Those who say that ignorance is bliss are foolish or are talking of times when to delay knowledge of a bad or fearful thing is better, hence the bliss. But when ignorance appears to be ruling the country, then there is no bliss, only aggravation and fear, trepidation about the present and future.
Read this next citation from Henry James and then think about this as you read the rest an then contemplate our situations. "The real represents to my perception the things we cannot possibly not know, sooner or later, in one way or another."
No one expects the President of any organization to know everything; in fact, it is expected that he/she does not but will have the modicum of sense to know to consult experts who do and to minimize speaking about topics of unknown contents so as to minimize the appearance of ignorance.
Unfortunately what we now have is someone who is both ignorant and arrogant, someone who pretends he knows everything; hence the miserable situation we are in now. As a matter of fact, so much of the time we do not even know what he is talking about because his English, his linguistics are horrific. "I've given the farmers back their farms, I've given the builders back their land to build houses and to build other things.'....huh! Or how is this one? In talking as an ignorant fool about Napoleon, not even knowing there were two of them, the I and the III, in talking of Napoleon, we assume the famous one of hand in jacket, he states, "And his one problem is he didn't go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities and they froze to death."
What was he doing - at the prom, at the sock hop, at the gala ball in the palace? And who froze and what does that have to do with extracurricular activities? And what night? The campaign took months. Someone sure as hell failed history!
His ignorance extends to domestic items as well. Health insurance policies at $12 for the year. Sign me up for that one!! Confusion about life and health insurance. Confusion or purposeful ignorance as to the inadequate tax plan and the ahem huge tax break for middle class at $760 . Wow!! Do not spend it all in one place and don't drool as the 1% spend their cut of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
And one can go on and on but perhaps he is using ignorance as an excuse to throw himself on the mercy of the courts and the citizens of this country as he claims that to collude with the enemy is wrong, that to enmesh oneself with them so as to be unable to separate business and personal and national is a bad thing, that to lie about all this is the major stupid act of the century. so please excuse his stupidity. Well, Mueller is now investigating all the business dealings as Bharara wished to do but was then fired. Will he fire Mueller too and then really be guilty of two times of obstruction of justice?
Now we hear that Trump is exploring his rights to pardon people - such as his family, his aides and himself! Yup! Great system. Do something wrong, look in the mirror, say, "bad boy" and "I forgive you." Great system indeed. Wonder what he will do when his tax forms come up lacking in honesty? "Oops? Well. I forgive me!!"
He is not the only one who refuses to admit ignorance and that arrogance, the nerve to walk naked in the streets while boasting of clothes apparently afflicts many leaders and certainly here in CV as well. David thinks he knows what he does not and even what he does is now antiquated, out of date, much of it obsolete and he refuses to admit it, refuses to admit when he is in over his head as he is right now and has been for some time. The bylaws and American rights, the Atlantic contract and even the paving - these and many more all serve as an example of the harm unacknowledged ignorance can cause.
Treason - knowingly committed, venally acted upon, or simply the act of a selfish and arrogant man and his similarly arrogant and selfish family members? Whatever the choice, not good!! He throws his associates and supposed loyalists right under the bus and wow, does not David Israel do that as well and quite often.
People are beginning to truly wake up to the fact that we need our health coverage, that we need full disclosure re our presidential figures, that we need a government with a heart, that we need governmental figures who are respected, be it here in CV or in the nation and the world.
And for those who mutter and whine and say we should leave him alone, be loyal to him as President of our nation, not nice to point out his errors, give him time - 6 months already!, I have a question for you. When was the first or the last time you said that about Obama, to not criticize him, to show him respect ad infinitum. He was not my favorite president and I certainly criticized him and for some of his views, but he certainly was not the dumb dude we now have in office and I will not be silent - not nationally speaking and not locally. That would be unAmerican, most emphatically so. Read the interview of Trump by three Times reporters and then go vomit about what we have wrought. Think about that quote again and apply it to our situations and our presidents.
Friday, July 21, 2017
Thursday, July 20, 2017
A DEAD HORSE?
We all recall the baby who would not give up, would continue to crawl towards the hot stove, or the forbidden food, or the small item to shove in the mouth. It took time and patience and much alertness to keep that baby safe from himself. But what does one do with a supposed adult or several adults who seemingly cannot get the message and keep on with that crawl into danger and harm not only for themselves but for others.
Hopefully, the dead horse of the Trumpcare issue will not be revived but the beating of it goes on as the Republican heads try to force a vote on "debate" about it. Trump keeps having Senators over to dinner and McConnell shows the desperateness of a failing effort. The CB said that repeal of Obamacare, the ACA, would lead to 32 million people being without coverage. So take several large cities or dozens of the smaller town and cities that make up America and just wipe them out, erase them from the map, all those men, women, children and babies.
Sound extreme? Not really. Imagine a flu virus, strong and powerful, and now add in to this adult reality coloring book its spread as the vaccine for it is out of reach for most of these people as they no longer have coverage or their coverage only allows for one well visit or has a deductible of $10,000 and the shots are $300 each as the drug companies raise the prices. Spanish flu 1918 tripled and tripled again.
You see, there are consequences to bad decisions and they cannot all be rectified so easily as a one, two, three. But Trump seems not to recognize that fact or probably does but could care less. He is fixated on its passing to the detriment of all but will claim victory if it passes and the people die. Hey, better for the budget in the long run, right!!
This obsessive sticking to an idea, even a bad one, is part and parcel of off balance would be dictators and semi dictators. Look what we have here in CV, a man so determined to stick to what he wants, to what he thinks he needs, that he runs rampant over the true needs of the Villagers and takes out his venom on those who disagree with him. David Israel and Donald Trump. Both bad for one's health!!
In the larger arena we have a consummate liar, one who tells lies as soon as tell the truth and I believe cannot even tell the difference now between one to the other. The facts are there and yet he rants with his Fake News and thinks that is the cure. Another meeting took place with Putin and no press was there so stating the press knew is a lie and an insult. They knew there was a dinner but were closed out from it and based reports on the reports of one who was. Lie, lie, deny and then say , "oh, it was nothing." According to Trump every time he or his talk to Russians it is always about adoptions. Go figure - and if you believe that..... Enough with the lies and the denials of the obvious and clearly seen and witnessed truth.
The facts are all out there, have been gathered into neat bundles and the picture is not pretty. Poor junior is "miserable" and is not functioning well at work. He is said to be worried about "biting the hand that feeds him." He cannot wait for the four years to be over. Here's an idea - let Papa resign NOW. The family has a "fierce loyalty" it is said but as far as I am concerned it is a messy pottage of sibling rivalry, desire to please Papa, constant checking with Papa over what to do so his denials are garbage, and a man who cannot let go nor grow up. And at 71 he is not going to change. Until resignation or impeachment or criminal indictments we are stuck and must remain vigilant, just as we must remain vigilant here in CV to make sure that David does not totally deplete our funds, does not sign more contracts that are bad for us, does not turn the Village administration upside down with his proposed new restrictive and anti American by laws. Like a child who refuses to learn, Trump and David continue to push the blame onto others and threaten them all. Sessions, Comey, Mueller - all guilty of disloyalty, of following the 'true path', the path of loyalty to Trump and to hell with everyone else. I, for one., would love to know what was in that folder that Comey has that contains the gotcha! information from the Russians. What do they have on Trump and is it enough to get him gone? I hope so.
The fault lies not in our stars but well within us. We vote carelessly, out of anger at the status quo without thinking if the 'answer' is truly that. We ignore the bad traits of the one we see as a possible solution and we end up getting the sand kicked right back in our faces. More jobs lost even as Trump boasted of saving them. More stores closing and more jobs lost. Trump is a man eminently not suited for government nor for anything other than blustering around and surviving by the teeth of executives and his inherited money and the laws of bankruptcy. He refuses to tell the truth, to open it to the air by hiding his tax forms, by working in secret and in the dark thinking that no one will find out and then lie when he is outed. David tries the same thing to work in the dark and hope it is too late to change when his actions are revealed so here we are, stuck again with a miserable contract.
The DNC is gearing up for 2018 and we all must be there. We must be there for any Republicans who have the courage to withstand the negative power of Trump, those who are anti Trumpcare not for being too generous as some Scrooges are, but for it not being enough for the people of their respective states. Labels are meaningless; only the behavior and the beliefs matter. I am already reading up on possible candidates for president in 2020, for replacement for elected officials in 2018 such as getting rid of Mast, and am doing my best to keep current.
Our voices must be raised. Our eyes must be open. Our courage must be, as Shakespeare said, "screwed to the sticking point." And above all, we must have heart and hope.
Hopefully, the dead horse of the Trumpcare issue will not be revived but the beating of it goes on as the Republican heads try to force a vote on "debate" about it. Trump keeps having Senators over to dinner and McConnell shows the desperateness of a failing effort. The CB said that repeal of Obamacare, the ACA, would lead to 32 million people being without coverage. So take several large cities or dozens of the smaller town and cities that make up America and just wipe them out, erase them from the map, all those men, women, children and babies.
Sound extreme? Not really. Imagine a flu virus, strong and powerful, and now add in to this adult reality coloring book its spread as the vaccine for it is out of reach for most of these people as they no longer have coverage or their coverage only allows for one well visit or has a deductible of $10,000 and the shots are $300 each as the drug companies raise the prices. Spanish flu 1918 tripled and tripled again.
You see, there are consequences to bad decisions and they cannot all be rectified so easily as a one, two, three. But Trump seems not to recognize that fact or probably does but could care less. He is fixated on its passing to the detriment of all but will claim victory if it passes and the people die. Hey, better for the budget in the long run, right!!
This obsessive sticking to an idea, even a bad one, is part and parcel of off balance would be dictators and semi dictators. Look what we have here in CV, a man so determined to stick to what he wants, to what he thinks he needs, that he runs rampant over the true needs of the Villagers and takes out his venom on those who disagree with him. David Israel and Donald Trump. Both bad for one's health!!
In the larger arena we have a consummate liar, one who tells lies as soon as tell the truth and I believe cannot even tell the difference now between one to the other. The facts are there and yet he rants with his Fake News and thinks that is the cure. Another meeting took place with Putin and no press was there so stating the press knew is a lie and an insult. They knew there was a dinner but were closed out from it and based reports on the reports of one who was. Lie, lie, deny and then say , "oh, it was nothing." According to Trump every time he or his talk to Russians it is always about adoptions. Go figure - and if you believe that..... Enough with the lies and the denials of the obvious and clearly seen and witnessed truth.
The facts are all out there, have been gathered into neat bundles and the picture is not pretty. Poor junior is "miserable" and is not functioning well at work. He is said to be worried about "biting the hand that feeds him." He cannot wait for the four years to be over. Here's an idea - let Papa resign NOW. The family has a "fierce loyalty" it is said but as far as I am concerned it is a messy pottage of sibling rivalry, desire to please Papa, constant checking with Papa over what to do so his denials are garbage, and a man who cannot let go nor grow up. And at 71 he is not going to change. Until resignation or impeachment or criminal indictments we are stuck and must remain vigilant, just as we must remain vigilant here in CV to make sure that David does not totally deplete our funds, does not sign more contracts that are bad for us, does not turn the Village administration upside down with his proposed new restrictive and anti American by laws. Like a child who refuses to learn, Trump and David continue to push the blame onto others and threaten them all. Sessions, Comey, Mueller - all guilty of disloyalty, of following the 'true path', the path of loyalty to Trump and to hell with everyone else. I, for one., would love to know what was in that folder that Comey has that contains the gotcha! information from the Russians. What do they have on Trump and is it enough to get him gone? I hope so.
The fault lies not in our stars but well within us. We vote carelessly, out of anger at the status quo without thinking if the 'answer' is truly that. We ignore the bad traits of the one we see as a possible solution and we end up getting the sand kicked right back in our faces. More jobs lost even as Trump boasted of saving them. More stores closing and more jobs lost. Trump is a man eminently not suited for government nor for anything other than blustering around and surviving by the teeth of executives and his inherited money and the laws of bankruptcy. He refuses to tell the truth, to open it to the air by hiding his tax forms, by working in secret and in the dark thinking that no one will find out and then lie when he is outed. David tries the same thing to work in the dark and hope it is too late to change when his actions are revealed so here we are, stuck again with a miserable contract.
The DNC is gearing up for 2018 and we all must be there. We must be there for any Republicans who have the courage to withstand the negative power of Trump, those who are anti Trumpcare not for being too generous as some Scrooges are, but for it not being enough for the people of their respective states. Labels are meaningless; only the behavior and the beliefs matter. I am already reading up on possible candidates for president in 2020, for replacement for elected officials in 2018 such as getting rid of Mast, and am doing my best to keep current.
Our voices must be raised. Our eyes must be open. Our courage must be, as Shakespeare said, "screwed to the sticking point." And above all, we must have heart and hope.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
JUST THINKING.....
Some random thoughts and questions. Here is a minor one as things go, but it does have to do with the quality of life for some people in my association and nearby ones as well. For some time we have been asking for an additional bus stop so a long walk to the closest one would be alleviated. Well, one would think we were asking for the world. We have extra guest spots that are really not used and turning several over is not a problem. So..... we have now heard from Ed Black that it is illegal to cancel guest spots - Nope, it is not. We checked with an attorney. Hmmm. Now we find that the bus cannot back up for legal reasons as there could be a complication should a person walk behind and get struck. So what? It is not a problem if one is struck head on by a bus? And what about all the other vehicles that back up such as EMT trucks, Connection, Palm Tran, the sanitation trucks, visiting trucks and incidentally, the bus would now have the room to turn around as we are giving up the three spaces and it is a dead end. Our building and next door Andover would have a closer bus stop. So....why the hassle. Guess who lives in my association? ME!!!!!! Not only am I not allowed to be in UCO, but we have "collective" punishment for my presence. Lovely!!
Next. We have policemen who fire upon hearing a loud noise? That is justification for shooting and killing an innocent woman who called 911 - and this while the cops were sitting in their car - did not even get out to investigate the complaint?! What the hell!!
It took the compassion and courage, the moral ethics and values of three women to stop this Trumpcare in its track and kudos to them. Long may they be in office .Their states are all problematic, be it for the opioid situation or high unemployment or vast in space. Murkowski of Alaska, Capito of West Virginia, and Collins of Maine. Good for them!!! Men - where the hell are you? With that idiot Cruz? Yes, there are issues with Obamacare, but they can be fixed and one does not throw out that proverbial baby with the bath water!
Guess how much money we are spending a month to rent space for the military at Trump Tower in NY, especially when the man is hardly there. Too busy visiting his golf resorts, like 54 times already!!! Anyway, $130,000 a month. Yup, you read it right. But we gotta' cut that healthcare budget, right! And ethics be damned.
Or how about this one? Ethics be damned and lies full speed ahead. You know that 'minor' glitch of collusion with the enemy, you know the one that is now enriching the lawyers at great cost to the Trump family and friends? Yup, the one that Spicer still maintains was about adoptions and there is no way to prove otherwise? Uh huh, that one. The one that Trump says he knew nothing about but anyway, it was only politics. This from the man who says he is not a politician. Maybe. But he sure as hell is an incompetent, nasty old man who lies as easily as zipping up his pants - oops, need another example, That one is too hard for him - well as easily and naturally as breathing. Anyway, now we find out that so far there are eight lovelies at that meeting - up from two and who knows how many more, but wait, there's more. At the G-20 meeting, you know, the one where Ivanka sat in Daddy's chair like a big girl, well, Daddy took himself off to have another undisclosed meeting with his best bro, Putin. I kid you not. This man is truly a traitor or an idiot and in either case, not good for us. Needs to go, my friends. Impeachment anyone?
And then we have a world now where one driving with a broken headlight or taillight finds life upside down. Grabbed, no more to return home and why? Because they are undocumented aliens working in dairies or fields or roofing or some other "dirty" job that no American wants and the 'Gestapo' of Sessions and Trump have decided they are to go. Maybe in the foreign countries to where they are deported they need to apply for new jobs at the factories that make Ivanka's clothing or sell so much to Trump and his hotels? Never mind the Made in America slogan for them! Our generals are warning us about the possibility of a rogue drone or robot killing humans - lovely thought that - fantasy into fact? And that crazy dude over there in North Korea is holding public executions for the horrific crimes of taking copper from a factory, or coming from a bad family background, or distributing media from South Korea. At least here so far the media is just called names, like Fake Media or liars! By the liars themselves, but that is for another day.
Just random thoughts of an early morning. Think I will go look at some of the pictures from all the family visits we have been having. Much more pleasant and rewarding. Life is not a bowl of cherries - but then again I like other fruit better. There is always an alternative if we do not like something - and that is to fight for what is right and so help me, I am trying.
Next. We have policemen who fire upon hearing a loud noise? That is justification for shooting and killing an innocent woman who called 911 - and this while the cops were sitting in their car - did not even get out to investigate the complaint?! What the hell!!
It took the compassion and courage, the moral ethics and values of three women to stop this Trumpcare in its track and kudos to them. Long may they be in office .Their states are all problematic, be it for the opioid situation or high unemployment or vast in space. Murkowski of Alaska, Capito of West Virginia, and Collins of Maine. Good for them!!! Men - where the hell are you? With that idiot Cruz? Yes, there are issues with Obamacare, but they can be fixed and one does not throw out that proverbial baby with the bath water!
Guess how much money we are spending a month to rent space for the military at Trump Tower in NY, especially when the man is hardly there. Too busy visiting his golf resorts, like 54 times already!!! Anyway, $130,000 a month. Yup, you read it right. But we gotta' cut that healthcare budget, right! And ethics be damned.
Or how about this one? Ethics be damned and lies full speed ahead. You know that 'minor' glitch of collusion with the enemy, you know the one that is now enriching the lawyers at great cost to the Trump family and friends? Yup, the one that Spicer still maintains was about adoptions and there is no way to prove otherwise? Uh huh, that one. The one that Trump says he knew nothing about but anyway, it was only politics. This from the man who says he is not a politician. Maybe. But he sure as hell is an incompetent, nasty old man who lies as easily as zipping up his pants - oops, need another example, That one is too hard for him - well as easily and naturally as breathing. Anyway, now we find out that so far there are eight lovelies at that meeting - up from two and who knows how many more, but wait, there's more. At the G-20 meeting, you know, the one where Ivanka sat in Daddy's chair like a big girl, well, Daddy took himself off to have another undisclosed meeting with his best bro, Putin. I kid you not. This man is truly a traitor or an idiot and in either case, not good for us. Needs to go, my friends. Impeachment anyone?
And then we have a world now where one driving with a broken headlight or taillight finds life upside down. Grabbed, no more to return home and why? Because they are undocumented aliens working in dairies or fields or roofing or some other "dirty" job that no American wants and the 'Gestapo' of Sessions and Trump have decided they are to go. Maybe in the foreign countries to where they are deported they need to apply for new jobs at the factories that make Ivanka's clothing or sell so much to Trump and his hotels? Never mind the Made in America slogan for them! Our generals are warning us about the possibility of a rogue drone or robot killing humans - lovely thought that - fantasy into fact? And that crazy dude over there in North Korea is holding public executions for the horrific crimes of taking copper from a factory, or coming from a bad family background, or distributing media from South Korea. At least here so far the media is just called names, like Fake Media or liars! By the liars themselves, but that is for another day.
Just random thoughts of an early morning. Think I will go look at some of the pictures from all the family visits we have been having. Much more pleasant and rewarding. Life is not a bowl of cherries - but then again I like other fruit better. There is always an alternative if we do not like something - and that is to fight for what is right and so help me, I am trying.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
INTEGRTY? BEAUTIFUL?
That is a major no on both terms. Integrity is defined as "the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness:" This is a quality we should treasure and value, look for and even demand from those who are supposedly working for us, the public servants of our government. We should most of all demand it from the President and his team.
Well, we are doomed in that sphere and not sure if we are not doomed in the smaller sphere of CV. Where are the certainties we should have re truth and honor, the surety we should have regarding our officials? As for Trump, he is a consummate liar, would rather tell a lie than a truth and if forced to finally admit to the truth, will reveal as little as possible hoping that the entire mess can be somehow concealed. Certainly he should have realized that by now, but instead keeps trying to brazen it out all the while he and his are employing one attorney after another and the rats are pushing and shoving the others out of the way. Who will finally break? What are the odds? If I were a bookmaker......
And here in CV I do not think the situation is any better, though on a lesser scale. Yet that scale is of vital importance to us as it is both our very day to day and future life that is at stake. What is the truth about all the doings and contracts going on in that building? Why all the secret meetings, the after hour meetings, the closed meetings, the private meetings and emails and calls re our lives here. What is the true contract with Atlantic? What is the true state of affairs regarding the algae in the lake? We came home after a week and OMG what a disaster the lake is by us. I am told that the stuff comes from what is often used in aquariums!! We need to be careful before we just dump!! It has never been worse and it is majorly UGLY!!!
Both government heads try to assure us that the future will be better, that they are working on it. We get tweets from Trump, maniacal ones at that, that butcher the English language and say nothing except to tell us to truly despair and from David Israel - nada, except for false statements and videos of meetings that tell us pieces of the truth, useless pieces at that.
I do not understand why government officials feel they can lie and indeed should lie to their constituents. I do not know why they think it will go unnoticed. I do not know why these people feel that 1984 is the way to go, Orwell being prophetic re our language, our officials and their aims. We are supposed to listen to their words, the words which change on a daily, or even hourly basis with Trump and to the words of Israel which are generally as informative as his grunted "...nnnaright".
We are constantly harangued by Trump that all is beautiful. Well, according to 1984 all is the opposite, so beautiful is truly ugly and that is the situation we are in. So people are unregistering because they do not want their personal information out there available for ID theft. They feel Trump has no business with it and they are 150% correct!! He is going at the very basis of our democracy and for that, there is no excuse.
David Israel just keeps saying that all is under control even as he signs away our lives, refuses to admit that our reserves are pathetically inadequate for our needs and refuses to answer other vital questions. He plans to further restrict our rights in the future. He treats all with contempt except when he is lying to a group in his office as he tries to make nicey nice and even there he has to go begging for people to show up as most already realize what a farce these meetings are.
Both blab away and do not realize what a mess they are embroiling us in. Here we are in financial straits and in the US who knows. He is messing around with North Korea as if they are normal, knowing that guy is capable of anything, and trading insults and threats like two bullyboys in the schoolyard. David reassures us at the same time that he antagonizes and insults all, in public and private and takes petty steps to avenge his "honor" and name. Too late on that.
Their words and promises are as true as the Made in America Week as Trump admires Sikorsky copters but kind of forgets that there are foreign items that go into the mix for the whole! He buys foreign made items for his businesses and hotels and his daughter makes all of her items outside the country. But oh, make America great again- just leave him and his out of it!! The pigs of Animal Farm who feel they are more equal than others!! And of course, do not forget the 15,000 new temporary visas for foreign workers granted as it is finally realized in their thick skulls that these workers are necessary for industries and enterprises, particularly seasonal ones with massive demands for workers.
And no, spouting the word beautiful again and again, tweeting nonsensical statements and butchering the language is not going to help. Only the truth will. And certainly Russia will not help here either. And that, my friends is one that Trump has over David Israel. Trump has turned traitor to his country, to his citizens, sold his very soul for money and business political office and at least David has remained true to America, though to its values and freedoms and rights - uh uh. Some difference there at least, I think, I hope.
In any case, or rather in both cases, the words integrity and beautiful are not there. There is no honor in their souls, no beauty in their deeds nor their plans and we had better say and do something if we are to rescue ourselves from the morass that is now surrounding us. Integrity? Beauty? Bah humbug!!!!
Well, we are doomed in that sphere and not sure if we are not doomed in the smaller sphere of CV. Where are the certainties we should have re truth and honor, the surety we should have regarding our officials? As for Trump, he is a consummate liar, would rather tell a lie than a truth and if forced to finally admit to the truth, will reveal as little as possible hoping that the entire mess can be somehow concealed. Certainly he should have realized that by now, but instead keeps trying to brazen it out all the while he and his are employing one attorney after another and the rats are pushing and shoving the others out of the way. Who will finally break? What are the odds? If I were a bookmaker......
And here in CV I do not think the situation is any better, though on a lesser scale. Yet that scale is of vital importance to us as it is both our very day to day and future life that is at stake. What is the truth about all the doings and contracts going on in that building? Why all the secret meetings, the after hour meetings, the closed meetings, the private meetings and emails and calls re our lives here. What is the true contract with Atlantic? What is the true state of affairs regarding the algae in the lake? We came home after a week and OMG what a disaster the lake is by us. I am told that the stuff comes from what is often used in aquariums!! We need to be careful before we just dump!! It has never been worse and it is majorly UGLY!!!
Both government heads try to assure us that the future will be better, that they are working on it. We get tweets from Trump, maniacal ones at that, that butcher the English language and say nothing except to tell us to truly despair and from David Israel - nada, except for false statements and videos of meetings that tell us pieces of the truth, useless pieces at that.
I do not understand why government officials feel they can lie and indeed should lie to their constituents. I do not know why they think it will go unnoticed. I do not know why these people feel that 1984 is the way to go, Orwell being prophetic re our language, our officials and their aims. We are supposed to listen to their words, the words which change on a daily, or even hourly basis with Trump and to the words of Israel which are generally as informative as his grunted "...nnnaright".
We are constantly harangued by Trump that all is beautiful. Well, according to 1984 all is the opposite, so beautiful is truly ugly and that is the situation we are in. So people are unregistering because they do not want their personal information out there available for ID theft. They feel Trump has no business with it and they are 150% correct!! He is going at the very basis of our democracy and for that, there is no excuse.
David Israel just keeps saying that all is under control even as he signs away our lives, refuses to admit that our reserves are pathetically inadequate for our needs and refuses to answer other vital questions. He plans to further restrict our rights in the future. He treats all with contempt except when he is lying to a group in his office as he tries to make nicey nice and even there he has to go begging for people to show up as most already realize what a farce these meetings are.
Both blab away and do not realize what a mess they are embroiling us in. Here we are in financial straits and in the US who knows. He is messing around with North Korea as if they are normal, knowing that guy is capable of anything, and trading insults and threats like two bullyboys in the schoolyard. David reassures us at the same time that he antagonizes and insults all, in public and private and takes petty steps to avenge his "honor" and name. Too late on that.
Their words and promises are as true as the Made in America Week as Trump admires Sikorsky copters but kind of forgets that there are foreign items that go into the mix for the whole! He buys foreign made items for his businesses and hotels and his daughter makes all of her items outside the country. But oh, make America great again- just leave him and his out of it!! The pigs of Animal Farm who feel they are more equal than others!! And of course, do not forget the 15,000 new temporary visas for foreign workers granted as it is finally realized in their thick skulls that these workers are necessary for industries and enterprises, particularly seasonal ones with massive demands for workers.
And no, spouting the word beautiful again and again, tweeting nonsensical statements and butchering the language is not going to help. Only the truth will. And certainly Russia will not help here either. And that, my friends is one that Trump has over David Israel. Trump has turned traitor to his country, to his citizens, sold his very soul for money and business political office and at least David has remained true to America, though to its values and freedoms and rights - uh uh. Some difference there at least, I think, I hope.
In any case, or rather in both cases, the words integrity and beautiful are not there. There is no honor in their souls, no beauty in their deeds nor their plans and we had better say and do something if we are to rescue ourselves from the morass that is now surrounding us. Integrity? Beauty? Bah humbug!!!!
Sunday, July 16, 2017
CHOOSE
America is going to have to choose. Are we going to insure that our American way of life remains so, or are we going to abdicate, leave it in the hands of consummate liars, pretend princes and princesses, unethical businessmen and traitors to the country. One way requires hard work, a constant watchfulness and the other seeds itself thru laziness and apathy.
Today was a fun day. We had family over, met a newly introduced member, had a lot of laughs, joked, did not talk politics except for a joke or two, hugged and kissed and simply enjoyed a typical American Sunday, barbecue and all, overate and laughed so that we all had no more room. But we did leave room for dessert!
But after everyone had left, I checked on the computer to see if the madman had blown us up yet or committed another oops, or tweeted away once more. And lo and behold there he was again. Now he is pushing Made in America Week and if that is not the height of hypocrisy, this coming from a man whose businesses outsource so much and whose daughter uses all outside labor, cheap labor to make her clothing and accessories. It is enough to make one vomit.
This man wants an America that will be a return to another time, when the poor had no healthcare they could afford - nor the middle class at that - and there will be little to no manufacturing or trade because he will have locked and blocked us out from the rest of the world and they will simply bypass us. They will set up their own trade routes and exchanges and will not miss us at all. Some of our states will establish their own dealings with other countries and are feeling their way now into that, but as for the rest - guess they will just muddle along and more will be homeless, jobless, hungry and cold - with no protection for sick Americans but Trump and his will be just fine. They will make sure of that.
After six months in office this man has wreaked havoc upon us and the world. They will pick up the pieces and move on without us but what will happen to us? His Republican Party is fracturing - at least one good result and his legislative promises are dead in their tracks and again, thank the Lord above for that. Tax reform - twisted version of it - infrastructure, the wall - ah, but that will be transparent, see through, so if you are an American you will be able to see the bad hombres heave 60 pound bags of drugs over the wall and move so it will not hit you on the head! Swear to that - that is what he said!! The man is not normal.
The whole Russian business stinks to the high heavens and we learned that the Trump family never learned to count and could not tell the difference between two people and ten. They could not figure out that a lie once revealed will not end that process until the whole story and truth comes out. He has been rated as a D- for the year so far and I do not see any improvement in the days to come.
Personally, I believe this man and his cohorts are for the most part traitors to the country. To say it was okay for junior to solicit or get information from a foreign enemy country because it was not successful is to say that attempted murder is not really a crime - only murder. The lack of ethics and the conflicts of interest, the selfishness of the appointed people, their ties to their areas of supervision are all sickening and lead to bad news for us, the people.
So we need to choose. Will we choose those who put all the blame for their actions on others, try to waffle and explain away all their misdeeds? Will we choose the incompetent, the selfish, he nasty, the sexual predator and his or will we stand up straight, pull our pants up and roll those sleeves up and take back our country? I know which way I choose to go - and you?
Today was a fun day. We had family over, met a newly introduced member, had a lot of laughs, joked, did not talk politics except for a joke or two, hugged and kissed and simply enjoyed a typical American Sunday, barbecue and all, overate and laughed so that we all had no more room. But we did leave room for dessert!
But after everyone had left, I checked on the computer to see if the madman had blown us up yet or committed another oops, or tweeted away once more. And lo and behold there he was again. Now he is pushing Made in America Week and if that is not the height of hypocrisy, this coming from a man whose businesses outsource so much and whose daughter uses all outside labor, cheap labor to make her clothing and accessories. It is enough to make one vomit.
This man wants an America that will be a return to another time, when the poor had no healthcare they could afford - nor the middle class at that - and there will be little to no manufacturing or trade because he will have locked and blocked us out from the rest of the world and they will simply bypass us. They will set up their own trade routes and exchanges and will not miss us at all. Some of our states will establish their own dealings with other countries and are feeling their way now into that, but as for the rest - guess they will just muddle along and more will be homeless, jobless, hungry and cold - with no protection for sick Americans but Trump and his will be just fine. They will make sure of that.
After six months in office this man has wreaked havoc upon us and the world. They will pick up the pieces and move on without us but what will happen to us? His Republican Party is fracturing - at least one good result and his legislative promises are dead in their tracks and again, thank the Lord above for that. Tax reform - twisted version of it - infrastructure, the wall - ah, but that will be transparent, see through, so if you are an American you will be able to see the bad hombres heave 60 pound bags of drugs over the wall and move so it will not hit you on the head! Swear to that - that is what he said!! The man is not normal.
The whole Russian business stinks to the high heavens and we learned that the Trump family never learned to count and could not tell the difference between two people and ten. They could not figure out that a lie once revealed will not end that process until the whole story and truth comes out. He has been rated as a D- for the year so far and I do not see any improvement in the days to come.
Personally, I believe this man and his cohorts are for the most part traitors to the country. To say it was okay for junior to solicit or get information from a foreign enemy country because it was not successful is to say that attempted murder is not really a crime - only murder. The lack of ethics and the conflicts of interest, the selfishness of the appointed people, their ties to their areas of supervision are all sickening and lead to bad news for us, the people.
So we need to choose. Will we choose those who put all the blame for their actions on others, try to waffle and explain away all their misdeeds? Will we choose the incompetent, the selfish, he nasty, the sexual predator and his or will we stand up straight, pull our pants up and roll those sleeves up and take back our country? I know which way I choose to go - and you?
3 AM IN THE MORNING
Three AM could be a great time to be returning from a great night, a wedding, a celebration of sort, but it is also the time when dictators know is great for arresting people, for surprising them, finding them at their weakest. It is also a time when one finally gives up on the tossing and turning and any more sleep for the night.
So 3 AM has become a euphemism for bad times. "In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning. (" F. Scott Fitzgerald)
We have reached our 3 AM in the morning and it is not a good thing. There is no celebration here, not for opponents of David Israel nor opponents of Donald Trump.
Three o'clock in the morning in CV means that we have put ourselves on the very sharp point of a knife with no relief in sight. We are going to owe millions upon millions to Atlantic, a company with a proven bad track record. We have allowed ourselves to be lulled by their claims and promises with no proof of its eventual truth, and indeed can find only bad about it. Even Consumer Reports dislikes it intensely - and no, David, they are not after you nor do they know me except as a subscriber! Sorry, but Atlantic is just a bad deal for us - and it all rests upon your shoulders.
It is 3 AM when we allow rules to be set in motion that will remove any and all ability of the residents and delegates to show dislike or opposition to the deeds and plans of UCO as defined by David Israel. It will negate any voice crying in the wilderness and in any case, it has already left us there as the Millennium Agreement needs to be prepared for but naught has been done because David is too damn busy with his other plans. And so we in the Village rot and our future rots with it.
But why expect any different when we allow him to get his way and when we have the awful 'role model' of Donald Trump - senior and junior! -right in front of our eyes. 24/7 we are bludgeoned with more information that turns our stomach. 24/7 we see a man who still cannot control his baser instincts and goes sexual mode again telling both Macron's wife and Macron that she is in good physical shape. Yecch to the nth degree. This is not something one says to the wife of another leader of the world nor indeed to anyone. It is the remark of a three year old who has no brakes but this man is 71.But then again, his idea of age and maturity and responsibility is warped as can be seen by his attempt to defend junior as a good kid. A good kid???? He is 39 years old. A kid no more. Indeed!
We have the constant drip drip all day long as more information comes out concerning the meeting with the Russians. As previously stated, the truth comes out - always - and when a lie is told one only enmeshes oneself in a morass of more lies and embarrassments. Way back in June they already knew that there would be trouble about this and paid $50,000 to the defense lawyer they are using. When one knows that he/she is guilty, one knows - call in the lawyer!! Even before it goes public and viral.
His poll numbers are the worst ever, 36% approval and 58% total disapproval with others feeling strong disapproval and distrust in Trump. The administration and in fact, the entire country is reeling. Our system, how to deal with a liar as president, with a businessman who has deleted all morals, all ethics, and plans on using this office as a means of furthering his business deals - our system is misfiring. And he knows it and this can be seen in the doubling and more of lawyer costs to his campaign fund.
Meanwhile, Brian Sandoval, a good man who feels for the people who would be screwed by the so called health plan of the Republicans is being pressured to change his opinion and yet he remains sure and certain, knowing there is a difference between true healthcare and insurance and a sad and indeed sadistic substitute which will cover nothing - perhaps a toothbrush and a bandaid. He states “A lot of people’s lives and health and health care and quality of life is in the balance. I’m a former judge. I take in all the information, and then I make a decision, and that’s what I’m doing now." Let us hope he remains firm.
At least there was a decent statement out of the White House condemning the horrific attack on Temple Mount that killed two policemen, two Druze who served proudly in the Israeli force, but this is not enough to cover or paper over all his other misdeeds.
And in the meanwhile, we are being isolated ever more from the rest of the world as they proceed with the plans for saving the world from ourselves, building new trading treaties that will leave America out in the cold. America First means America alone. Make America Great Again is the kind of false and diametrically opposed statement that can be found within 1984 and the philosophy and actions of the Party in Oceania.
Without all of us paying close attention to what is happening, without us expressing our complete disgust and opposition, here in CV and in the country, then we will live in a world where dictators thrive, where rights are stripped from people, where governments take rather than give, when they harm, rather than protect. That is not the world I want , not for me nor for my kids and grandkids, even though the Trump administration and his new Supreme Court think grandparents do not matter!!! The time is ready for dawn rather than 3 AM. Join in the fight.
So 3 AM has become a euphemism for bad times. "In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning. (" F. Scott Fitzgerald)
We have reached our 3 AM in the morning and it is not a good thing. There is no celebration here, not for opponents of David Israel nor opponents of Donald Trump.
Three o'clock in the morning in CV means that we have put ourselves on the very sharp point of a knife with no relief in sight. We are going to owe millions upon millions to Atlantic, a company with a proven bad track record. We have allowed ourselves to be lulled by their claims and promises with no proof of its eventual truth, and indeed can find only bad about it. Even Consumer Reports dislikes it intensely - and no, David, they are not after you nor do they know me except as a subscriber! Sorry, but Atlantic is just a bad deal for us - and it all rests upon your shoulders.
It is 3 AM when we allow rules to be set in motion that will remove any and all ability of the residents and delegates to show dislike or opposition to the deeds and plans of UCO as defined by David Israel. It will negate any voice crying in the wilderness and in any case, it has already left us there as the Millennium Agreement needs to be prepared for but naught has been done because David is too damn busy with his other plans. And so we in the Village rot and our future rots with it.
But why expect any different when we allow him to get his way and when we have the awful 'role model' of Donald Trump - senior and junior! -right in front of our eyes. 24/7 we are bludgeoned with more information that turns our stomach. 24/7 we see a man who still cannot control his baser instincts and goes sexual mode again telling both Macron's wife and Macron that she is in good physical shape. Yecch to the nth degree. This is not something one says to the wife of another leader of the world nor indeed to anyone. It is the remark of a three year old who has no brakes but this man is 71.But then again, his idea of age and maturity and responsibility is warped as can be seen by his attempt to defend junior as a good kid. A good kid???? He is 39 years old. A kid no more. Indeed!
We have the constant drip drip all day long as more information comes out concerning the meeting with the Russians. As previously stated, the truth comes out - always - and when a lie is told one only enmeshes oneself in a morass of more lies and embarrassments. Way back in June they already knew that there would be trouble about this and paid $50,000 to the defense lawyer they are using. When one knows that he/she is guilty, one knows - call in the lawyer!! Even before it goes public and viral.
His poll numbers are the worst ever, 36% approval and 58% total disapproval with others feeling strong disapproval and distrust in Trump. The administration and in fact, the entire country is reeling. Our system, how to deal with a liar as president, with a businessman who has deleted all morals, all ethics, and plans on using this office as a means of furthering his business deals - our system is misfiring. And he knows it and this can be seen in the doubling and more of lawyer costs to his campaign fund.
Meanwhile, Brian Sandoval, a good man who feels for the people who would be screwed by the so called health plan of the Republicans is being pressured to change his opinion and yet he remains sure and certain, knowing there is a difference between true healthcare and insurance and a sad and indeed sadistic substitute which will cover nothing - perhaps a toothbrush and a bandaid. He states “A lot of people’s lives and health and health care and quality of life is in the balance. I’m a former judge. I take in all the information, and then I make a decision, and that’s what I’m doing now." Let us hope he remains firm.
At least there was a decent statement out of the White House condemning the horrific attack on Temple Mount that killed two policemen, two Druze who served proudly in the Israeli force, but this is not enough to cover or paper over all his other misdeeds.
And in the meanwhile, we are being isolated ever more from the rest of the world as they proceed with the plans for saving the world from ourselves, building new trading treaties that will leave America out in the cold. America First means America alone. Make America Great Again is the kind of false and diametrically opposed statement that can be found within 1984 and the philosophy and actions of the Party in Oceania.
Without all of us paying close attention to what is happening, without us expressing our complete disgust and opposition, here in CV and in the country, then we will live in a world where dictators thrive, where rights are stripped from people, where governments take rather than give, when they harm, rather than protect. That is not the world I want , not for me nor for my kids and grandkids, even though the Trump administration and his new Supreme Court think grandparents do not matter!!! The time is ready for dawn rather than 3 AM. Join in the fight.
Friday, July 14, 2017
AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM
A child, a symbol of innocence, of the future, of hope as a leader of the world. We forget that children are also closer to emotions and the expressing of them. They will go up to anyone and ask a personal question, not so much to be nosy as to gain information. They can be cruel to others, bully others, even hurt others. They can be twisted into different directions, many not so good. They also lack a certain level of ability to weigh things carefully with a look towards the long run, the future. They can be fickle. And yet, children are the joy of life to most people, can give unconditional love, and are ready to learn and become good adults. They have the enthusiasm we need to change the world and get it back off the ledge. But......
When a child is found to be in a man's body, that is not so good. That is the child who never grew up, who wants with a child's level of demand, with a child's eye view of the world - the egotistical self centered world - and who has never truly learned the art of negotiation with other grownups in a respectful atmosphere, has never truly developed a vocabulary of an adult and seems to be stuck on the use of a limited one, unable to find truly descriptive adjectives. Hence the constant use of very and interesting or tremendous, etc. Some of these words were banned in my classroom as they were overused, trite and did not truly convey meaning and detail.
But today we have many children who are in places of responsibility, who see the world from within their own orbs and can see no other opinions as valid or even legitimate. Our Village is ruled - and yes, I purposely use that word - by one and his minions who are stuck in childhood with the bullying techniques, the 'I'll getcha' behavior', the inability to truly weigh questions and decisions from other viewpoint, from long term viewpoints. It is an administration devoured by negative attitudes and emotions and is grievously harmful to the Village. It is infected with the 'secret' club meetings and decisions and the constant theme of getting one over on the opposition, even is that means bad contracts for the Village, or even contracts that are signed after voting and after they have been secretly altered.
To be led by a child in a grown up body is dangerous. Look around the world and see the dictators growing apace. Their demands are all serious in their consequences, but are also childish in derivation. It is all mine, all the time and if you do not like it, then I will get you gone, out of the game, except that this is not a game of childish results, but one of life altering consequences.
No one leader is more childish, dangerously childish, than Donald Trump. He has his own gang, his own club, with the top recruits being his family members of the next generation, raw and untrained, unable to deal with adult issues. So Ivanka sits in her daddy's chair at a meeting like the four year old sits in his mommy's chair, at her desk, on a visit to work. His sons bring 'prizes' or try to bring prizes home in order to win prizes and love. And the rest of his crew follow along, doing the wrong thing, run around in circles because there is no adult amongst them, or they have sidelined the one or two adults nearby. And what does one do with a supposed President who comments on the physical appearance of the wife of another leader, on camera, and makes sure to repeat it to the husband, Macron!!!She took a step back, holding on to the arm of Melania. Poor Melania!!!
And, as is usual, when children get in over their heads, it is truly a bad scene. Bad things happen - bigly bad, so sad, tremendously bad. They deal with the wrong people and even if by accident, the possibility of red lines, their crossing, perilous consequences are all there. Hence we have the mess with Russian interference and Trump seemingly thinking that asking, "Were you involved with the meddling in the election? or, as he says, in a totally different way, "Were you involved with the meddling?" and if you see the difference, please email!! - this was enough to accept a "No. I was not."???
We get smelly atmospheres and questionable behavior. We get a "suicide" of a major participant in the soliciting of Russian information. We get too many stories, for children think that words are magical and if we deny some words, then the new words are the be all and end all and the solution to the matter. But that is not so.
Children have no place in government. Yes, okay, in Student Council with adult supervision and guidance, but not in political entities of world wide consequence. Children who never grew up do not have a place either. They are way too dangerous for the fate of countries and indeed the world to be placed within their hands and minds. And Lord, even that smirk of Trump's belongs on a maliciously victorious child of the bully category.
Time to retire the children and put some adults in place. Time for DeVos to learn that no, girls do not generally make up stories of rape and assault, and no, claiming they were drunk and the girl changed her mind later on - nope, does not fly, especially when there are drugs and multiple assailants! Not even a grizzly bear in sight. Time for the other children to learn how to play nicely, to talk as adults, to compromise, rather than make threatening demands. Time for the bully in chief to go - here in the Village and out there in DC and further out there in the world.
When a child is found to be in a man's body, that is not so good. That is the child who never grew up, who wants with a child's level of demand, with a child's eye view of the world - the egotistical self centered world - and who has never truly learned the art of negotiation with other grownups in a respectful atmosphere, has never truly developed a vocabulary of an adult and seems to be stuck on the use of a limited one, unable to find truly descriptive adjectives. Hence the constant use of very and interesting or tremendous, etc. Some of these words were banned in my classroom as they were overused, trite and did not truly convey meaning and detail.
But today we have many children who are in places of responsibility, who see the world from within their own orbs and can see no other opinions as valid or even legitimate. Our Village is ruled - and yes, I purposely use that word - by one and his minions who are stuck in childhood with the bullying techniques, the 'I'll getcha' behavior', the inability to truly weigh questions and decisions from other viewpoint, from long term viewpoints. It is an administration devoured by negative attitudes and emotions and is grievously harmful to the Village. It is infected with the 'secret' club meetings and decisions and the constant theme of getting one over on the opposition, even is that means bad contracts for the Village, or even contracts that are signed after voting and after they have been secretly altered.
To be led by a child in a grown up body is dangerous. Look around the world and see the dictators growing apace. Their demands are all serious in their consequences, but are also childish in derivation. It is all mine, all the time and if you do not like it, then I will get you gone, out of the game, except that this is not a game of childish results, but one of life altering consequences.
No one leader is more childish, dangerously childish, than Donald Trump. He has his own gang, his own club, with the top recruits being his family members of the next generation, raw and untrained, unable to deal with adult issues. So Ivanka sits in her daddy's chair at a meeting like the four year old sits in his mommy's chair, at her desk, on a visit to work. His sons bring 'prizes' or try to bring prizes home in order to win prizes and love. And the rest of his crew follow along, doing the wrong thing, run around in circles because there is no adult amongst them, or they have sidelined the one or two adults nearby. And what does one do with a supposed President who comments on the physical appearance of the wife of another leader, on camera, and makes sure to repeat it to the husband, Macron!!!She took a step back, holding on to the arm of Melania. Poor Melania!!!
And, as is usual, when children get in over their heads, it is truly a bad scene. Bad things happen - bigly bad, so sad, tremendously bad. They deal with the wrong people and even if by accident, the possibility of red lines, their crossing, perilous consequences are all there. Hence we have the mess with Russian interference and Trump seemingly thinking that asking, "Were you involved with the meddling in the election? or, as he says, in a totally different way, "Were you involved with the meddling?" and if you see the difference, please email!! - this was enough to accept a "No. I was not."???
We get smelly atmospheres and questionable behavior. We get a "suicide" of a major participant in the soliciting of Russian information. We get too many stories, for children think that words are magical and if we deny some words, then the new words are the be all and end all and the solution to the matter. But that is not so.
Children have no place in government. Yes, okay, in Student Council with adult supervision and guidance, but not in political entities of world wide consequence. Children who never grew up do not have a place either. They are way too dangerous for the fate of countries and indeed the world to be placed within their hands and minds. And Lord, even that smirk of Trump's belongs on a maliciously victorious child of the bully category.
Time to retire the children and put some adults in place. Time for DeVos to learn that no, girls do not generally make up stories of rape and assault, and no, claiming they were drunk and the girl changed her mind later on - nope, does not fly, especially when there are drugs and multiple assailants! Not even a grizzly bear in sight. Time for the other children to learn how to play nicely, to talk as adults, to compromise, rather than make threatening demands. Time for the bully in chief to go - here in the Village and out there in DC and further out there in the world.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
A TREASONOUS PRESIDENT?
The unthinkable has happened. The President of the United States can seriously be linked to collusion with the enemy or at the very least knowing that it was happening or had happened and did nothing, NOTHING, about it except to boast that he would have something very important to say about Hillary. That never happened because there was nothing to be given about Hillary from the Russians, but the point is that this whole thing stinks to the high heavens.
To try to say that Junior was transparent is to tell a lie as he knew the NY Times was going to publish and they gave him a warning of a few minutes prior to publication, and he spilled it all. Then his father again blames it on the Fake media who tell lies and have questionable sources. What the hell is he talking about when it comes from his own son?
Furthermore, we have Eric screaming at people that he is tired of having his family attacked and they are a close family and will protect each other. I have been saying this for a long time. This family is one unit and what one does, the others know, ergo.....Trump Senior knew exactly what was going on. The question is how to proceed. Two Democratic Representatives have filed articles of impeachment. The Cabinet have to pick their pants up and do the right thing. The people responsible for our government now have to face the fact that this ethical morass, these nefarious actions, the conflicts of interest must all stop. Our country and our world is at stake. We have to decide that we do not want a royal family, George Washington nixed that idea and certainly even Melania is getting involved and she is not happy about it. The Trump family has no business mixing in.
Now Trump states that oh Putin really wanted Clinton is office. Gimme a break. Enough of this nonsense and time for all to wake up. This man is so guilty of moral turpitude and deep stupidity if nothing else. His delight in Air Force One, in pushing to the head of a line, getting and returning salutes, are all sops to his ego but his ego is not good for us. He does not like it when public eyes are on his children but then why did he bring them into the fray? And what is with this ridiculous show and tell from Conway who decided to use rhyme and alliteration to explain away Junior's misdeeds? Unreal!!
When ego gets in the way, the person must be relieved of duty and responsibility and unfortunately we have a similar situation here in the Village. David Israel has a huge ego and cannot deal with anyone who tries to puncture that ego, not by direct action, but simply by showing that he has done harm to the Village in both the past and the present and will continue to do so in the future - if we allow him to get away with it.
So enough with egos. Enough with incompetence. Enough with crooked deals (federally speaking). Enough with the wrong people in charge and time to return to public servants, not public families in charge and no cabals to rule whatever world in which they exist. Time is a fleeting. Hurry on to the right train.
Treason. On purpose or by accident. Ethics violations. Oppression of opponents. Violations of the Constitution and by laws. Secret meetings and appointments. How much more are we to take - in either venue. Ask yourself that question and think deeply before answering. At least we do not have hate meetings and associations here in the Village but Jeff Sessions managed to find the time to speak at a closed door meeting at one of the biggest and most bigoted anti LGBT organizations, Alliance Defending Freedom. This is the Attorney general of the United States? This is who speaks for me? I do not think so!! Here in the Village or out there in the country - we need to stand up and speak up for ourselves.
To try to say that Junior was transparent is to tell a lie as he knew the NY Times was going to publish and they gave him a warning of a few minutes prior to publication, and he spilled it all. Then his father again blames it on the Fake media who tell lies and have questionable sources. What the hell is he talking about when it comes from his own son?
Furthermore, we have Eric screaming at people that he is tired of having his family attacked and they are a close family and will protect each other. I have been saying this for a long time. This family is one unit and what one does, the others know, ergo.....Trump Senior knew exactly what was going on. The question is how to proceed. Two Democratic Representatives have filed articles of impeachment. The Cabinet have to pick their pants up and do the right thing. The people responsible for our government now have to face the fact that this ethical morass, these nefarious actions, the conflicts of interest must all stop. Our country and our world is at stake. We have to decide that we do not want a royal family, George Washington nixed that idea and certainly even Melania is getting involved and she is not happy about it. The Trump family has no business mixing in.
Now Trump states that oh Putin really wanted Clinton is office. Gimme a break. Enough of this nonsense and time for all to wake up. This man is so guilty of moral turpitude and deep stupidity if nothing else. His delight in Air Force One, in pushing to the head of a line, getting and returning salutes, are all sops to his ego but his ego is not good for us. He does not like it when public eyes are on his children but then why did he bring them into the fray? And what is with this ridiculous show and tell from Conway who decided to use rhyme and alliteration to explain away Junior's misdeeds? Unreal!!
When ego gets in the way, the person must be relieved of duty and responsibility and unfortunately we have a similar situation here in the Village. David Israel has a huge ego and cannot deal with anyone who tries to puncture that ego, not by direct action, but simply by showing that he has done harm to the Village in both the past and the present and will continue to do so in the future - if we allow him to get away with it.
So enough with egos. Enough with incompetence. Enough with crooked deals (federally speaking). Enough with the wrong people in charge and time to return to public servants, not public families in charge and no cabals to rule whatever world in which they exist. Time is a fleeting. Hurry on to the right train.
Treason. On purpose or by accident. Ethics violations. Oppression of opponents. Violations of the Constitution and by laws. Secret meetings and appointments. How much more are we to take - in either venue. Ask yourself that question and think deeply before answering. At least we do not have hate meetings and associations here in the Village but Jeff Sessions managed to find the time to speak at a closed door meeting at one of the biggest and most bigoted anti LGBT organizations, Alliance Defending Freedom. This is the Attorney general of the United States? This is who speaks for me? I do not think so!! Here in the Village or out there in the country - we need to stand up and speak up for ourselves.
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
AW, C'MON!! ARE YOU KIDDING?
If someone wrote a book about the Trump family and the Trump Presidency and wrote all about the adventure, or misadventure such as answering an enemy's email about an opponent, responding almost with a yippee!, and then telling everyone all about it with different versions, the book would be laughed out of the stores!!! Especially when the sons of the family try to say that their father knew nothing of it. Really!! These sons do not take a pass at the bathroom without a hall pass from their father!
So first Eric Trump tells all and then he gets snarky, looking all the time like the weasel he is. Then Junior gets in on this with his own versions and all the while these two are damning themselves and their father the more they open their stupid mouths. And the tweets in response to their behavior just keep up the yuks, laughing at their stupidity. And again, if they dared to do this without his permission and even brought in the great be all and end all, Jared Kushner, then they need to be tied down and gagged before they cause more harm and even so, their father comes off looking like either a fool or a criminal - either he knew and acceded to this action or once again his campaign crew kept him in the dark for the dope he is. Either choice is not very good.
Even Russia is getting into the thick of it and the more they deny and explain the more guilty they look and sound - right along with their Trump partners. You can't make this up!! The emails were explicit and these boys had better get their lawyers lined up. Well, at least the Donald is telling all who would listen that his junior is a good boy, "a high quality person". Huh!! Wonder what a low quality person is to him. Aha!! Sees that in the mirror when he takes his umpteen looks to admire himself. I am truly sorry, but I cannot even respect him for the office he holds. He is that bad, that stupid, that harmful to us. He has made a mockery of his office in front of the entire world.
The White House is in an uproar with senior aides looking suspiciously at each other, wondering who I next to go, with Priebus looking pretty iffy. Junior says "This [was] pre-Russia fever. This [was] pre-Russia mania," Trump Jr. told Fox News" and truly what does that mean. He calls it a waste of twenty minutes and what does that mean? If he had gotten some info it would not have been a waste? Does he and his family and the country not realize that this was collusion with the enemy with the aim or goal of doing harm to an American citizen?!The Russians he spoke with had ties to spies and what the hell were they all thinking!!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch we have an interesting situation. Twitter users blocked by Trump from his twitter site are suing him. “The @realDonaldTrump account is a kind of digital town hall in which the president and his aides use the tweet function to communicate news and information to the public, and members of the public use the reply function to respond to the president and his aides and exchange views with one another,” the lawsuit said.
"By blocking people from reading his tweets, or from viewing and replying to message chains based on them, Mr. Trump is violating their First Amendment rights because they expressed views he did not like, the lawsuit argued.
It offered several theories to back that notion. They included arguments that Mr. Trump was imposing an unconstitutional restriction on the plaintiffs’ ability to participate in a designated public forum, get access to statements the government had otherwise made available to the public and petition the government for “redress of grievances."
And now think forward to another similar situation. Who else do we know who runs a public site, encourages people to read it, solicits people by sending out email blasts but then blocks some people from responding to his various comments and spurious statements Oh yes, you got it right!
Why it is our own David Israel with his Century Village blog, OUR Village - whose? OUR? Well, blow we down since I am blocked along with other worthy people. So.....should we sue? Hey, I am up for it. Same thing. He is a public figure, a public official, uses UCO machines to post his blogs, to tape and video, to put it on line - but then blocks access to comment. Hmmmm - sounds familiar. Thinks about it. Could be interesting!
Another similarity? Well, Trump uses people with ties to the very things he wishes to regulate or deregulate as in the appointees, 28 of whom have conflicts of interest. He uses the head of private contracting companies for arms and fighting men to check how to limit the number of soldiers on the ground. Well, guess they have an idea - hire them!!! Either we are stupid or deaf and dumb that we allow this to continue. This man is totally and completely a massive ball of conflict of interests ethics violations, and a could care less attitude towards it all as long as he gets his way and makes some money. Wow!!! Who else do we know who always wants his way and who hires strange companies for unnecessary contracts? Think about it.
So first Eric Trump tells all and then he gets snarky, looking all the time like the weasel he is. Then Junior gets in on this with his own versions and all the while these two are damning themselves and their father the more they open their stupid mouths. And the tweets in response to their behavior just keep up the yuks, laughing at their stupidity. And again, if they dared to do this without his permission and even brought in the great be all and end all, Jared Kushner, then they need to be tied down and gagged before they cause more harm and even so, their father comes off looking like either a fool or a criminal - either he knew and acceded to this action or once again his campaign crew kept him in the dark for the dope he is. Either choice is not very good.
Even Russia is getting into the thick of it and the more they deny and explain the more guilty they look and sound - right along with their Trump partners. You can't make this up!! The emails were explicit and these boys had better get their lawyers lined up. Well, at least the Donald is telling all who would listen that his junior is a good boy, "a high quality person". Huh!! Wonder what a low quality person is to him. Aha!! Sees that in the mirror when he takes his umpteen looks to admire himself. I am truly sorry, but I cannot even respect him for the office he holds. He is that bad, that stupid, that harmful to us. He has made a mockery of his office in front of the entire world.
The White House is in an uproar with senior aides looking suspiciously at each other, wondering who I next to go, with Priebus looking pretty iffy. Junior says "This [was] pre-Russia fever. This [was] pre-Russia mania," Trump Jr. told Fox News" and truly what does that mean. He calls it a waste of twenty minutes and what does that mean? If he had gotten some info it would not have been a waste? Does he and his family and the country not realize that this was collusion with the enemy with the aim or goal of doing harm to an American citizen?!The Russians he spoke with had ties to spies and what the hell were they all thinking!!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch we have an interesting situation. Twitter users blocked by Trump from his twitter site are suing him. “The @realDonaldTrump account is a kind of digital town hall in which the president and his aides use the tweet function to communicate news and information to the public, and members of the public use the reply function to respond to the president and his aides and exchange views with one another,” the lawsuit said.
"By blocking people from reading his tweets, or from viewing and replying to message chains based on them, Mr. Trump is violating their First Amendment rights because they expressed views he did not like, the lawsuit argued.
It offered several theories to back that notion. They included arguments that Mr. Trump was imposing an unconstitutional restriction on the plaintiffs’ ability to participate in a designated public forum, get access to statements the government had otherwise made available to the public and petition the government for “redress of grievances."
And now think forward to another similar situation. Who else do we know who runs a public site, encourages people to read it, solicits people by sending out email blasts but then blocks some people from responding to his various comments and spurious statements Oh yes, you got it right!
Why it is our own David Israel with his Century Village blog, OUR Village - whose? OUR? Well, blow we down since I am blocked along with other worthy people. So.....should we sue? Hey, I am up for it. Same thing. He is a public figure, a public official, uses UCO machines to post his blogs, to tape and video, to put it on line - but then blocks access to comment. Hmmmm - sounds familiar. Thinks about it. Could be interesting!
Another similarity? Well, Trump uses people with ties to the very things he wishes to regulate or deregulate as in the appointees, 28 of whom have conflicts of interest. He uses the head of private contracting companies for arms and fighting men to check how to limit the number of soldiers on the ground. Well, guess they have an idea - hire them!!! Either we are stupid or deaf and dumb that we allow this to continue. This man is totally and completely a massive ball of conflict of interests ethics violations, and a could care less attitude towards it all as long as he gets his way and makes some money. Wow!!! Who else do we know who always wants his way and who hires strange companies for unnecessary contracts? Think about it.
Monday, July 10, 2017
THE THUNDER OF SILENCE OR THE SILENCE BEHIND THE THUNDER
"When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie." Yevgeny Yevtushenko
I just came across that quote in the introduction to a book and thought how well it referred to the times and deeds of today. In both administrations that I have recourse to write about, there is often a thunderous silence that accompanies deeds that take place within that very same entity. I do not understand why that is so, for the very silence tells us that something is up and it is invariably found out and then we have true thunder as people speak up. And then we have the opposite, the silence that says that there are no positive and good answers to explain the previous behavior. Thus it is incumbent upon all of us to dig into the silence or into the thunder and find out what nefarious plans have been made in the hope of putting one expensive deed over on us. Time and time again we have had to force David Israel to open up with his plans and have him explain just what the hell he is aiming to do. Tiring and stupid since the truth always comes out anyway, so why lie about it in the first place?
And we have the same issue with the current Federal administration, particularly those who emulate the current 'president', the one that Charles Blow calls the pathological liar in his op ed piece today. There is always a thunderous silence when it comes to answering questions about just what happened in meetings and then when the truth can no longer be avoided, there is a thunderous noise as the truth comes out in various forms, depending upon who is speaking. Tillerson says one thing, Trump another and Putin yet a third version. Trump Jr. tells one story Saturday and another about the same meeting on Sunday! You know, it is much easier to remember the truth because one forgets so easily which lie was it that he told and to whom!!!
And there are yet other times when silence would have been the better idea. Usually that is when one is angry or ashamed or blowing lots of hot air at one's opponents. Trump seems to be quite adept at this, doing so all the time , especially in the early morning hours. I just love one of the most recent tweets and its answer. When Trump was taken to task for inserting Ivanka in his seat at the table at G20, right between Xi and May, as if she was a qualified one ready and able to speak amongst that company (perhaps she would use of the many quotes she used to pad her so called book), here was his tweet answer to the upset people.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
I just came across that quote in the introduction to a book and thought how well it referred to the times and deeds of today. In both administrations that I have recourse to write about, there is often a thunderous silence that accompanies deeds that take place within that very same entity. I do not understand why that is so, for the very silence tells us that something is up and it is invariably found out and then we have true thunder as people speak up. And then we have the opposite, the silence that says that there are no positive and good answers to explain the previous behavior. Thus it is incumbent upon all of us to dig into the silence or into the thunder and find out what nefarious plans have been made in the hope of putting one expensive deed over on us. Time and time again we have had to force David Israel to open up with his plans and have him explain just what the hell he is aiming to do. Tiring and stupid since the truth always comes out anyway, so why lie about it in the first place?
And we have the same issue with the current Federal administration, particularly those who emulate the current 'president', the one that Charles Blow calls the pathological liar in his op ed piece today. There is always a thunderous silence when it comes to answering questions about just what happened in meetings and then when the truth can no longer be avoided, there is a thunderous noise as the truth comes out in various forms, depending upon who is speaking. Tillerson says one thing, Trump another and Putin yet a third version. Trump Jr. tells one story Saturday and another about the same meeting on Sunday! You know, it is much easier to remember the truth because one forgets so easily which lie was it that he told and to whom!!!
And there are yet other times when silence would have been the better idea. Usually that is when one is angry or ashamed or blowing lots of hot air at one's opponents. Trump seems to be quite adept at this, doing so all the time , especially in the early morning hours. I just love one of the most recent tweets and its answer. When Trump was taken to task for inserting Ivanka in his seat at the table at G20, right between Xi and May, as if she was a qualified one ready and able to speak amongst that company (perhaps she would use of the many quotes she used to pad her so called book), here was his tweet answer to the upset people.
Donald J. Trump
If Chelsea Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother,as her mother gave our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!
"FRIENDLESS, LONELY & AWKWARD"
No, not talking about David Israel, though the adjectives apply to him as well. Nope, this is from a piece written by a reporter from Australia who says it like it is, who cuts to the chase and I hope all read it and heed its statements and conclusions because, we, the world in general, and us, the United States in particular, are in a heap of trouble. Such a heap, that the issues we have here in the Village will count for naught should our system collapse from within and the hatemongers and the hatred take over.
"He was an uneasy, lonely, awkward figure at this gathering.....strong sense that some of the leaders are trying to find the best way to work around him."
A damning statement indeed and on top of all the rest of the news that has been spewing forth. For months now we have been hearing of Russia and Trump, campaign and all. I still maintain that his election to office is not valid and every day more garbage comes out and we get closer and closer to that realization, like it or not.
Now we have his own Jr. incriminating himself with a statement of a meeting with a Russian woman with connections to the Kremlin promising to give over information damaging to Hillary Clinton. Really? To our enemies? With our enemy? Again, there is the attempt to whitewash Donald Sr. but again, either this guy knew what was going on and approved it all and that is so very possible, or he is the biggest fool and ignorant and oblivious person ever G-d has wrought upon this earth - and worthy of contemptible treatment, the same kind of treatment and attitude given towards him by his own people.
We get reports about his 2 1/2 hour meeting with Putin and the stories vary. We have three versions- the Russians, Trump's and Tillerson's. Evidently there was some kind of bromance going on there but our country is sure not feeling the love!! Trump did not push Putin on the interference at all and simply accepted a no for an answer and moved on to trying to collude - and yes, that is the proper term - with Russia on a Cyber Security unit!! That is not only inviting the fox into the henhouse, but in addition, serving up the hens on platters, along with all condiments!! Trump brags about this and when his fellow Republicans laugh at this, shower him with scorn, i.e. "It's not the dumbest idea I have ever heard but it's pretty close," Senator Lindsey Graham. And other similar comments and evaluations follow. Even this dead between his ears man hears this and now states, "The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't," Trump said on Twitter.
Europe has left us and Uhlmann states, "We learned that Donald Trump has pressed fast forward o the decline of the United States as a global leader. He managed to isolate his nation, to confuse and alienate his allies and to diminish America."
So this man whom I have long stated having little to no talent or interest or capability or knowledge to run this country, to interface with the world, is increasingly being called out more and more along the same lines by world figures. And yes, some people will bring up that when he sticks to the scripts of his speeches he can actually sound semi intelligent, but the problem is that this is not the Trump we have in reality. He then goes off script with his mouth and his tweets, 140 bits of garbage that is the real Trump. The real Trump has taken advantage of the anger that was and still is in the country, made promises that cannot be kept and nor should they - as in the healthcare bill, a misnomer if ever I heard one. He has no power nor respect to push thru anything such as his tax cuts for the rich, a reform of the tax code and thank the Lord on that for who knows what would be the end result of that and he plays dangerous games of chicken with other nutty heads of states as in North Korea and makes nicey nice to dictatorial figures of the world like Duterte and Erdogan and his best bro Putin. He loves the right wing of Hungary and Poland and this man who gives a speech talking of how we have to save the "western values" is the very one who has waged war upon those very same values.
Uhlmann has a dim view of the future should this continue to remain the status quo. He states, in an unemotional steady voice and pace, that "Some will cheer the decline of America, but I think we'll miss it when it's gone, and that's the biggest threat to the values of the West, which he claims to hold so dear."
This man is a well respected journalist and analyst and well we should heed his words. Do we want a world in turmoil? Do we want to watch the fall of the United States and the era of it in the world? Rome fell too and Greece and every other country and government that allowed its head of state to be a dictator. Dictators always run scared, afraid for their power, and eventually their house collapses too, but do we want to wait for that to happen and for the chaos that would ensue?
Trump is a man who slipped through the cracks of America at a critical time and negative emotions allowed him to gain office. But an ability to be a showman with nothing solid underneath, a malignant narcissism eating away at him and demanding that all admire him, kneel before him and his Royal Family, and a man who thinks he can consistently claim ignorance of the misdeeds of his minions, thus making him either an idiot or an evil person, more so than ever, this is a man who needs to be ousted from office. There is more than enough proof of his incompatibility with the job and its responsibilities, let alone the criminal and ethics charges that might yet be forthcoming or already are here, clearly seen.
These are strong words but more and more people are voicing them, not just thinking them. Impeachment and then possible criminal charges. But the Cabinet members have to be willing to stand up for the country, for what is right and to look aside from their 'power and their glory' and do the right thing for the country. He is a shambles of a man and had made a shambles of this country. Shame on us. Shame on us for allowing this to continue and for the hatred, the open hatred, to flourish within this country. This hate and anger will only grow if nothing is done to remove him from office. Is he evil or just uniquely unqualified? Your choice - any or both or others as well.
"He was an uneasy, lonely, awkward figure at this gathering.....strong sense that some of the leaders are trying to find the best way to work around him."
A damning statement indeed and on top of all the rest of the news that has been spewing forth. For months now we have been hearing of Russia and Trump, campaign and all. I still maintain that his election to office is not valid and every day more garbage comes out and we get closer and closer to that realization, like it or not.
Now we have his own Jr. incriminating himself with a statement of a meeting with a Russian woman with connections to the Kremlin promising to give over information damaging to Hillary Clinton. Really? To our enemies? With our enemy? Again, there is the attempt to whitewash Donald Sr. but again, either this guy knew what was going on and approved it all and that is so very possible, or he is the biggest fool and ignorant and oblivious person ever G-d has wrought upon this earth - and worthy of contemptible treatment, the same kind of treatment and attitude given towards him by his own people.
We get reports about his 2 1/2 hour meeting with Putin and the stories vary. We have three versions- the Russians, Trump's and Tillerson's. Evidently there was some kind of bromance going on there but our country is sure not feeling the love!! Trump did not push Putin on the interference at all and simply accepted a no for an answer and moved on to trying to collude - and yes, that is the proper term - with Russia on a Cyber Security unit!! That is not only inviting the fox into the henhouse, but in addition, serving up the hens on platters, along with all condiments!! Trump brags about this and when his fellow Republicans laugh at this, shower him with scorn, i.e. "It's not the dumbest idea I have ever heard but it's pretty close," Senator Lindsey Graham. And other similar comments and evaluations follow. Even this dead between his ears man hears this and now states, "The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't," Trump said on Twitter.
Europe has left us and Uhlmann states, "We learned that Donald Trump has pressed fast forward o the decline of the United States as a global leader. He managed to isolate his nation, to confuse and alienate his allies and to diminish America."
So this man whom I have long stated having little to no talent or interest or capability or knowledge to run this country, to interface with the world, is increasingly being called out more and more along the same lines by world figures. And yes, some people will bring up that when he sticks to the scripts of his speeches he can actually sound semi intelligent, but the problem is that this is not the Trump we have in reality. He then goes off script with his mouth and his tweets, 140 bits of garbage that is the real Trump. The real Trump has taken advantage of the anger that was and still is in the country, made promises that cannot be kept and nor should they - as in the healthcare bill, a misnomer if ever I heard one. He has no power nor respect to push thru anything such as his tax cuts for the rich, a reform of the tax code and thank the Lord on that for who knows what would be the end result of that and he plays dangerous games of chicken with other nutty heads of states as in North Korea and makes nicey nice to dictatorial figures of the world like Duterte and Erdogan and his best bro Putin. He loves the right wing of Hungary and Poland and this man who gives a speech talking of how we have to save the "western values" is the very one who has waged war upon those very same values.
Uhlmann has a dim view of the future should this continue to remain the status quo. He states, in an unemotional steady voice and pace, that "Some will cheer the decline of America, but I think we'll miss it when it's gone, and that's the biggest threat to the values of the West, which he claims to hold so dear."
This man is a well respected journalist and analyst and well we should heed his words. Do we want a world in turmoil? Do we want to watch the fall of the United States and the era of it in the world? Rome fell too and Greece and every other country and government that allowed its head of state to be a dictator. Dictators always run scared, afraid for their power, and eventually their house collapses too, but do we want to wait for that to happen and for the chaos that would ensue?
Trump is a man who slipped through the cracks of America at a critical time and negative emotions allowed him to gain office. But an ability to be a showman with nothing solid underneath, a malignant narcissism eating away at him and demanding that all admire him, kneel before him and his Royal Family, and a man who thinks he can consistently claim ignorance of the misdeeds of his minions, thus making him either an idiot or an evil person, more so than ever, this is a man who needs to be ousted from office. There is more than enough proof of his incompatibility with the job and its responsibilities, let alone the criminal and ethics charges that might yet be forthcoming or already are here, clearly seen.
These are strong words but more and more people are voicing them, not just thinking them. Impeachment and then possible criminal charges. But the Cabinet members have to be willing to stand up for the country, for what is right and to look aside from their 'power and their glory' and do the right thing for the country. He is a shambles of a man and had made a shambles of this country. Shame on us. Shame on us for allowing this to continue and for the hatred, the open hatred, to flourish within this country. This hate and anger will only grow if nothing is done to remove him from office. Is he evil or just uniquely unqualified? Your choice - any or both or others as well.
Sunday, July 9, 2017
WHAT IF IF ONLY
"Hardly any man is clever enough to know the evil he does." (Francois De La Rochefoucauld)
How many times do we ask ourselves why we had done or not done something and how that affected the consequences? How many times do we tell ourselves if only, if only? How often do we think that we are doing something good, something that is worthy, that elevates us and how many times does that good turn into not so good or get itself twisted into what ought not to be or have been? I believe this is a time when we need to be asking these questions of ourselves and our leaders and decide very carefully on our actions.
I have just finished reading two excellent books, Everybody's Son and Before We Were Yours. Both deal with children seemingly endangered in current situations and best removed from it and placed elsewhere. The results are very mixed and the constant question of should it have been, if only are always there, but at some point we must stop reevaluating the if onlys and go on from the present accepting the past as facts necessary to our understanding of the present, but not something to prevent our moving forward with an acceptance of the present and move to change the past, but we can change the present and the possibilities of the future.
Such is the situation we have today. Here in CV we have a man who thought he was the king of all to do with computers and internet and could lord it over all, but he has reached a point where his knowledge has now become outdated and in his ignorance and with his ego, he gets us into dangerous situations, unnecessary situations. Such is the current situation with Atlantic, with the electronic voting proposal, with ESignatures, with anything that is beyond his comfort zone, much to our detriment. What to do? To do is to get rid of him. He is up yet again for office this March and the best thing to do is vote him out, gone. To do that we need a candidate strong enough to withstand his nastiness during the campaign and strong enough to do what is necessary after the elections - to root out the laxness, the pettiness, the know nothings, the yes people and raid our treasury of people and talents here in the Village, to bring on a new crew who sincerely wish to improve the Village, share their talents and learn what they do not know. Yes, we can say if only, if only there were the old term limits, if only we had that access to people and information, but we need to stop the if only and do what we must, push forward and get rid of him. Improve the Village, stop the infighting, the nastiness, the sloppiness.
Such is also the situation right here in the country. Trump comes home declaring a wonderful G20 summit even as the world separates itself from us even more, getting away from the almost maniacal policies and behavior of Trump and his crew. Present means a man who simply does not have either the knowledge nor the temperament to be president. He is a man wallowing in his ignorance and incompetence and his idea of dealing with the critical military crises we now have is to play military chicken, like an adolescent on a drag strip.
He is a man who does not know how to deal with other dictators as his love and admiration for them way outweighs other points, so for two and a half hours, ignoring all other commitments, he and Putin have a love fest, where Trump does nothing at all about the interference in the 2016 election, nothing about the hacking, nothing about Russia's interference with sovereign nations, just insisting it was wonderful, even as the Russians say otherwise about its content.
And in the meanwhile not to worry, for who is taking his place at the table? Why Ivanka of course!! The princess of our new American Royal Family. Again, she is not the President and has no business there and no right making decisions there for the country. Actually, neither does her father, but that is another story, huh???
And at home the situation only gets worse. We have farmers realizing that Trump is not only screwing them with their healthcare, but also with their workers, the people they need to carry on their business. We have the desperate attempt of De Blasio to tell the people of the world that Trump is most emphatically NOT our president and his views are the views of his limited few and not the American people. The swamp is there in DC, populated by Trumpian critters.
But wait! There's more!! And not Ginzu knives either! We have a country that is dissolving with hatred, with the snakes coming out of the woodwork. We have KKK rallies in Charlotte, violent shootings of law officers even as we have shootings that are questionable in arrests. We have voters actually unregistering in Colorado and other states where information is being handed over to that fake fraud committee. But Trump had better realize that these states that are acquiescing are the very states that voted for him with the paranoid mainly off the grid people. Backfire? Maybe. It is a shame when we have governments here in the country who refuse to remember that they serve the people and not the other way around.
And if that were not enough, we find that there was yet another meeting between Trump people and the Russian and this one included members of the Royal Family, including Donald Jr. and Jared Kushner and members of the campaign. If only we would have known. If only people had voted with their brains and not their anger. If only people could have seen the future.
But no more if only, for we must move forward and no, not accept him and his policies and his lies and his incompetence and his ignorance and his nastiness and yes, his inner anti Semitism - and that is for another posting - but to fight against him, oppose him, protest, take to court, drown in paperwork and deafen him and his with the sounds of voices aroar with anger and opposition.
Century Village. America. The same, only different in size. if only yes, but we must move past it and look to what we can do about improving the prospects of the future, and yes, fix the present. It will not be easy, but it must be so. If not, who will answer in the future as to why we allowed this evil to continue? I, for one, hope we can avoid that question if we get to work now.
And by the way, Mr. President, point of information: John Podesta had nothing to do with the DNC and the Republic of China and Communist China are two VERY different entities. Take a few lessons and learn your material!!
Friday, July 7, 2017
SHORT STUFF
Why the title? Because I simply am not feeling well today and do not have the focus to write long and deep - hence short stuff.
So today at the assembly there was no quorum so very interesting and curious as to how so many were missing from last month's count. Sniff, sniff anyone? And in the meanwhile our own private Machiavelli plans his plot and his nefarious changes to our UCO and we all plan our opposition. Life goes on.
Not so sure life is going on in the country and in the world. We hear that the misnomered Better Healthcare of the GOP was a paste together plan as they never thought Trump would win so they had no plan, only a plan of behavior - to whine against Obama and the Democratic party. Clinton has her plan and was quick to produce when asked about it this week. But in the meanwhile, all GOP members began to swear allegiance to The Party rather than to the country and hence the mess we are in now.
Senate and House members seem to have lost all sense of civility and are ready to devour anyone who dares question their candidates or plans. They change tradition and in a bad way and we are not finished with the consequences of that behavior.
And in the meanwhile, Trump now realizes that his failure to back Article V of the NATO treaty was moronic so he now says oh, yes, of course it is important but honestly, the countries of Europe and the world do not trust him and I do not blame them at all. The idiot and his fellow idiots did not book hotels so they were roomless for a while and golly would it not have been nice for them to have been homeless and taste a bit of what other people feel and which more people feel what with his lack of concern for them, his continued separation of the globalist world and the jobs that will fall by the wayside.
When person after person designates the current President as a boor, crude and unmannered, an idiot, a dangerous fool, mentally unbalanced and the names and descriptive terms go on, then what are we to do? How could we possibly honor and respect a consummate liar such as he is?
And for whom do I really feel sorry? The people who elected him for all his plans will screw them royal in a major way and then what will they do? I do not understand how they continue to believe his lies, believe they can turn the dial of time back to what will never be again. The world is a changing, the times they are a changing and wishes cannot make it otherwise.
When he is dissed with the handshake bypass of the wife of the Polish Prime Minister, who then comes back to shake after leaving him looking very uncomfortable - full disclosure - I loved the video! When he cannot find the time or the point of moving his speech one mile over to the Warsaw Ghetto monument, rather than to the square of the people who stood and watched the Ghetto burn and cheered it on, other than the few righteous who helped Jews. When he thought it appropriate to send Ivanka, uh uh - she is not the President, he is - G-d help us and he should have done it. This man is not my President! Guess he had to save all his manners to make nice, nice to Putin.
Short stuff done. Back on Sunday. Have a good weekend one and all.
So today at the assembly there was no quorum so very interesting and curious as to how so many were missing from last month's count. Sniff, sniff anyone? And in the meanwhile our own private Machiavelli plans his plot and his nefarious changes to our UCO and we all plan our opposition. Life goes on.
Not so sure life is going on in the country and in the world. We hear that the misnomered Better Healthcare of the GOP was a paste together plan as they never thought Trump would win so they had no plan, only a plan of behavior - to whine against Obama and the Democratic party. Clinton has her plan and was quick to produce when asked about it this week. But in the meanwhile, all GOP members began to swear allegiance to The Party rather than to the country and hence the mess we are in now.
Senate and House members seem to have lost all sense of civility and are ready to devour anyone who dares question their candidates or plans. They change tradition and in a bad way and we are not finished with the consequences of that behavior.
And in the meanwhile, Trump now realizes that his failure to back Article V of the NATO treaty was moronic so he now says oh, yes, of course it is important but honestly, the countries of Europe and the world do not trust him and I do not blame them at all. The idiot and his fellow idiots did not book hotels so they were roomless for a while and golly would it not have been nice for them to have been homeless and taste a bit of what other people feel and which more people feel what with his lack of concern for them, his continued separation of the globalist world and the jobs that will fall by the wayside.
When person after person designates the current President as a boor, crude and unmannered, an idiot, a dangerous fool, mentally unbalanced and the names and descriptive terms go on, then what are we to do? How could we possibly honor and respect a consummate liar such as he is?
And for whom do I really feel sorry? The people who elected him for all his plans will screw them royal in a major way and then what will they do? I do not understand how they continue to believe his lies, believe they can turn the dial of time back to what will never be again. The world is a changing, the times they are a changing and wishes cannot make it otherwise.
When he is dissed with the handshake bypass of the wife of the Polish Prime Minister, who then comes back to shake after leaving him looking very uncomfortable - full disclosure - I loved the video! When he cannot find the time or the point of moving his speech one mile over to the Warsaw Ghetto monument, rather than to the square of the people who stood and watched the Ghetto burn and cheered it on, other than the few righteous who helped Jews. When he thought it appropriate to send Ivanka, uh uh - she is not the President, he is - G-d help us and he should have done it. This man is not my President! Guess he had to save all his manners to make nice, nice to Putin.
Short stuff done. Back on Sunday. Have a good weekend one and all.
"ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN"
Let us think about that statement and where it comes from. It is supposed to refer to G-d's realm, that He rules on earth and in heaven and they should be equated under G-d's reign - hopefully. Well, today we have a different sense of the phrase for VP Pence, the heartbeat away from the Oval Office man, says that America will reign in both places, on earth as in heaven, in space and our weapons will dominate it all. Oh, now I can relax but wait a minute - weapons in space? I thought there was to be a deal about that and leave space out of that race. Or at least the weapons were to be pointed outward to protect us from the deluge of ETs coming our way. But evidently Pence feels otherwise and one can just hear the cuckoo clock and one gets sentimental thinking about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!
Bit more to the point, what engenders these statements? What brings us to this point? I believe for us to understand that, we must parse the meaning and the atmosphere of hate. Today there is no more bipartisan movement, at least among the men. Among the women in government there still remains that bipartisan attempt but unfortunately there are places where there is either this side or that and no in between.
Right here in CV we have that situation. There is either the camp of David Israel or the opposition camp where there are many toiling to rid ourselves of the hate mongering Israel camp, the anti democratic camp which wishes to install one man rule in our CV accompanied by the fake officers who in actuality are his puppets and mouth breathing followers. And yes, there are one or two who try to an extent to remember the residents, but even they fall prey to the blindfold that David wraps around their eyes. Too sad to even think about but think we must.
Here, in a few words are the plans of David:
A useless Delegate Assembly which will have no power whatsoever unless it be to echo his desires.
An Officers group which in essence will make the decisions for the Village - as so bidden to by David. Perhaps the Executive Board will be allowed a vote as well but the vote is just as meaningless for they too will vote as ordered.
Any suggested change or petition will be ruled upon by said officers and if no then the delegates do not even get to hear it. Yup! I kid you not.
Any petition must be of 59 signatures reached thru an arcane mathematical figuring and each signature must be only by a delegate and no alternates allowed and from individual associations!!
All associations are equal here, be they 82 units or 16 units and we all know who controls those half dead smaller associations, do we not?!
There are plans to increase that amount of signatures to 117!!!!
ESignatures are not to be accepted - or so the Luddite man of the computers so states.
He refuses to release information and will defy Freedom of Information Act requests, the refusing to allow the names of delegates to be public therefore making it impossible for any number of signatures to be gotten!
All so called Volunteers will still be restricted to his puppets or those who can be so trained.
All newspaper and radio access, assemblies and debates will be denied or extremely limited hence no fair ability to campaign.
UCO will delete its statement of purpose, hence it is no longer to be there as an instrument to serve the residents of the Village. David and WPRF only.
WPRF will continue to grow in authority and restrictions handed down on the residents even as they increase the cost of lease of WPRF facilities.
The cost of living here will soon prove to be unbearable and unsustainable as costs rise, as services deteriorate, as infrastructure crumbles and even as the cable and internet service prove so faulty as to prove to be unusable. And so much for $35 million dollars. And all the rest of the fiscally irregular and unreasonable contracts that have been signed and that will be signed in the future.
Signing in advance to talk at the Assembly in an attempt to stop the voices of the people - so never mind, we will all sign in that Thursday!! 300, 400, 500 - whatever it takes.
And to top it all off we have the hate, above all the hate, that which is engendered by his "aw...right" little snort, his barging in on discussions, his crude mannerisms and his dictatorial mannerisms and tendencies and plans. We have the hate from his minions towards the rest of the Village and that, my friends , must stop. Step up, stand up to it.
But how do we stop that hate which flows ever downward from the Oval Office, that hate engendered by that dangerous man, Trump. He and his have caused such a deep split in this country that I wonder if we really and truly all pledge to the same one. His ignorance rules the day as does the ignorance of the Secretary of Energy who does not know the true definition of supply and demand!! Lord above!!
How are we to feel when his policies, or lack of them, his stupid mouth and behavior, has brought us closer to the point of nuclear war than any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Today I read just what I need to survive the first week after a nuclear attack!! As if there will be any survival or any use of survival?! He complains of leakage, and yes there is more leakage from his administration than ever before but what is being leaked are reports of unethical, immoral and perhaps even illegal doings in Washington and in the new swamp he has created!! Never mind the leakers - the whistle blowers - mind the garbage that he has brought to Washington!!
There has now been shown that there are hidden pockets of poverty amongst us, in the suburbs as well as in the rural areas and cities. Trump wishes to add to that poverty and death traps by cutting healthcare even as he so cynically offers to care for a British infant who is dying with no hope of a remedy. For that he has the money but not for an unfortunate American suffering from terminal illnesses that could have been cured or avoided? This false business is sickening to the extreme. And it all leads to hate. It leads to a dangerous rage amongst the people. It leads to people who cannot hear each other anymore.
And it all points to the need for action on the part of the sane people of America even as we need action on the part of the sane and reasonable people of CV. And yes, we might even have to take to the streets once more in order to make these points, but if so, then so be it. Civil protest is legal and apparently alive and well and will continue to be and do so as long as there is breath inside us.
Bit more to the point, what engenders these statements? What brings us to this point? I believe for us to understand that, we must parse the meaning and the atmosphere of hate. Today there is no more bipartisan movement, at least among the men. Among the women in government there still remains that bipartisan attempt but unfortunately there are places where there is either this side or that and no in between.
Right here in CV we have that situation. There is either the camp of David Israel or the opposition camp where there are many toiling to rid ourselves of the hate mongering Israel camp, the anti democratic camp which wishes to install one man rule in our CV accompanied by the fake officers who in actuality are his puppets and mouth breathing followers. And yes, there are one or two who try to an extent to remember the residents, but even they fall prey to the blindfold that David wraps around their eyes. Too sad to even think about but think we must.
Here, in a few words are the plans of David:
A useless Delegate Assembly which will have no power whatsoever unless it be to echo his desires.
An Officers group which in essence will make the decisions for the Village - as so bidden to by David. Perhaps the Executive Board will be allowed a vote as well but the vote is just as meaningless for they too will vote as ordered.
Any suggested change or petition will be ruled upon by said officers and if no then the delegates do not even get to hear it. Yup! I kid you not.
Any petition must be of 59 signatures reached thru an arcane mathematical figuring and each signature must be only by a delegate and no alternates allowed and from individual associations!!
All associations are equal here, be they 82 units or 16 units and we all know who controls those half dead smaller associations, do we not?!
There are plans to increase that amount of signatures to 117!!!!
ESignatures are not to be accepted - or so the Luddite man of the computers so states.
He refuses to release information and will defy Freedom of Information Act requests, the refusing to allow the names of delegates to be public therefore making it impossible for any number of signatures to be gotten!
All so called Volunteers will still be restricted to his puppets or those who can be so trained.
All newspaper and radio access, assemblies and debates will be denied or extremely limited hence no fair ability to campaign.
UCO will delete its statement of purpose, hence it is no longer to be there as an instrument to serve the residents of the Village. David and WPRF only.
WPRF will continue to grow in authority and restrictions handed down on the residents even as they increase the cost of lease of WPRF facilities.
The cost of living here will soon prove to be unbearable and unsustainable as costs rise, as services deteriorate, as infrastructure crumbles and even as the cable and internet service prove so faulty as to prove to be unusable. And so much for $35 million dollars. And all the rest of the fiscally irregular and unreasonable contracts that have been signed and that will be signed in the future.
Signing in advance to talk at the Assembly in an attempt to stop the voices of the people - so never mind, we will all sign in that Thursday!! 300, 400, 500 - whatever it takes.
And to top it all off we have the hate, above all the hate, that which is engendered by his "aw...right" little snort, his barging in on discussions, his crude mannerisms and his dictatorial mannerisms and tendencies and plans. We have the hate from his minions towards the rest of the Village and that, my friends , must stop. Step up, stand up to it.
But how do we stop that hate which flows ever downward from the Oval Office, that hate engendered by that dangerous man, Trump. He and his have caused such a deep split in this country that I wonder if we really and truly all pledge to the same one. His ignorance rules the day as does the ignorance of the Secretary of Energy who does not know the true definition of supply and demand!! Lord above!!
How are we to feel when his policies, or lack of them, his stupid mouth and behavior, has brought us closer to the point of nuclear war than any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Today I read just what I need to survive the first week after a nuclear attack!! As if there will be any survival or any use of survival?! He complains of leakage, and yes there is more leakage from his administration than ever before but what is being leaked are reports of unethical, immoral and perhaps even illegal doings in Washington and in the new swamp he has created!! Never mind the leakers - the whistle blowers - mind the garbage that he has brought to Washington!!
There has now been shown that there are hidden pockets of poverty amongst us, in the suburbs as well as in the rural areas and cities. Trump wishes to add to that poverty and death traps by cutting healthcare even as he so cynically offers to care for a British infant who is dying with no hope of a remedy. For that he has the money but not for an unfortunate American suffering from terminal illnesses that could have been cured or avoided? This false business is sickening to the extreme. And it all leads to hate. It leads to a dangerous rage amongst the people. It leads to people who cannot hear each other anymore.
And it all points to the need for action on the part of the sane people of America even as we need action on the part of the sane and reasonable people of CV. And yes, we might even have to take to the streets once more in order to make these points, but if so, then so be it. Civil protest is legal and apparently alive and well and will continue to be and do so as long as there is breath inside us.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
DEMOCRACY ANYONE?
I remember reading the statement that Democracy was the worst government ever - until it was compared to all the others. It has many weak points where the vicious and the power hungry can take advantage and stifle democracy and even destroy it altogether. Yet democracy has an inner resilience and an innate attraction to thinking mankind and will not be defeated. It is that which we must keep in mind in these perilous times.
Theodore Roosevelt stated that "Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience." We are quickly approaching that point both here in the country and here in the Village.
How many times do we find that one ruthless and immoral person, hungry for power, uses the democratic practices in place to get into a position of power and then refuse to give that power up and instead, mercilessly, manipulates all people and actions to insure his permanent position of power and the demise of democracy in that particular entity.
We see that all over the world, especially in African countries and in Arab countries especially during the so called Arab Spring where there is so much tribal and clan warfare and when a democratic election is held, the winner then takes advantage of the results to insure his permanent seat and cancels all elections. It is most telling that many of these "democratic" countries all include the designation 'Democratic Republic or Country...." when they are the furthest thing from it.
We here in CV are a small entity, not important to the survival of the world or even to the survival of our country. Yet we too are being subjected to a thief of democracy, one who uses his elected position to turn it into a position for life and who has worked very hard and very underhandedly to insure that he indeed remains in power. Rules are changed and discarded. He instigates votes until he gets term limits overturned. He restricts the people of UCO to an ever narrowing group of people, people who also long for a position to validate their lives, have a pinch of power, think they are of the power elite, people who have ceded their souls and their minds and given up free thought and any and all concern for their fellow residents. Yes there is an exception here and there, but not enough, not nearly enough.
All manner of media is suppressed, be it the old newspaper now deemed a rag, or meetings and assemblies, permission to place flyers in the Clubhouse, and denied any and all information re delegates to the DA in order to pass on unbiased information or in fact any information that is deemed contrary to that of David Israel.
All information that should be able to be accessed is blocked. Now there is a new step or two that will further limit democracy here. Any proposal needs to be accompanied by 59 delegate signatures from 59 different associations and guess what? How is anyone to know who these delegates are since their names are kept secret! Wish the files would have been kept as secret from the Russians!! And why the new limitation on signatures? Why must they be from different associations, particularly harsh on any progress here in the Village when most of the delegates are away and quorum is often not obtained? The game is fixed from the beginning and even should these onerous conditions be met, the Advisory or officers or Executive Bd. loaded with the same people, can kill it off and leave the DA with their mouths wide open.
David Israel is too afraid to allow true democracy to flourish here for he knows there is a growing opposition to him, a growing dislike of his behavior, of his fast and loose signatures on miserable contracts for the Village, his abominable behavior and attitude towards any who are not his zombies. Time for this man to go, ASAP. Must we all be involved with lawyers and court costs and shame in front of the world?
That shame in front of the world is what we Americans now have and all due to the vile presence of Trump in the Oval Office. He is eminently unfit for office, mentally unbalanced or worse, unprepared and operating on a juvenile level which is only topped when there is cheating on taxes or profits to be gained for him and his. He is a man who speaks as a child as in some country's behavior is "very, very bad". Perhaps, but there are better and more descriptive language terms and words to use.
He has brought in new swamp critters who have less than zero connections to the people of the country, people with enough money to survive no matter what, who have their own gold plated medical plan, people who bossed industry, but are not fit to boss a government and a new Judge in the Supreme Court who has never met a restrictive law he does not like nor a woman who deserves rights and control over her own body. He buddies with Clarence Thomas, another man who should never have been allowed to even walk in the hallways of the Supreme Court! Under his administration there is again rampant discrimination as to gender pay in the White House, with women getting far, far less than men and look what men these are!!!
Democracy and the pillars of it are being attacked on a daily basis by the very ones who should be defending it. Accusations against the judiciary, threats to the legislative branch and a lack of staffing, and daily attacks on the press and all media - just where do we expect this to end. Today we are hoping that the Supreme Court recognizes family relationships such as grandparents and grandchildren, and others and limits the travel ban restrictions. A President Pence would not be much of an improvement but at least he has some inkling of mature adult behavior! And if necessary, if we have to go further in our defense of democracy here in America, then we will so do, until we get to a governmental official who is ready, willing and able to defend and uphold the democratic principles of our country. If we do not ..... you fill in the blanks.
We need to have a President who pals up with other democracies and not only show admiration for dictators and right leaning rulers. We need a person who knows and understands that we must stick by our friends for if not, at a time when we need them they will not be there and who can blame them and that time is nigh upon us.
We need to unite against Vladimir Putin and his buddies and develop methods to counteract their poisonous intrusion into our very heart of the system, pure voting, untainted by foreign interference or any other trickery. We need to be able to answer and withstand their implied an overt threats as they are now doing ahead of a meeting. We need to get rid of hypocrites such as the people of Hobby Lobby who cannot tolerate the thought of freedom of choice, but who can easily do business with a massive amount of stolen artifacts! So much for morality!
Democracy is hard earned, hard to achieve and even more difficult to maintain. But it is the best choice we have. Do not allow Trump and his buddies to take over the country or place it in imminent danger and do not allow idiots who think the Declaration of Independence is fomenting rebellion!! It did once, true, but what it is doing now is reminding all of what we have here, what was fought for and what needs to remain in existence. And as for us here in CV - let us begin by the uprooting of the dictator Israel for he is no friend to democracy and no friend to the residents of the Village. Join together and let us rid ourselves of all dictators and wannabes. Let us use the law as a tool for ourselves and for the right path.
Theodore Roosevelt stated that "Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience." We are quickly approaching that point both here in the country and here in the Village.
How many times do we find that one ruthless and immoral person, hungry for power, uses the democratic practices in place to get into a position of power and then refuse to give that power up and instead, mercilessly, manipulates all people and actions to insure his permanent position of power and the demise of democracy in that particular entity.
We see that all over the world, especially in African countries and in Arab countries especially during the so called Arab Spring where there is so much tribal and clan warfare and when a democratic election is held, the winner then takes advantage of the results to insure his permanent seat and cancels all elections. It is most telling that many of these "democratic" countries all include the designation 'Democratic Republic or Country...." when they are the furthest thing from it.
We here in CV are a small entity, not important to the survival of the world or even to the survival of our country. Yet we too are being subjected to a thief of democracy, one who uses his elected position to turn it into a position for life and who has worked very hard and very underhandedly to insure that he indeed remains in power. Rules are changed and discarded. He instigates votes until he gets term limits overturned. He restricts the people of UCO to an ever narrowing group of people, people who also long for a position to validate their lives, have a pinch of power, think they are of the power elite, people who have ceded their souls and their minds and given up free thought and any and all concern for their fellow residents. Yes there is an exception here and there, but not enough, not nearly enough.
All manner of media is suppressed, be it the old newspaper now deemed a rag, or meetings and assemblies, permission to place flyers in the Clubhouse, and denied any and all information re delegates to the DA in order to pass on unbiased information or in fact any information that is deemed contrary to that of David Israel.
All information that should be able to be accessed is blocked. Now there is a new step or two that will further limit democracy here. Any proposal needs to be accompanied by 59 delegate signatures from 59 different associations and guess what? How is anyone to know who these delegates are since their names are kept secret! Wish the files would have been kept as secret from the Russians!! And why the new limitation on signatures? Why must they be from different associations, particularly harsh on any progress here in the Village when most of the delegates are away and quorum is often not obtained? The game is fixed from the beginning and even should these onerous conditions be met, the Advisory or officers or Executive Bd. loaded with the same people, can kill it off and leave the DA with their mouths wide open.
David Israel is too afraid to allow true democracy to flourish here for he knows there is a growing opposition to him, a growing dislike of his behavior, of his fast and loose signatures on miserable contracts for the Village, his abominable behavior and attitude towards any who are not his zombies. Time for this man to go, ASAP. Must we all be involved with lawyers and court costs and shame in front of the world?
That shame in front of the world is what we Americans now have and all due to the vile presence of Trump in the Oval Office. He is eminently unfit for office, mentally unbalanced or worse, unprepared and operating on a juvenile level which is only topped when there is cheating on taxes or profits to be gained for him and his. He is a man who speaks as a child as in some country's behavior is "very, very bad". Perhaps, but there are better and more descriptive language terms and words to use.
He has brought in new swamp critters who have less than zero connections to the people of the country, people with enough money to survive no matter what, who have their own gold plated medical plan, people who bossed industry, but are not fit to boss a government and a new Judge in the Supreme Court who has never met a restrictive law he does not like nor a woman who deserves rights and control over her own body. He buddies with Clarence Thomas, another man who should never have been allowed to even walk in the hallways of the Supreme Court! Under his administration there is again rampant discrimination as to gender pay in the White House, with women getting far, far less than men and look what men these are!!!
Democracy and the pillars of it are being attacked on a daily basis by the very ones who should be defending it. Accusations against the judiciary, threats to the legislative branch and a lack of staffing, and daily attacks on the press and all media - just where do we expect this to end. Today we are hoping that the Supreme Court recognizes family relationships such as grandparents and grandchildren, and others and limits the travel ban restrictions. A President Pence would not be much of an improvement but at least he has some inkling of mature adult behavior! And if necessary, if we have to go further in our defense of democracy here in America, then we will so do, until we get to a governmental official who is ready, willing and able to defend and uphold the democratic principles of our country. If we do not ..... you fill in the blanks.
We need to have a President who pals up with other democracies and not only show admiration for dictators and right leaning rulers. We need a person who knows and understands that we must stick by our friends for if not, at a time when we need them they will not be there and who can blame them and that time is nigh upon us.
We need to unite against Vladimir Putin and his buddies and develop methods to counteract their poisonous intrusion into our very heart of the system, pure voting, untainted by foreign interference or any other trickery. We need to be able to answer and withstand their implied an overt threats as they are now doing ahead of a meeting. We need to get rid of hypocrites such as the people of Hobby Lobby who cannot tolerate the thought of freedom of choice, but who can easily do business with a massive amount of stolen artifacts! So much for morality!
Democracy is hard earned, hard to achieve and even more difficult to maintain. But it is the best choice we have. Do not allow Trump and his buddies to take over the country or place it in imminent danger and do not allow idiots who think the Declaration of Independence is fomenting rebellion!! It did once, true, but what it is doing now is reminding all of what we have here, what was fought for and what needs to remain in existence. And as for us here in CV - let us begin by the uprooting of the dictator Israel for he is no friend to democracy and no friend to the residents of the Village. Join together and let us rid ourselves of all dictators and wannabes. Let us use the law as a tool for ourselves and for the right path.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
by Olga Wolkenstein
The Donald’s numbers are down - the conservative Republicans are beginning to doubt him - he and his buddy Vlad is scheduled to meet at the G-20. Via telephone, they concoct the following scheme:
Vlad: I get Mohawk hair to send another missile in the air before we meet. After we talk, I tell Mohawk “No more missiles," - for now.
Donald: But Vlad, what if he doesn’t listen?
Vlad: Don’t worry, he will listen. I have KGB. They tell me he listens, he is sissy. Don’t want anybody to know.
Donald: Ok, if you think so.
Vlad: You will be a big hero. Your numbers will go up, up, up, then we will continue with our plan to destroy America, and you will be rich man living in a palatial dacha with all those Russian beauties at your back and call.
Don: Vlad, Don’t you mean, Beck and call.
Vlad: No, they will be on your back, Russian beauties are good masseuse. You will be a hero, and I guarantee your numbers will go up. What you say?
Donald: Let’s do it.
Vlad hangs up the telephone, turns to his KGB assistant and with a coy smile says,
VLAD: Our little Natasha will take care of the Donald while we take over America, Ya?
(KGB Assistant raises his right hand as if holding a glass) "NA ZDOROVIE".
by Olga Wolkenstein
The Donald’s numbers are down - the conservative Republicans are beginning to doubt him - he and his buddy Vlad is scheduled to meet at the G-20. Via telephone, they concoct the following scheme:
Vlad: I get Mohawk hair to send another missile in the air before we meet. After we talk, I tell Mohawk “No more missiles," - for now.
Donald: But Vlad, what if he doesn’t listen?
Vlad: Don’t worry, he will listen. I have KGB. They tell me he listens, he is sissy. Don’t want anybody to know.
Donald: Ok, if you think so.
Vlad: You will be a big hero. Your numbers will go up, up, up, then we will continue with our plan to destroy America, and you will be rich man living in a palatial dacha with all those Russian beauties at your back and call.
Don: Vlad, Don’t you mean, Beck and call.
Vlad: No, they will be on your back, Russian beauties are good masseuse. You will be a hero, and I guarantee your numbers will go up. What you say?
Donald: Let’s do it.
Vlad hangs up the telephone, turns to his KGB assistant and with a coy smile says,
VLAD: Our little Natasha will take care of the Donald while we take over America, Ya?
(KGB Assistant raises his right hand as if holding a glass) "NA ZDOROVIE".
ARE YOU FRIGHTENED? YOU SHOULD BE
Why that question and answer? Because in catching up to the news this AM, I truly realized that the firmament beneath our feet is disturbed, greatly so and the cracks are seen everywhere. No, not talking about the cracks in the road here in the Village, but the cracks in our democracy, the cracks seen in the world where they should not be, the cracks formed in our hearts when one we trust or are supposed to trust, breaks that very same trust in a devastating manner with devastating results.
There are qualities of office that the officeholder is supposed to have. There are certain qualities that we would hope people have and understand in the 21st century and yet, where are these selfsame qualities? Not here. Where is the honest feeling of appreciation for the trust placed in one's behavior in office? For example, we now have a $35 million contract for TV and cable here in the Village. It is a boondoggle from beginning to end and was not even necessary to have in the first place. At a meeting on Monday, when David Israel was asked for a start date as it seemed to be missing, he causally said oh, it will be there, there will be a start date. Well, duh, it should start at some unknown date - we hope - but how does one sign a contract without a start date? How does one sign a contract without clauses that take care of the Villagers should Atlantic not be ready on time? How do we have a contract where clauses and terms that were in there were changed and no revote or permission asked or granted? This is a major violation of office and responsibilities and frankly, David Israel has violated every precept of fiscal responsibility in a continuing path that begins in the past and seemingly will continue until he dies, as he seems to have glued himself to the office for life.
He blew off the concerns of Villagers about the dangerous narrowing of a path to the Haverhill gate and only due to the response of Ed Black and Don Foster to the request to do something by George Lowenstein was anything done. Thank you for that. But that leaves David out in the cold, does it not?
He is simply a mirror to the nastiness of the rest of the world, to the nastiness of the Reddit guy who posted that vicious video only to have Trump post it on his personal twitter account, along with music no less. The quality of dignity? Nowhere to be found. The quality of accepting criticism and reacting to it as an adult? Nowhere around.
Instead what we get is a President who is going to meet with the head of an enemy state of ours and he is totally screwed no matter what he does. Does he add or remove sanctions re Ukraine? Does he talk on Putin re the meddling in our elections? Does he offer platitudes and then how does he explain that? Does he come out in the open and admit his collusion? The NSA has definitively shown the degree of Russian interference and hacking and now the Georgia election is being challenged due to the vicious and widespread hacking of their voting system. And now there is growing evidence that the vicious Russian Mafia, the criminals of Russia and the oligarchs are involved. Be frightened people, be frightened. Are you frightened? I am, for this is our country, our democracy, our independence and our future.
Are you frightened when the lessons we should already know are tweeted by Lady Gaga? "I wish all people on the internet would be positive and loving and a part of creating an online community that is kind and empowering, not hateful and mean. Work harder to be kinder everybody. That should be your first duty to humanity."
Where are the heroes of yesteryear, the people who represent the best in and of us? When the Vatican's quasi official hospital admits to evil practices, when Chaldean Christians who have been facing unbelievable persecution in Iran are first welcomed here by Trump and then being chased by his ICE, then where are we? What are we? Where have all the humane qualities gone?
In one touch of hope, the original painting of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson was reformatted with descendants of those very same signers, the founders of our nation. And guess what? There was a picture of a diverse population - Native American, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Whites of various religions. That, my friends, is America today and America yesterday and the best America of the future. We need to make sure that it truly remains so. So take the fright and work it, take it where it needs to go and do what needs to be done.
"We are so many different people. We look so different, we are so different, but we are all the same at the same time." So says one descendant. So must we all say.
This just in. Yesterday NPR tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence in 140 character bits. Morons of the country united and sent tweets to NPR accusing them of fomenting violence and rebellion against Trump and in not such nice terms. Imagine WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS.... the seven most powerful words in human history and these illiterates do not recognize it!! Such is what admires Trump!! G-d help us all.
There are qualities of office that the officeholder is supposed to have. There are certain qualities that we would hope people have and understand in the 21st century and yet, where are these selfsame qualities? Not here. Where is the honest feeling of appreciation for the trust placed in one's behavior in office? For example, we now have a $35 million contract for TV and cable here in the Village. It is a boondoggle from beginning to end and was not even necessary to have in the first place. At a meeting on Monday, when David Israel was asked for a start date as it seemed to be missing, he causally said oh, it will be there, there will be a start date. Well, duh, it should start at some unknown date - we hope - but how does one sign a contract without a start date? How does one sign a contract without clauses that take care of the Villagers should Atlantic not be ready on time? How do we have a contract where clauses and terms that were in there were changed and no revote or permission asked or granted? This is a major violation of office and responsibilities and frankly, David Israel has violated every precept of fiscal responsibility in a continuing path that begins in the past and seemingly will continue until he dies, as he seems to have glued himself to the office for life.
He blew off the concerns of Villagers about the dangerous narrowing of a path to the Haverhill gate and only due to the response of Ed Black and Don Foster to the request to do something by George Lowenstein was anything done. Thank you for that. But that leaves David out in the cold, does it not?
He is simply a mirror to the nastiness of the rest of the world, to the nastiness of the Reddit guy who posted that vicious video only to have Trump post it on his personal twitter account, along with music no less. The quality of dignity? Nowhere to be found. The quality of accepting criticism and reacting to it as an adult? Nowhere around.
Instead what we get is a President who is going to meet with the head of an enemy state of ours and he is totally screwed no matter what he does. Does he add or remove sanctions re Ukraine? Does he talk on Putin re the meddling in our elections? Does he offer platitudes and then how does he explain that? Does he come out in the open and admit his collusion? The NSA has definitively shown the degree of Russian interference and hacking and now the Georgia election is being challenged due to the vicious and widespread hacking of their voting system. And now there is growing evidence that the vicious Russian Mafia, the criminals of Russia and the oligarchs are involved. Be frightened people, be frightened. Are you frightened? I am, for this is our country, our democracy, our independence and our future.
Are you frightened when the lessons we should already know are tweeted by Lady Gaga? "I wish all people on the internet would be positive and loving and a part of creating an online community that is kind and empowering, not hateful and mean. Work harder to be kinder everybody. That should be your first duty to humanity."
Where are the heroes of yesteryear, the people who represent the best in and of us? When the Vatican's quasi official hospital admits to evil practices, when Chaldean Christians who have been facing unbelievable persecution in Iran are first welcomed here by Trump and then being chased by his ICE, then where are we? What are we? Where have all the humane qualities gone?
In one touch of hope, the original painting of the presentation of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson was reformatted with descendants of those very same signers, the founders of our nation. And guess what? There was a picture of a diverse population - Native American, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Whites of various religions. That, my friends, is America today and America yesterday and the best America of the future. We need to make sure that it truly remains so. So take the fright and work it, take it where it needs to go and do what needs to be done.
"We are so many different people. We look so different, we are so different, but we are all the same at the same time." So says one descendant. So must we all say.
This just in. Yesterday NPR tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence in 140 character bits. Morons of the country united and sent tweets to NPR accusing them of fomenting violence and rebellion against Trump and in not such nice terms. Imagine WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS.... the seven most powerful words in human history and these illiterates do not recognize it!! Such is what admires Trump!! G-d help us all.
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