O, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. | |
— Shakespeare | |
[Are we better off today than we were four years ago? I’m not just talking about 185,000 dead. I’m not just talking about a crashed economy. If there were no virus and we were still tooling along at 4% unemployment, were you REALLY better off? Almost half of ALL Americans were living pay-check to paycheck. Many are / were working two minimum wage jobs and are / were barely getting by. Almost 2/3rd of working Americans have almost no savings for a “sudden” $400 emergency, let alone for retirement. President Trump (and the Republicans) want to destroy Social Security by de-funding it and promising it will be “paid for” from increased tax revenue from the future “booming” economy. The truth is the SSA actuarial office has said if SSA taxes are eliminated, the SSA will run out of funds COMPLETELY in 2023!!! President Trump lies multiple times EVERY day. He is not being casual with the facts. He is NOT just kidding. He is LYING! And, he is lying to constantly try to stoke fear. Four years ago, it was the raping and murdering Mexicans invading across the border. Now, it’s the liberals (i.e. “Democrats”) who are already here. IF crime, rioting and violence are out of control, why hasn’t he done anything about the root causes of the problems. The Republican controlled Senate is still dithering about a much needed economic relief package. Now, when I say “Republican” controlled, what I mean is TRUMP controlled Senate as it’s his Cabinet level team which is doing the negotiations with the Democrats and whatever is agreed will pass both sides of Congress. Senator McConnell is simply a figurehead manipulating the rules to the Republican advantage. He is not the player / negotiator in the room with the Dems. There is no relief because Trump wants to blame the Democrats (Pelosi and Shumer) in the lead up to the election. So, I ask two questions: Do you really believe President Trump is acting in your interests? And, are you better off than you were four years ago? — KMAB] | |
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Day 8: One Stone | |
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Day 41: Hiccup Or End Of Days? | |
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2016 | Start, Keep, Finish |
2015 | Lifetime Friends |
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Posts Tagged ‘Tyrants’
My Fear: A Second More Tyrannous Term
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #DonTheCon, #IncompetentDonald, American Politics, Democrats, Election 2020, Giants, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Quotes, Republicans, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator McConnell, Shakespeare, SSA, Tyrants on September 6, 2020| 2 Comments »
He Wasn’t “Just Kidding The Press”
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #TrumpIsACriminal, Aeschylus, Aesop, China, Excuses, Florida, Ohio, Quotes, Representative Jim Jordan, Republicans, Senator Mark Rubio, The Biden Family, Truth, Tyrants, War on October 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. | |
— Aesop | |
In war, truth is the first casualty. | |
— Aeschylus | |
[President Trump is at war with “the truth”, “the Press”, and with every decent “value” America has tried to “stand for” for almost 250 years. He will do anything (legal or not) and say anything (lying or even a rare truth) to get re-elected. Senator Mark Rubio (Florida) and Representative Jim Jordan (Ohio) are “defending” President Trump’s publicly asking China to “investigate” the Biden family as a “joke” and an attempt to “chide” and “outrage” the press and liberals. Let’s make NO mistake about this… #TrumpIsACriminal was not “just kidding” when he was dangling a favorable trade negotiation / tariff deal with China in exchange for an “investigation”. The President was OPENLY soliciting aid for his own re-election from a foreign power — which is against the law — because he did NOT want his offer to be misunderstood (by ANY foreign power)… We have absolutely no reason to believe the President is lying when he says he is willing to commit a Federal crime – when it is in his personal interest to do so – and EVERY reason to believe he is being honest in his criminal offer. ANY Republican who purports to be supporting / defending the President with this blatantly specious excuse (“he’s kidding”) is being equally treasonous in condoning this Federal crime. I won’t say they are “accessories” to the crime, but they are getting very close to it (being an accessory). Senator Rubio should be ashamed of himself for initiating this “defense” because he knows first-hand how unfit for office this President is. — KMAB] | |
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2018 | Thinking About My Hil |
Remember Your Duty In November | |
2017 | Play Well With Others |
2016 | Surviving And Challenging |
2015 | On Destroying Historic / Archaeological Sites |
2014 | Magical Power |
2013 | How Awesome Would That Be |
2012 | Two Views |
2011 | Still Looking For Examples |
2010 | Giants Win Away 3 – 2!! |