Monthly Archives: July 2020

Cannon Fodder

15 Wednesday Jul 2020

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A few hundred years ago one side would attack the other in battle by putting their most disposable, least trained troops in the front lines. Those troops would charge into cannon fire or musket lines and be mowed down; hence those disposable troops were called “cannon fodder.” The reason for the deaths is the better troops can advance before the other side could reload and win the battle.

Iran sent kids and old men into the minefields in front of the Iraqi Army. They stepped on mines, were blown apart by artillery, and were mowed down by machine guns and rifle fire. They shot up their ammunition and shells and had to retreat before the Iranian guards got to them. The kids and old men were disposable “cannon fodder.”

Reopening schools and running them like last year makes the kids “cannon fodder” because the administration has said we have to get the kids back in school so the parents can go back to work. This might help the economy which, in turn, might get Trump re-elected. This means Trump is using the kids as “cannon fodder” as a chance to get re-elected.

Need a New Flag

15 Wednesday Jul 2020

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While I was out driving today I saw a shredded American flag. I remember when the person put it out about four years ago and left it hanging on the pole.

Why did this particular old flag give me cause to think about the symbolism? About the same time it was put out, the homeowner put out a Trump sign. I haven’t seen the Trump sign for several months. Now I must admit I don’t know what happened to the sign or why nobody has replaced the flag, but it struck me it was symbolic of what Trump has done as President.

During the last three and one-half years, he has shredded the fabric of our country. I am not speaking of the recent protests although they might not have happened if he hadn’t been trying to divide us for his own political purposes. I can’t think of anything which could visually explain what is going on in America today. The flag’s condition is so bad it can’t be sewn back together. The only way to fix the problem is to get rid of the old one and replace it with a bright new one.  It requires a lot of work to care for a flag or the melting pot of ethnics and races.

I think that is what we all need, a bright new start with all of us realizing a shredded America is not good for the world or for us. Let’s hope we will all be cheering our new flag.

The Fantasy of Four Years

09 Thursday Jul 2020

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What so many Americans (fewer every day) have been unable to see is Donald J. Trump’s entire life has been to promote his fantasy persona. He was known as a liar and untrustworthy even among his friends. He has almost always gotten away with lying and cheating.

The boldness of his lies and deceptions has allowed him to build his real estate empire and become President. This is all well documented by interviews, lawsuits, and judgments. He is trying to influence the Supreme Court into stifling the investigation into his New York tax returns. His tax evasion felony comprises using an inflated value for depreciation and at the same time paying real estate taxes on much smaller appraisals. He has done the same thing in Florida but the Florida Republican administration declines to investigate.

Trump was a Democrat until he decided found they were tired of him. He claims to be against Planned Parenthood but has donated at least $100,000 to it. When they got tired of his over-the-top self promotion, and that says a lot coming from politicians, the Democrats dumped him. Later he started ingratiating himself to Republican leading celebrities. Somewhere his massive ego got directed to thinking he could be President of the United States. After that idea, everything in his life was directed towards that dream.

His propensity to demean, lie, deceive, and bully served him well in getting people to vote for him the first time. Whether the same people can stomach him enough to vote for him again is the question. Apparently more and more of his previous voters are looking to vote for someone else or stay home.

Wear A Mask

09 Thursday Jul 2020

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I keep hearing people say the first amendment says they don’t have to wear a mask if they don’t want to do so. The Morris Menards has a sixteen square foot sign in front of its store making it very clear if the shopper doesn’t wear a mask they can’t come in. They have a person stationed by the gates to make sure.

Using the same argument, restaurants post “no shoes, no shirt, no service” signs which people have obeyed for years. Surely, seeing some big hairy chest while eating is less important than the possibility of getting and spreading a killer virus to others.

A person’s right to do something that isn’t banned by law ends the moment their right interferes with another person’s right. To think otherwise is just stupid. If a person doesn’t want to wear a mask in their vehicle, in the parking lot, in their house and yard, or in the middle of a field, that’s fine. If they like to walk or run on the street, sidewalk, or trail and are likely to encounter another person they should wear a mask or practice social distancing. They should wear a mask in apartment halls.

It is a person’s civic duty to keep from spreading a deadly virus or even a regular cold. It is selfish, inconsiderate, and un-American to aid in catching and then spreading the virus. I wonder when the law enforcement people will connect a person spreading the virus to another person who dies from it and calls it a felony!

Oh, Tom Hanks and his wife caught it in February and they keep getting their anti-bodies amount tested. They are declining rapidly which may mean they can soon get it again. Tom was on TV advocating the wearing of masks.

Stop Unintelligent Voters

09 Thursday Jul 2020

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Donald Lattin of Shorewood listed nine items which he says all Democrats support and I must be a Democrat and brain dead. As an independent I think we should have open primaries so I can vote for the best in any party.

Donald makes it sound as if all Democrats have a herd mentality. As Will Rogers once said, “I don’t belong to any organized party, I’m a Democrat.” Just because a Democrat gets some media coverage and a few supporters doesn’t mean millions of others agree. Donald’s list is such an example. But if people continue to believe the lies, fantasies, and conspiracies spouted on the crazy websites and by Trump, they will never know the truth.

1.)  What’s wrong with free health care when we aren’t even in the top twenty healthiest countries? — All of which have national health care cheaper than ours.

2.)  I support free tuition for the first two years of junior college with at least a C average.

3. & 4.) I have yet to meet a Democrat who wants an open border. Or elimination of ICE.

5.)  Sixteen year-old voters — We should keep all people from voting if they don’t know what is true and what is a lie.

6.)  The real green plan doesn’t mention guns but it does cattle. They are a poor usage of scarce resources in an expanding population and climate change.

7.)  Sanctuary cities wouldn’t be needed if we didn’t keep messing up their countries. We started the gang problem by exporting them from Los Angles.

8.)  A very small population wants to defund or eliminate police.

9.)  Removing statues is a fad. Surprise is Senator Lindsay Graham said, “It may be time to realize the past!” He is up for re-election.

Stirring the Melting Pot

06 Monday Jul 2020

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We have a cultural problem in this country and I don’t know if anyone knows how to fix it. We have struggled for decades to solve it with no solution in sight. One way not to fix it is by reducing or defunding police budgets just because of a few bad actors. This isn’t Japan or some European country where people are civil and don’t commit violent crime or carry guns. Here people carry guns with too many using them in committing crimes.

Sub-cultures develop within larger cultures and within some ethnic groups crime becomes commonplace. When that happens, people outside the larger culture start to believe all those within the larger culture are criminals too. When the culture can be easily identified by a skin color, demonizing all of them becomes easier. Once that line is crossed it is difficult for people to cross back over. Police and state’s attorneys are no different than anyone else. Once they become deeply involved in trying to arrest and convict people of the sub-culture, they look at all those of the same color or ethnic as being suspicious.

How to make a permanent change in this conditioned attitude in people and law enforcement will involve the people of all larger cultures working to eliminate the criminal sub-culture. If the subculture is heavily into drugs and guns, then the larger culture needs to totally commit to ending the criminal activity by intensive social pressure or helping to jail them.

Protests in and of themselves are baby steps toward solving the dilemma. Maybe the solution is for the larger culture to actively end the sub-culture’s activities.

Save the Party

06 Monday Jul 2020

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The Republican Party is in danger of being severely damaged this November by continuing to follow the egocentric and incompetent President. He is losing his base and when that happens the party’s down ticket suffers.

John Bolton’s book presented a few new facts about Trump and his minion’s incompetence. They fear the President if they don’t fawn over him and protect him from criticism. Bolton details Trump’s lack of knowledge and ability. His erratic self-promotion at the expense of America is now becoming a liability.

Conservative stalwarts of the party are starting to criticize and fall away from him. With the scent of blood in the polls, many real Republicans are looking for a way off the Trump parade. Even Pence and McConnell are publicly going their own way.

His continued mismanagement of the virus has caused and continues to cause tens of thousands of deaths and millions of unemployed Americans. Vice President Pence and their science advisors tell us to wear masks but Trump says it is up to the local officials which he then criticizes for their decisions. It is the same thing he did in March and April when he said he would supply PPE, then said the Governors should, he would, and then abdicated on the problem.

Republicans have a history of not trusting the leaders of North Korea, China, and Russia since they are enemies, not having a bro-romance as Trump is having. These foreign leaders know how to manage him and have gotten all they want. Real Republicans are upset over his compliance.

Sooner or later Republicans will see they have tied themselves to a racist, lying, egocentric man who will leave a scorched earth party. At a time when the white base is a shrinking minority, Republicans are supporting an anvil, not a conservative anchor.

Good People Wear Masks

04 Saturday Jul 2020

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This is what I know about the Novel Corona Virus which is also called Covid 19 virus. The President says the virus can’t live in summer heat and masks aren’t needed which is why he doesn’t wear one.

The experts say we need to wear masks so we can make our own, buy some home-made ones, buy some cheap Chinese ones, or buy the expensive ones. The expensive ones come with copper threads or nanosilver bears masks. How can people be conned into paying so much for a mask that is no better than a home-made one?

Today we are told we have 40,000 new infections each day and Dr. Fauci says he believes it could get to 100,000 each day. Republicans that once denied the need to wear a mask now tell Trump he needs to set an example by wearing one. Today, June 30, he again said it is almost over when over a thousand die every day. A fantasy world and deniability doesn’t save lives, it cost lives.

Don’t do as Trump says or does, wear your mask in public or social distance. I may not like Governor Pritzker but his plan to open the state has us with one of the lowest rates while the Republican Governors are backtracking as their rates skyrocket and hospitals fill up with victims.

I have never felt the need to go to Europe so it doesn’t bother me that the E.U. just put a ban on travelers from here. Trump laughs at European leaders but their rates are less than a tenth of ours. Americans deny science and die while Europeans live.

Oh yes, the Chinese may have found another virus at least as bad.