FOR FUCK’S SAKE Thurs 4/26/2018–Day 461 of The Hostage Situation

Well...

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This morning Trump decided to start his day by appearing on FauxNews. Oh, glory-be. Fox is his mini-fix when he doesn't have a rally to stroke his ego. He's freaking unhinged. Now he claims Comey said he didn't stay overnight in Moscow for (say it all together) The Miss Universe Pageant, further stating of course he stayed over night. Wtf? Two words: flip-flop. He also reiterated how his first year had more accomplishments and successes than any other President in the history of the United States. Boys and girls, this is why literacy and education are important for a healthy America.

Personally I think he has bigger issues to tend to...

Such as...

...his nominee for Secretary of the VA just took himself out of consideration. Ronny Jackson, aka the "Candy Man," exited stage left and I see no stand-in waiting to take over.

French President Macron has returned to France after Trump'z "state dinner" which included one Democrat and no press. Melania flicked his hand away when he tried to grab hers. Good times.

Macron had parting words about the danger of promoted fake news with a parting picture of him hugging Rep John Lewis. 3-points!

Pruitt has to appear before Congress to answer more questions about his daily dumb attacks. He was pictured in Indiana concerned about nasty public water seemingly forgetful about the water in Flint MI. Or Puerto Rico. Maybe Congress has questions regarding the records from his shoe phone that he uses in the cone-of-silence installed in his office!

Kayne West and the unstable genius are now best friends forever.

The man who disarmed a killer in TN at a waffle house has been insulted by the NRA and ignored by DJT. James Shaw Jr also started a gofundme account for the victims families raising 150,000. And just reported a fundraiser has been started for Shaw. Personally I think the fact Donnie hasn't weighed in is a blessing. This way he can't insult Shaw, which we all know, would happen.

Sen Mitch O'Connell appeared on FOX to piss and moan about the Dems obstructing the nominee process for cabinet nominees. Still with their majority. Still Hillary and Obama's fault. Someone needs to tell ol Mitchy that Trump is fumbling the ball at the one-yard-line every time. You can't fucking obstruct what doesn't exist. Jeez.

Trump thinks North Korea has agreed to "denucleari

FOR FUCK’S SAKE Mon 4/23/2018–Day 458 of The Hostage Situation

1 year, 93 days, 12 hours, 9 minutes and 50 seconds until it’s over

Let’s see..the so-called-ruler-of-the-United-States (SCROTUS) has been a busy little bee.

Today we’re talking about his nomination for Secretary of the Veteran’s Administration. Imagine him getting push-back on nominating his own personal physician for the position. Compound that with the fact we have breaking news that Ronny Jackson might have created a drunken hostile work environment while pushing pills out of the White House pharmacy. The stall seems to be a bipartisan showdown so, we'll see if it last. 

Over at the CIA there's trouble concerning the nomination of a new Director (since Pompeo is gracing the Secretary of State position with his presence. We think). There appears to be some concern America could be sending the wrong message by appointing a woman who was directly implicated in the humiliation and, some say torture, of prisoners of war. Gee, you think? God, help us. 

Two “adult” entertainers are in various stages of taking SCROTUS to court for sex-related acts deemed inappropriate – they both have 2 names.

Trump claims he couldn’t have been compromised by Russian hookers because he didn’t stay overnight in Russia but we have flight records and interviews by the man himself which totally blows that alibi out of the water. He did stay in Moscow overnight. All in the day of the life….

Mueller is still going on with his investigation while PutinsMiniMe continues to call it a witch hunt. The GOP is doing nothing to save Mueller or Rosenstein from Trump’s temper tantrums and still has no spine nor moral compass. The Country is waiting for Michael Cohen’s next move therein Trump’s next meltdown. Good times.

DJT is still supposed to meet with North Korean dictator about nuclear situation. Trump is clueless he is, once again, being played like a fine-tuned piano. He can’t make a deal to save his life and inevitably gives away the baby with the bathwater each time, offering to gift-wrap the whole deal to boot. He will negotiate America away in no time if left to his own.

French President Macron is in town to talk about the Iran Nuclear Agreement. The Idiot will probably fixate on the damn French military parade again having no attention span left over for actual policy discussions. I mean, it’s only nuclear weapons with Iran, it’s not like it’s North Korea or Russia.The King wants to hold court but the subjects don’t exist. Sorry, Donald.

As if on cue the Universe and World seem to know the United States is no longer holding the bar high in regard to respect of human rights, tolerance or moral authority, There seem to be no acts that are responded to involving an American conscience. Today 10 people were mowed down by a white van in Toronto, Canada, leaving 15 more that were injured. The 2nd worst act of killing that has ever happened in Canada. Yesterday 4 people were killed in Tennessee by a 29-year-old American in a Waffle House around 3 in the morning. An assault rifle was used. Again. The discussion about the tragedy and senselessness of the act has barely been given a nod in the news. #ThisIsNotNormal

Jack Johnson is being considered for a potential pardon after Sylvester Stallone contacted Trump about the boxer.

I think this is enough crazy for today.

Why didn't Trump's personal touch help Republican Rick Saccone win in Pennsylvania? (Quora Question Answered)

In my humble opinion if that was Trump’s “personal” touch then the man lacks sorely in personal. But, I do believe that fact was quite self-evident even before AF1 wheels hit the tarmac in PA. His speech to encourage PA GOP to come out and vote for Saccone missed the point entirely. Actually, Trump’s speech missed many points entirely except for one which was to remind himself, in front of an audience, of just how grand and wonderful he has been, is and will be in the future.

Saccone did about as little as a candidate can do to promote themselves in an upcoming election. Lamb out raised him 10X and that was from grassroots attempts with no special interest. Saccone raised, what? 660,000? And the national GOP Committee put in an additional 10 M to try and maintain a hold on a seat in a district Trump walked away with a 20 point win. Add to that the faces of the top GOP lawmakers stumping for him. As a group, his visibility was increased but even the Repubs viewed Saccone as “underwhelming.” There was so much more going on than the need for Trump to rub his personal touch all over District 18.

Lamb ran as a conservative Dem which was a wise choice in PA at the moment. The Dems need to be able to accommodate the varying degrees of “liberal” bias that they have come to be identified with. The DNC doesn’t hate guns or the ownership of guns, they hate the lax, unbridled entitled right the RWNJ feel trample common sense as well as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The NRA’s rhetoric that any type of constraint on gun ownership is a direct intrusion to the 2nd Amendment is distorted merely for profit and to promote chaos.

For Lamb to be against Pelosi isn’t anti DNC either. There has been a growing number of Democrats who feel Nancy’s time may be coming to a close and a new, fresher & more invigorating face of the future has been long overdue, according to many.

Lamb embraced stance on abortion that has been suggested as an approach the Left should consider for a while now. While he, personally, didn’t feel abortion was a good decision for him or his family, he still promoted the right of the women to decide which direction should be taken on an individual basis while respecting the SCOTUS decision.

The DNC needs to turn over the reins of the party to the young kids that are showing an interest in politics. It is time for the up & comings to find their niche in the cogs of the political environment of the 21st Century. It isn’t our parents DNC anymore, nor is it ours. Sure, they will make mistakes and trip and fall. So did we. But, we need the youth to get excited and involved in politics or it will become the stagnant bookend of the belly-up GOP that is bobbing around the waters of the cesspool they have created.

The Dems need be open to new ideas and not see change as an insult to the ideology we feel define the DNC. As we have seen the DNC isn’t defined which has been the entire problem leading us up to this point in time where we are dealing with the likes of a man called Trump. Trump and the GOP are fading and are desperately grabbing onto anything they can to take with them when the time comes for them to lick their wounds while out of favor (which by my estimations could be quite a while after they sanctioned this debacle in DC). We need to take this opportunity and run with it, offering no apologizes to those old and worn out ways we leave in our wake.

Insanity & the Alabama Special Election

I was truly disturbed by many aspects of the whole debacle. I mean, really, did we just have an election where there was an alleged child rapist actually running for Senate? Did we just have the so-called-leader-of-the-United-States tell us that a vote for an accused sexual malcontent was preferable to voting for a Democrat? Are we at that place, politically, where the Right just boldly says we need the vote for our policy because our millionaire donors have threatened to withhold future money if we don't pass a tax reform bill that benefits them specifically and to hell with the American voter's needs?

Yes, yes and yes.

With that said I absolutely had no problem at all with the results of the election. The election should have been a no-brainer on morality alone, but as many witnessed morality is of short supply in America these days. I knew that in this surreal quasi-political environment we exist in that Roy Moore could have possibly won the race in Alabama. The fact he didn't made many things that have felt wrong with the world lately fade away for a few minutes restoring, albeit it briefly, faith in our government, the scale of checks and balances and the human race as a whole.

I thought the Democrats got exactly what they put into it - the win. This was a much needed dry run against this unique & ever-changing political landscape. With the ever-decreasing length of the ol' attention span, seizing the moment as soon as it presents itself is critical to achieving success. The left, and I mean all facets of the left, from DC to Delaware to Detroit to Denver, has been not only discussing what was needed to begin to flip the Hill blue but has actively been engaging in activities that are laying the groundwork, on grassroots level, for potential continued success until the 2020 elections. 

I say potential because this is going to be a race that requires constant focus, energy and unusual approaches that the DNC has not been comfortable in the past but seem to be more open to embracing with this new breed of GOP insanity. With this win in Alabama, the Dems remember the thrill of winning due to a job well done. Add that to the fact resuscitation of the left has been needed for a long time and with the unique challenges from a Trump GOP, we are training for a marathon. We just have to give back to the Right what they put out. 

The GOP got what they put into the election as well. It was a half-arsed attempt to finish yet another unfinished “project” they have laying around that they keep tripping over. Even with their collective minds they still have too many pots boiling on the stove to keep track of them efficiently. They keep running here, there & everywhere trying to finish something, anything and end up looking the fool. The lack of any kind of flexibility in their mindset makes impromptu problem solving a deal breaker. The GOP has a set of policies they feel are imperative to their success and identity and seem unwilling to accommodate new approaches or ideas leaving them in an utter heap of unfinished policy. 

Add to everything the rapid demise of mere warm bodies on the Hill due to scandals and lawmakers who no longer wish to perform beneath a wannabe leader whose numbers are rapidly deteriorating in the polls makes for an unknown factor of a solid headcount by the Right who has blown almost a year in the majority with very little to show for their #1 position. 

The popular vote and polling numbers most incoming administrations have to feed off never gathered enough speed to take them through the special elections. Maintaining their election-year momentum was never an option because they never had any momentum, to begin with and that is exactly what usually carries the incoming party through to mid-terms election successes. The lackluster showing by the GOP opens a huge door for the Democrats to take back Congress but they must never get comfortable, confident or matter of fact. They must continue to fight each battle with entire heart and soul and they may be able to continue this streak of ousting Repubs & taking back the direction of policymaking in America sooner than either party thought was possible at first glance a year ago.

The GOP's Insanity Over Obamacare

(This was written before the vote on the "Health Care Freedom Act" which was defeated 49-51. Sen McCain, Sen Murkowski & Sen Collins all voted against the GOP grain and put their constituents over their Party. Thank you, Senators.
I wrote this tonight waiting for the vote. It is not very well edited but is raw & true. I had to get it out so I could move on and start to write again.)

I feel politically dead. It seems as if we are up against an enemy that will stop at nothing to win. Unfortunately, the enemy is American. It is just not supposed to happen this way. I am not sure if I have been naïve all my 55+ years as an American or was content to not see things I didn't want to see. I just don't know. All I really know is I feel lost, broken and in the crosshairs of the entire political process.

Since November 2016 a lot of questions have darted through my mind. All of them, if answered, possibly showing me the underbelly of an America I am reluctant to want to see. The hate & anger that Trump stirred up regarding so many topics haunt me and most of the answers lead to the truth that makes me wrestle with the only truth that would explain the chaos. America has not really moved on from a dark time & place that I thought or believed I thought, was in our rearview mirror. If the answer to these questions is what I think, it means we are still the racist, hate-filled, prejudiced, sexist, prudish white male driven mindset society that is sure to doom the advancement of the American political process & is crippling any possibility that the majority of voter's concerns to be addressed. 

My God, haven't we been through all this already? Haven't we moved on to equality of the races, ethnic groups, religion, sexual preferences and women's rights in this society? How many times are we going to have to have the same battles over & over & over again? When will the fight be the good one and we can say we did it for our children, and their children, and their children, etc.? If what I hear, read and discern from opinions floating around this country it appears that the Presidency of Barack Obama did the opposite of what I have assumed it did. I thought it showed we had evolved as a country and that we were moving forward. Now, some of what I am getting seems to imply this is the backlash from the disgruntled citizens of this country that felt a black man was not worthy nor should ever occupy the office of the President of the United States. Are you fucking kidding me?

President Obama is a brilliant man (no, I am not going to dissect his Administration, I am simply stating his superb qualifications to be a statesman and his awesome brain). Not to mention he was so passionate about his job as President. He loved American. He loved the political process of America. He loved the citizens and voters of America. He LOVED America. He was beyond qualified. But, because he was black this ugly minority of America viewed him as a bad politician, unworthy to occupy the Oval Office? I am ashamed of those that would be a part of such narrow-minded, racist rhetoric.

My "friends" who are Republicans *sigh* refer to me as stupid, or a libertard….they verbally attack my political affiliations as if I was the densest, uneducated and politically ignorant person to exist since the beginning of time. The Left is either supporting or are themselves, lazy, uneducated leeches of society that have a sense of entitlement if not for others, then for themselves. In my opinion, this supersedes all political affiliations. This attack on personally held political opinions shows that diversity & personal opinion are not valued, or at worst, are not allowed. To not have human compassion for others, to view those in need as burdens, to judge simply bc of color, religion, sexual preference or simply bc of sex is an insult to all that humans are supposed to be. Compassion and rational thought are what separate the humans from others that roam this earth and now it is viewed as a liability to the GOP.

The thoughts that such ignorance exist in MY America makes my heart literally ache & hurt as if it is truly breaking. I don't remember my heart feeling this way in a long, long time. When it happened last it was because of an unrequited love which I knew I could never have and my heart broke because I knew it would never be possible. Is that the truth I have failed to see? Is my version of America an impossible goal that I have to say goodbye to, forever & always? Am I saying goodbye to a love that isn't possible?

And tonight the GOP is trying to repeal Obamacare, again. The Republicans have named it the "Health Care Freedom Act." This is an ironic name for a piece of legislation that will "act" upon taking away "health care" for 15 million people. I have no idea where the "Freedom" came from - I can only speculate the GOP inserted it in the name because they will be "free" of Obamacare. 

So, I will wait and see how this plays out. Even if the Senate fails to pass this really bad piece of legislation it does not change the fact that when I look in the mirror now I have to wonder if I have been looking through rose colored glasses? 

What's Left is Just Insanity

In January of 2016, I had a series of unfortunate events that culminated in the loss of my job & a broken ankle. Hell of a way to start the new year of 2016, which it turned out was a shit year for a lot of people.

At first, I was held hostage by a cast and the inability to navigate myself around my house. Add the bonus round of winter in the Southern Rocky Mountains and we're looking at a rocking good time in the sack.

As I lay in wait for healing and my next pain pill I slowly was drawn into the insanity of the 2016 Presidential election. I had seen "that crazy fuck" giving lip service to contemplation of running for America's #1 political position, and as many, I brushed off the actuality of that coming to fruition as little to none.

But as I slowly began to heal I watched in absolute mind-numbing denial, and somewhat amazement I must admit, that this crazy mother fucker was angling to make his incomplete & void ego whole by fucking with the sanctity of the political process of my very beloved America.

Each and every day I frantically flipped through the channels on my cable provider for affirmation or denial of the feelings of outrage and fear about the despot inclined New Yorker vying for the GOP nomination. For the most part, at the time, it was viewed both by the general population and the "man" himself as a long shot. But he got the nomination by the GOP and game was on.

Then the real insanity started. The DNC nominee Hillary Clinton was hit with one setback after another in what seemed like the worst luck ever experienced by a Presidential candidate. Add that to the email & Benghazi events which were seized upon by the unconventional child like representative of the GOP and chaos ensued like none that had seen before this election.

The GOP nominee attacked the left in ways that brought no class or expected decorum in a Presidential race. There was name-calling, sexist comments, behavior unfit for even a 3-year-old and bullying on levels that left the majority of America speechless. The self-admitted respect towards a Dictator of one of America's long-running adversaries troubled us as well. The average American of sane mind, manners, and true family values shook their head in disbelief but with the conviction that such a "creature" would never pass mustard for any length of time.

But people could feel it in the air. Something was off. The vibe didn't feel right and odd things were happening that didn't make sense and we just couldn't put our fingers on exactly what was amiss. Polling numbers seemed to belie the takeaway from news involving daily events but for the moment provided skeptical comfort.  Everything just felt off about the 2016 election in the United States of America.

Then on November 8, 2016, the rumblings of inevitability that many had experienced through the last leg of the electoral process bore out. The crazy mother fucker won. The voters who cast their vote for his "rule" were unsatisfied buyers of the political status quo from which they cast their ballot. They didn't think he would win they were just pissed off at the flow of politics under President Obama. They wanted change and they got it. Unfortunately so did the majority of Americans who did not wish to be dictated upon by such a clueless, self-impressed shadow of a man. 

He didn't win the popular vote. He won the electoral vote. The lack of popular support is still a thorn he bears, fresh scars and blood from recent and regular battle.  Still, he won and the majority of America felt the black cloud of ignorance and greed moving in like a horrible storm on the horizon. 

At first many hoped and even believed that his antics and boorishness displayed and witnessed during the campaign would stop. We all felt that the bully who embraced his beloved "surrogates" would surely calm the hell down and bear reason to protocol and expectations of one who sat as the leader of the Free World. We were wrong.

The depths of how wrong we were is yet to be measured or even quite possibly discovered much less explored for answers to questions that dark path has lead us down. Doubt surrounded us all dressed-up as fools among the crowd. Then we looked around.

We saw we weren't alone in the dark and our sheer numbers could not be ignored. There were many lights down many tunnels and many choices that needed to be made. So like the Americans we were, solid red, white and blue, proudly holding our "Rights" we decided like hell that we'd simply give up and sit down. 

We were going to fight and resist.