Ideas, Opinions, Genealogy, and Book Reviews
As if to confirm my post earlier this month, Donald Trump has reconfirmed his plan to abolish democracy in a speech last night.
You’ve got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.
As I said in my last post, both candidates lost but for different reasons. Donald Trump because he continually lied, although he did seem very confident in doing so. Joe Biden seemed unable to answer questions quickly and convincingly or respond to the lies of his opponent quickly. So both were losers in the debate.
Both are old men, although Trump is a few years younger. I see no indication Trump has a big advantage there. It seems to me you are better off with a President who is honest and right than a President who is quick but not honest or responding to reality.
Continue reading “The choice in November”
I watched the debate last night (June 27). Seems to me it wasn’t a debate. And I also think both lost. Let me explain. It won’t take long.
I think it a real debate requires both sides to be honest. Trump was clearly not honest so it wasn’t really a debate. And dishonesty is not a good trait in a President. I think his dishonesty makes him a loser.
Biden clearly was not up to dealing with the series of lies. But he attempted to present an honest account of his achievements. It is just that he did not appear strong enough or quick enough. Neither means he would not be a good to be President but it does mean he seemed to be a loser in this non-debate.
So the choice we will make in November seems to be between a dishonest loser and an honest loser.
On one hand you have President Biden who praised our soldiers who risked and often sacrificed their lives to save democracy, echoing former President Ronald Reagan (Forty Years Later, Biden Seeks to Echo Reagan’s Legacy of American Leadership.
On the the other hand there is former president Donald Trump who thinks the military are Suckers and Losers and did not visit their graves in France since he did not want to risk messing up his hair.
Who do you think would be the best Commander in Chief?
In an earlier post I asked if the President of the United States have immunity for criminal acts that seem to include murder and insurrection. That is a question before the Supreme Court. They could have just let the finding of the appeals court stand but they decided to take on this ridiculous claim and delay justice.
The ridiculous claim includes the ability to murder at will unless an extremely unlikely impeachment conviction happens. See License to Kill and Rule).
Continue reading “Who will be killed”
Most of us would think those words are rather negative if used to describe people. But all are words Donald Trump has used to describe good people.
Continue reading “Suckers, Losers, and Scum”
Ex-president Donald Trump has posted about a “united Reich”, I suppose it would be the Fourth Reich since Adolf Hitler had the third. It did not work out well for him If we have a fourth I suppose Donald’s hope is it would work better for him. I wonder if he thinks the “united” part is an improvement.
Continue reading “Fourth Reich”
I was on vacation last week so I missed a shocker in the news.
There was an article Trump Respects Women, Most Men Say based on a recent poll. I found it shocking and a bit unbelievable that over half the men and almost a third on women believed former president Donald Trump respects women.
I guess they must think of respect in a different way that I thought normal people do.
Did he respect women by saying he could grab them by the pussy because he was famous?
Did he respect women by sexually assaulting them.
Did he respect his wife by having a sexual relationship with a porn star. This was shortly after his wife gave birth to his son. Of course, he denies the affair. But as Mitt Romney said:
I think everybody has made their own assessment of President Trump’s character. And so far as I know, you don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.
This list of disrespectful things Donald Trump has done or said could go on much further but I think these examples should be enough to make those who find Donald Trump respectful of women to think a bit about their position.
Donald Trump is known for his lies. Now that he has finally made up his mind about his stance on abortion, he has chosen to suport it with another lie.
See the FACT CHECK on his wildly inaccurate claim:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/fact-check-trump-abortion-roe-overturned-legal-scholars/index.html
Last week I was watching the circus where lawyers for Donald Trump and various co-defendants are trying to disqualify the District Attorney (DA) in Georgia from the RICO case related to the conspiracy to steal the 2020 election for President. By watching I mean that I watched some of the hearing on TV but mostly have been following it on the news.
My main interest is in the potential trial but a bit enhanced because I lived in Georgia for 30 years.
Continue reading “Disqualifying the District Attorney (DA) in Georgia from the RICO case”
I was just reading about the criminal charges for the Brazil insurrection in 2022 and was wondering if the 2021 insurrection in the US was at least a partial inspiration. The article was Bolsonaro and Allies Planned a Coup, Brazil Police Say and it starts like this:
Continue reading “Was January 6 insurrection an inspiration for the Brazil insurrection?”
It appears that quite a few Republicans want to eliminate US aid to Ukraine. I previously called this group The Appeasement Caucus. Just appease Putin and let him take Ukraine. You would have thought they would have learned from history that appeasement is not a good strategy. See Hitler and World War 2 for a good example.
Continue reading “Putin’s Pals screw Ukraine and the border with a single move”
House Speaker Mike Johnson tied aid to Ukraine to immigration reform. On his visit to the border, he repeated his demand Now a bipartisan agreement has been reached in the Senate on Immigration reform has been reached and President Biden is agreeable. All depends on Mike Johnson and his majority in the House.
Continue reading “Speaker Mike Johnson and the failure to govern”
As mentioned previously, I get a daily email from Just Security.
Yesterday’s email mentioned an interesting article on presidential pardons. This power has been abused by numerous Presidents and Donald Trump could use it to pardon himself if re-elected and has also mentioned pardon numerous criminals including those who are in jail after being convicted of crimes in the January 6 insurrection.
The authors discuss the role of Congress in curbing abuse of the presidential pardon and increasing transparency. I hope you find “Congress Can Curb Abuse of the Presidential Pardon Power” as interesting as I did.
I have been a follower of the Just Security website https://www.justsecurity.org/ for several years. I get their daily email highlighting what is published that day and read articles that I look interesting to me.
As a citizen I have been concerned with many of Donald Trump stated goals if he wins a second term. As a former civil servant (30 years at CDC) I have been disturbed by his plans to politicize the federal civil service.
Yesterday there was an article called Trump’s Stated Goals for the U.S. Intelligence Community: Assessing the Impact – https://www.justsecurity.org/90714/trumps-stated-goals-for-the-u-s-intelligence-community-assessing-the-impact/
It starts like this:
Continue reading “Just Security, National Security, and a second Trump Presidency”