Monday, April 29, 2019

Jerry Nadler


U.S. House Office of Photography [Public domain]

like me, you've probably seen Jerry Nadler a LOT in the news lately. he's 71 years old (about 6 months younger than me). unlike me, he went to an exclusive public high school for gifted students. he graduated from Columbia University in 1969 (I graduated from Villanova University in 1968). He got his law degree from Fordham University and has had an impressive career practicing law and politics. Jerry Nadler - Wikipedia 

my question is how can such an intelligent, accomplished man serve in the lawmaking branch of our federal government, US Congress, and be more about impeaching the president than making laws for the betterment of our country? (for the record, I did not, nor would I ever, vote for Donald Trump.)

had enough?

who do you trust? 
   - republicans
   - democrats?
   - republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   - the biased news media?
   - or do you think for yourself?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for republican and democratic party candidates, who don't represent the best interests of our country to move our country forward. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for the party--the hand that holds the puppet/money strings. 

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in the next election--national, state or local--vote for someone who shares your values who is not a democrat or a republican. 

even with their billion dollar donors, the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die if no one votes for their candidates.

nothing will be better for our country.


the same goes for biased media--stop patronizing divisive, biased media and they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 






Sunday, April 28, 2019

Pope Francis sending money to Mexican congregations to help migrants

Pope Francis sending money to Mexican congregations to help migrants 

should one man be making these kind of decisions? 

on the one hand, helping people in dire need is a good thing.

on the other hand, $500K is a lot of money. the source of the money (Peter's Pence) is many donors. should they have a say?

there are other questions. could this action be considered political? how will governments react? how will the public react? is it right for the pope-entate to be the single "face" for actions like these? doesn't the pope have more important things to do? shouldn't the pope be more of a "behind-the-scenes" pope, particularly given the failure of the church to properly address the clergy sexual abuse scandal that has been plaguing the church for decades? 

most charities and corporations that make decisions that involve large sums of money have a board of directors who assist in making these kind of decisions.  




Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]






Saturday, April 6, 2019

president George Washington on political parties

a political party "serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection." 
Political Parties · George Washington's Mount Vernon 



Gilbert Stuart [Public domain] 


had enough?

who do you trust? 
   - lobbyists?
   - republican politicians
   - democrat politicians?
   - republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   - the biased news media?
   - or do you think for yourself?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for republican and democratic party candidates, who don't represent the best interests of our country to move our country forward. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for the party--the hand that holds the puppet/money strings. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--vote for someone who shares your values who is not a democrat or a republican. 

even with their billion dollar donors, the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die if no one votes for their candidates.

nothing will be better for our country.


the same goes for biased media--stop patronizing divisive, biased media and they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 







Friday, April 5, 2019

USA congress sucks up to pharmaceutical companies while USA citizens get hosed

Older Kentuckians Demand Lower Prescription Drug Prices / Public News Service

image by wp paarz

had enough?

who do you trust? 
   - lobbyists?
   - republican politicians
   - democrat politicians?
   - republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   - the biased news media?
   - or do you think for yourself?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for republican and democratic party candidates, who don't represent the best interests of our country to move our country forward. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for the party--the hand that holds the puppet/money strings. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--vote for someone who shares your values who is not a democrat or a republican. 

even with their billion dollar donors, the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die if no one votes for their candidates.

nothing will be better for our country.


the same goes for biased media--stop patronizing divisive, biased media and they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 



Tuesday, April 2, 2019

send in the clowns (US congress)

Lucy Flores: I Want Joe Biden To Acknowledge That What He Did Was Wrong | Video | RealClearPolitics 

Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns - YouTube 

image by Florida Memory

had enough?

who do you trust? 
   - republicans
   - democrats?
   - republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   - the biased news media?
   - or do you think for yourself?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for republican and democratic party candidates, who don't represent the best interests of our country to move our country forward. 

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for the party--the hand that holds the puppet/money strings. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--vote for someone who shares your values who is not a democrat or a republican. 

even with their billion dollar donors, the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die if no one votes for their candidates.

nothing will be better for our country.


the same goes for biased media--stop patronizing divisive, biased media and they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA.