What a Concept!
So I've been reading some wonderful navels by Joseph Flynn. In particular, I've been reading the "Henchman" series. What I'm about to propose ... in a way ... was put into writing by Mr. Flynn, all as...
View ArticleWhere's the Truth?
Regarding recent postings/articles on DailyKos, in which it is made clear that two of the top NBC News People, are abdicating their responsibility to tell the news, and inform the viewers. To those...
View ArticleWorking for Bananas
Years ago, while in college, I drove a taxi in New York City and yes, I picked up anybody who hailed my cab. For the first four years or so, I drove nights; three in the afternoon to three in the...
View ArticleTruth in Advertising
I have been posting comments about this concept for more years and I can remember. Friday night, November 7, 2014, Bill Maher brought it up in his final segment of the show, Real Time.He asked the...
View ArticleIn Search of the Facts
Recently I saw a video in which President Obama took a few GOP assertions, otherwise known as lies, and matched them against the facts, and showed the audience how incredibly hard the GOP works to tell...
View ArticleLevel of Ignorance
The level of ignorance of people who put down the Democrats is simply amazing. But consider the Republicans:Republicans say they want to cut spending. What they really mean is they want to cut...
View ArticleU. S. Economy Bush Whacked...Again?
Here is a short quote:"There are several ways in which the Bush family plays into the Savings and Loan scandal, which involves not only many members of the Bush family but also many other politicians...
View ArticleMeet the Press - One Person's Opinion
Please forgive me for making this suggestion, for it truly is one person’s opinion.I have long felt that Chuckles Todd is the wrong person to host Meet the Press, for many reasons. Many DailyKos...
View ArticleMy Shortest Diary
This is for the upcoming 2016 Presidential Election season.I want to thank Marco Rubio, for helping the entire nation to know who is the best choice for POTUS. Marco Rubio, in a comment made during the...
View ArticleThe Clown Car - Keeping It Real
More than four years ago, the concept of the Clown Car for GOP candidates was used heavily. Little did we all know that the 2012 Presidential Election season was a harbinger of what was to come. This...
View ArticleKISS the GOP!
Yep, Keep It Simple ... supply your own last word.We are in the very early days of the 2016 Presidential Election cycle, yet it has gotten real, real serious, and really out of hand even with so much...
View ArticleWhat Am I Doing?
In one of the comments on my last diary entry here, KISS the GOP, I ended with this line:"Somebody must stop them from using their sleazy tactics to steal yet another election!" So, someone asked me...
View ArticleThe Big Lie, Revisited for the 2016 Presidential Election
The Republican act of using a news organization, specifically Fox News, to mislead an entire nation is common knowledge; nothing was ever done to correct this. Yes, Fox News is a misnomer, in that...
View ArticleAn Old Vet Speaks His Mind
My wife, sister-in-law, and I went to breakfast after a very moving Veterans’ Day tribute to our lost heroes. My late father-in-law died at 96.5, In WWII, he had landed on Normandy Beach, and then...
View ArticleI Don’t Hate Trump
I do, however, fear him!Many years ago, the first time I used the word “Nazi” on DailyKos, I was temporarily blocked from postings. I used that word to describe one, or more than one Republican; a...
View ArticleEdward R. Murrow Would Be Amazed!
Edward R. Murrow… would also be saddened by the High Approval Ratings for Trump, given what the country went through with McCarthyism in the 1950s. Nevertheless here we are, watching a Demagogue spew...
View ArticleIs the Republican Party Humane? Seriously?
My Newest Rant for 2016!I am having a difficult time understanding the why and how of our political system. Here is a quote from a recent article on Daily Kos:“... the Republican Party is based on a...
View ArticleIs the Military-Industrial Complex That Simple?
Wasn't it a Republican president who warned us all about the Military-Industrial Complex?President Eisenhower was a highly respected U. S. Army General, who was instrumental in winning WWII in Europe....
View ArticleMitch McConnell - Wasting Our Time!
Sen. McConnell, a Do-nothing Waste of Congressional space.You have no interest in helping to improve our nation, only in acting like a petulant child who, having lost two Presidential elections to a...
View ArticleFinally, a Big Week for the DEMs!
First up was Hillary’s take-down of DT last week, in which she used his own words against him. She did not deliver her speech looking for laughs; she allowed the laughs to come from her audience, as...
View ArticleNot On-The-Job Training
In a New York Times Opinion Piece entitled "I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton", Michael Morell wrote “I am neither a registered Democrat nor a registered Republican. In my 40 years of...
View ArticleShadow On The Land or Make the Popular Vote Count!
This is a link to the movie, Shadow on the Land; one which I’ve been trying to locate for years. It is appropriate now, with the presidency of Trump on the horizon.There is something we all can do to...
View ArticleWhere is the SEC When We Need Them?
Years ago we heard about the concept of selling short when investing in the stock market. The idea that if you buy a stock when it is down – temporarily...for whatever reason – you can make a killing...
View ArticleNo Alternative Facts Here...
Many years ago, one of my earliest postings on DailyKos so pi$$ed off readers, I was banned from further posting my comments. I had to beg the powers that be to let me post again going forward; I had...
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