Monday, October 28, 2019

town of strasburg, VA

town of strasburg,

did you consider:
  1. that leaving a notice at one's doorstep less than a week before paving is to begin may not be the best way to assure that affected citizens are aware of the work?
  2. that the notice may not get to the affected citizen?
  3. that some citizens are out-of-town, sometimes for a long time?
  4. that public streets must never be completely closed to emergency vehicles?
  5. that the town has an obligation to all its citizens to maintain access to homeowners for travel to and from work, scheduled appointments, and wherever they want to go whenever they wish to do so. 
  6. that blank spaces for "project manager" and "contact #" isn't informative?
  7. that describing the work as "paving" (only) for three separate locations isn't informative?
  8. that giving the work period for all three separate locations as one week isn't informative?
  9. that outsourcing the public notification to the contractor or anyone else doesn't relieve the town of responsibility of notifying its citizens (as evidenced by the fact that it's on your letterhead)?
  10. that other jurisdictions notify affected citizens well in advance of the work by registered mail or other similar means to assure that they are notified?
  11. that public streets means that streets are owned by the public, not the town?
  12. that public servants means serving the public, not giving orders to and threatening the public?












Thursday, October 24, 2019

impeachment? what about an intervention?

President Trump: ‘We’re Building A Wall In Colorado’ – CBS Denver 


USAF photo
public domain

had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - trump?  
   - the republican party?
   - the democratic party?
   - billionaires, billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a 
republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats. vote for someone who has values like yours. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 





Friday, October 11, 2019

combover caligula and the middle east

Trump’s Muddled Syria Policy Opens the Way for More War in the Middle East | The New Yorker 


World laughs @ USA - Cartoonist in Jordan, UAE - Knows how to control Combover Caligula : TrumpRoasts


the wrong stuff
image from GPA photo archive
public domain


had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - trump & friends?  
   - pelosi & friends?
   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a 
republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats who have the wrong stuff. vote for someone who has the right stuff. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 






Sunday, October 6, 2019

the wrong stuff

George Washington was a man of integrity who wanted above all else to be seen as a man motivated by the public good and not personal ambitions. His profound integrity in serving the public was the reason people entrusted him with power during the Revolutionary War and the first presidency.

He worked hard to make sure that political differences were addressed through dialogue, not hate and bitterness. On several occasions, he wrote letters to his Cabinet members to stop their in-fighting and quell their party spirit. Washington told Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, “How unfortunate, and how much is it to be regretted then . . . that internal dissensions should be harrowing and tearing our vitals.” The president wished Jefferson and others to have “more charity” for other opinions and a sense of their own fallibility. He dressed down Alexander Hamilton, telling the Secretary of the Treasury that “differences in political opinions” are expected but should not lead to so much discord.

The Bill of Rights Institute 

the right stuff
Gilbert Stuart [Public domain]


the wrong stuff
image from GPA photo archive
public domain


had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - trump & friends?  
   - pelosi & friends?
   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a 
republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats who have the wrong stuff. vote for someone who has the right stuff. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 





Tuesday, October 1, 2019

not trump, not pelosi, not mass shooters, or other criminals. the face of the USA should be someone like Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt.

source US Air Force
public domain

Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt cradles a young Iraqi girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girl's entire family was executed by insurgents. The killers shot her in the head but she survived. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, but cries often. According to nurses at the facility, Chief Gebhardt is the only one who can calm down the girl, so he holds her at night while they both sleep in a chair. Chief Gebhardt was assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad Air Base, Iraq.




had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - trump & friends?  
   - pelosi & friends?
   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a 
republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote a republican or a democrat. vote for someone who is good, like Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA.