politics
Donald Trump – Yuck
I’ve been steaming about Donald Trump ever since he said that John McCain isn’t a war hero. He claims that nobody was insulted, well, I was insulted. I’ve always thought of Donald Trump as nothing but a blowhard with more money than sense and, with his campaign for President, he’s proving me correct. With even non-Republican friends saying things like, “I admire his honesty”, I thought I should write this blog to add some facts into Trump’s veneer.
While John McCain was flying missions over Vietnam and a POW, Donald Trump was using Daddy’s money and government deferments to attend Fordham University and, then the University of Pennsylvania. Once Trump graduated, he had a job at his father’s real estate company waiting for him and $200,000 in his pocket, according to a Washington Post article. Trump makes himself out to be a self-made man, but the truth is – he didn’t do this all on his own.
Hell, all of us could be rich if we started with family connections and $200,000 in our pocket. He isn’t someone to be admired. People who should be admired are the ones who started with nothing and rose to the top of the heap. People like Kenny Troutt (the founder of Excel Communications), Ralph Lauren (founder of Polo), Larry Ellison (Oracle founder), Oprah (like I have to tell you), Ursula Burns (CEO of Xerox), and John Paul Dejoria (co-founder of John Paul Mitchell) are the people to be admired. Each one of them started from the very bottom and they worked their way up into Billionaire status and (as far as I know), unlike Trump, not a bankruptcy among them.
It’s time to relegate Trump and the blowhards like him to the ignore zone. We shouldn’t be putting boys like him on pedestals and walking around clamoring like he’s worth our time. His comments regarding immigrants from Mexico pander to the lowest of Americans, whom we should really leave behind. Racists have no place in American society and, if Donald Trump wants to be their leader, let him do it outside of the view of TV cameras.
Affordable Care Act
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Pay attention to the fact that your state can refuse to expand medicaid, like Scott Walker recently did. By turning away the Federal money – poor people will be left without health insurance. One more item, small businesses won’t be hurt by Obama care – that’s one of those Conservative falsities (Conservatives love to lie). You need to have more than 50 employees to be affected.
America
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Nice song found on YouTube. Here’s what it said in the About Section:
This song began in a songwriting residency with 5th Grade students of American History in Campbellsport, WI. I really liked the chorus, and reworked the verses over time… finishing it with inspiration from my fellow Wisconsinites during the 2011 protests against our Governor and the influence of money in our State politics. I will always be proud of the peaceful, passionate and sustained protest of my fellow citizens in that time. It’s the finest example of American patriotism one could hope to witness.
The song is by Ken Lonnquist, who wrote yesterday’s song post.
Conservative, Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Male
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Attack on Labor Unions
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Robert Reich, one of the country’s leading economists, agrees with my pro-union views.
Repealing Obamacare (Yawn) Again
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Does anyone else think this is a HUGE waste of tax payer money? Aren’t they supposed to be doing something good for the country?
Laws Repealed
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I don’t think John Bohner truly understands how much we Americans hate this Congress. I don’t believe he understands what Congress is supposed to do. And, if he wants to be judged on how many laws they repeal – they suck at that one, too.
Top Of My Head 