It's not just haters like Rep. King who feel the freedom to voice their true bigoted thoughts and feelings publicly, but it's the despots of the world that feel free to mistreat and kill people that Trump's leadership of hate has unleashed on the world.
And to think it was my fellow Americans who gave leadership and relevancy to this American Stalin. I did not vote for the SOB and any person who did (millions enough to give him the White House) is an idiot who must hate America.
Putin feels he can do whatever he wants, because he has a friend in Trump. They are buddies. So Putin tries to slant American elections, kills reporters anywhere in the world, and rules his murderous power over the Middle East. And Putin now brags that America is losing power in the world.
The Saudis, who we have always known are a barbaric society and supporter of terrorism all over the world. Has always had a friend in the president of the United States now has a true buddy in the White House, so they can commit their murders in the open in front of the whole world and claim it was just a physical altercation gone bad and Trump tells America he believes the Saudis explanation. Is it just coincidence that the person murdered is another reporter? Or is it because Trump has been encouraging violence against reporters for years?
White supremacist groups in America have been committing violence and beatings for the world to see and proudly pronounce their dastardly deeds to the public while laughing, they know they have a friend in the White House because he publicly defends their actions.
China is building their military, in fact, they have built man made islands in the China Sea and made them military installations. For what purpose? To claim the China Sea is their territory? They even attacked an American military ship and got away with it. Trump attaches tariffs on China and China attaches tariffs on America. That showed China - Not.
Trump verbally attacks our allies like Canada, England, France and tries to make them our enemies by blaming them for our problems. The word traitor truly fits Trump.
Republicans appoint lifetime judges that will decide in their favor the racist voting rules and gerrymander voting districts they set up, with no debate (push back) from Democrats. The next step for these conservative judges is to overturn the freedoms of millions of Americans and protect president Trump from his criminal actions.
When our leaders make unconstitutional and illegal decisions, we can only count on the courts to stop them. Now our courts are with them. Our new Supreme Court judge has stated that a president cannot be indited while in office. The Governor of a State makes a half a million votes disappear. Lets see
how the courts decide that, or the many other voting violations to come
before our courts in the next few weeks.
The Republicans (McConnell) now say publicly that their next agenda is to eliminate Social Security and Medicare for tens of millions of Americans. If running up our national debt on purpose to use as an excuse to cut those programs over the decades was not enough.
Before we lose power in the world, we must lose respect around the world, which we have now done by electing Trump and the Republicans the leaders of our government. It didn't take long at all for others to take that leadership position. I thought we had learned our lessons of isolationism and appeasement in the 20th century, but apparently not.
Like addicts we will have to hit the gutter before we change ourselves, and Americans do not think we have hit the gutter, yet.
Are we / should we be the policeman of the world for freedom and democracy? When the other powers of the world prove (and I think they have) they will eliminate freedom and democracy in the world under their rule, then yes, and we must be because we are the only country that can.
The Monroe Doctrine was enlarged after WW II and we have to live up to that responsibility. We have a responsibility to fight for freedom; not only because we won that freedom for the world in the 1940's, but because our founders started a new nation based on the principles of freedom and wrote them down on paper over 200 years ago as a contract to our people and notice to the rest of the world.
In fairness, McConnell did not say we should eliminate Social Security and/or Medicare. He did say together with Medicaid, those two make up 70% of our spending and if we are to get the budget under control, we have to do something.
ReplyDeleteNow of course, McConnell solution will be privatization or elimination, but he has not said that... yet. Dems, I think, if they even try to deal with the 70% issue, will probably have to call for some cuts and more taxes.
As for the rest, our standing in the world, you're spot on... the image of the US of A, which the GOP and the McConnellites were so concerned about when Barack Obama was in office, is now being trashed on a daily basis.
Just wait until Mattis resigns. It's just gonna get worse.
Thanks for stopping by Dave.
ReplyDeleteOK, I'll try and be fair, but I hope you agree their intent has been the same as saying eliminate and their financial policies (tax cuts only) have led to cutting those programs since they are the large part of our spending. A thought out strategy.
The Republican's wet dream has been to kill off the socialist programs started by FDR and enhanced by LBJ ever since they were enacted.
As long as Republicans want to play dirty, dishonest politics and destroy America, I won't worry about mincing words.
Please stop by again and remind me my passion is stronger than the facts.
King is making news again because of how horrible he is.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com.mx/entry/iowa-rep-steve-king-austria-white-nationalist_us_5bca4851e4b0a8f17eec6001
Thanks for stopping by One Fly and thanks for listing my blog on your blog, I will return the favor.
ReplyDeleteYes, I read that today. What a hate filled putz he is.
I don't remember how I got here but I see you are new to blogging maybe - with this site anyway. I don't much anymore as it becomes depressing to me. I know what's going on but needn't know the in depth.
ReplyDeleteLast election the county I grew up in went 75/25 King and Trumper.
I don't give a shit - relatives,former friends people I used to know - you're Nazis you really are and evil as can be. I do not plan on returning ever.
There is no give on this from me. Go along to get along or something in common. Kiss my ass all of you.
Keep posting and it's okay to spread yourself around.
Jerry... it seems completely as if their ideas/policies are to run the deficit up, say we need to cut spending and voila! That means social security, medicare and medicaid. Those tax cuts are never going to decrease the budget or pay for themselves, in spite of the lies and obfuscations we've heard since at least the Reagan Admin.
ReplyDeleteClearly, it looks as if we are engineering a budget crises just so we can cut the safety net for millions of Americans...
One Fly - I totally understand. Read my post on apathy. The last paragraph is where I'm at and I won't try to convince you otherwise.
ReplyDeleteBut stop back sometime, I write about other things than politics. Usually about music, space, and nature.
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Dave - That's the way I see it and the Boomers take most of the blame. They are the ones in voting and business power since Reagan and they are the majority who have been voting for tax cuts only for decades. They got their free lunch. What about future Americans who have to live with their selfishness? Even if they want to change we have left them little ability to do so.