Politics
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: Politics
Loretta and Bill
Took a poison pill
They both tossed it back
While on the tarmac.
- Written by: Gregory Boyce
- Category: Politics
An analysis of U.S. Nationalism, Donald Trump, Nazism and the Media
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- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: Politics
Some tradition-bound observers of the U.S. political scene wondered in awe how a brash Donald Trump could schedule a personal, business-related event in Scotland before he is the official Republican Party candidate for president, and at the very time that Great Britain is undergoing a fateful referendum that will affect its relationship with the rest of the world. Apparently, Trump was concerned only with the inauguration of a seaside, golf course, business complex long in planning under the Trump imprimatur. When Trump Air set course for the British Isles, there were two passengers aboard who did not appear on the manifest: “Brexit” and “Serendipity.”
- Written by: Deborah Baron
- Category: Politics
In a lapse of judgement John McCain blamed Obama for the Orlando attack. “Barack Obama is directly responsible for it, because when he pulled everybody out of Iraq, al Qaeda went to Syria, became ISIS, and ISIS is what it is today thanks to Barack Obama’s failures,” McCain said, according to The Washington Post. Yet in 2010, McCain actually referred to the withdrawal as a “victory” when Obama pulled troops out of Iraq, though he said President George W. Bush deserved credit for the moment, too. Has he since walked back his remarks about blaming Obama for the Orlando attacks? Yes, however, this is not the first time he has spouted a reckless statement and then apologized. He appears to have lost his ability, "To develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government." that he was taught when he attended and graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis graduated in 1958. It is time for him to retire, he no longer has anything to offer the American people, especially veterans, and is certainly not exhibiting the “character to assume the highest responsibilities”. I realize I am making a strong statement and some may say that I have no right to criticize a war hero, a veteran, an ex-POW. I apologize right now to others who have worn the uniform and gone to war as representatives of our country because they do deserve our respect. McCain and Agent Orange also owe veterans and active military an apology. Unlike, our orange candidate I do not lump all people into one group or category. There are many, many veterans who are real heroes, for example: Imran Yousuf, a bouncer at the Pulse nightclub, had an advantage. A Marine who had served in Afghanistan, Yousuf was able to use his training to quickly identify the impending threat and remain clear-headed as people died around him, according to the Marine Corps Times. Because of the 24-year-old’s decisive actions, he is being credited with saving dozens of lives.
- Written by: Eric J. Kiser
- Category: Politics
** Originally published 10/29/2015 - Updated 6/14/2016 to reflect new information **
Here we go again!
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: Politics
In the 1945 movie, “The Lost Weekend,” the Ray Milland character, in his quest to overcome alcoholism by going “cold-turkey,” is driven to search overhead light fixtures for bottles of booze he had squirreled away “for the winter.” The condition is known as, “the *DTs” (delirium tremens). The GOP, however, is saddled with a new form of the DTs – “Donald Trumpism.”
- Written by: Eric J. Kiser
- Category: Politics
As I stand at floor level of the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland listening to the chaotic murmur of a slightly stunned and definitely reserved crowd of republicans waiting for their candidate to deliver the closing speech of the 2016 Republican Nominating Convention I keep asking myself one question over and over again; "What the fuck am I doing here?"
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: Politics
The fabled, “Don Trump –
His own name was given,
But that name he dumped –
As would “David Niven.”
When he donned a part
For this or that movie,
With this or that tart,
The match-up was groovy.
