump since April 2020.

Kayleigh McEnany, Press Secretary

Kayleigh held her first press conference as Press Secretary on May 1, 2020. At that presser, Kayleigh made the statement that, “I will never lie to you. You have my word on that,” according to a Vox article. Further, the article states that this promise lasted a whole 15 minutes before she started her career as one of Donald Trump’s Liars Brigade (There is no “Liars Brigade” known to really exist. It is just a “turn of phrase.”).

From the Vox article, “McEnany’s first lie from the White House podium came in response to a question about comments President Donald Trump made earlier in the day characterizing Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden as “far more compelling” than the accusations made against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings. Asked to flesh out Trump’s thinking, McEnany characterized the Kavanaugh allegations as “verifiably false.””

What is false is her words to the press. This behavior has continued every day since that first press conference. She’s has perfected lying, not answering questions, redirecting to a different subject, parsing Trump’s words to fit her purpose of speaking for Trump, and flat out ignoring questions completely. Her dances around what Trump really says and means are quite ugly.

On the Wikipedia page on Kayleigh, she is said to be a political commentator, lawyer, and author (I wonder if her book is even worth trying to read?). Training as a lawyer answers the question of where she learned to lie. Or maybe she learned as a Catholic schoolgirl? She is the product of elite private schools and Ivy League colleges (including Georgetown University, Oxford, and Harvard). Kayleigh has worked at CNN and Fox (where what she wanted was television face time, according to the Wikipedia page). She’s also worked on onetime Republican Governor Mike Huckabee’s show. Now there’s a stepping stone to being a strong right wing mouthpiece.

Kayleigh has grown up with the best of everything and can be called anything except an average American. Whatever Christian faith she follows, she must spend an awful lot of time praying for forgiveness for her sins of lying.

We can never expect her to be truthful, it’s not in her makeup.

BLM Violence

Is it Bad or Necessary?

I strongly support the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. There has been enough systemic racism against Black Americans and now BLM is holding the federal and state government’s feet to the fire in demanding an end to this ignorance and hate against them and all people of color. Only White America can bring and end to it all or continue to be the roadblock to prevent equal rights and treatment to BIPOC America!

In a Time online article, “more than 93%—have been peaceful” in a review of BLM protests by Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). Over 7,750 BLM protests were reviewed by ACLED to the percentage of violence at the different protests.

But, is “peaceful” how Americans see the protests? From the Time article, “ACLED highlights a recent Morning Consult poll in which 42% of respondents believe “most protesters (associated with the BLM movement) are trying to incite violence or destroy property.” Is violence, whether by BLM, the authorities, or white supremacist groups, actually worthwhile to gain White America’s support for the end to racism in America?

In a USA Today online article is showing how support for BLM is falling due to violence at their protests. It appears to me that BLM gets the blame even when the violence was from the authorities or other groups. From the article, a “Civiqs tracking poll is particularly interesting for understanding the dynamics at play. Net approval for the Black Lives Matter movement peaked back on June 3 and has fallen sharply since.” Will this decline in approval give the government and Donald Trump a stronger belief that more violent force can be used against BLM protestors participating in peaceful protests?

President Trump, with the public support of his political appointees, will continue to cast protestors as thugs and anarchists in order to inflame voters into believing that all protests are violent and that only he can bring an end to the violence. He wants votes, so he will cast his opponent as being behind the protests by any means necessary. Unfortunately, Trump seems to be winning the people over in how they see the BLM movement.

As to the violence, it’s been necessary anytime a country has gone through a revolutionary change of it’s form of government. Good examples are the French Revolution (1789 – 1799) and the American Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783). The first overthrew the French Monarchy and the second overthrew the British Monarchy’s control of the 13 colonies. Violent revolutions and revolts have occurred from present back through c. 2730 BC. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that the protests are anything less than demanding revolutionary change to government.

Many Americans are supporting the demands for new government. These Americans are called Socialists and Communists by anyone to their right politically, including Democrats. Socialists and Communists believe Capitalism and the current governmental system are the oppressors of people and human rights and that it must all be completely changed to attain equality in all things for all the people. That means violence will occur. Unless America gets behind the movement for change and equality, more blood will be shed. We will not apologize for it and know that White America can bring it to an end, if they want to.

Until next time

Open Letter to the US Military

Sworn to Protect and Defend

Greetings Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard members.

Whether you are on active duty, in the Reserves, or in the National Guard, each and every one of you from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the enlisted E-1’s have given your sworn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Well, the time is rapidly approaching when you may have to exercise your oath from a domestic enemy, Donald Trump. In this election year, in an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News, President Donald Trump has publicly refused to state whether or not he would accept the results of the election should he lose . Besides this interview, President Trump has repeatedly tried to convince America that mail-in voting is ripe with fraud (patently untrue). In 2016, when he lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College, he claimed that there were “millions and millions” of people who fraudulently voted at poling booths. Further, by his own insistence, he added a wealthy donor to his administration as Postmaster General. Right afterwards, a series of directives have the USPS in turmoil and have caused slowdowns in mail delivery. President Trump then uses this slowdown to argue that the USPS will be unable to deliver mail-in votes in time to be counted. While a bill was passed in the US House of Representatives to provide billions for the postal service, President Trump and Senate Republicans are blocking funding. He is building his reasons to refuse to step down as President,

President Trump is well known for doing things his own way, even if his actions are criminal. He has had people in the White House defy the Hatch Act, he has ordered the stripping of rights granted by law to the LGBTQ+ community, he is trying to remove protections for Americans with pre-existing medical conditions by having the Affordable Care Act (ACA) overturned, he has used public funds to pay his own resorts on Presidential trips here and abroad, and he has had his campaign refuse to pay the costs to cities around the country for extra security provisions when he’s appeared there, just to name a few.

He is unafraid of being held accountable for anything he has done, or will do while in office. But, why? It is clear that Donald Trump plans to try to hold on to power if he loses the election. He wants to move from being an elected president to becoming an authoritarian dictator of the United States. He will have help from his base of white supremacists/nationalists. These supporters are frothing at the mouth to have a civil war to accomplish President Trump’s goals.

Make no mistake, there are white supremacists/nationalists in the US Armed Forces that the Services are trying to deal with. These members must be revealed for who they really are and removed from every branch for the good of the service and for the protection of the nation. It is incumbent upon every service member to report these racists to their command authority. Otherwise, how can the American public maintain trust and faith in our armed forces?

Finally, each service branch must be prepared to stand again President Trump if he loses the election and refuses to leave office. His continued presence would be in violation of the US Constitution each of you swore to protect and defend. It is your duty. Any officer or enlisted member who refuses to act to remove Donald Trump in this situation would be a traitor to their oath and American people. The only way he can continue after losing the election is to have the US military backing him. The military is needed in order for a dictator to rule. Do not succumb to being accomplices to such treason against the United States of America.

Let no tyranny overthrow that which you have served honorably!


An American

Human Rights & Bad Politics in America

It’s Right in Front of Our Faces

Before I get into the subject of this post I need to clearly state my political beliefs for transparency. In my 20’s and most of my 30’s my politics aligned with each party at different periods. In my late 30’s I became discouraged with either party’s politics and became an unaffiliated Independent. I exercised my vote for the issues or politicians I thought as the best of the available choices. In my mid 50’s I started changing my beliefs and began to shift my views to the left and now, at 60, I am at the far left. That means that Conservatives, Republicans, Moderates, Independents, Democrats, Liberals, and Progressives are all to the right of my stance. The Republican & Democratic parties are no different from each other. Call me a leftist, an extreme leftist, a Socialist, a Marxist, or a Communist if you need a label, but to me, I am simply a person who believes that the current political and social systems in America are not “for the people” and need to radically change to become a true democratic party of the people and that brings true equality and treatment for all people. With this now clear, I will speak to the subject of the post title.

It’s 2020, an election year and likely an election that will change little for the good of the people of America. When I say “the people of America” I mean citizens, legal residents, people with Visas, and all undocumented people in the country.

America has a long and dark history of systemic racism. From slavery to the 19th Century Chinese Exclusion Act to the immigration limitation placed on different European cultures to Jim Crow and right up to today’s exclusions initiated by Donald Trump of Hispanic people and Muslims. It’s a pattern that clearly states the America is for Whites only. All others are only tolerated and discriminated against. The two political parties have enforced these beliefs for the entire existence of each party. Republicans and Democrats have held, and still do hold, a lock on almost 100% of the political offices at all levels of government in America. They both control the political agendas, blocking outsider influences (which are typically in the interests of common people) on the laws and rules in the country.


America is a nation founded on immigration. The nation would be better off if all immigration restrictions were eliminated.

Donald Trump is, many would say, strong on immigration control. He began his first term, after campaigning on “illegal” immigrants in some of the most racist and bigoted terms and building more of the wall located on our southern border. He also campaigned using fearmongering to whites about “illegal” immigration destroying our country. Also, Trump sold America a bill of goods by saying the wall would all be paid for by Mexico (not at all true).

Further, Trump also instituted the forced separation of children from their parents/guardians when they were caught as “illegal” immigrants inside US borders. The children were then placed in “detention” camps, as the government calls them, and left to get by on their own. There, detainees experience overcrowding, as well as reports of inadequate food provisions & medical care, no hygiene items, lack of sleeping materials, lack of supplies to care for very young children, etc. Plus, with the pandemic, these children are suffering COVID-19 illness. The only thing worse that Donald Trump could do to these children would be to exterminate them in gas chambers and cremating the remains. Yes, the comparison with Nazis is intended.

ICE isn’t even able to account for the whereabouts of all the children. Some 1500 have gone “missing” and ICE doesn’t seem to know where they are! Imagine a child of yours being forcibly taken from you and then “lost” by the authorities. How would you react? This lack of humanity is troubling at the least.

But, it isn’t only children being abused by Trump’s ICE. In a detention facility in Florida, Muslim detainees have been served meals containing pork and pork products. Muslim beliefs require abstaining from eating pork and even touching pork, just like adherents of Judaism. This clearly violates the 14th Amendment, Section 1, that provides for equal treatment for all under the law. But, Trump doesn’t care. In his mind they shouldn’t have entered the US “illegally.”

Now, Democrats have been “outraged” over some of these issues, going so far as demanding that ICE be abolished. It may sound good, but it is being done while the fact is that Barack Obama’s administration held unaccompanied children in, as Joe Biden referred to them, cages. Yet, 2020 Candidate Biden falsely claimed otherwise. If the Democrats felt so strongly on the issue, why did they not abolish the immigration services when they held the White House and majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate? Instead, they are just as culpable as Republicans.

In fairness, the Obama Administration made changes to US immigration policies. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program being one. The program allowed for “some individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the U.S.”

Likely Biden, if elected, would shift the focus off Trump’s current immigration policies. There should be no laws restricting immigration to the United States. No human being should be considered to be here “illegally.” However, there would be no action by the Democrats to end all immigration laws and actions against anyone entering America.

Donald Trump’s immigration “policies”, using ICE like Nazi Brown Shirts to terrorize non-resident undocumented minorities, is appalling. The fact that so many Americans stand with Trump policies brings shame to the rest of us and is just one thing that lowers the standing of America to the nations of the world.

America, tear down that wall and welcome all who come to America!



Capitalism can be better defined as an economic system in which the great majority labor for minimal compensation, while the very few grow extremely rich off of that labor (John Broge, 2020). The laborer has little to no input on the generation of products and no input on the division of the profits. In short, slavery. Further, capitalism denies all people of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Capitalism prevents millions from life, where “life” is defined as the rights one is entitled to just for being alive. I’m not talking about the US Constitution Bill of Rights either. You, as a human being, have rights above any that are granted by the state. Without these rights, life can be extremely difficult. Without these rights there can be no liberty or the pursuit of happiness. I’ll cover these rights one at a time, in no particular order.

Food Security:

No human can live without food, but many face daily food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined as “a lack of available financial resources for food at the household level.” The result of this is hunger, which is “a personal, physical sensation of discomfort” (Feeding America).

In 2018 that meant that, “37 million Americans, including more than 11 million children,” were food insecure according to the Feed America article referenced above. In perspective, those 37 million people equate to almost the complete population of California, the most populated US State, in 2019! No one should ever have to be concerned that they have insufficient nutritious food to sustain their lives without hunger. There is absolutely no excuse for this in America, a nation considered one of the world’s breadbaskets. Yet, it is a sad fact.

I know the feelings of hunger from food insecurity as a child, my parents struggled at different times to put food on the table. I understood it as a young adult when I didn’t earn enough to feed my child, my wife, and myself. I skipped meals so that there was enough for the two of them. It strikes hard at your self-worth when you struggle like that. Maybe you’ve faced hunger and food insecurity in your life at some time. If so, I’m sorry you had to go through such a time.

Both parties supposedly want to see the end of food insecurity, but the government programs that have come from Republican or Democratic administrations are inadequate. If they were sufficient there wouldn’t be 37 million people facing food insecurity.

Plentiful food, healthy food, is a right of all human beings. It shouldn’t cost a person so much as a dime either. It’s time this wrong be righted in America and, ultimately, the world. Just don’t count on the two parties to make it happen. They both support capitalism and capitalism is indifferent to your suffering.


Do you enjoy the home you live in? If so, that’s great for you, but in 2019 there were almost 600,000 people homeless in America. Many more Americans live in substandard housing or spend more than 30% of their income, the considered maximum percentage of income, on housing.

We have people living on the streets, many times harassed by the public and police. There are local governments across the country that have enacted municipal laws to keep the homeless off their streets and out of sight. It’s an “out of sight, out of mind” syndrome that people can use to choose to ignore homelessness in their cities. That is nothing more than harassment against a segment of society left out in the cold. There are shelters, but not enough and they restrict, for the most part, the use of the shelter on a first-come, first-served basis. Those using the shelters normally have to leave in the morning. They may be too late in the day when the shelters reopen to get a spot for the night.

Many millions of people live in substandard housing, not by choice, but by circumstance. They are in poverty in many, many cases and can’t afford better housing. They may live in metropolitan inner-city public housing projects that the local government claims they haven’t got the funding to keep the housing standards up, or so they claim. Many live in privately owned housing buildings, with slumlords who won’t spend any more money than they have to in order to keep the housing functioning. These slumlords don’t care about the poor conditions, they’re interested only in the money they make. Good capitalist business people, no? NO! Most of these public and private projects are in economically expensive cities, where the cost of housing traps people.

I could go on, but why? You should get the picture already. If you don’t, you are a cold, heartless person. Imagine if you had to live in a housing unit of some type that had constant plumbing, heating, or structural issues. Housing that may have unresolved rodent or insect infestations, or have crime rates that make the housing unsafe. Imagine if you had to raise children in one. There is no reason that any human being has to be without decent and well maintained housing.

In 2019 there were 1.5 million vacant homes and condominiums in the US. That is more than enough to house the homeless and some of the people in substandard housing. The government should be insuring that more decent housing is built for the rest of the people stuck in substandard housing. It is society’s responsibility to compel government to provide every person decent housing.

Both political parties have not brought widespread and sustained improvement to homelessness or substandard housing. How much of the billions in foreign and military aid from the US could be better spent providing proper housing to people in the United States? How much of the Defense Department spending on US forces overseas could be used? How much of the federal dollars that have been spent by both parties on immigration agencies, enforcement, and the border wall could have been better spent on decent housing for all people?

It is just another right of the people that is violated daily by government.

It will be no better in a Trump second term or a Biden first term.

Unemployment / Underemployment:

We can be a nation without unemployment and underemployment. It requires a different economic system, one where capitalism doesn’t exist.

We all understand the definition of unemployment, it simply means having no job. Underemployment is not having “a job that doesn’t put their education, experience or training to work, or they are working part-time when they’d rather have a full-time job”

In September of 2019 there were 5.8 million people unemployed in the US, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. In April 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 28 million people were unemployed. From the same source chart, as of July 2020, the number of unemployed has fallen to under 17 million people.

Underemployment is always an issue. When a person is working at a job that does not utilize the person’s skills and experience, then that person is underemployed. They may be only working part-time jobs due to poor economic conditions, like a pandemic for instance. They may not make enough in wages to maintain health insurance or to maintain a safe and stable household for themselves and their family.

If every person was provided with universal basic income by the government people would be in a better position “to cover the basic cost of living and provide financial security.” You can read more about the pros and cons of Universal Basic Income (UBI) at the provided link. There are different options on how to fund UBI, whether it’s taxing society, or raising taxes on the very wealthy or corporations. Keep in mind UBI is a monthly payment over and above employment income.

I believe that UBI payments should not be taxed by the government. Further, workers should have seats at the company or corporate boardroom table to involve workers in the operational programs and plans. No company, corporation, or business can function without the labor of the workers. Owners and shareholders earn wealth off of that labor, so the workforce should share in the wealth rewards from their labor too. Hoarding the wealth rewards to the few, equals the class suppression of the workers. Capitalism drives the economic car to the detriment of the many and the enrichment of the few. Capitalism creates misery and death for the masses, while the wealthy elite live pampered lives.

Both political parties are involved in the suppression of the workers. The federal minimum wage is set by Congress. Currently the federal minimum wage stands at $7.25 per hour, where it has been since May 2007. Do you think you can live on $7.25 per hour? That’s only $580 every two weeks, before taxes and any other deductions. “No way” you think, that’s not enough to live on. You’re right, it’s not. Now, a fair number of states have set the minimum wage for their state. It’s more, but is it enough? It might be, depending on the economic cost of where you live. I’d be skeptical though.

An employer must pay the higher of the two minimum wages, but there are exceptions to when employers have to pay minimum wage. The most common exemption is for bartenders and food servers. They can be paid a much lower rate, as low as a couple of dollars per hour, since the worker earns tips. The tips are considered to make up the difference in hourly earnings. Now, we all know, or should know, that tips earned varies a great deal. I was a bartender for a while when I was younger and the tips I made didn’t normally make up the difference. To my thinking, tips should not be considered in the wage earned. It’s a “bonus” for doing a great job in serving customers, which in turn likely increases the business of the employer.

There has been a lot of political hay made about increasing the federal minimum wage to $15.00 per hour (some States are already increasing minimum wages to the same level, over time). Well, sounds really good. That makes a minimum wage worker earnings of $1200.00 every two weeks, before taxes. But, depending on where you live, it may or may not be a living wage. Consider living in New York City versus St Louis. A one bedroom apartment costs from $2018.00 to $3313.00 in NYC, compared to $1076.00 in St Louis. So it comes down to the costs of living wherever you call home.

In the end, the political parties have the most guilt burden in this class separated employment and earning opportunities. By allowing the continuation of a unjust economic system at the expense of the people, the parties show their allegiance to the wealthiest segments of society.

Every person has the right to having living wages provided to them. To get this the current economic and political systems must be dismantled completely and new systems put in place.


Every individual in the country has the right to not be denied proper healthcare!

In the US, people are dying from the lack of proper healthcare. For whatever reason, people can’t get healthcare. They may have no insurance or the health insurance company refuses to pay out for whatever treatment medical providers deem necessary to deal with your medical problem.

It’s capitalism and politicians who keep you from getting and staying healthy. You may not be able to afford the monthly payment the insurance company wants to charge for your coverage. Your employer may only offer very restricted healthcare insurance programs in order to keep their costs down or your employer may not even offer healthcare insurance at all. If Donald Trump has his way, insurance companies will be allowed to go back to the time in America that they could deny you coverage because of a preexisting condition or charge you higher rates to cover you because of that preexisting condition.

In 2018, over 27 million Americans had no health insurance, according to an article at I would expect that millions more have lost healthcare coverage as a result of the economic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We must also realize that undocumented immigrants are locked out of government healthcare options (Medicare, Medicaid, etc) because the are in the country “illegally.” Many of them work, being exploited by their employers, for low wages. They can’t afford private health insurance.

People who have no health insurance and become ill, end up under a pile of medical debt they can not pay. The more care they need, the greater the medical debt piles up. Eventually, you start hearing from, and being harassed by, debt collectors. They’ll threaten court action if you won’t pay them. If you do pay them, usually over time, you’ll have to short some other area of your monthly expenses to do so. It’s crushing to try and juggle financial debt. I know because my wife and have had to do just that. I’m still dealing with it.

“Wait a minute,” you say, “what about Obamacare?” Well, yes, President Obama was able to get the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed by Congress and he signed it into law. But, opening healthcare “exchanges” and requiring all Americans to have health insurance (and penalizing people for not having insurance) doesn’t mean people can afford insurance. Donald Trump, with the support of Congressional Republicans, is doing everything he can to destroy the ACA. He says Republicans will have a better plan to replace the ACA with, though no plan has been brought to the public as of yet. Even with the ACA, millions will continue to be uninsured.

The call has arisen, prominently from Senator Bernie Sanders during his run for the Presidency, that “Medicare for All” should and must be implemented to provide health insurance to every person in the United States. There has been loud dissent to this idea by the conservative right and resistance by Democrats too. They don’t want then end of private insurance, which “Medicare for All” would do. I admit, initially I was against the idea as well. My reason? After years of health insurance programs that don’t cover enough, our family finally has a plan we can afford and that covers almost all of the costs we are charged to deal with my chronic medical issues, as well as my wife and daughter’s medical problems.

I’ve come to realize my mistake in outright opposing “Medicare for All.” I have come to accept that it would be a good plan for America, but with one modification. Private health insurance should still be available to those who wish to utilize it. Everyone would still pay their share of the costs of “Medicare for All” still, so the program could be properly funded. Plus, if someone loses private coverage they could immediately use “Medicare for All” as any other American can. Make no mistake though, private medical insurance would be restricted on costs to the insured and medical providers.

Now, if we can either change the style of government, or in the meantime compel the political parties work together to improve healthcare coverage for all people, we should be able to see that no person ever again loses their right to quality healthcare.

Just one more reason Capitalism must be removed as our economic system in America.


Schools are instrumental to society. People know that the role of schools is to educate children so they have an education level giving them the ability to participate in life and improve their ability to function in society. Yet, our schools are not equal in being able to provide education.

According to an Economic Policy Institute study in 2017, “Extensive research has conclusively demonstrated that children’s social class is one of the most significant predictors—if not the single most significant predictor—of their educational success. Moreover, it is increasingly apparent that performance gaps by social class take root in the earliest years of children’s lives and fail to narrow in the years that follow. That is, children who start behind stay behind—they are rarely able to make up the lost ground.”

Just look at the difference in funding of school districts in America. You will see a range of funding to individual schools, which directly relates to the socioeconomic status of the school’s students. A 2020 Public School Review article states that, “approximately 48 percent of a school’s budget comes from state resources, including income taxes, sales tax, and fees. Another 44 percent is contributed locally, primarily through the property taxes of homeowners in the area. The last eight percent of the public education budget comes from federal sources, with an emphasis on grants for specific programs and services for students that need them.”

Schools located in affluent districts are able to provide better pay for teachers and staff, they can afford basic and luxury educational materials, they can afford the costs of technology (buying students laptops for example). Lower income districts don’t have the funding to compete with the affluent districts.

Again, from the Public School Review article, “Since schools must provide the basics, including heat, electricity and transportation, cuts that must be done are frequently taken from the classroom. This means fewer programs for students and larger class sizes that can create obstacles to student success.”

Our children are our most important resource and their education is a priority we cannot ignore. Every human being is entitled to an education without restrictions, from kindergarten through 12th grade and up to a four year college bachelors degree. It should all be free! The K-12 schools must be of equal quality, rich versus poor should not exist in the educational system. A four year college degree must be considered the teaching period to provide advanced skill opportunities. Students should not have to take out school loans to attend college, then be burdened with repaying these loans once they have graduated.

If we want successful generations, then we must properly educate them and provide the opportunity to carry-on and improve our society.

Neither Republicans or Democrats have fixed the education system and they’ve had more than enough chances to do so. Instead, Donald Trump and the Republicans insist on creating greater divide between the rich and poor students by pushing for public funding of private schools. Democrats want to throw more money at the system, without providing reform to ensure equality in education.

The human right tof a quality education is not being given to anyone. Equality of education has never existed. It is our responsibility to remove the roadblocks and create quality and equality in education for all. To do this, the political system must be completely changed and capitalism, overthrown.

These are your rights as a human. They are not, as I stated in the opening, any right the state has to grant you. They are yours by right of birth. All of the rights outlined in this post should be yours so that you may have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Until next time

Not Constitutional

Trumps wants a Third & Fourth Term

Can we accept that Donald Trump cares nothing for the US Constitution? If you can’t, consider a statement from Trump himself. At a Wisconsin rally Trump made his plans clear. According to a Rolling Stone article:

“We are going to win four more years,” Trump said. “And then after that, we’ll go for another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.”

This proves Trump has no respect for the US Constitution. He would try to violate the 22nd Amendment, which places a two term limit on the Presidency. The question becomes, who will stand against him to prevent the violation of the 22nd Amendment?

Will the Secret Service forcibly remove Trump if he loses the election and refuses to leave? Would the US Armed Forces remove him? Would the FBI, DEA, CIA, and DHS? The answer is “that depends.” It depends on whether or not Trump has gained their organizational fealty. Trump would need the senior leaders of any organization supporting him. He also needs the support of the US Armed Forces. No dictator can retain power without the military forces behind him or her.

Are you scared yet? Here’s more to consider.

If Trump, or anyone else for that matter, can become a dictator there will be more the people will lose. The 1st Amendment will be scrapped. The media will be controlled by the government and will not be allowed to speak against the leadership. You, dear citizen, will have no right to speak freely. You either toe the line or find yourself incarcerated in some camp or prison for an indeterminate period of time. Your family might join you too. Religion will be restricted by the dictator to prevent any chance of believers becoming revolutionaries. There will be no protests allowed. There will be no redress of grievances because there will be no grievances. The Constitution will not exist. Oh, there will be “rights” for the people, but exercising them will lead to removal from society.

Are you scared yet? I shall continue then.

The police (local, state, and federal) departments will no longer “protect & serve” (which they already don’t do). They will become the nation’s security forces., with the mission of suppressing society and maintaining control of the populace for the leadership. Those rebelling will get a visit from the security forces, usually at midnight, and the offender(s) will quietly disappear. Remember, there is no Constitution. Even if there is, there will be no lawsuit to have you freed.

The courts, in this dictatorship, will be operating under the rules set by the leadership. Most “cases” brought to the court will end up siding with the what the government desires. Remember that the court system supports government goals, not societal goals.

What about the economy? For now capitalism holds sway and likely would continue to under a Trump dictatorship. He’s shown them a fair amount of favoritism in his presidency. He’s into cronyism and has handed out billions of dollars to help them out. But, will it last? Probably to some degree it would, though you can expect some government price controls. Of course, regardless of what occurs in the economy, Trump will take his cut. Greed is a motivator to Trump.

If you think that things are bad now, think how much worse it will be. There is a chance it can get worse.

So, what kind of nation do you want to live in?

The nation I want to live in treats everyone equally, without laws to make people equal. I want a country where no one is without a sustainable income. I want a nation where homelessness does not exist, especially when million upon millions of homes stand empty. I want a nation where higher education is provided to everyone, free of charge. There should be no student debt. I want a nation where no one goes hungry. I want a nation where workers gain some of the profits they make available because of their hard work. I want a nation that doesn’t criminalize immigrants entering into the country and participating in our society. I want a nation where politicians like Trump can be removed from office upon demand of the people.

I want a nation where citizens can lay their heads down at night in safety and security.

Until next time

Dr. Scott Atlas

Donald Trumps Coronavirus “Expert” Who Follows Orders

Dr. Scott Atlas (CNN image)

Dr. Atlas has been hired as a member of Donald Trump’s coronavirus panel. It just so happens that Dr. Atlas and the President think very much alike when it comes to COVID-19. Who is this guy?

Dr. Atlas is reported to be a Senior Fellow at the conservative think tank, the Hoover Institution, located at Stamford University. He is a member of the Working Group on Healthcare Policy. He has impressive credentials in his Hoover Institution biography. He appears to be an expert in healthcare policy.

Dr. Atlas received his MD from the University of Chicago School of Medicine. So, what’s his specialty in medicine? According to a Forbes article, “he’s board-certified in diagnostic radiology, which means he specializes in reading and interpreting imaging like X-rays, CT scans and MRIs, and he served as a professor and chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center from 1998 to 2012.

Did you notice anything missing in his Stanford bio? Dr. Atlas has ZERO training or experience in infectious diseases. Yet, he’s quick to jump aboard the Trump Train and declare that schools should open for in person classes. He is also against the suspension of college football.

“There is such fear in the community and unfortunately it’s been propagated by people who are doing some really sloppy thinking and really sensationalistic media reporting,” Atlas said in a Business Insider interview.

He mirrors Donald Trump in opening schools and college sports. He’s telling us he’s smarter than scientists with vast experience in infectious diseases. Now if we were talking about something in the radiology field, he could be a go to guy. However, when it comes to the coronavirus, Dr. Fauci is the voice to listen to. Donald Trump doesn’t want his experts to speak out contrarily to his pronouncements and Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx refuse to follow Trump down the lies highway.

So, to get an “expert” who will agree with him, Trump finds Atlas to be his ventriloquist’s dummy. Dr. Atlas brings nothing to the coronavirus table except parroting Trump’s coronavirus beliefs. The last thing America needs is more noise from the White House.

Dr. Atlas should do the country a favor and stick to his specialty.