MAYBE KIDS WOULD BE BETTER AT GOVERNING

Let's face it, listening to members of the US Congress and spokespersons for the President - and the President himself - leading up to and after the government shutdown, is like listening to kids in a school yard. There is a lot of name calling, and a lot of blaming, and a lot of blustering, and a lot of not backing down.

The difference between Congress and a school yard full of kids is that the kids will argue and fight for awhile, and then they will get back to the business of playing, which is usually characterized by cooperation, inclusiveness, and friendship. (Yes, there are bullies, and this is where Congress, the present Whitehouse and school yards are most similar.)

So maybe we should fire the members of Congress and replace them with kids. Then the remaining problem we will have is what to do with the 6-year old in the Whitehouse!

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IT WAS A SCARY NIGHT AFTER THE SHUTDOWN

The spotlight today shines on Whitehouse Press Secretary Scary Huckleberry Sandbagger (1), who is attributed with the schoolyard taunt issued moments after the government shutdown began. This is Trump politics at its finest. The puerility of the statement is staggering, as is the sophomorishness.

In case you missed it, here is the statement issued by the office of the President of the United States of America. (We should all be totally embarassed.)

“Senate Democrats own the Schumer Shutdown. Tonight, they put politics above our national security, military families, vulnerable children, and our country’s ability to serve all Americans. We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. This is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators. When Democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we will reopen negotiations on immigration reform. During this politically manufactured Schumer Shutdown, the President and his Administration will fight for and protect the American people.”

(1) Sandbagger: someone who deliberately misleads you to get what they want.

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DONALD J. TRUMP: BIGOT-IN-CHIEF

Words fail me. I know, as we all do, that Donald J. Trump, President of the United States (POTUS), is a bizarre man with faults almost too numerous to list (I won't even try in this post). Every day he tweets or says or does something that makes us think: "OK, this one is truly the worst so far, and something will finally be done about him." But it always turns out that he does even more horrendous things in subsequent days.

And now there is Shitholegate. The media have had a grand time with this one, and we now hear the word "shithole" on radio and television. Hopefully, the vast majority of us understand the underlying reality of the remarks that included that now-famous expletive - pure, unadulterated bigotry. The POTUS wondered aloud why we (the United States) accept so many people from Haiti and Africa - those "shithole countries" - instead of more people from, say, Norway. Translation: why are we accepting so many black people instead of blond-haired, blue-eyed Scandinavians?

I have written before about Trump's white supremacy (Make America Great White Again). The media has written about his many bigoted speeches and utterances during the campaign and as POTUS, leaving no room for any other interpretation than deep-rooted bigotry. He has demonstrated time after time that he does not like "Mexicans" (i.e. anyone from south of the US border), Muslims, immigrants and refugees who are not white, and black people from the crime-ridden cities he talks about. There is no question about it; Donald J. Trump is a bigot.

And there is more we need to understand, and that is the complicity of all the Republican members of Congress - House and Senate - in this bigotry. Where is the outrage from Republicans about Trump's bigoted statements? Where are the leaders of the Republican Party, you know, the Mitch McConnells and the Paul Ryans, when the Trump opens his bigoted mouth? Oh, they are sometimes a bit concerned, but we need to understand, President Trump is not like other Presidents, he has his own style and his own ways. We can't take what he says literally; he doesn't mean it the way it sounds.

And so they pooh-pooh our outrage, and the official Whitehouse mouthpiece, Scary Huckleberry Sandbagger, tells us that: a) the President didn't really say what it is said he said; and b) fake news - fake news - fake news. Ask any Republican in the room at the time, and they will tell you that he didn't say what he said. In other words, the Democrats in the room at the time are a big bunch of liars!

Donald J. Trump, Bigot-in-Chief. He is a bigot. Every Republican in Congress, by not challenging the President, by not calling out the President's bigotry for what it is, is therefore also a bigot, if only by association and silence. THIS is now the United States of America, land of the free (white folks), home of the brave (white folks), with liberty and justice for all (white folks).

I...will...not...rest...until...Donald J. Trump...is...driven...out...of...our...government! 

And neither should you.

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IT’S NATIONAL SHITHOLE DAY!!

Memo to all on-air radio and television personnel from corporate management: It is now acceptable to use the term “shithole” on the air because the Asshole-in-Chief used it in a meeting. Remember to put quotation marks around the word whenever it is used.

Travel Department: The Tourism Bureau of Norway has a new slogan to boost tourism: “Visit NORWAY - it’s not a shithole!

Whitehouse Spokesdroid, Scary Huckleberry Sandbagger, issued a statement to the press: “The President would never use, and did not use such language. This is, once again, Fake News. And that is the official position, straight from the horse’s shithole!”

In a 3AM tweet, President Trump declared: “In addition to being very, very stable, and very, very smart, I am also very talented. I can tweet and toot from my shithole!” MASA!! Make America a Shithole Again!!

And finally, this just in: The Administration has announced that they are renaming the official residence and office building from “The Whitehouse” to “The Shithouse.”

COVFEFE!!!

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