Tuesday, May 17, 2016

DON'T REPLAY THE '68 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Nice little story in the local paper about the canceled democratic convention in Nevada this weekend . They closed down early because of the violent actions of some Sanders supporters, Of course a talking head put out a statement. Typical word salad. "We don't condone violence, yadda yadda, etc. etc." How about a firm "knock it off already, you're sounding like the Tea Partying KKK." Of course you can't really get through to “true” believers. No matter how hard you try.
Sanders, you'd better pull up your big boy pants. Don't leave this to your handlers. Make it perfectly, crystal clear that physical and verbal violence, especially threatening someone's life is over the line, not cool, bad news, and likely to blow up in your faces. Also over the line. Throwing chairs, cups, whatever you can lay your selfish little paws on will not play well with many democratic voters, much less the middle of the roaders you need to get your man elected. If he manages to get the nomination. And your antics leave me cold. As in single digits cold. 
To the nutjobs who are doing this, the party does not need a replay of the 1968 Chicago convention. Of course YOU probably weren't even born yet. Helped elect Tricky Dick Nixon. And Trump is infinitely worse.


Sunday, May 15, 2016

GOT ME WONDERING

Just started a bio of General George Marshall WWII head of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of State under Truman and Eisenhower. Quiet, well trained, confident, honest. Have to contrast him with Donald Trump.

Face it when somebody has to boast about his business "triumphs," his female conquests, his out and out lies that apparently don't matter to his supporters, his misogyny. It looks to me like Trump is really a scared little boy pretending to be a man. There's nobody home. 

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

FORTY SIX YEARS AND COUNTING

Neil Young wrote it. Crosby Stills and Nash covered it. And not a damn thing has changed. Trump makes Nixon look like Mother Theresa. We're still at war. Too many of our fellow citizens can't understand, or choose not to understand, why many of our fellow humans either hate our guts or just wish we'd leave them the hell alone. 

"Ohio"

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
I remember an article in Reader's digest about the killings. The totally false and disgusting stories spread about the dead. Especially the girls. This is not the world I expected to be living in when I was an undergrad at the U of O. 

I don't give a damn if you hate Hillary or if you hate Bernie. Just take a long look at the probable Republican candidate. And try to imagine him with the go codes for the nukes. Terrifying isn't ut