When I was in college in the sixties I did not pay attention to politics.  The Viet Nam war was in full swing and I didn’t pay attention.  One day a hippie type guy approached me and wanted to sign me up to vote.  He asked me if I wanted to register as a Republican or a Democrat.  I felt foolish asking, “What’s the difference?”

He said, “The Democrats stand for equal rights, the environment and the disadvantaged.  The Republicans are rich.”

I thought about it.  I came to college to learn something that would make a future.  “I want to be a Republican.”  The hippie got upset.  I could have gone the other way except for his tone of judgment.

The interesting aspect of that first meeting replayed itself several times over the years.  I hailed from a very Democrat area.  You could not work in the government or the unions unless you were a Democrat.  Actually you could but you had to stay under the radar.

I found it ironic that the party I avoided professed the very quality that they lacked – inclusion.  The only thing that mattered was empty words and your loyalty.

So I wonder what that college recruiter might say now.  “The Democrats  accept pay for play, treason, deceit, lies, but make you feel morally just in a single agenda they promise to deliver – any agenda will fit their rhetoric.”

“What about the Republicans?”

“They do nothing.  They watch because they are afraid to lose their jobs.”

Unfortunately there is no third choice.

 

I found 19 unpublished articles.  They were unpublished because they did not have a good title, they needed a fact check or I was not sure at the time that was what I believed.

So I decided to rewrite all the articles.  Two important notes: all the articles were written before the Trump election and I could not figure how to edit the original article.  Hence I added to explain what I am doing.

 

There is something to be learned from how you once thought or how you can complete a thought.  At the least I will have a writing challenge.

 

 

I have frequently stated that both sides of the political isle ARE corrupt.  I believe that all governments, in all countries, are corrupt.  Why do people rob banks?  Because that’s where the money is.

Psychology 101 is all you need.  I saw a movie yesterday where a guy refused to do something because it was illegal and immoral.  He was offered $200,000 to ease that pain..  Positive reinforcement.  My dog loves it as much as my Congressperson.

I can’t find any place to read what is going on.  The Huffington Post ,in my opinion, the worst type of journalism can’t be stomached and they are the news on my AOL account.  I tried others but they are so blatant and see through that I am ashamed to have my undergraduate degree in journalism.  At least the New York Times  writes articulately biased articles and uses false logic cleverly.

I must say everything that I have been told and suspected about liberals and Democrats has been proven accurate.  Much to my dismay.  When President Obama refused to decry the Congressional refusal to attend the smooth and peaceful transition of power, he lost the last chance to put a doubt in my mind that he is the most divisive president in my lifetime.  He summarized his 8 years in that one refusal of common unity.

So here is my solution.    Remember both sides are corrupt.  I would ask President Trump to have a regular Congressional press conference.  Any bill that comes before Congress would require the writers of the bill to stand before the press and answers questions about earmarks, special projects and funds delivered to special interests.

There is a catch.  The five media organizations would be chosen initially by the executive branch.  No NYT, no WP.  Real truth tellers.  Print media that wants to protect the interests of the American Public.  A small newspaper journalist would have so much more to offer.

Timing would be important as the journalist would have to collect information before the bill moved forward.  It would be great to hear REAL questions asked such as “There is a large sum of money going to XYZ and their  construction of this bridge that goes to nowhere seems frivolous.  Is it true that they contributed to your reelection campaign?  Or is it true that your wife is on the board of directors for that construction company?  Does this not violate the rules referring to a conflict of interest?  Will you state for the public record that there has been no money exchanged or influence peddled or trips awarded to any members of your family or friends?

To make this fair you might consider the questioning based on Democrats one day and Republicans the next.

ADVANTAGES

The biggest advantage would be to re establish the integrity of the press.  Let the non beltway papers have a chance at perusing our government.

Secondly, our elected officials who work for us, will be required to defend their suspicious spending.

Thirdly, possibly the most important, the elected official would not be allowed to dodge the press as they so often do.

Fourthly, the press could give a sample of the questions they intend to ask.  If the official has a past indictment or is under investigation or has dodged previous questions related to money management, this would be the forum to let the public see who they elected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friends tend to be nice.  Most live by a moral code, although the code seems relative.  My friends show diversity in color, culture, religion.  In some cases I don’t know their religious preferences.  I prefer to accept them as they portray themselves to me and the world.

I disagree with my friends on issues.  I like to ask questions of what they think about things that have a philosophical or moral underpinning.  For example, “Do you think a child has a right to an education the government offers even if the education does not offer the religious beliefs of the parents?”  or   “Are all lies equal?” or “Can the government be trusted with your personal information?” or …

I love these discussions because we don’t argue about issues.  We discuss them.  There is no expectation of a right or wrong belief or response.  We both walk away with a better look at our views.

I just read an article in THE ATLANTIC.  The author bestowed kudos on President Obama.  He cited accomplishments that individually are poor but collectively destroyed the fabric of the American engine.

I think the author wanted the fabric destroyed.  As he put it the white man cannot handle the black president.  Hello, I’m in the room.

I never saw Obama as black.  He is the president for all people.  Did I get that wrong?  Apparently.

The author went on to explain the “black experience.”  He contrasted it with the “white experience.”  Hello, I’m in the room.  I don’t know the black experience and he doesn’t know the white experience.

Part of the white experience is reading or listening to someone telling me how I grew up, how I should feel, how I should feel ashamed, how I should make amends, how I should accept the obvious will that he proclaims to be right and righteous.  Yes, I am in the room.

I never had the feelings the author described toward any color or ethnic background.  I do under this president.  There is a clear divide between white and any other, between Christian and any other, between Jew and any other, between morality and ideology, between heterosexual and homosexual.  I am in the room and it is a house divided.

The house is not divided with light showing the way but rather with discord at every point.  These points of discord are surrounded by power that gathers from fear, ignorance, entitlement and psychological traumas.

Yes, I am in the room.  Now that the president has divided the nation, the races, the ethic  and religious groups, his wife  now says she has no hope.

Well I have hope that logic and sound reason will overcome the prejudice of liberal belief and opinion.  I sit back and watch as the biased media devours itself, as the Democrat party crumbles under its weight of “correctness” that favors the few in power while it feeds off the promises to the ignorant.  Yes the ignorant who seek to find fault with the victor.  Never addressing themselves as possibly having chosen the wrong path.

I want to return to discussing issues.  I want to hear your reasoning.  I want to follow the Constitution.  I want honesty, as rough as it can be, to have meaning in our discourse.

I never left the room.  I am still in room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I belong to several writing groups.  The writers all strive to be published.  They share short excerpts of their writings in these groups.  They hone their craft.  They all want to be acknowledged as writers.  They can’t understand why I don’t publish.

I have eight finished books on my shelf.  I wrote them for me.  I never had a desire to entertain or change one’s view.  I wanted to understand “me.”

The best way  to  find me is by writing.  I explore how others might think and feel.  I develop personalities that communicate.  I throw in things that upset the apple cart in the lives of my characters.

But in all these writings I seek to keep myself organized.  I want my thoughts to remain connected to each other.  My characters struggle with a dilemma and I struggle with them.  I learn about “me.”  I look at the problem from different viewpoints.  Somehow these different views cause me to look at each character with a history that led them to this place in time.  In my book.

Right now I am struggling with the insanity in American thinking.  I read almost all day.  I watch a variety of news programs.  I compare the news programs to each other.  I wonder why certain items are covered and others are not.  I wonder why the news is so slanted.

Let me give some examples.  Hillary Clinton is a liar.  Let me repeat Hillary Clinton is a liar.  There are a series of scandals that follow her.  If anyone of them is even partly true/factual she should be indicted on a criminal charge.

What I state above is factual.  Any charge against President elect Trump pales in comparison to Hillary’s crimes.  I hear all these accusations about how he hates this group, that group and he’s a misogynist to boot.

Trump has done more as President elect than Obama did as president.  Sad but true.  Michelle Obama said she no longer has hope.  Funny but for the first time in eight years I have hope.

The pace of the worldly events makes issues go by so fast.  I feel like we have just come out of the ‘dark ages’ compressed into the last eight years.

America now has a plan.  We have to address the problems that have been stacked against us.  But we have a plan.  We have jobs and companies staying and returning after the ‘dark age’ of political correctness.  We can speak without being labeled a racist, a misogynist, a homophobe.  The air is good to breathe.

To those living and rejoicing in the lies of the press, the delusional thought process of liberalism, please understand my confusion.  That bell that tolls in the college football game has rung.  It is over.  That you can’t see it IS the problem.

If you want to understand the problem you only need four dollars.  Go to WalMart and buy a mirror.  Then look into it and listen to the voices around you.  Not the ones in your head — around you.