The LuLac Edition #3575, August 17h, 2017
TRUMP’S TANTRUM
AND COALITION OF CRAZIES
His comments really was the beginning of the end for whatever hope there was for an effective Trump Presidency. He has alienated CEOs (which we will get to) members of his own party, the military and even his own staff.
Think of this, Trump stood with two of his economic advisers who are Jewish and a minority woman and embraced people who only want a “white America”. They yammer and say, “I want to take my country back!” Silly cowards who ran like rats when the police came.
Still though Trump has his defenders. Eileen Chou was foolishly one of them saying “She was standing by her men”. (Meaning her husband Mitch McConnell and Trump).
Pundits on FB and Twitter are trying to tell us how Black Lives Matter advocated for killing of police. And then compared BLM to the white supremacy advocates. Big difference there fellas, BLM were defending themselves from some, not all, police who were wrong in some cases. The mob at Charlottesville was hell bent on terror.
There should be no mistake about the difference. Black Lives Matters members wear hoodies and you can see their faces….the White Power guys wear hoods and hide.
Trump’s collation is crumbling. There are the talk radio crazies saying they agree with his statements. They were out in full force yesterday locally. There are the Facebook people who put stuff up and get very little support. They get hell because more are taking them to task. There are either no responses to their memes or very little agreement.
Pretty soon it’ll be just Trump and the crazies.
In a reality show that would be fun. In a country, that is downright dangerous.
SOME EVEN GOT FIRED
How about the dumbasses that were seen on TV, Social Media and Twitter at the rally spouting hate? Then there were shocked that they got canned from their jobs.
Well boo hoo.
THERE THERE WAS THIS BIG MAN MARCHER CRYING LIKE A BABY WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED
Talk about justification. Since my conservatives friends are comparing Black Lives Matters to the marchers in Charlottesville, I'll go them one better. Martin Luther King never cried when he got arrested. Maybe because he was truly a man and his cause was........wait for it...was just.
CEOS BAIL ON TRUMP
The illusion of Donald Trump is that he was a successful businessman. He constantly craved for the approval of major company CEOs but in truth Trump was nowhere near their peer. He loved to remind audiences of his business success. But in truth he made his money by borrowing, putting his name on things other people built, and running a mom and pop shop. He got lucky but he was no genius. Just a great self promoter.
One of the reasons why Trump founded this economic council was to bolster his own image. Well that house of cards started to fall when three CEOs departed Monday night. Kenneth Frazier, the chief executive officer of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich also resigned from the manufacturing council on Monday..
They were followed today by Denise Morrison of Campbell's and AFL-CIO Labor Head Ruchard Trumka.
Here's what Morrison said, “Racism and murder are unequivocally reprehensible and are not morally equivalent to anything else that happened in Charlottesville. I believe the President should have been – and still needs to be – unambiguous on that point.
Following yesterday’s remarks from the President, I cannot remain on the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative. I will continue to support all efforts to spur economic growth and advocate for the values that have always made America great.”
Trumka even went further.
We cannot sit on a council for a president who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism. President Donald Trump’s statements were shocking. When I heard them, I thought to myself, “I'll pray for you because you really need to be prayed for when you make those kind of statements.” It’s never acceptable to tolerate racism and bigotry, let alone defend it. We resigned on behalf of America’s working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups.
We joined President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council with the intent to be a voice for working people and with the real hope that it would result in positive economic policy, but it’s clear the council would never be an effective means for delivering real policy that lifts working families—and his remarks were the last straw. It has become yet another broken promise on the president’s record.
From hollow councils to bad policy and embracing bigotry, the actions of the Trump administration have consistently failed working people. As a labor movement, we stand united against hate.
Trumka…..I just can’t understand how such a smart guy bought Trump’s line of shit last year. Any hope that Trumka had for jobs in a labor force……..out the window.
Trump canceled the Council that people were jumping off from. “You ain’t gonna quit me” he thought.
But they beat him to it. I guess they know a loser when they see one.
CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES $221,091 IN DHS GRANTS FOR COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)
U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company with an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). The funds will be distributed via the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).The Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company received a $221,091 Operations and Safety grant. The funds will allow the fire company to purchase 38 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units. Each unit will include: harness/backpack, face piece, and two cylinders. This type of equipment is worn by rescue workers, firefighters, and others to provide breathable air in an immediate dangerous-to-life or health atmosphere.
“I am thankful the Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company will be able to purchase the needed SCBA units; it is of vital importance to have high quality equipment,” Rep. Cartwright said, a member of the Congressional Fire Service Caucus. “I will continue to strongly support this federal program which helps to ensure the safety of our firefighters and communities.”
The purpose of the AFG is to award competitive grants directly to fire departments to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public, as well as that of first-responder personnel. Since 2001, the AFG program has provided approximately $6.7 billion in grants to first-responder organizations to obtain much-needed emergency response equipment, personal protective equipment, firefighting and emergency vehicles, and training.
During the current funding cycle, the AFG program will award another $310.5 million to first-responder organizations that need support to improve their capability to respond to fires and emergencies of all types.
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It's been one year since Luzerne County Community College expanded its facilities into the Marketplace at Steamtown in Scranton. ECTV Live hosts Rusty Fender and David DeCosmo discuss the move and its effect on the school and the community with LCCC President Tom Leary on the program during the week of August 21st.
SUE HENRY’S SPECIAL EDITION
Tune in to Sue Henry's "Special Edition" this week as Sue recaps the week's news. The show will run Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. on WILK, and on KRZ, Froggy and Max 102 early Sunday morning.
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Elvis Presley, the "king of rock and roll", is mourned at his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans line the streets of Memphis for his funeral, which occurred on August 18.....Supertanker Pierre Guillaumat is launched at Saint-Nazaire; she is the all-time world's largest ship (by deadweight tonnage and length overall) at launch.The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole...
Groucho Marx, comedic legend, star of stage and screen, dies of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, at the age of 86.... Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft……in Pennsylvania Mayor Frank Rizzo says that the city needs a big time convention center…..in Wilkes Barre Elvis Presley is remembered with special music programming on almost every radio station in the region…and forty years ago this week the number one song in Lulac land and America was “Barracuda” by Heart,
posted by David Yonki @ 8:21 AM
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18 Comments:
Then let’s stop everything that has to do with human suffering and hatred from being displayed. First off why does this country allow Nazi Flags and Swastikas to be displayed? They certainly are no worse than the representations of the slavery era. Nazi uniforms, Japanese flags, Communist Hammer and Sickle insignias and flags, war weapons and memorabilia all are basically the same reminders of genocide and slavery put upon fellow human beings. It seems as time progresses, ideals and certain things that are accepted and not accepted all change and different priorities are set. Some of our founding fathers and revered leaders of this country were very much slave owners. Just saying, should these people be rejected and forgotten about? I guess a line has to be drawn somewhere, I just don;t know where.
Here are some ways to tell you’re not marching with good people and should go home: When your rally was promoted with promises of the chance to commit violence. When your marching buddies are carrying weapons, much less that they seem eager to use them. When the chants are about Jews, not statues. When anyone with you is wearing a KKK costume, carrying a Confederate flag, displaying a swastika, or giving the Seig heil salute. When your comrades carry torches and noisily surround churches in which worship services are being conducted. When your buddies attack peaceful counter-protestors. Now someone should explain this to Trump like he’s five.
For those of us who voted for chaos, we are pretty happy. Could care less about the profiteers raking in fame and fortune off of trumped up social issues - just looking forward to seeing the People's Republic Of The United States Of Amerika finally collapse upon itself so we may start over.
There’s plenty of blame to go around. And the president said there was violence on both sides, and there’s blame to go around.
But that wasn’t good enough for the propagandists and the media. They went berserk.
I think the president showed himself to be a good leader in a very, very inflammatory time.
He tried to be a man of compromise, and they wouldn’t have it.
Now if we can only find some CEOs with intact man-parts.
Every voter in the 10th and 11th congressional districts need to hold Misters "Thunder and Lightning" - Lou Barletta and Tom Marino - directly accountable for putting a mad man in the Whitehouse. Trump is a national embarrassment who doesn't deserve America's highest honor. The judgement shown by Barletta and Marino with their early and vocal support for Trump proves they aren't fit for office either. All three need to go.
For those of us who voted for chaos, we are pretty happy. Could care less about the profiteers raking in fame and fortune off of trumped up social issues - just looking forward to seeing the People's Republic Of The United States Of Amerika finally collapse upon itself so we may start over.
IN RESPONSE
Well good for you. I'd laugh my ass off WHEN that chaos hits you straight in the forehead.
You'll be crying like a little blubbering baby, kind of like the guy you put there but you'd blame Hillary, Obama and Benghazi and of course the media.
Using the term AMERIKA tells me everything I need to know about your sorry ass.
When the chaos comes for you, I'll have a crying towel ready.
I think the president showed himself to be a good leader in a very, very inflammatory time.
He tried to be a man of compromise, and they wouldn’t have it.
IN RESPONSE
A good leader in inflammatory times? HE LIT THE MATCH!
The "they" you speak of are people who will not embrace White Supremacists, this no nothing who has done nothing to unite us and the people like you who think this is NORMAL.
It i not.
But thanks for reading and commenting.
The "they" you speak of need to know when you're coming.
Thanks.
Keep calling them out Dave.
These people will always back him because they really think he is the guy who speaks for them.
Tell me, has he ever come back here to say thanks?
Nope.
He is the carnival barker and the people here, that defend him, are his rubes.
Tell me, has he ever come back here to say thanks?
So a simple "thanks" would make it all right? No room to call anyone "rube", of course that's what you and our esteemed blogger have sunk to.
8:23, you're arguing against the proverbial straw person. Who says to take down a monument simply because it's connected with suffering and hatred? NO ONE. Rather, some monuments are being taken down because the governmental entities that OWN them have come to regard them as an offensive tribute to hate and bigotry that, far from being entirely in the past, persists as a serious problem and thus helps to perpetuate the problem. At least depictions of slavery ADMIT what happened rather than try to glorify the perpetrators--especially those who were TRAITOROUS.
Yes, ideas change over time. That helps explain why statutes that were erected decades ago now (essentially to express white supremacy, by the way) are much less popular now. Maybe they'll go back up again some day, although hopefully with an entirely different understanding of what these people did.
Yes, some of our founders were slaveowners, and that was bad. However, such as Washington and Jefferson had some redeeming qualities that lead us to view them in a somewhat different light. Then again, I can't promise that public opinion won't similarly turn against them over time; in any case, I hope we ALREADY appreciate that all "heroes" should be viewed with their warts.
We're ALL trying to figure out just where to "draw the line"--and in a democracy, thankfully, we do it TOGETHER, through our governments. (By the way, anyone still is quite free to put a monument to anyone they want on their own property, just as they also can choose to wear swastikas. Have at it!) For now, how about we agree that we're not going to glorify racist traitors on public property?
So a simple "thanks" would make it all right? No room to call anyone "rube", of course that's what you and our esteemed blogger have sunk to.
IN RESPONSE
Sunk to?
We're just calling out what this REPUBLICAN President and this REPUBLICAN party has wrought.
Rubes?
Maybe. I prefer the term ingrates. This County would still be in the stone ages without government help.
Yet they vote for a clown who has no clue.
Especially all those people who have government jobs and are union members!
Ingrates. Plain and simple.
4:51, there's not "plenty of blame to go around" and Trump does know his facts. Let's review the Charlottesville situation, shall we?
The racist rally was promoted as a violent event, as you can easily confirm with a little research. So, it hardly was a surprise when HUNDREDS of these deplorables marched through the university campus at night holding torches, and often weapons, while chanting racist and Nazi slogans. This crowd also attacked a much smaller group of STUDENTS who happened to be on their OWN campus expressing contrary views in a non-violent fashion. The police did not seem prepared for this.
It's little wonder, then, that the permit for the next day's racist rally was pulled by government officials who declared a safety emergency. (Their judgment looks pretty good NOW, don't you think?) The racists--and they pretty much ALL seem to have been less than "fine people"--then clearly walked around and attacked multiple PEACEFUL counter-protestors (who, contrary to the Trump, DID have a permit). Again, do the research; there are MANY eyewitness accounts and much video footage.
It's true that there were some counter-protestors who fought back, although they were MUCH fewer in number. Many eyewitness accounts indicate that much--if not all--of this was done in self-defense or to defend other counter-protestors who were attacked by racists.
I have an open mind as to whether there were counter-protestors who, themselves, were to blame for violence. Hopefully the investigations will shed more light on that. However, we already can say that the racists--ALL of them--created a dire situation in defiance of the emergency orders because that's EXACTLY what they intended to do all along.
So, to make a big deal out of what the counter-protestors did strikes many of us as providing cover for the Nazi element.
Do you get it yet?
Dave....who are those women with polka guy and did they want to know anything about me?
PAULER
So, to make a big deal out of what the counter-protestors did strikes many of us as providing cover for the Nazi element.
IN RESPONSE
Thank you Bluto.
Dave....who are those women with polka guy and did they want to know anything about me?
IN RESPONSE
Sadly no, Puler.
They are Layla Josie and Vickie, the original Party Channel model on WALT TV. You can catch them on Service Electric 137 with Jack Burns.
If they come to the area.....I'll definitely post it.
Imagine a commissioned office in the United States Armed Forces resigning his or her commission and going to fight for ISIS, we would demand his execution - this is what Robert E Lee did. He was a traitor and there should be no monument to him in the United States. Those in the south who revere him and what he stood for, you lost - a long fucking time ago. Wake up, get over it and realize that secession was treason.
It is really odd. I agree with your opinion concerning Trump, but when you write against him, your use of the same crass and arrogant "language," creates a backlash against what you write, to the point that I find myself taking the opposite side of my own viewpoint.
However, when I read Maureen Dowd, who with such elegant and graceful prose, expresses the identical sentiments, I am reminded of why my viewpoint of Trump is one of such disdain, and how there are talented people, expressing a similar view, but in a way that makes one think with superior logic and reason, that I am again hopeful there will be an American awakening.
You, as Steve Corbett before, in your words and writing, with seemingly totally opposing opinions, have become a nearly identical reflection of Trump, it is as if looking darkly into a mirror.
Ms. Dowd shows one need not wear the mud of a pig to slaughter that pig.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/19/opinion/sunday/trump-neo-nazis-and-the-klan.html
I agree with your opinion concerning Trump, but when you write against him, your use of the same crass and arrogant "language," creates a backlash against what you write, to the point that I find myself taking the opposite side of my own viewpoint.
IN RESPONSE
So my writing actually sways your opinion to the opposite side? Wow never knew I had such power.
You, as Steve Corbett before, in your words and writing, with seemingly totally opposing opinions, have become a nearly identical reflection of Trump, it is as if looking darkly into a mirror.
IN RESPONSE
You might think that we are, were BUT sometimes you have to fight bullies with fists, not elegance, which is luxury we cannot afford now. How many of the Trump-ites read Maureen Dowd? How many disdain her and call where she works fake news?
Thanks for the feedback. We'll try to be more measured but when you are facing off against an ignorant slob and his followers, you don't invite them for tea and biscuits. This is a departure for me in 11 years. I'm not digging it. But someone needs to call out the stuff that is being allowed to happen.
Re Maureen Dowd, I am reminded of why my viewpoint of Trump is one of such disdain, and how there are talented people, expressing a similar view, but in a way that makes one think with superior logic and reason, that I am again hopeful there will be an American awakening.
IN RESPONSE
She does have a way.
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