Thursday, September 23, 2021
The Death of American Patriotism
Friday, September 10, 2021
What We Did Forget
"Never Forget" has long been a battle cry in the United States and after September 11, 2001 it became cemented in our minds. After the 9/11 attacks Americans and even our politicians set differences aside. We all came together in support of first responders, New Yorkers, the people lost at The Pentagon, the families of those lost on Flight 93. We ( us non-New Yorkers) didn't hate the Yankees that year. Most of the country could cheer for the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl. The U.S. flag was flying everywhere you turned. We cared a little more about our neighbors.
We were willing to let the government take away a little bit of our freedom in the name of fighting terrorism. We sent care packages to troops who were sent off to fight "the war on terror." We gave donations for any fundraiser in the name of first responders. Through the horrible events of 9/11, as the dust cleared we learned of amazing stories of bravery, sacrifice, compassion. Strangers helping strangers. Strangers rallying together on hijacked plane, to not let what happened three times already, happen a fourth time. Evil arrived and it brought out the best in us.
But it didn't last. Yes, every year on 9/11 we post pics and write "Never Forget," but our every day actions show the rest of the year show differently.
As time went on we all drifted back to a regular day to day. We and our politicians dug back into our political trenches. First in ways like withholding military funding and money for the First Responders Survivors Fund, as a way of grandstanding and playing politics with people's lives. Then, as we were struck with another test of our resiliency and humanity, a large portion of our country, who have pumped full of lies from Trump, Republican politicians, Fox News, Alex Jones and and other right wing media outlets, refused to come together to fight off COVID. They were willing to give up freedoms with "The Patriot Act" but wearing a mask is a bridge too far. They want Trump's name on the COVID Vaccine, but they refuse to get the vaccine.
"Never forget! Never forget! NEVER FORGET!"
Yet 650,000 Americans have died in the last couple years since COVID hit, with more every day and most people forgot them seconds after they passed. The number of COVID deaths is equal to 9/11 happening 217 times. Why is it so easy to forget the lives lost from COVID?
Americans yelled "Never Forget" after the Sandy Hook school shooting, but nothing legitimate was done by our leaders to prevent it from happening again. School shootings and mass shooting continue and many forgot all about the young children from Sandy Hook who would have been starting high school this year.
Americans seem to have no problem forgetting. Forgetting loss, forgetting facts, forgetting science, forgetting history. What we forgot most was our decency, compassion, humanity, our togetherness.
So when you post your yearly "Never Forget" bullshit, think about how much you really have forgotten.
Monday, February 15, 2021
Monday Moaning: "Is This America?"
A group of Capitol officers sat, defeated, crying, talking about what had just happened, one saying, "What the fuck was that? What the fuck? Is this America?"
That was January 6, 2021 after domestic terrorists attacked the United States Capitol. A black officer mentioned about the insane number of times he had been called a "nigger" that day. Police were beaten. One will lose an eye, one lost 3 fingers, one had a heart attack as the crowd dragged him down the stairs, beating him, trying to take his gun, and tasered him multiple times. 140 officers were injured. 1 was killed. 2 killed themselves after that day. All of this done by the hands of the people who screamed "Blue Lives Matter!" every time someone says "Black Lives Matter." Every time a cop unjustly kills a black person, these people say "Back the Blue! Blue Lives Matter!"
But then January 6, 2021 they attacked the Blue. Everything so many of us thought, was put on full display to prove our thoughts were right. To these Trump-loving, white supremacists, it was never about supporting Blue Lives, it was always about hating Black Lives. Blue Lives only Matter when they're killing Black Lives!
There is video of a police officer being beaten with a flag pole, that has the idiot, "Thin Blue Line" Flag on it. Yes, I have great issues with that flag, and not only because it's been co-opted by White Supremacists.
Monday, January 18, 2021
Monday Moaning 1/18/21
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Farewell 2020, Hello 2021, More of the Same
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
The Day After
It is the day after the election here in the United States and we don't know who won yet. As stressful and annoying that is, it's okay. I want every single person who voted, to have their vote counted, unlike the sitting President who last night said he wanted the counting to stop. 5 Pennsylvania Republicans also filed a lawsuit trying to stop the counting of provisional ballots. I don't understand how a party that always beats it's chest talking about our greatness and how we are example of Democracy for the world, is trying to silence/void people's votes.
I guess it all falls in-line with the Republican HYPOCRISY I have posted about MULTIPLE times. I won't put in all the links, just scroll, you'll find them.
There is a something that popped in my head yesterday that I tweeted out and I stand by it. If the Democratic Party would have run Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for President, he would have won in an epic landslide. The landslide so many of us wanted. That's how fucked up this country is. That's how fucked up politicians are. People don't like or respect them (generally speaking) anymore. We have a "Reality Tv" star/conman as our President, and he would have been smoked by a professional wrestler/actor. This is where we are.
I'm truly baffled by the number of people that voted for Trump. What are they voting for? This Orange, jackass who has LITERALLY LIED PUBLICLY EVERY SINGLE DAY. This is a man who has supported White Supremacists, Domestic Terrorists, Lied about how bad COVID was going to be. (It's on tape) Continues to lie about how bad COVID is. We are over 230,000 dead Americans. Over 1,000 died yesterday. He had children taken from their parents and locked in cages and now we have over 500 kids who's parents we can't find. So those immigrants/refugees so many of you didn't want here. They're here and your tax dollars are paying for them. So what is it that you are voting for? You voted for a lying, racist, conman, who supports the idea of domestic terrorists kidnapping a Governor. WHY? Please explain why? And you are not allowed to say because of the economy. 1. The economy is shit.
2. Analysis of economic performance since World War II under Democratic versus Republican presidents shows that the claims that Republicans are better at managing the economy are FALSE. Data has shown that the economy has performed much better during Democratic administrations...Economic growth, job creation and industrial production all have been stronger.
So why?
Talking heads keep hyping up the highest voter turnout ever and Biden winning the highest popular vote ever. Yeah, so? Idiotically we don't count popular vote. Also, While Biden has gotten the most votes ever, Trump is number two on that list. that's sad and frightening.
Let's talk about Polls. Can we all agree that Polls are stupid. They are religiously wrong. Pollsters don't look at a big enough sample and oh yeah, people fucking lie. Stop listening to Polls. Stop doing Polls because it doesn't matter what media group, news outlet, or independent agency is doing them, they are all bullshit.
As for the election process, the stats that came out today that key battleground areas had their postal service processing production slowdown from 95% to between 61% and 82%. And then there is this...
In the end, nothing changes at all. No matter who actually gets to 270, nothing changes with the Congress. Two sides dug in so hard that they refuse to work together and refuse to work for the people. Yes, this election shows Dems making inroads with the people of Texas, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, but also showed Republican support increasing in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Michigan and other places. It seems that that party lines mean more than issues. It means more than 230,000 dead fellow Americans. It seems the country is more divided, and unwilling to try to come together.
While there was huge voter turnout, races (not just presidential) are very tight. I see this as a chance for a third party to step up and try to reach from both sides and bring people together. I don't want to say make compromises, but building on the things "we" can agree on instead of what we don't.
But somehow, the two parties will come together to crush any hope of that.
America is broken as fuck.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
America: I Am Sickened
Friday, August 7, 2020
Lying, Asshole Trump
And before you start, yes, The Duke, John Wayne was a draft dodging bitch...Just like Donny boy, he got bullshit deferments...While other Actors and regular men in his same age group and younger were sent off to fight in WWII, he made 13 movies and bullshitted this country that he was the greatest American hero and patriot...
It baffles me who Republicans look up to, believe and support...
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Trump Doesn't Plan on Leaving
Yeah, Trump has no plans of leaving...This picture is taken from the closest point you can get to the White House...How about that big wall...This is something a dictator would do before he has fully taken power...THIS previous blog outlines the Fascist playbook, which the Trump Administration is using...And this morning I wake up to hear that Trump is saying the November Election should be postponed or delayed, because of the COVID pandemic and because mail in voting is slow and not secure...
Ummm, Mail in voting that he, his family, VP Pence and his wife, and most of this administration all use...and the COVID pandemic...That COVID pandemic he completely mismanaged...No you child fucker, those are not valid excuses!
Also The Constitution doesn't allow you to do such a thing...Remember The Constitution? Here's a HISTORY CLASS about that!
My fellow Americans, it's time to knuckle up...This ignorant, racist, fascist asshole has to go.!
You better make sure you are registered to vote, and even though you may not like Biden, or think he's too old, (me) just like Trump and at least half the politicians in DC, or you think he's not all there, or whatever you don't like about him...You have vote for crazy, dunk uncle Joe...Look at it like you're voting for whoever his VP is...
You want America to be great? Hell, you want America to just be ok? you need to vote Trump out.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
COVID 19 (blog 5)
"America, Fuck Yeah!"
Nothing gets Americans pupped up and full of pride and we can beat anything like a good ole show of military might...OK, so the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds aren't used in battle but Navy and Airforce jets flying over U.S. cities gets people charged up...
Aviator covered eyes,
Full balls,
Can't lose!
(I'm copyrighting that shit and putting it on shirts!)
The thing is...While these flyovers may have turned up the National Pride...It also turned up the stupidity....
Nice "social distancing" assholes!
'Let's go see the jets flyover...They aren't really doing anything but flying, but lets go and crowd together with strangers and look up in the air...
Seriously, you people in New York and New Jersey, you see and hear aircraft all the time...I'm not trying to be an asshole and shit all over this act of patriotism and chest thumping...But being an asshole comes naturally....Also, these flyovers, cost $60,000 per hour...I think frontline workers would have appreciated that money being spent on equipment and testing instead chest planes flying above.
Especially when you fucking people are out there practically humping each other while looking at planes!...Way to go! Keep spreading the fucking COVID...But as long as your balls are full of patriotism so you can get your red, white and blue boner!
"America, Fuck Yeah!"
'COVID gonna kill more
Than the Vietnamese did!'
Have a day.
Monday, January 20, 2020
Royal Bullshit
Just so we are all fucking aware, this guy isn't going to take a job cleaning toilets at a fucking Walmart...He's not going to be flipping burgers in some bar or diner...He's fucking rich! Not including all the Royal money he's been taking and who knows how much stashed away, he inherited 9 million dollars from his dead mother...And he's married to a shitty actress who made solid money and already has a voice over deal with Disney...And we all know they're going to most likely land a "reality" show...You just millions of dollars to watch them slum it around Canada acting like regular people...Just except they can do whatever they want because they are rich as fuck...
So yes, they are stepping away from "Royal duties"...They are distancing themselves from an evil, twisted family...Getting away from the racist bullshit she takes...Way to go...But why wouldn't Harry do this...Dude has no chance at the throne, so why would he want to do shit for his fucked up family...He's cashing in his chips and getting lost...But all of this is mostly a PR move....A rich couple walking away from being insanely rich to just be rich....Its a PR move only rich people can make...
And Americans...and the American media...What the fuck is wrong with you...Stop with this obsession with the Royal Family...This is a family that literally raped and pillaged...They stole people's land for themselves...The list of atrocities committed in the name of the Royal Family is staggering...And this country, America was founded on getting away from these evil fucks, so stop sucking on their royal balls!
Monday, May 23, 2016
Monday Moaning (Make America Smart Again)
America...The greatest country in the world...Well, at least that's what we Americans say...And what the hell do I know, I haven't lived anywhere else...But this country was built on freedom...And if nothing else the idea of what America should be was some great shit...But I feel slowly the country has been going off the rails...Mainly because our political system has been corrupted...Originally a Government of the people, by the people, for the people...Now a Government of people, ignoring the people, for themselves...
So it is no surprise that so many people like the idea of Bernie Sanders shaking shit up...While a career politician, he's not the typical politician, and clearly hasn't worked well with the DC machine...If it wasn't for the DNC rigging the system, Sanders would be a pubic hair away from snagged the nomination away from Clinton....
Clinton is and has been a part of the machine...It's understandable why people don't like/trust her...She plays the games...She puts on fake accents when speaking to people in the south, or largely black groups...She panders to everyone but only looks out for those who line her pockets...And when she speaks at rallies, she sounds like an old hand crank siren, slowly revving into that god-awful wail or hers...Like a broken fucking trumpet....
Then we come to Trump...I totally get why people have gravitated to this ass-hat...He looks like a political outsider...He shoots from the hip when he speaks...Doesn't think shit through at all...just says what he feels, no matter how stupid it is...No matter how much of a lie it is...And my does he lie...But give him credit, he stands by his lies...He holds his ground...
He says he'll get things done and back it up with 'because I said so'....He says racist shit, that he doesn't think is racist...But it pulls in a group of dolts...He says Reality TV show guy stuff that has a catchy tag-line...Boom, he grabs another group of dolts...He pontificates about what a great business man he is, and that's how he's going to fix the economy and "Make America Great Again"...He grabs more dolts with that...Dolts that ignore that just about all his businesses have gone under...(The guy tried to sell steaks exclusively at Sharper Image! Can you say retard?) Or like Trump University, were a scam...He will tell you about Clinton possibly being indicted, but not the the numerous lawsuits that are pending against him...
Americans are sick of the way things have been...Parties drawing lines in the sand and not working together...Their representatives not voting how the people feel, but voting based on backroom deals...They're sick of delegates and super-delegates going against their vote...They're sick of stupid ass caucuses being decided by coin flips...They're sick of the Electoral College and just want a straight up and down popular vote...Americans aren't being listened to by the people that represent them...They're pissed...
So Trump is capitalizing off of this...The big DC outsider is going to shake things up...There's one problem...Trump isn't an outsider...Trump has been lining the pockets of City, State, and Federal government officials forever...Trump has put money in the pockets of politicians from both parties...Including his now rivals, Bill and Hilary Clinton...
Trump does what is best for him...He won't do what's best for you...Trump joins whatever party is best for him personally:
1964-1987 Democrat
1987-1999 Republican
1999-2001 Reform Party
2001-2009 Democrat
2009-2011 Republican
2011-2012 Independent
2012-Present Republican
Trump may be bucking the Republican party, but he won't buck the system as much as you have been lead to believe....
A number of years ago I wrote a tongue and cheek blog about running for President...Well, maybe it's time to go for it...For real this time...
Let's MAKE AMERICA SEXY AGAIN!
Hmmm...3 British models as my campaign models may be held against me...But they sure seem to like us!
Maybe we need a better tag-line...
MAKE AMERICA SMART AGAIN!
Of course, the people that walk around wearing their " 'Murica " gear, or show themselves blowing shit up on facebook and then type " 'Murica " are going to be bothered by this...Because they'll feel I'm calling them stupid...Well, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...Is it that hard for you to just write America...I find you to be less patriotic if you can't spell the country's name in full...
Any way...Here are a couple bullet points for my campaign...
*Legalize pot...Tax that shit just like alcohol and cigarettes...It's no worse for your health then those legal substances...So lets legally sell it, buy it, tax it, and use those tax dollars to help improve our fucked up public school systems...
*Do away with pennies...It costs 3 cents to make that stupid 1 cent coin...start rounding to the nearest nickle...
*Legalize Prostitution...Many of us provide services in our jobs...So do whores...People should stop looking down on them just because the perform acts for money, that most self respecting people wouldn't...I mean seriously...There are very few women out there who are gonna let you bang the hell out of them and then take a shit on their face....Or give you a blow job while you're taking a dump...
The benefits to this...Now we can regulate these women...Have them tested regularly, so there isn't a fear of disease...And most importantly...These gashes are finally paying taxes on all that cash they've been making eating cock!
*Civil Rights...Civil Rights is defined: "the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality." Okay fuckers...That means everyone...White, Black, Hispanic, Gay, Straight, what the fuck ever...And no you are not allowed to drag religion into this...Remember separation of Church and State....Remember the First Amendment? "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
We are not a "Christian Nation"...We are a nation of many religions...Just as we are a nation of immigrants...Remember back in second when Sister Rose taught us about America being "The Great Melting Pot"...Then we all grew up and a bunch of us became idiots wanting to build Trump's wall because some how Mexicans stole your jobs...Last I checked you had no intention of picking of being out in the heat all day picking vegetables for $20 a day...
*Close the tax loopholes and stop with the insane tax breaks for corporations...Don't believe how bad it is...In 2011 Citigroup made $4 billion in profits and paid no federal income tax...from 2007-2011 General Electric made $26 billion in profits and not only paid no federal income tax, it got a $4.1 billion refund... Boeing gets approximately a $100 million refund from the IRS annually...Conoco Phillips, which is the fifth largest oil company in the United States, made $16 billion in profits from 2007 through 2009, but received $451 million in tax breaks...I can go on for day with this shit people...It's public record...But so many don't bother to look...
That's why we have to make AMERICA SMART AGAIN...So we can get control of our politicians...And get control of our country...
Have a week!