It’s Good To Be King

It’s good to be king

You can of course grab women any place you like. Why? Because you can.

But, for even more fun, just put your tiny little hand on the button to launch 59 cruise missiles while entertaining your fellow emperor.  Now, there’s a kingly gesture, guaranteed to shock and awe all those around your gilded table.  How many kings can top that?

You can just imagine Arnold eating his heart out. He can only do that in the movies or on his iPhone. That will put him right in his place.

And it’s great for ratings too. As a rule of thumb, when ratings suck, it’s always good to do something a little nut-so to get the attention you crave.

A knee jerk reaction is the best you can do with your reptilian little brain. No thought or strategy required. Fire, Ready, Aim! It feels so good!

Anyway, let the rest of the world wonder if you are crazy, because by George, you are!

The Elephant in the Room

Somehow, we find ourselves with a President that is totally nuts. Leaving aside issues of his lack of preparation for the job, serious corruption, political views in sharp contrast to the majority of Americans, despicable character, and moral bankruptcy, having a nutcase with his tiny little fingers on the nuclear trigger is frightening.

A very few Republicans have broken with the President on one issue or another, but no one has yet spoken what many must be thinking: This guy is totally unhinged.

Short of nuclear war the amount of damage this loony tunes President can do to our economy, global image, foreign policy, and democracy is beyond imagination. This is a one man existential threat to America.

I am a confessed liberal Democrat. However, I appreciate the contributions of a center right party to our democracy. It's not necessarily evil to be a Republican.

But, for the Republican's own good, and incidentally for the good of the nation,  they need to distance themselves from him, and it's time to consider that removing him from office is an imperative.

As a liberal, I have limited enthusiasm for Pence or Paul Ryan. In there own way they could perhaps move America even further right then Trump might. After all, from the liberal point of view the best thing that can be said about Trump is that he's totally incompetent. But, I suspect Pence and Ryan  are at least rational and I would sleep better with them in office. That way we could all live to fight another day.

Cheap Political Trick

Trust a psychopath to use a widow's anguish for a cheap cynical political prop. Has he no shame at all?

The warrior in question, CPO William Owens, is every bit the hero. The wife's pain can't even be imagined. The mission was totally fucked up from beginning to end. Certainly not the SEAL's fault. Trump caught some flack for approving it. Almost certainly not fair. War is a nasty business, and losses occur.

God bless the SEALs and their families. The very best of the best. As for Trump, the less said the better. May they both find their appropriate karma.

As a veteran, it offends me to see a draft dodging politician use her despair for his own political gain. Sad.