First 100 Days- #1
Joe Scarborough was raving this week about how, if we want to get our message across, we have to engage Middle America. He did a whole spiel about how Johnny Carson and Mary Tyler Moore showed us that if we want t
Category: Politics
The Future is Yours, But You Can’t Buy the Con
Alex Castellanos says that Trump’s success will not be defined by anything he said at his inaugural speech or at the CIA but what he accomplishes in office. That may be true but what he accomplishes in office will depend on whether
Bits & Pieces #84
Well, it was a rocky start. The amateurs have taken over the White House and they spent the first two days proving that they need all the help they can get. Trump’s inaugural address was nothing short of a disaster, a nasty,
Noise From a Nervous World
Okay, so we have hit the day when the boogeyman gets sworn in as the President of the United States. So there is big panic and big elation all over the nation. If you live in Manhattan you are loading survival
Pre-Inauguration Notes #2
Donald Trump has come under a lot of fire about divesting himself of his far-reaching business empire while he is president. To be fair, it is an almost impossible situation to which no one; either for or against Trump has come up
Pre-Inaugeration Notes #1
Watched Barak Obama being interviewed by George Stephanopoulos. Regardless of how one feels about some of the things he has, or has not done in the last year, one is struck on how Presidential he really is. This man will always
Bits & Pieces #83
Donald Trump announced that he would close down his charitable foundation to avoid conflict of interest charges. How about to avoid going to jail? The foundation has been under intense investigation for using its funds to pay for $258,000 in corporate
Post Election Views #5
There are two basic elements to the coalition, which voted Trump into office in November; First is the blue-collar base, the out of work middle-aged white guys that have been lied to by Republican politicians since the 1980s. They can now
Bits & Pieces #82
There is only one way to drag this country up out of the economic mire into which it has allowed itself to sink. First we have to tax the hell out of the rich. They are the ones who have the
Post Election Views #4
So, after being dumb enough to vote a bunch of Tea Party hacks into the House over two elections, after finding that all the GOP promises did nothing but crash the economy under Bush and after discovering that a Republican congress