Today is Day 14 since Donald Trump was nominated for President by the Republican Party, and Day 14 he has refused to release any of his income tax returns. He’s hiding some really huge nasty stuff.
Trump says he believes this election may be “rigged” against him. Trump is not only a foolish businessman and a liar but now he is trying to make up excuses for losing. As a perennial loser, that will be difficult.
Today is Day 13 since Donald Trump was nominated for President by the Republican Party, and Day 13 he has refused to release any of his income tax returns. He’s hiding some really huge nasty stuff.
Donald believes women who are subjected to sexual harassment in the work place should pack up and leave and simply take another job. Think about all that’s wrong with that. And you know why it sometimes is hard to believe Donald is a human being even somewhat like the rest of us.
Today is Day 12 since Donald Trump was nominated for President by the Republican Party, and Day 12 he has refused to release any of his income tax returns. He’s hiding some really huge nasty stuff.
And maybe — just maybe — some of that stuff involves Russia. And Donald Trump’s overseas indebtedness. No wonder he’s happy to cuddle up to Putin. He’s an ass. Trump, not Putin.
Today is Day 11 since Donald Trump was nominated for President by the Republican Party, and Day 11 he has refused to release any of his income tax returns. He’s hiding some really huge nasty stuff.
It turns out that for all his expressed love and admiration for Vladimir Putin, Dumb Don doesn’t know that Putin’s army invaded the Crimea two years ago. He’s telling interviewers that invading that area is something Putin would never do. He’s a liar and he’s ignorant, and he’s going for a trifecta.
Today is Day 10 since Donald Trump was nominated for President by the Republican Party, and Day 10 he has refused to release any of his income tax returns. He’s hiding some really huge nasty stuff.
And now he is trying to equate his “sacrifice” as someone who builds buildings by cheating people as somehow equal to the sacrifice of a Muslim family who lost their Marine corps son in Iraq. Donald Trump is a miserable excuse for a human being, a cowardly, craven, lying, moronic and dumb-ass businessman.
Today is Day 8 since Donald Trump was nominated for President by the Republican Party and has refused to release any of his income tax returns.
Perhaps he’s just too busy communicating with his close and highly respected love-buddy Vladimir Putin, urging the Russians to continue to interfere with American politics?
Today is Day 7 since Donald Trump was nominated for President by the Republican Party, and Day 7 he has refused to release any of his income tax returns.
Why? Because they will certainly show him to be:
1) A poor businessman who is worth only a fraction of what he claims;
2) A self-centered misanthrope who has never given the substantial sums of money to charities that he has claimed throughout his life;
3) A deceitful person who has consistently cheated and lied in all parts of his life.
And we haven’t even gotten around to his divorce settlements and bankruptcy papers. And there are a lot of the latter because Trump is not a smart businessman like Michael Bloomberg, who has the education and morals and business acumen that Trump so pitifully lacks.
Bloomberg is also both sane and competent, two words seldom associated with Trump. That must really sting an unprincipled bully like Trump.
With Republican Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy officially confirmed and Hillary Clinton’s assumption of the Democratic candidacy hours away, a few thoughts come to mind.
As for Trump, what can be said of a racist bully whose raging narcissism and incoherent brain patterns show him spectacularly unqualified to hold political office? He is a bad piece of bacteria, an ugly man who has never shown he cares for anything beyond gratifying his selfish needs and wants.
It remains puzzling that so many potential voters have been willing to overlook or disregard his persistent and consistent lying, his distressing lack of even basic policy, his horrible business practices, his racist and sexist taunts, his arrogant embrace of the worst elements of behavioral decency. Yet some have.
And so … Even with the issues that she brings to the race, Hillary Clinton emerges as a Mount Everest next to Trump’s molehill. At the very least, she stands in Trump’s way to the White House, and for that she merits gratefulness if not a full-throated embrace. Yes, she has been a part of some unsavory moments politically and personally, and she is no saint. She is, however, a committee and experienced woman — let’s not downplay that last word — who can be a worthy President of the United States. She deserves that chance.
Which brings us to the Bernie Sanders supporters, or at least some of them. Their disappointment at Bernie’s failure to prevail in the Democratic nomination process has become achingly juvenile. Comedian Sarah Silverman’s observation that “You’re being ridiculous” was well-put. It is now past time, way past time, to acknowledge that the process is over and the only hope for our democracy is to unite in support for Hillary.
In a Hillary White House there will be opportunities to press for the Sanders agenda, or “revolution” as some call it. In a Trump White House, there can be only futile protests against a Republican-controlled Congress and Presidency and ultimately Supreme Court. It will be a dark time for our entire nation.
It’s more than ridiculous to persist. It’s foolish and self-destructive. For all of us who care about the future of this country.
There are a lot of nasty, severely sick people out there. Some of them are cops. Some of them are school kids. Some of them are black. Some of them are white. And that’s kind of the point: it’s hard to pin down the ugly ones. It’s hard to cast blame in just one direction.
The cops who have killed unarmed black men and boys are cowards disgracing their badge and and who deserve stern punishment. That shouldn’t include paid leave while their cases are investigated. Their behaviors are despicable to all who care about honor and justice and fairness.
And the black man, a soldier who disgraced his service, who filed five Dallas police officers merits no sympathy at all. He too was a murderous coward; but his trial is finished. May he rot in the hell he has created.
And he will find lots of company there. Other cop killers. Murderers of civil rights workers. Murderers of gays and lesbians. Murderers of small children and so many, many tens of thousands of innocents. The list is inexhaustible, sadly. But there’s room in that hell for all of them in their miserable afterlifes, I’m confident.
No tears for them. No, save the tears for their victims, for the families and friends of victims, for the families of the murderers, most of whom remain stunned and uncomprehending.
But also save the blame. There’s way too much to go around to single out “all” cops, or “all black men” or “all” anything. or anyone. The blue easily stretches far and wide. And searching for blame can misdirect from what need to be done — which is to begin searching for solutions.
This is not the column to offer those at this moment, although it is inescapable to think for a precious second that the approval of reasonable new gun control measures cannot help but generate an immediate positive impact. Hold that in reserve, perhaps, though not for long.
Let’s focus on one thing at a time, and that starts with grieving for the victims and for our country, which has been dishonored by the actions of these cowards of every stripe. We are a better country than to simply endure this, or attempt to put it behind us quickly. Grieve, and then let’s decide what we do to resolve these issues of gross violence. We’d better not take much time, either, or we will count many more victims. I fear.
It seems absurd to have to write about the obvious need for tighter gun regulations in the wake of Aurora, Newtown and Orlando. But here we are once again, beset with a group of Republican NRA-toadies (and a few Democrats) who evidently prefer dead bodies to any limits on firearms ownership. What a shameful travesty.
With the activities of Democrats and a minuscule group of Republicans this week, however, there are least some glimmers of change afoot. A filibuster in the Senate and a sit-in in the House give us modest reason to believe legislators might be starting to pay some attention to the overwhelming body of evidence that Americans want more gun controls. The numbers in the polls vary, but on average it is clear that some 80% of Americans want better and tighter regulations.
The most obvious targets for legislation remain limits on the sales of high-capacity magazines and assault rifles, prohibiting gun sales to those on no-fly lists, and closing loopholes the for gun sales at shows and by individual dealers. These are as obvious as the money in the wallets of NRA-supported Republicans. (And, by the way, please remember that a majority of NRA members support these proposals; it’s the crazies in the leadership who are pulling the strings, and yes, I’m talking to you, the murder weapons-enabler Wayne Lapierre.)
Briefly, no one needs high-capacity magazines for hunting and most certainly not for home defense. They are devices for killing fast and efficiently, and they are preferred by terrorists of all stripes. The opposition to this comes largely from money-hungry weapons manufacturers, supported by the NRA. It a policy of greed over common sense, and it’s a tragedy for the American people. These magazines need to be abolished from public sale. And so do assault rifles. Even well-trained military men and women say thee are not needed for hunting or home defense. To the contrary, they are the preferred weapons of terrorists and wannabes, and while prohibiting their public sale will not stop all murders in this country, this action will help to curb such wanton killing.
As for closing loopholes on gun sales, this is no less obvious. It’s not taking guns away from anyone, it’s just mandating that potential gun buyers at shows meet the same qualifications for a purchase required at gun stores. This is in no way onerous to anyone, and no one’s rights re being violated. Again, it’s merely common sense.
And finally, those no-fly lists. Let’s note there are over 1 million people on thee lists, but only about 15,000 American citizens. According to a 2014 FBI review, the accuracy of the lists has gotten better, and means for removing inaccurately placed people have improved. But here’s the bottom line: Having a few people finding their Second Amendment rights limited in some ways is far less offensive than finding thousands of people murdered because of abuses.
It’s way, way past time to begin righting these wrongs. May we hope that more members of Congress are slowly discovering their spines stiffening as they consider the welfare of their country over the partisan interests of one murderously demented lobby group.
And we haven’t even begun to discuss what the Second Amendment REALLY means…..