Friday, July 27, 2018

THIS IS A CRY FOR REVOLUTION

This is a cry for revolution.
When in the course of human events...
This is a cry for justice.
We hold these truths to be self evident...
This is a cry for equality.
...that all men (sic) are created equal...
This is a cry for democracy.
Governments...deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
This is a cry for acknowledgement.
That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends...
This is a cry for action.
...it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it...
This is a cry for change.
...and to institute new government...

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, 
pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design
to reduce them under absolute despotism,
it is their right,
it is their duty,
to throw off such government,
and to provide new guards 
for their future security.

...history of repeated injuries and usurpations, 
all having in direct object the establishment of 
an absolute Tyranny... 
To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has started trade wars with China, the European Union and Canada.
He is putting Russia first over America first.
He prefers Putin and other autocrats over our democratic allies.
He has slashed corporate taxes and greatly increased the national debt.
He has denied climate change, walked away from global climate accords, and promoted fossil fuels.
He is removing environmental regulations, causing dire consequences for human health and the environment.
He has broken the Iran nuclear deal and now threatens war with Iran.
He is steadily eroding the Affordable Care Act. 
He has attacked our free press, labeling them “fake” and “the enemy of the people.”
He has appointed the most incompetent people to direct and destroy federal agencies and deregulate corporations.
He is treating immigrants and asylum seekers like criminals.
He has abducted and abused children of immigrants and asylum seekers.
He has condoned and ignored bigotry and hatred of “the other.” 
He wants to Make America White, Straight and “christian” Again.
He is  violating every norm of how a president should behave. 
He is basically violating every norm of decency and justice and fairness for which the United States stands.

We hold these truths to be self-evident....

THIS IS A CALL FOR REVOLUTION!  
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID, OF HELSINKI

Donald Trump is at this moment crashing his way through the NATO meeting, insulting and bullying America’s allies. His next stop will be Helsinki for a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Everyone on the planet who believes in freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and justice should be very, very afraid of the outcome of this Helsinki meet-up. 

Donald Trump is Putin’s Poodle. Trump thinks very highly of Vlad, thinks he is a great guy and a great leader. Keep in mind that Donald loves and is jealous of every strongman dictator in the world, including Kim Jung Un, Dutarte, Erdogan and others. We need to be afraid that The Donald will give away the store in his meeting with Vlad.

Think about recent actions by Trump:
  • At the recent G7 meeting, he argued that Russia should be reinstated as a member, he bullied our allies, he attacked and mocked Canada’s Justin Trudeau;
  • He met with North Korea’s dictator Kim Jung Un, giving Kim great legitimacy, volunteered to end U.S - S. Korean military exercises (much to the surprise of the U.S. military and S. Korea), proclaimed Kim to be very smart and a great guy, and signed a meaningless statement about nuclear weapons that N. Korea appears to have alredy violated;
  • He has consistently, since his candidacy, berated and bullied our allies in NATO about money, shrugged off Russia’s military annexation of Crimea (“most people there speak Russian”), downplayed the Russian interference in U.S. elections, and mocked the investigation of collusion between his campaign and Russians;
  • He has consistently twitter-attacked and otherwise put down our European allies, while treating Russia with kid gloves;
  • He has started a trade war with China and Europe, leaving Russia as a potentially better trading partner for our allies.
Is there any reason not to be very, very afraid of what the U.S. Madman-in-Chief will do at the hands of a trained spy and accomplished strongman, Vladimir Putin? What will Trump give away? What does Putin have on Trump, anyway? How will Putin manipulate the “world’s greatest deal maker” to Russia’s advantage? By his own actions, Trump has demonstrated that he likes Putin and Russia more than he likes the European leaders and their countries. 

I might hide under the bed until this is over.

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