It has been 12 years since I started to write this blog. I decided to look back at some of the blogs I wrote. Some were personal in nature, some were just observations, i.e Dodger Stadium., Thailand, etc. Other blogs look at the current scene and those are the ones that seem to hit home. The reason they hit home is that they illustrated the fears I have for our society and now I see the fears being realized. I do worry.
I never ever thought I would see what we all saw on January 6th. I never thought that I would have my president so blatantly lie to me. I never thought I would witness, experience and see mainstreamed AntiSemitism. I wrote about my not being big on G-d, but I love my tradition. I am a Jew.
The leadership we have in our Congress, for the most part, sucks. There are some good legislators. too few as of now and less, it appears after January 1, 2023.
As I look back I recall a blog I wrote in May 2017. It has been five years and the times are even more scary as nutty people think Trump is great, so do I . . .
except for the Flynn thing and the Manafort thing
and the Tillerson thing
and the Sessions thing
and the Kushner thing
and the Carter Page thing
and the Roger Stone thing
and the Felix Sater thing
and the Boris Ephsteyn thing
and the Rosneft thing
and the Gazprom thing
and the Sergey Gorkov banker thing
and the Azerbajain thing
and the “I love Putin” thing
and the Donald Trump, Jr. thing
and the Sergey Kislyak thing
and the Russian Affiliated Interests thing
and the Russian Business Interests thing
and the Emoluments Clause thing
and the Alex Schnaider thing
and the hack of the DNC thing
and the Guccifer 2.0 thing
and the Mike Pence “I don’t know anything” thing
and the Russians mysteriously dying thing
and Trump’s public request to Russia to hack Hillary’s email thing
and the Trump house sale for $100 million at the bottom of the housing bust to the Russian fertilizer king thing
and the Russian fertilizer king’s plane showing up in Concord, NC during Trump rally campaign thing
and the Nunes sudden flight to the White House in the night thing
and the Nunes personal investments in the Russian winery thing
and the Cyprus bank thing
and Trump not releasing his tax returns thing
and the Republican Party’s rejection of an amendment to require Trump to show his taxes thing
and the election hacking thing
and the GOP platform change to the Ukraine thing
and the Steele Dossier thing
and the Leninist Bannon thing
and the Sally Yates can’t testify thing
and the intelligence community’s investigative reports thing
and the Trump reassurance that the Russian connection is all “fake news” thing
and the Spicer’s Russian Dressing “nothing’s wrong” thing
and the Chaffetz not willing to start an investigation thing
and the Chaffetz suddenly deciding to go back to private life in the middle of an investigation thing
and the The Lead DOJ Investigator Mary McCord SUDDENLY in the middle of the investigation decides to resign thing
and the appointment of Pam Bondi who was bribed by Trump in the Trump university scandal appointed to head the investigation thing
and the The White House going into full-on cover-up mode, refusing to turn over the documents related to the hiring and subsequent firing of Flynn thing
and the Chaffetz and White House blaming the poor vetting of Flynn on Obama thing
and the Poland and British intelligence gave information regarding the hacking back in 2015 to Paul Ryan and he didn't do anything thing
and the Agent M16 following the money thing
and the Trump team KNOWING about Flynn's involvement but hired him anyway thing
and The Corey Lewendowski thing
and the Preet Bharara firing thing but before he left he transferred evidence against Trump to a state level Schneiderman thing
and the Betsy Devos' Brother thing
and the Sebastian Gorka thing
and the Greg Gianforte from Montana thing
and the Pence actually was warned about Flynn before he was hired thing
and the Pence and Manafort connection thing
and the 7 Allies coming forward with audio of Trump's associates in an incidental wire tapping thing
and the Carter Page defying the Senate's order to hand over his Russian contact list
and the Trump wants to VETO Sally Yates' testimony thing
and the Trump trying to discredit Yates thing
and the Obama told Trump personally about Flynn thing
and the COMEY thing
and the meeting with Russian foreign minister upon the order of Putin thing
and the sharing of highly classified top secret information to Russian Foreign minister thing
and the invitation and hosting of Turkey's dictator thing
AND THE JANUARY 6TH THING
SO yeah there’s probably no-thing there!
There are too many things that the Mango Menace did and wants to do, even as he is out of office (don't tell him that) that will help or accelerate the destruction of our democracy. Democracy is a fragile concept that has worked for 246 years so far. The US citizens have protected that democracy with vigilance but now the 2022 version of the Kool Aid drinkers wants to help him destroy the democracy in favor of an authoritarian type of government. (check the Mount Airy people's expression of support).
I cannot wait to see him in a jumpsuit that matches his complexion.
That is my take - you decide.
