Just the Sin City Saint THINKING OUT LOUD!
“We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.” “We demand the return of America’s railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.” “We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system … Read more
Donald Trump has frequently expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin, viewing him as a “strong” leader who Trump “admires.” Trump has also given wildly differing statements on his personal relationship with Putin. Trump has, on multiple occasions, suggested a weakening of the NATO alliance. Despite this, Trump previously expressed support for the Ukraine. After Trump hired Paul Manafort, … Read more
Trump faces significant open litigation tied to his businesses: angry members at his Jupiter, Fla. golf course say they were cheated out of refunds on their dues and a former employee at the same club claims she was fired after reporting sexual harassment…. Trump is also defending lawsuits tied to his campaign. A disgruntled GOP … Read more
SHE WON THE POPULAR VOTE. There is no reason Trump should be President. “It’s the ‘People’s Will’” No. She won the popular vote. “Our system of government under our Constitution says he wins” No. Our Constitution says the Electors choose. “Too many states prohibit ‘Faithless Electors’” 24 states bind electors. If electors vote against their … Read more
We have lots of Rights in this country: More Rights than any people have ever had in history. But Rights, ALL RiIGHTS, come with responsibility and one responsibility that comes with EVERY right we have as Americans is the responsibility to know and UNDERSTAND what the consequences of elections will be AND to VOTE! Donald … Read more
All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the radical right. That he has prevailed, that he has won this election, is a crushing blow to the spirit; it is an event that will likely cast the country into a period of economic, political, and social uncertainty that we cannot … Read more
The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism. Trump’s shocking victory, his ascension to the Presidency, is a sickening event in the history of … Read more
It turns out that we were wrong. There turn out to be a huge number of people — white people, living mainly in rural areas — who don’t share at all our idea of what America is about. For them, it is about blood and soil, about traditional patriarchy and racial hierarchy. And there were … Read more
the number of hate groups in the country has grown immensely in the past year. the number of organizations linked to the Ku Klux Klan grew from 72 in 2014 to 190 in 2015, the same year Trump announced his campaign. “I think that he has allowed his racist remarks to become the norm,” Ramos … Read more
In 1998 Bill Clinton was embroiled in a scandal that ended with Congress attempting to impeach him. James Dobson (leader of Focus on the Family, an Evangelical “values voters” political group) wrote a letter: “character DOES matter. You can’t run a family, let alone a country, without it. How foolish to believe that a person … Read more