I said last time that he is a heinous man. In his initial days in office, it seems that his goal was to prove how right that description is. It’s more than enough that everything he wants to do is wrong. Now add to that how incompetent his is at doing it. He wants to … Continue reading How Bad Is It?
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Heinous
He is a heinous man, this President of ours’. His solipsism sees no limit to his dominion. He believes he has the power to rename international bodies of water. He demolishes the framework around which our country is built. He surrounds himself with sycophantic incompetents who will do his bidding to ignore the confines that … Continue reading Heinous
The Fire This Time
First they hear about the fire. The news reports say it is getting closer, that destruction is likely. Yes, but that only happens in the movies, doesn’t it? This time, no. This time it’s real. Now they can see the flames in the distance and the distance is measured in smaller and smaller increments. Now … Continue reading The Fire This Time
A Proposed Phone Call to God
Hello, God? Hello? Oh, God, is that you? I don’t hear a voice. I only hear something like a dial tone. Oh, that must be you, God. That must be your sound. Good. So, I called you because, as you probably know, it’s your time of year. This is when we’re all supposed to remember … Continue reading A Proposed Phone Call to God
The Drones Land
[VERY SOON, THE MYSTERIOUS DRONES CIRCLING AROUND NEW JERSEY WILL LAND. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE FOLLOWING WILL APPEAR ON EVERYONE’S SCREENS] “Breaking news!. After over two months of mysteriously circling around the New Jersey area, the unidentified drones finally landed today in Paramus, New Jersey. Our cameras are now aimed at the lead drone. There is … Continue reading The Drones Land
A Future Look Into The Situation Room
Let’s imagine that war has broken out in the Middle East. Israel, Syria, and Iran are all actively involved. Israel is readying nuclear weapons and so is Iran. It’s not hard to imagine. Here’s a guess at what would take place at a Trump Cabinet meeting called to discuss how to react. This would be the … Continue reading A Future Look Into The Situation Room
The Nixon Gambit
Once we believed that no President could possibly be worse than Richard “Tricky Dicky” Nixon. How naïve we were. And Nixon had earned that reputation. There was not only Watergate and all that, but he also did other stuff. In 1969, a Supreme Court seat opened up while Nixon was President. He nominated a guy … Continue reading The Nixon Gambit
An Open Letter to Sen. Thune
Dear Senator Thune: It’s all up to you now. You haven’t always been a worshipper at the feet of Orange Julius. Not like a lot of others. But now, for some reason, hopefully good, those others have chosen you to lead them. Congratulations. Now here’s what you have to do – SAVE THE COUNTRY! President … Continue reading An Open Letter to Sen. Thune
Orange Popsuckle
Orange reigns down on us all once again. Whomever created this thing we call existence has released its latest production: “Orange Julius, Volume II, You’ll Be Sorry.” It’s hard to know exactly how to feel. To me, anyway, there are a whole lot of different emotions to deal with. In no particular order: Fear. The … Continue reading Orange Popsuckle
Occam Is Right Again
How is it possible that Kamala Harris might very well lose to a dictatorial moron? I think that Occam, the father of “Occam’s Razor” – that the simplest answer is the best one -would say, “she’s a black woman.” And my baby-boomer generation has something to do with that. Our generation has met very few of the … Continue reading Occam Is Right Again