Tag: politics
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TAPA # 248 DECENCY???
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.” Those were the words of Joseph Welch, the Boston attorney representing the U.S. Army during the nationally televised Army-McCarthy hearings on June 9,…
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TAPA # 247 BETRAYAL
Trump has betrayed Ukraine and our European allies by undermining Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, restricting critical military intelligence, and providing Putin with additional revenue to finance his illegal war of aggression. But his betrayal extends to every American. As he coddles his comrade Putin, Trump is illegally easing sanctions Congress enacted and that he…
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TAPA # 246 LIPSTICK FOR A PIG???
Trump has an extraordinary ability to create problems, blame everyone else for them, and somehow persuade people to believe him. I watched his rally in Syracuse, my hometown, with particular interest. Many in the crowd came for the spectacle. Some traveled from out of state, while others were local residents who, still blind to the…
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TAPA. # 245 WHAT MORE DO WE NEED TO KNOW???
Who knows where the coming elections will take us? What I do know is that unless Americans bring about a change or at least erect a firewall between Trump and the further exercise of unchecked power, our liberties, living conditions, personal safety, and standing in the world may be severely, perhaps irreparably, damaged. That is…
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TAPA # 243 THE CHASSIS OF FREEDOM
He suppressed the free press, saturated public life with propaganda, demanded personal allegiance, subordinated the courts, stripped the legislature of its authority, and used police power to crush civil and human rights. No, not Trump, Adolf Hitler. His destruction of democracy should serve as a warning: institutions cannot protect a nation when those entrusted with…
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TAPA# 242 YES IT IS DEGRADING BUT NECESSARY
Friedman’s opening sentence captures the heart of his message, but the particulars matter. Trump is out of control. He acts as though he is untouchable and all-powerful. His goal is to make Trump great for once, and he seems to measure that greatness in money, favors for himself, his family, and his friends. He also…
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TAPA # 241 AMERICA’S king Learie
King Lear is a tragic play by William Shakespear about an aging British monarch whose pride and poor judgment lead to the destruction of his family and kingdom. While the details of King Lear do not exactly comport with our wannabe king Learie’s, the impact and outcome are very similar. Just as Lear mistakes flattery for love and honesty…
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TAPA # 239 THE ASSET
Since last Friday the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, I have been drilling down on Trump’s history of bankruptcy scams and sources of funding for the deals where he refinances a project then skims off the cash with bankruptcy at the conclusion. This administration is a similar journey as he uses American taxpayer dollars to leverage business…
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TAPA # 235 UNHINGED=DANGEROUS= 25TH AMENDMENT
On Labor Day, our president, the so-called leader of the free world spent his time governing for us by posting. Old Bone Spurs posted: on the official White House account, a video of himself as the DC Comics Green Lantern superhero, captioning the video: “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my…
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TAPA # 234 THE PICKPOCKET PRESIDENT
Maureen Dowd’s opinion piece says it better than I could. I’ve watched the Supreme Court become an anachronistic appendage, an addled actor pretending to be our third independent branch of government. At times I have defended their decisions because it appeared they were trying to ‘call balls and strikes’ making decisions that were independent of…
