The LuLc Edition #3839, July 22nd, 2018

MAYBE I'M AMAZED

 

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MAYBE I’M AMAZED……that those Trump supporters who will defend him to the gates of hell don’t seem to realize that by siding with Vladimir Putin, the American President violated his oath of office. "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." The key words here are “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution, ergo the United States of America. Out of the 45 Presidents we’ve had, great, mediocre, passable with a push or crooked, Donald Trump is the ONLY ONE who consciously broke that oath.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……but not really that the only continent without snakes or reptiles is Antarctica.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….and rather sad that baseball, which used to be the dominant sport in America now barely gets a mention during the time leading up to the All Star game. If you take a look at the top stories before the break, there was LeBron, the NBA and Football training camps dominating sports talk radio. The game was exciting though for those who watched it.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……that the old Immigration card is being played by the Republicans on Health Care. I rarely listen to talk radio in the afternoon on the drive home from work anymore but tuned in the other day for a quick listen. At the tail end I heard a caller, a well known local Conservative complaining about his wife’s health care cost. (We wish his wife well by the way in her health troubles). But the comment was made that America should take care of its own in terms of health issues instead of illegal immigrants getting health care. The next caller, named Karen who worked for an insurance company said that illegals didn’t get free health care. The reason being that if they needed to provide fake documents with watermarks it would cost them money they could not afford to fake it. She put the blame where it should be, squarely on the shoulders of the overpaid Health Care Executives and staffs who deny coverage or increase rates. When the host asked about Emergency Room care for illegals, she replied that EVERYONE without coverage gets care at the ER. ER’s will stabilize you or save your life for the time there but you get no more care after that. I was relieved to see a caller out there push back and grow like a rose in the weeds of stupidity and ignorance that has become local talk radio.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that one bail of cotton can make 275 pairs of jeans, 1217 tee shirts, 313,600 $100.00 bills.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that the same people who bragged about carrying the Constitution in their back pocket during the Obama years now pretty much are silent when their President violates the basic tenant of his office. ."I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Preserve, protect and defend, not make goo goo eyes at a Russian dictator. I guess those pocket Constitutions they used to wave at everybody, implying that THEY were the only TRUE Americans because they carried one have gone silent in their acquiesce of its desecration by a fourth tier titan deadbeat titan of industry they hired. .
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..you can tell a turtle’s gender by the noises it makes. A male will grunt and a woman will hiss. Not much different than humans. But here are Turtles that always made some great noises.

MAYBE I’M AMAZED……but not really having warned readers about the tax cuts the Republicans passed. Bloomberg’s Noah Smith said that while it’s too soon to reach a definitive conclusion, it does appear that the Republican tax cuts are failing to provide much of a boost for American workers. The only thing that’s booming is stock buybacks, while business investment is only moderately higher and wages are falling. “Huge, immediate gains for wealthy shareholders combined with tepid increases in business investment and decreases in real wages don’t paint a flattering picture of the tax cut’s impact so far,” Smith wrote.
While it’s still possible that the corporate tax cuts will boost long-term growth in a way that significantly benefits American workers, the lackluster results so far suggest another possibility: “Corporate taxes were really the last hope for the tax-cutting strategy,” Smith said. “But if even that doesn’t provide more than a small momentary fiscal stimulus, then we’ve reached the end of that approach’s usefulness.
The bottom line here is the rich took the tax cuts, and will invest only a pittance to help even out income equality. What is even more amazing to me is that the Republicans pull this stunt every few years and get it passed.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that local school board (Wilkes Barre Area) director Denise Thomas defended her racial comments in e mails from 7 years ago by saying “she doesn’t have a filter”. I’m not sure that’s a good defense here but it’s useful for all of us because we like to see people like her coming. The NAACP (of which I’m a member) called for her resignation along with that of Ned Evans who made a lewd sexual comment about an Arizona teacher having sex with a 13 year old male. Both were bad and unbecoming school directors but there is a key distinction in my mind. 
Thomas made the remarks about local students as an attendance officer. (Yeah she got the job because she knew someone). She showed disdain, disrespect and arrogance for those parents, guardians and students she was supposed to help. Thomas, from a long line of political lackeys fed at the public trough for a sum 3 times the average of what those families made. By contrast,  Evans comment was made in response to a far flung incident miles away. Big difference there. It appears there might be two resignations on the Wilkes Barre Area School Board soon. But in my opinion, Thomas needs to go yesterday.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that I get this e mail from Jim Jordan, the Freedom Caucus thug who talked real big in numerous Congressional hearings insulting witnesses and just being a total smarmy person. Well now he’s whining like a little rat with this fundraising e mail.  He says: The swamp in Washington wants to destroy anyone who fights for real accountability and is a threat to their power.
It's why President Trump and many others like Devin Nunes and myself have been targeted with fake news reports and constant political attacks. No, the reason why they are being targets is because: 

1. THEY ARE THE SWAMP.
2. THEY HAVE MADE THEMSELVES THE TARGET. THE MEDIA DIDN'T KEEP QUIET ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE AT OHIO STATE, JORDAN DID! DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED. 
3. THEY ARE WUSSIES WHO CAN GIVE THE HEAT BUT START WHINING WHEN THEY GET CALLED OUT ON THEIR LIES.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…(on the same track here) that newborns can’t actually cry tears. That normally occurs between 3 weeks and 3 months of life.

Now this baby, he cries all the time!