It has been a week unlike any other that I can remember. The week started with the Republican controlled United States Department of Education (USDE) having sent a letter on the previous Friday at 5:00PM EST, to go into effect at 5:00PM EST that same day, meaning no notice whatsoever. The memo basically said regardless… Continue reading Time for a Wellness Check?
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Are We Too Individualistic?
The Musk/Trump administration and Republicans are coming after all of us, starting with companies and organizations of influence and power. We saw it when Trump went after ABC News when it reported on Trump, which parent company Disney capitulated to the demand rather than fighting back, thus hurting the fourth pillar, the press. We saw… Continue reading Are We Too Individualistic?
Are You Mad as Hell Yet?
It has not been a good week to live in the United States, but there have been some bright spots. Let’s start with why my blood has been boiling this week. The first is just a repetition that has been occurring since 2015, which is that Trump never seems to be held accountable for anything.… Continue reading Are You Mad as Hell Yet?
With Friends Like These…
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the CR (Continuing Resolution) with the help of these short-sighted, in my humble opinion, cowards, who decided to assist the Republicans in hurting everyday working Americans: Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Angus King (I-Maine), Gary Peters… Continue reading With Friends Like These…
What’s Your Line?
John Pavlovitz recently wrote in a Substack, “It’s Time to Pick a Hill Worth Dying On.” In this post he basically says it’s time to choose, that one can no longer sit on the sidelines thinking everything is okay, or will be okay, if one waits long enough. To do so is essentially giving in… Continue reading What’s Your Line?
We are Compromised
The signs have been right there in front of our face for the past 10 years, but as a nation, we chose to ignore it. Not all of us, but each presidential election showed many millions were, and are, perfectly fine with it. After yesterday’s fiasco in the Oval Office, with the disrespectfulness the Trump… Continue reading We are Compromised
Just Let It All Burn!
Elected Democrats and other Democratic leaders seem to have taken, just let it all burn, on as their motto. From my viewpoint, since they didn’t win they seem to be acting like Cartman from South Park, with his catchphrase, “Screw you guys, I’m going home.” Feels like they are just fine with letting the country… Continue reading Just Let It All Burn!
The Power of Chaos
History is repeating itself in many ways. No need to beat around the bush, we are following the Nazi playbook as a nation almost verbatim. Sadly, the Republicans, as a party, is allowing it to happen hook, line, and sinker. Today was another day of working to create chaos and stress for millions of people.… Continue reading The Power of Chaos
Will Good People Stand Up and Stand Strong?
If you haven’t heard, there is a recycled person in the Whitehouse. #47, an adjudicated rapist and 34-count felon, took the Oath of Office again, without his hand on the Bible. Based on his actions this week, he has no intention, again, of living up to the words said during the swearing in ceremony. He… Continue reading Will Good People Stand Up and Stand Strong?
There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute
Please excuse my word choice, but it seems appropriate for the times. While growing up, I would hear the saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” with others being “educated idiots,” and “they lack of common sense.” These were usually uttered right after someone did or said something that you just had to shake your… Continue reading There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute
Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man 