Sometimes too much of something is not a good thing. There are days, or there were days, that I had to think about what to write but as of the campaign and especially after the election - whoo! Never at a loss. In fact, it has greatly limited the time to focus on our local issues here in the Village. So I will try to do both.
And so... to the national news. It is indeed unbelievable how there are so many in Congress who do not have the courage of their convictions and refuse to defy a sick man, a greatly emotionally disturbed individual who tops the charts every day with another maniacal and ridiculous statement usually one that goes far in denigrating some one or some group. And yet, to criticize him or to poke fun of him - it is so tempting - is taboo, at least in his mind.
Emotionally way off balance and of a very limited intellectual capacity, Trump seems never to run out of gaffes. The media has not covered "massacres" so we do not know of all of them. The polls show that the American people support his ban. Just ask him and pay no attention to the polls that show otherwise and as to all those people protesting - maybe they are just 'malcontents' - and thank G-d for that!! And as for Pence, why he has become the defender of his Poodle, interpreting what it means to say and saying that truly, the people of the country understand his mind. Really? I would like to meet one of them because Trump's mind is a maze of rubbish, quicksand and infantile thought and behavior. And this man is the President of the United States of America, G-d help us all.
I have begun to come across more and more articles and thought pieces as to why he has to be impeached, written by thoughtful and learned individuals. I read articles expounding very clearly why this man should not and will not last even two years. My concerns and fears? That if he does not go, does not leave, then there will be war, true pitched battles between supposed law enforcement individuals who are "just following orders" and those who protest the violations of our country's principles, who stand up for the rule of law, for morality in our government, against those who call for more murder as it was at Kent State.
But remember, it will take Congressmen with a backbone, with the courage to face up to what they have allowed, to turn away his maniacal statements and plans and turn down his unacceptable, and undesirable Fat Cats who are basically being appointed with the mandate of destroying all the safeguards from decades of laws and legislation, the majority of which have been put in place to protect the American citizen, the American consumer and even the world and especially, of great import - our globe upon which we live. At last look I have not seen any spaceship Noah's ark that will take us all away from a destroyed planet, so folks, we had better do a heads up on this one. Oh, and by the way, I do not know about you but I do not want an entangled head of the FDA whose stocks and holdings in drug and drug related companies are ethical conflicts, and who says, let us just speed up the process of approval and let the people know that if they take these quickly approved drugs, why they take them at their own risk!! You cannot make up this cynicism and veniality - and stupidity on the part of our "leader". Perhaps he is the one of whom he is thinking when he says that we have bad people in our country, so basically stop picking on his best bud, Putin!!
And to the local news. Last night there were a number of statements on David's personal blog which were not only nasty, but dumb. So David took them off lest all others see what he takes for support, just as bad as Trump in a more limited sphere.Well, full disclosure, so is the original article and it and the one that follows are petty as well and simply encourage nasty comments from nasty and limited minds. Let's explore a bit.
First of all, why are David et al so concerned whether there was a call or not from Ed or Neil or whomever. The point is, the crux of the matter is, that it benefits the Village and we, including David himself, are saved from a terrible deal with Atlantic Broadband with a much better alternative from Comcast. Is it that the itty bitty boy's self importance is just that bit tousled and damaged, out of place? Well, frankly, too bad, because ego has no place in the Village UCO. What there needs to be is a little more humility, a whole lot more transparency, a whole lot less secret planning, and a bit more of reaching out to others. Hey, that older Coke commercial might help so go on line and watch it. Or any of the other ones which preach togetherness and hope and equality, etc.
And it does indeed send shudders down my back when there is an outcry against a nomination process. The rules are the rules and really, what difference does it make if one person or two people make nominations from the floor and to those paranoid individuals, no, some of the nominated did NOT know they were going to have their names called as possible candidates in the election. And if talking of plans, well, David et al thought they could pull another previous election trick off and have a limited number of people run for the seats open so that they could stack it all in their favor yet again. There are so few people willing to run with this UCO and its UCO head, that they figured they could pull it off.Well, think again and it almost does not matter who gets in or not for secret plans and planning and crude tactics are part and parcel of UCO at present, but at least a statement is made.
And again, returning to the issue that started that chain of nastiness and nonsense of his blog, why was there even a discussion of Atlantic Braodband when the contract had three years or more to go when this all started, Comcast was not included, lie about it whether they will - and I am still curious as to what was gained by some people via this contract and why we were willing to pay for a company's wiring up costs and why we are signed with a company to reward them for their 'efforts" - not so impressive - especially when David had NO right to sign without delegate approval - and bottom line, had NO right to discuss bringing broadband in to the Village as a utility for he had only permission to discuss cable. And as for the tired old and specious arguments of comparing broadband to the buses - state mandated - and other so called perks and amenities of the Village - apples and oranges dear people and the people have already spoken many times re this issue and overwhelmingly turned it down. And Bob, if anyone took money from accounts and reserves incorrectly -go look at the person or people who have done this already. What the hell and who the hell do you think took it or had access to it other than these people in UCO. Think, Bob, think. You are better than this.
And for one "lovely" last note - over the past few weeks there have been 57 bomb threats to 48 Jewish Community Centers, swastikas in the NYC subway, windows of a synagogue smashed in Chicago, marches of right wing rabid extremists planned and taking place, op-ed articles questioning the racial origin and category of Jews and where is the shouting against this? Where are the Republican Jews who KNOW that Trump has encouraged and accepted these people and their support. So where are they and where is the world? Do they think they are exempt from,the spreading hatred? Think again, oh think again.
Perhaps we all need to take thinking lessons.
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