And so I am. I am embarrassed by what this country is turning into: a stupid, hate mongering, isolationist turd ball. I am further embarrassed by the so-called president and the Republicans that are putting party ahead of country and its people. I see hate everywhere I go. I am embarrassed by the number of Jews involved in the growing Russia scandal, dare I say treason? A shanda, pure and simple.
I can't really put into words the shame I am feeling. Our lame president rode in a golf cart yards behind the walking leaders of the free world. What a massage that sends. Our poor, dilapidated old man, wife, slapping away his hand, American idiot. I am embarrassed. Every time he opens his mouth I am embarrassed. Every day brings new revelations. I thought I couldn't get more embarrassed by a president than George W. Bush. I was wrong, wrong, I tell you.
I am watching with horror that we are not making America great again, but hate again. It is like the Republicans and their ilk are trying to blot out the history that was Obama. Civil rights, reproductive rights, equal opportunities, safety from police violence, all being rolled back, blotting out the last eight years. No, it wasn't enough for him to question his birth, we now have to undo all he did. And I am embarrassed.
My congressman, Mike Bishop, stands by this ass. And dare I say he doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of re-election. What an ass. He has disabled his website so you can't send him emails anymore. Classy. Fake news? Double Speak, 1984...all being realized in a third world country that we have become. I can't stand this.
Every day I turn to MSNBC hoping that this American Idiot (thanks Green Day) will see the light and step down. It really is too much for him. Every day another scandal, deeper intrigue, more subpoenas. Every day...and I grow weary. #Resist
People who voted for this idiot, having been sold a bill of goods by him, stand by their man. He is gutting the social safety net. Dr. Carson says Poverty is a state of mind. Wonderful. A brain surgeon came up with this. I am outraged. We are becoming not the best and brightest, but the worse and dumbest. A shanda.
And everyday I am made angrier. There is hate in the street. The white middle class may feel newly invigorated and less marginalized but hens will come home to roost. And when there is no longer a middle class, much less a white middle class, will blood run in the streets?
Wake up. You've been conned by the King of Cons. His behavior towards Russia is treasonous. Can no one see this. If the Democrats had pulled half of this bullshit would they still have a place to hang their hats? The party in power has grown so intoxicated by the power that they can't stand themselves. When the Republicans, the good ones, put country ahead of party we might see some light at the end of this tunnel.
I'll tell ya...an ass of a cousin, Lena Epstein, is planning to run against Debbie Stabenow for senate. She, Lena, has no political experience, but, like her mentor, she doesn't see this as hindering her chances. I will do everything in my power to see that Lena is defeated. Her father is a bad man, grown senile from what I have heard. They have money up the butt, then denied an inheritance to another cousin and they took that money, money, money and ran. These are the people we now choose for public service? Greedy robber barons.
And so I go on everyday with a faint hope that this 132 day nightmare will end soon. And not with a bang but with a whimper.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
It's been a while, dear friends
Since last I posted. Much has transpired since of a more personal nature than waiting for the inevitable collapse of our civilization. Passover transpired, which, as matzo is want to do, ripped my guts to shreds and has necessitated a colonoscopy on the 2nd of May. So until then Prednisone is my friend and companion and I hope this does not offset the effects of the Forteo injections I have been taking since October to strengthen my weak old bones. So, of course, I immediately imagine my ankle is in the process of breaking bad.
On a more positive note Capitol City Informatics is doing splendidly. I am giving computer literacy courses out at the Williamston Area Senior Center (WASC) (and getting paid). This has necessitated hiring Sophie as my chauffeur. She is now on my payroll. Basically she gets a per diem for the ride to and from the WASC and mileage. I opened a business account with the bank but right now my cash outlay is greater than my income. But I am just getting started. Teaching computer literacy to seniors is enjoyable and a market that I think is very vibrant. I go to my office in my home (which also doubles as the cats' room and music studio...go figure that the cats would have a band) and work out PowerPoint presentations, which I have uploaded to my website. So if you want to learn computer basics or how to do research in the internet these presentations are on the website. Among other things I am learning by doing and then teaching others. I am getting input from the seniors on what they want to learn and and working out classes for them. I hope to have a drop in session where folks can bring their laptops, tablets and smartphones in and we can work with them on a one to one basis. The WASC also has five desktop computers and they are already being used regularly. I teach safe computing as well.
So, whilst all of this is ongoing spring has sprung in a spectacular fashion. The campus, which was submerged under water just three weeks ago, making a lake out of the baseball field, is now alive with flowering trees, flowering flowers and the crack of the bat hitting the ball. My front yard looks spectacular with all the daffs and miniature tulips blooming that my Aunt Marilyn had sent me since I have moved to Sans Souci in 2015. The back yard needs some work yet but the patio furniture is out, the garage is relatively clean and, touch wood, the basement hasn't seen fit to flood this year. Aside from the revenge of the Seder ulcerative colitis (UC) attack things are pretty good. I may need to change my UC meds to a biologic (Humira) which is an injection as well but as long as I am poking myself nightly for the Forteo, what's another poke? Speaking of pokes, I lost four rose bushes over the winter as I couldn't take care of the yard last autumn due to the fractures of the femurs, so, but of course, I am getting two more bushes and two climbing roses to replace them. And then there is the contract to redo the front porch. The windstorm we had in March blew my screens out and the door is no more. Brad to the rescue, sooner rather than later to effect the repairs.
So, no politics today. I am tired and depressed by the worldly goings on. But spring is springing and mayhaps the UC will resolve itself without going on a biologic. I was doing pretty good on one medication but the insurer wouldn't cover it any more so I am on something apparently not as good as the Asacol was so I suffered with the UC and all its unattractive feces, er, features. And on that note...
On a more positive note Capitol City Informatics is doing splendidly. I am giving computer literacy courses out at the Williamston Area Senior Center (WASC) (and getting paid). This has necessitated hiring Sophie as my chauffeur. She is now on my payroll. Basically she gets a per diem for the ride to and from the WASC and mileage. I opened a business account with the bank but right now my cash outlay is greater than my income. But I am just getting started. Teaching computer literacy to seniors is enjoyable and a market that I think is very vibrant. I go to my office in my home (which also doubles as the cats' room and music studio...go figure that the cats would have a band) and work out PowerPoint presentations, which I have uploaded to my website. So if you want to learn computer basics or how to do research in the internet these presentations are on the website. Among other things I am learning by doing and then teaching others. I am getting input from the seniors on what they want to learn and and working out classes for them. I hope to have a drop in session where folks can bring their laptops, tablets and smartphones in and we can work with them on a one to one basis. The WASC also has five desktop computers and they are already being used regularly. I teach safe computing as well.
So, whilst all of this is ongoing spring has sprung in a spectacular fashion. The campus, which was submerged under water just three weeks ago, making a lake out of the baseball field, is now alive with flowering trees, flowering flowers and the crack of the bat hitting the ball. My front yard looks spectacular with all the daffs and miniature tulips blooming that my Aunt Marilyn had sent me since I have moved to Sans Souci in 2015. The back yard needs some work yet but the patio furniture is out, the garage is relatively clean and, touch wood, the basement hasn't seen fit to flood this year. Aside from the revenge of the Seder ulcerative colitis (UC) attack things are pretty good. I may need to change my UC meds to a biologic (Humira) which is an injection as well but as long as I am poking myself nightly for the Forteo, what's another poke? Speaking of pokes, I lost four rose bushes over the winter as I couldn't take care of the yard last autumn due to the fractures of the femurs, so, but of course, I am getting two more bushes and two climbing roses to replace them. And then there is the contract to redo the front porch. The windstorm we had in March blew my screens out and the door is no more. Brad to the rescue, sooner rather than later to effect the repairs.
So, no politics today. I am tired and depressed by the worldly goings on. But spring is springing and mayhaps the UC will resolve itself without going on a biologic. I was doing pretty good on one medication but the insurer wouldn't cover it any more so I am on something apparently not as good as the Asacol was so I suffered with the UC and all its unattractive feces, er, features. And on that note...
Monday, March 27, 2017
The mystery that is history
George Santayana once said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. This is basically a plug for knowing history. And as I watch the whole world unravel, due to some Bannonian edict to deconstruct the administrative state, watch the dismantling of the social safety net put in place by those progressive dreamers following the "Great Depression", I am reminded of Santayana's words. I is a history major as an undergraduate (minors in religious studies and English) and in my distant past done work towards a doctorate which I managed to destroy with a little too much graduate school libations. Not that I have any special insight to the debacle we are witnessing but maybe I do. Who know? But then I am the Authority Czarina and maybe I can be of assistance. I cite Percy Bysshe Shelley's Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Yes, we are in the desert of Trumplandia. And when our history is writ large we shall see what we allowed to be created and how it tumbled and decayed.
If we have learned nothing from the last week is that the party in dominance is feckless. Eight years they had to repeal and replace (or just repeal) the ACA and the came up empty. Seems given time to acclimate to the concept of health care as a "entitlement" most people seem to have cozied up to the notion. Now try to take it away and the hue and cry has gone up. Sure the ACA could be better, like a single payer option, but most people, many of the Trumpets, have warmed to the idea. Now don't you dare take their Kodachrome away.
And that the Republicans who salivated like a junk yard dog over a contested bone tried to eviscerate the ACA the people fought back. Still the fact that they really had no plan at all and that it was rushed through the process without a hearing, well, I am sure that had something to do with it as well.
So Ryan looks like a loser, and Trump, ever the narcissist, tries to blame the Dems for the failure and refuses to take any personal responsibility The fact is this country cannot be run on a business model and the president's lack of political acumen and his thin skinned self demonstrates this all too well. He has not drained the swamp, only made it swampier. He is a puppet of the Republicans who thought he was malleable and could bend to their will.
And speaking of puppets, the Russian connection through this whole ugly ordeal...why are we all not shouting TREASON. The Republicans wanted power so much they compromised the democracy to attain it. TREASON. Call it what is it. . The whole rat pack of them GUILTY. They are traitors to this country and owe allegiance only to power and whomever can put them there.
This is the history we are living.
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Yes, we are in the desert of Trumplandia. And when our history is writ large we shall see what we allowed to be created and how it tumbled and decayed.
If we have learned nothing from the last week is that the party in dominance is feckless. Eight years they had to repeal and replace (or just repeal) the ACA and the came up empty. Seems given time to acclimate to the concept of health care as a "entitlement" most people seem to have cozied up to the notion. Now try to take it away and the hue and cry has gone up. Sure the ACA could be better, like a single payer option, but most people, many of the Trumpets, have warmed to the idea. Now don't you dare take their Kodachrome away.
And that the Republicans who salivated like a junk yard dog over a contested bone tried to eviscerate the ACA the people fought back. Still the fact that they really had no plan at all and that it was rushed through the process without a hearing, well, I am sure that had something to do with it as well.
So Ryan looks like a loser, and Trump, ever the narcissist, tries to blame the Dems for the failure and refuses to take any personal responsibility The fact is this country cannot be run on a business model and the president's lack of political acumen and his thin skinned self demonstrates this all too well. He has not drained the swamp, only made it swampier. He is a puppet of the Republicans who thought he was malleable and could bend to their will.
And speaking of puppets, the Russian connection through this whole ugly ordeal...why are we all not shouting TREASON. The Republicans wanted power so much they compromised the democracy to attain it. TREASON. Call it what is it. . The whole rat pack of them GUILTY. They are traitors to this country and owe allegiance only to power and whomever can put them there.
This is the history we are living.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Have we have lost the ability to be outraged?
I am shocked, well, not too shocked, at the latest revelations about the president's administration and its ties to Russia. Why aren't more people not outraged that a foreign entity interrupted our democratic processes and handed the president a victory lap around the country. The fact that the AG is now splitting hairs as to what role he was in when he spoke to the Russian ambassador during the campaign speaks volumes about the lack of integrity of this White House. And the Trumpets are not in the least concerned that their hero is riding on Putin's back in the bromance of the century.
People: Russia interfered with our electoral process. That is real. Be outraged. People: the president has tremendous ties to the Russian oligarchs and that is the reason he won't release his tax returns. The enemy of the people is not the free press it is this rogue presidency. And no one seems truly upset. PEOPLE: WE WERE HACKED BY RUSSIA, OUR COLD WAR NEMESIS. Be outraged. If the shoe had been on the other foot and the hack had favored the Democrats, the Right would be all over it like flies in shit. But, no, with his MAGA campaign his supporters don't seem to care. Where is the moral outrage?
Yes, right now it looks like partisan politics. The intelligence community, which is historically to the right of center, says the hack is real. We should sit up and pay attention. Seventeen national intelligence agencies have said the hack is real. I no longer say the outcome doesn't matter. It does. While there may be no "do over" we do need to have an investigation into this Russian cyber-attack. We do need to investigate why the administration is playing bait and switch and bright shiny objects to distract from the noise this cyber-attack should be creating. The enemy of the people isn't the free press, which is pushing the investigation envelope and leading the charge, it is the current administration.
The Administration needs to realize that America isn't a business you can walk away from in a bankruptcy court. No, it follows you around like a puppy wanting to be loved and cared for. It is not something that can be bought and sold to the highest bidder. If it is we better cash in our chips right now and move to Canada, if they will have us. America is not something that should operate on a business model. Yes, let's be efficient, but let us be compassionate as well. The people who felt left behind by the Democrats, the people that still cling to MAGA, these people should be throwing in the towel right about now. Yes, the economy is robust, but how much of that had to do with the previous administration? Coal jobs aren't coming back. Coal is a lost industry. Move on. Automation has taken away more jobs that immigrants. Move on. The xenophobia is unreal, the anti-Semitic rhetoric and bomb threats to JCCs are unreal, the four mosques that have been torched in the last seven weeks, this is unreal. Look about you people...all hell is breaking loose and you are telling me this is making America great again (MAGA)? It is if you are talking about the reemergence of a robust free press, the robust attendance at town halls across this country, the hue and cry being raised about the ACA. Some people have said that this movement isn't as organic as the Tea Party. Looks pretty organic to me. Not paid protesters. I have yet to receive my check from attending the women's march in Lansing on the 21st of January. Dang, that was organic!
The enemy of the people are the people who have been elected that try to hold a bright, shiny object in our face and tell us the press is the problem. If the press would just let things settle, let the Trumpets be Trumpets, then all would be right and the head Trumpets would act more presidential. The bright, shiny object that is blaming the left for perpetuating attacks on JCCs and mosques, that the Democrats are doing this just to undermine the administration...this nonsense has to stop right now.
I am sure Mike Bishop (810-227-8600), my illustrious congressman, is sick of hearing from me at least once a week. I don't care.
My point is we need to be, if not outraged, then upset that a foreign entity hacked our democratic processes. We need a thorough investigation like the 9/11 commission. Jeff Sessions should stop splitting hairs and recuse himself from this investigation, if not resign. The swamp has not been drained but flooded as if spring showers have overwhelmed the levees. I am scared for this democracy. And don't get me started on Steve Bannon and his "deconstruction of the administrative state". This isn't about rolling back regulations, it is about ending the state as we know it. Be scared. Be very scared.
People: Russia interfered with our electoral process. That is real. Be outraged. People: the president has tremendous ties to the Russian oligarchs and that is the reason he won't release his tax returns. The enemy of the people is not the free press it is this rogue presidency. And no one seems truly upset. PEOPLE: WE WERE HACKED BY RUSSIA, OUR COLD WAR NEMESIS. Be outraged. If the shoe had been on the other foot and the hack had favored the Democrats, the Right would be all over it like flies in shit. But, no, with his MAGA campaign his supporters don't seem to care. Where is the moral outrage?
Yes, right now it looks like partisan politics. The intelligence community, which is historically to the right of center, says the hack is real. We should sit up and pay attention. Seventeen national intelligence agencies have said the hack is real. I no longer say the outcome doesn't matter. It does. While there may be no "do over" we do need to have an investigation into this Russian cyber-attack. We do need to investigate why the administration is playing bait and switch and bright shiny objects to distract from the noise this cyber-attack should be creating. The enemy of the people isn't the free press, which is pushing the investigation envelope and leading the charge, it is the current administration.
The Administration needs to realize that America isn't a business you can walk away from in a bankruptcy court. No, it follows you around like a puppy wanting to be loved and cared for. It is not something that can be bought and sold to the highest bidder. If it is we better cash in our chips right now and move to Canada, if they will have us. America is not something that should operate on a business model. Yes, let's be efficient, but let us be compassionate as well. The people who felt left behind by the Democrats, the people that still cling to MAGA, these people should be throwing in the towel right about now. Yes, the economy is robust, but how much of that had to do with the previous administration? Coal jobs aren't coming back. Coal is a lost industry. Move on. Automation has taken away more jobs that immigrants. Move on. The xenophobia is unreal, the anti-Semitic rhetoric and bomb threats to JCCs are unreal, the four mosques that have been torched in the last seven weeks, this is unreal. Look about you people...all hell is breaking loose and you are telling me this is making America great again (MAGA)? It is if you are talking about the reemergence of a robust free press, the robust attendance at town halls across this country, the hue and cry being raised about the ACA. Some people have said that this movement isn't as organic as the Tea Party. Looks pretty organic to me. Not paid protesters. I have yet to receive my check from attending the women's march in Lansing on the 21st of January. Dang, that was organic!
The enemy of the people are the people who have been elected that try to hold a bright, shiny object in our face and tell us the press is the problem. If the press would just let things settle, let the Trumpets be Trumpets, then all would be right and the head Trumpets would act more presidential. The bright, shiny object that is blaming the left for perpetuating attacks on JCCs and mosques, that the Democrats are doing this just to undermine the administration...this nonsense has to stop right now.
I am sure Mike Bishop (810-227-8600), my illustrious congressman, is sick of hearing from me at least once a week. I don't care.
My point is we need to be, if not outraged, then upset that a foreign entity hacked our democratic processes. We need a thorough investigation like the 9/11 commission. Jeff Sessions should stop splitting hairs and recuse himself from this investigation, if not resign. The swamp has not been drained but flooded as if spring showers have overwhelmed the levees. I am scared for this democracy. And don't get me started on Steve Bannon and his "deconstruction of the administrative state". This isn't about rolling back regulations, it is about ending the state as we know it. Be scared. Be very scared.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
I have decided
Donald Trump doesn't know what the hell he is doing. Either that or he's more malicious than we thought and incapable of speaking in complete sentences that are longer than 140 characters. And to all you Trumpians who believe he is making America great...now it's time for you to get over it. He's will destroy the working and middle classes with his "make one regulation, remove two" edict. Ending the fiduciary responsibility of financial advisers, compromising the health of the economy and the safety of its citizens through brazen stupidity, and lordy I could go on and on. Signing executive orders without reading them, trying to marginalize the free press. Throwing tantrum after tantrum in a manner not befitting a leading of our democracy. All this and more. And President Bannon, who is probably of Irish decent (whose name in Gaelic means white or fair...how apropos) and who's hand is so far up The Donald's ass that it actually looks like Trump might be in charge. Trump declaring that if the president does it, it is by definition legal and constitutional, all the while violating the emolument clause of the constitution and creating a mess of our economy (in due time, children, you wait and see). All he knows how to do is brand and declare bankruptcy and that isn't really an option for our country now is it. And he is a loose cannon who is putting our democracy at risk.
I have an African American friend who I believe is so conservative as to make Bannon look like a sissy. He is thoughtful and articulate and we have enjoyed some back and forth discussing politics. I have news for him...In Bannon's America he will be so marginalized as to not have a voice. I have no problems with thoughtful conservatives, and even those conservatives who have joined the dark side of opposing Trump, as long as there is a rational basis for dialogue (beyond the "You lost, we won" variety) and a free exchange of ideas. Mr. Bannon is a white nationalist, a would be Leninist intent on destroying the current status quo and making America great in his image. A white European national identity, far more dangerous than the KKK, but giving voice to them as well. I wonder how my friend feels about the conflation of white nationalism and the KKK. All the hate that is bubbling to the surface. This nationalistic movement rooted in populism gone awry is not healthy for our diverse culture and is putting all its citizens at risk. He is antisemitic, a racist, a misogynist, etc., etc., etc. He is not the America I want to believe in and be part of. No, I am not leaving the country, although some may wish I would, but I intend to stand strong through this constitutional crisis and emerge on the other side a better, freer and diverse, not divisive, America.
And so it goes.
I have an African American friend who I believe is so conservative as to make Bannon look like a sissy. He is thoughtful and articulate and we have enjoyed some back and forth discussing politics. I have news for him...In Bannon's America he will be so marginalized as to not have a voice. I have no problems with thoughtful conservatives, and even those conservatives who have joined the dark side of opposing Trump, as long as there is a rational basis for dialogue (beyond the "You lost, we won" variety) and a free exchange of ideas. Mr. Bannon is a white nationalist, a would be Leninist intent on destroying the current status quo and making America great in his image. A white European national identity, far more dangerous than the KKK, but giving voice to them as well. I wonder how my friend feels about the conflation of white nationalism and the KKK. All the hate that is bubbling to the surface. This nationalistic movement rooted in populism gone awry is not healthy for our diverse culture and is putting all its citizens at risk. He is antisemitic, a racist, a misogynist, etc., etc., etc. He is not the America I want to believe in and be part of. No, I am not leaving the country, although some may wish I would, but I intend to stand strong through this constitutional crisis and emerge on the other side a better, freer and diverse, not divisive, America.
And so it goes.
Friday, February 3, 2017
Just when you think...
This clusterfux of a shitstorm can't get any worse somehow it does. My friend, Sister Our Lady of Perpetual Motion, who has nightmares about mushrooms clouds. those clouds are starting to almost look inevitable. The Neo-Cons of a bygone happier time of George W. Bush are starting to look like absolute boys scouts. Our president of perpetual puppet and his puppet master are heading us towards a war in Iran or China or Mexico, dammit we gotta have a war somewhere or what's a military and nuclear weaponry for. Bring on the tanks, bring on the war planes, oh, it's one-two-three what are we fighting for, don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is...
As I approach my thirty-third year at the MSU Library I reflect on times gone by. Used to be I was the youngest at the table of my friends, but now all those friends have retired and I am the old lady of the crew. I recall being horrified at the prospect of war in 1990, which materialized. I recall the doctrine of "shock and awe", which apparently this president also believes in. I think what this president believes in, really, is nothing but himself. But Bannon, there's the danger. They would like it if all of our peaceful demonstrations turned ugly, like the riot at UC Berkeley. But there is some suspicion, like the Nazis of old, those in power might send agitators to our demonstrations in hopes of starting violence and,thus, making it alright to send in the troops. Well, if it worked for the Nazis and then the Soviets why not for the Trumpets.
So, now that the collective "We" have antagonized Australia, cosied up to Russia, threatened Iran and Mexico all in two weeks, and my we have been a busy boy, just when I think it can't possibly get worse it does. It matters how we are perceived in the world community. Our alliances, especially with NATO and honoring the Geneva Convention, should be recognized and honored. I just can't believe that an ignorant, narcissistic, egomaniacal, man-child sociopath is in charge of the strongest military in the world, with Bannon's hand up his ass, or pulling his strings, or both.
Let us keep our protests peaceful...keep the pressure on Congress. Trumpeezee had to cancel a visit to Milwaukee over fears that there would be protests and his fragile ego would have none of that. Keep the pressure on. Keep it peaceful. There is a General Strike being organized for February 17th. No work, no commerce, a shutdown. Keep that a peaceful resolution. Keep the pressure on. Rise Up, as I am wont to say. Let's keep the media free and let them hold our leaders responsible for their alternative fact universe they have created, The KellyAnne Con-Job statement about the Bowling Green Massacre is made up. They need to make up stories to keep the masses afraid of foreigners and the truth. There was no Bowling Green Massacre and that's why there was no media coverage. She, the Minister of Propaganda, only wants news that follows the agenda. She can wonder all she wants why the media isn't giving Trump a "fair chance"; he has proven himself unworthy of a second chance. His transition team foreshadowed all that is now happening. So let's be vigilant, not vigilantes. Let's "go high" when they "go low".
I have written my congressman, the spineless Mike Bishop, at least once a week. I have called our AG Bill Schuette, who hopes to be our next fearful leader, numerous times as he supports what I prefer to call the "Muslim Ban". My city, bless our tax dollars at work, has decided to oppose the ban. My university is deeply concerned about the ban and along with UofM has chosen to not turn over immigration records of students. Peaceful we are and peaceful we shall be. Rise Up!
As I approach my thirty-third year at the MSU Library I reflect on times gone by. Used to be I was the youngest at the table of my friends, but now all those friends have retired and I am the old lady of the crew. I recall being horrified at the prospect of war in 1990, which materialized. I recall the doctrine of "shock and awe", which apparently this president also believes in. I think what this president believes in, really, is nothing but himself. But Bannon, there's the danger. They would like it if all of our peaceful demonstrations turned ugly, like the riot at UC Berkeley. But there is some suspicion, like the Nazis of old, those in power might send agitators to our demonstrations in hopes of starting violence and,thus, making it alright to send in the troops. Well, if it worked for the Nazis and then the Soviets why not for the Trumpets.
So, now that the collective "We" have antagonized Australia, cosied up to Russia, threatened Iran and Mexico all in two weeks, and my we have been a busy boy, just when I think it can't possibly get worse it does. It matters how we are perceived in the world community. Our alliances, especially with NATO and honoring the Geneva Convention, should be recognized and honored. I just can't believe that an ignorant, narcissistic, egomaniacal, man-child sociopath is in charge of the strongest military in the world, with Bannon's hand up his ass, or pulling his strings, or both.
Let us keep our protests peaceful...keep the pressure on Congress. Trumpeezee had to cancel a visit to Milwaukee over fears that there would be protests and his fragile ego would have none of that. Keep the pressure on. Keep it peaceful. There is a General Strike being organized for February 17th. No work, no commerce, a shutdown. Keep that a peaceful resolution. Keep the pressure on. Rise Up, as I am wont to say. Let's keep the media free and let them hold our leaders responsible for their alternative fact universe they have created, The KellyAnne Con-Job statement about the Bowling Green Massacre is made up. They need to make up stories to keep the masses afraid of foreigners and the truth. There was no Bowling Green Massacre and that's why there was no media coverage. She, the Minister of Propaganda, only wants news that follows the agenda. She can wonder all she wants why the media isn't giving Trump a "fair chance"; he has proven himself unworthy of a second chance. His transition team foreshadowed all that is now happening. So let's be vigilant, not vigilantes. Let's "go high" when they "go low".
I have written my congressman, the spineless Mike Bishop, at least once a week. I have called our AG Bill Schuette, who hopes to be our next fearful leader, numerous times as he supports what I prefer to call the "Muslim Ban". My city, bless our tax dollars at work, has decided to oppose the ban. My university is deeply concerned about the ban and along with UofM has chosen to not turn over immigration records of students. Peaceful we are and peaceful we shall be. Rise Up!
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
mas vale que nunca
Well, it has been a long journey since last I wrote. The Mango Mussolini is now our puppet commander in chief and puppet master Bannon's hand is up the Mango's ass. Get the feeling I am unhappy? As Stephen Colbert said last night, and I am paraphrasing, it is like being on a roller coaster every day and still having to puke anew. And I am dizzy enough as it is with my latest malady. But enough about me. I have a friend, yes I do, at the library who has a dream about Trump pushing the nuclear button and she sees a mushroom cloud and ... that's all folks...she wakes up screaming. It is sad that it has come so far so soon.
I am having a running dialogue with a Trump supporter. I am assuming this because he has spoken nary a word against Trumpo. We have been discussing the Muslim ban and he is arguing that it is precautionary and I have been arguing it is hatred in the guise of keeping us safe. It does nothing to enhance our standing in the world, which right now is laughable if it weren't so bad, and only serves to make more jihadists who see us as hating Muslims. This will keep ISIS and Al Qaeda in business for quite sometime to come. And yesterday seventeen bomb threats were called into Jewish community centers across the country. So the hate is right now bubbling forth. The Mosque shooting in Quebec, the Mosque burning in Texas, the seventeen bomb threats to Jewish centers, all bespeak of a level of hate in this country we haven't seen in a good long time. Is this what he meant by making America great again?
Steve Bannon is the one who truly scares me as while Trumpo may not know what he is coloring day to day Bannon knows exactly what buttons to push.
Now, all this said, I don't despise the Republicans. There are good, honest men and women who do not support the Trumpet vision of the world, like John McCain and Lindsey Graham. When Bush won/stole the election in 2000 I didn't fret about the world situation as I do now with certain fingers on the nu-clear button, as Bush II would say. But this somehow all feels very different and threatening to my safety and the safety of my fellow citizens. With a madman at the helm and a strong White Nationalist pulling the strings I do fear for my safety. When such casual conversations come to me with the phrase "...and I Jewed them down." I feel angry and when I explain how hateful that expression is that say "No. I mean it as a compliment."
Okay, so I am conflating hatred of Muslims with hatred of the Jews, and essentially all religious, ethnic and racial minorities. And I believe the connection is the white christian nationalist who yearns for the good old days when they could walk down the street with their white privilege in their pockets and brush off any offending persons with a flick of their finger. That is what scares me most.
While the Muslim ban (and I am calling what it truly is) excludes peoples from seven predominately Muslim countries (but none where actual terrorists have come from since the turn of the century and none where Trumpeezee has business dealings) and he says the Obama administration is the one who first started this freeze on these seven nations, including war ravaged Syria. And while he who shall not be named says this isn't a Muslim ban, that minority Christians from the Mideast will be giving priority and special treatment, how can it not be perceived as such?
All of this brings me back to what can I do. Like the song "Draft Dodger Rag" I have a laundry list of things I can proactively do. Such as: joining the ACLU, ADL, Southern Poverty Law Center, B'nai Brith, Hadassah, Emily's List, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, etc, etc, etc. Therapy is helping as well as I am taking care of myself. That is another safe place to pitch a hissy. I walked in the Women's march in Lansing, I will march again on April 15th, which is the next scheduled demonstration in case you are interested, which will be another call for the Mango to release his taxes (Yes we are really interested in seeing what a great businessman he truly is).
Alrighty then, deep breath and let go. Here is a list, in no particular order, of my fears in the new Trumpian world order: Hate on the rise and being openly expressed as if somehow the election has made it normal to burn mosques and phone in bomb threats to Jewish community centers. The next holocaust, which might be nuclear. The only thing worse than dying in a nuclear blast is surviving it. Economic collapse because all the Donald is really good at is declaring bankruptcy and starting all over again. That most Republicans will continue to be spineless and power hungry enough to not oppose what they know in their small hearts is wrongheaded. The Wall and the prospect of paying for it in terms of higher prices due to price gouging by companies producing goods in Mexico and paying a 20% tariff on products, the cost of which will be passed on to consumers. Yes, that is what a smart man, and he keeps telling us "bigly" how smart he is, does to put another brick in the wall. That a man with small hands, and indeed they are small, will be so testicularly crazed that he will play with his war toys as if it were a game. Etc, etc, etc.
There now, I am feeling better. I likes me a good deep breath and letting go. I know people who voted for Mango say give the man a chance, it has only been ten days, but what a roller coaster ride it has been these ten days. And now, if you will excuse me, I shall puke...
I am having a running dialogue with a Trump supporter. I am assuming this because he has spoken nary a word against Trumpo. We have been discussing the Muslim ban and he is arguing that it is precautionary and I have been arguing it is hatred in the guise of keeping us safe. It does nothing to enhance our standing in the world, which right now is laughable if it weren't so bad, and only serves to make more jihadists who see us as hating Muslims. This will keep ISIS and Al Qaeda in business for quite sometime to come. And yesterday seventeen bomb threats were called into Jewish community centers across the country. So the hate is right now bubbling forth. The Mosque shooting in Quebec, the Mosque burning in Texas, the seventeen bomb threats to Jewish centers, all bespeak of a level of hate in this country we haven't seen in a good long time. Is this what he meant by making America great again?
Steve Bannon is the one who truly scares me as while Trumpo may not know what he is coloring day to day Bannon knows exactly what buttons to push.
Now, all this said, I don't despise the Republicans. There are good, honest men and women who do not support the Trumpet vision of the world, like John McCain and Lindsey Graham. When Bush won/stole the election in 2000 I didn't fret about the world situation as I do now with certain fingers on the nu-clear button, as Bush II would say. But this somehow all feels very different and threatening to my safety and the safety of my fellow citizens. With a madman at the helm and a strong White Nationalist pulling the strings I do fear for my safety. When such casual conversations come to me with the phrase "...and I Jewed them down." I feel angry and when I explain how hateful that expression is that say "No. I mean it as a compliment."
Okay, so I am conflating hatred of Muslims with hatred of the Jews, and essentially all religious, ethnic and racial minorities. And I believe the connection is the white christian nationalist who yearns for the good old days when they could walk down the street with their white privilege in their pockets and brush off any offending persons with a flick of their finger. That is what scares me most.
While the Muslim ban (and I am calling what it truly is) excludes peoples from seven predominately Muslim countries (but none where actual terrorists have come from since the turn of the century and none where Trumpeezee has business dealings) and he says the Obama administration is the one who first started this freeze on these seven nations, including war ravaged Syria. And while he who shall not be named says this isn't a Muslim ban, that minority Christians from the Mideast will be giving priority and special treatment, how can it not be perceived as such?
All of this brings me back to what can I do. Like the song "Draft Dodger Rag" I have a laundry list of things I can proactively do. Such as: joining the ACLU, ADL, Southern Poverty Law Center, B'nai Brith, Hadassah, Emily's List, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, etc, etc, etc. Therapy is helping as well as I am taking care of myself. That is another safe place to pitch a hissy. I walked in the Women's march in Lansing, I will march again on April 15th, which is the next scheduled demonstration in case you are interested, which will be another call for the Mango to release his taxes (Yes we are really interested in seeing what a great businessman he truly is).
Alrighty then, deep breath and let go. Here is a list, in no particular order, of my fears in the new Trumpian world order: Hate on the rise and being openly expressed as if somehow the election has made it normal to burn mosques and phone in bomb threats to Jewish community centers. The next holocaust, which might be nuclear. The only thing worse than dying in a nuclear blast is surviving it. Economic collapse because all the Donald is really good at is declaring bankruptcy and starting all over again. That most Republicans will continue to be spineless and power hungry enough to not oppose what they know in their small hearts is wrongheaded. The Wall and the prospect of paying for it in terms of higher prices due to price gouging by companies producing goods in Mexico and paying a 20% tariff on products, the cost of which will be passed on to consumers. Yes, that is what a smart man, and he keeps telling us "bigly" how smart he is, does to put another brick in the wall. That a man with small hands, and indeed they are small, will be so testicularly crazed that he will play with his war toys as if it were a game. Etc, etc, etc.
There now, I am feeling better. I likes me a good deep breath and letting go. I know people who voted for Mango say give the man a chance, it has only been ten days, but what a roller coaster ride it has been these ten days. And now, if you will excuse me, I shall puke...
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