PSYCHOBABBLE RAP

DONALD TRUMP:
                                 "I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A BAD HAIRLINE."
                                 "I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MEXICAN PEOPLE."
                                 "PEOPLE MIGHT NOT THINK THAT, BUT THE REPUBLICANS HOLD      ALL THE CARDS. AND THIS IS THE TIME TO GET RID OF OBAMACARE. THIS IS THE TIME TO MAKE THE GREAT DEAL."

KELLYANNE CONWAY:
                                           "WE KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF LEAKS EVERYWHERE. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT EXCEPT NOT LEAD OURSELVES."
                                           "DONALD TRUMP JUST HAS ALWAYS ELEVATED WOMEN TO THE HIGHEST ECHELONS."
                                           "DO YOU THINK I RAN A CAMPAIGN WHERE WHITE SUPREMACISTS HAD A PLATFORM? ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK ME IN THE FACE AND TELL ME THAT?"

STEVE BANNON:
                                "DARKNESS IS GOOD. DICK CHENEY. DARTH VADER. SATAN. THAT'S POWER."
                                "I AM NOT A WHITE NATIONALIST. I'M A NATIONALIST. I'M AN ECONOMIC NATIONALIST."
                                "THE BABY BOOMERS ARE THE MOST SPOILED, MOST SELF-CENTERED, MOST NARCISSISTIC GENERATION EVER PRODUCED."

JEFF SESSIONS:
                              "SCRLIPTURE SAYS, 'HE DIDN'T KNOW THE LORD, BUT THE LORD USED HIM TO ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM.' I JUST BELIEVE THAT AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY, TRUMP WILL DEFEND RELIGIOUS FAITH. I TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT."
                              "WE DON'T PAY JUDGES TO THINK; WE PAY JUDGES TO RULE ON THE LAW."

Nunes Intel Came From White House, Raising 'Profound Questions'

Nunes Intel Came From White House, Raising 'Profound Questions'



BYE, BYE MR. TRUMP. IT'S BEEN BAD TO KNOW YOU.

BABY BOOMER BOOGIE

                                                                        

                                                              

Let’s rock and roll. One of the labels we boomers carry is “The Rock & Roll Generation”. Now that’s a label I don’t mind having.

I was born in 1948. As fate would have it, so was the 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record. Now, I don’t want to make too much of that coincidence, but it does make me an expert on music, particularly rock & roll.

With the advent of the 33 1/3 record, it wasn’t long after that Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler coined the term “rhythm and blues”. The saxophone and electric guitar took center stage. Some of the first rhythm and blues stars included T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, The Mills Brothers, Billie Holiday, and The Ink Spots. Most of the originals were before my time, but I have listened to them over the years. In fact, I once saw The Ink Spots  in a nightclub in Chicago, pretty much by accident. I think we just happened to stumble in.

The fifties ushered in a fusion of rhythm and blues and country. In 1951, disc jockey Alan Freed, in Cleveland, Ohio, coined the term “rock and roll” and held the first rock concert. It was called The Monday Coronation Ball. Now you know why the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland.

The first true rock & roll song is debated, but Bill Haley’s “Rock Around The Clock” was the first to top the Billboard chart. Other early rock and roll artists included Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Eddie Fisher, Perry Como, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, and James Brown. It’s speculated that Bill Haley was so popular because he was white and more sellable. Many white radio stations were more willing to play him than the black artists of the time. Remember, we weren’t so far along in our race relations in the 1950's.

At any rate, the 50's was a little early for me. I was a 60's and 70's rock fan. That period covered my teen years into early adulthood, with college and marriage in-between. I attended a lot of concerts over those years, many at the Mississippi River Festival, at SIU Edwardsville. Some of the bands I heard there and other places included The Band, with Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, The Everly Brothers, John Lee Hooker, Wille Nelson, John Prine, George Thorogood, Jackson Browne, Cheap Trick, Marshall Tucker, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Santana, Eric Clapton, The Steve Miller Band, Dr. John, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and The Who. At least, those are some I can remember. It gets a little hazy.

I am a collector of primarily 60's and 70's music. The first album I ever bought was “Paul Anka Sings His Big 15". I think it cost $2.50. The year was probably 1957 or 58. I’ve purchased about 999 others since than. My top ten follows: 1. My favorite album ever: The Beatles, “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band”. 1967. 2. “Highway 61 Revisited”, by Bob Dylan. 1965. 3. “Exile On Main Street”, by The Rolling Stones. 1972. 4. “Astrol Weeks”, by Van Morrison. 1968. 5. “Are You Experienced”, by Jimi Hendrix. 1966. 6. “Tapestry”, by Carole King. 1971. 7. “Hotel California”, by The Eagles. 1976. 8. “Dark Side of the Moon”, by Pink Floyd. 1973. 9. “Legend”, by Bob Marley and The Wailers. 1984. 10. “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme,” by Simon & Garfunkel. 1966.

As you can see, rock and roll dominates my taste. I’m something of a one-dimensional music lover. But then, I’m a boomer.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

 “Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

- I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
- I shall fear only God.
- I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
- I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
- I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

RESIST DAY #69: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #69: What You Can Do Today



RESIST

I'M A NIGHMARE DRESSED LIKE A DAYDREAM

• I WEAR A LONG SLEEVE WHITE SHIRT NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME EITHER BEING AFTER YOUR MONEY OR YOUR SOUL.  
• THEY PT ON A BLACK ROBE AND SIT ON THE BENCH AND YOU EXPECT JUSTICE. GOOD LUCK! TODAY, THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS OUT TO MAKE MONEY, AND SUPPLY PRISONS WITH FREE LABOR. EVERY ONCE-IN-A-WHILE THEY GET TO EXECUTE YOU IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE. IT IS ACTUALLY IN REVENGE, WHICH WILL NEVER CURE A BROKEN HEART. SO WHEN ENTERING A COURT ROOM, BE PREPARED. THEY DEMAND YOUR RESPECT. GIVE IT ONLY WHEN EARNED.
• IF SOMEONE IS ATTEMPTING TO SELL YOU "THE TRUTH," MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO RUN. POLITICIANS AND MINISTERS ARE GOOD AT THIS. THEY SOMEHOW KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL OF US. IT MUST BE NICE TO ALWAYS BE IN THE KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT. I'LL FIGURE IT OUT ON MY OWN. 
• THEY TELL YOU KILLING PEOPLE IN WAR IS NECESSARY. DRONES, BOMBS, MISSILES. THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE THE ENEMY. THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO REALIZE THEY ARE FATHERS, MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, SONS, UNCLES, NEIGHBORS. THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND: WHEN YOU KILL THEM, YOU KILL YOURSELF. BETTER TO SELL THIS WHOLE THING AS A HEROES ENDEAVOR RATHER THAN A RICH MAN'S GAME. OR GAIN. LET THEM DO THE FIGHTING. AND LET US DO THE WATCHING.
• IN MY NIGHTMARE, IT IS EACH PERSON FOR HIM OR HERSELF. YOU STAB PEOPLE IN THE BACK TO MAKE A PROFIT. YOU WITHHOLD FOOD THE PEOPLE NEED AND PLANT INDUSTRIAL CROPS. HEALTHCARE IS HANDED OUT TO THE FORTUNATE AND TO THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD THIS LUXURIOUS COMMODITY.   COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT IS NONE EXISTENT, BECAUSE NO ONE TRUSTS ONE ANOTHER.  THE DREAM IS TO HAVE EVERYONE PROSPER. TO DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO DO UNTO YOU. THE DREAM IS TO HAVE GOVERNMENT HELP YOU, NOT HURT YOU. THE DREAM IS TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE. AND TO WATCH YOUR CHILDREN GROW UP WITH A PROMISING TOMORROW. SOMETIMES THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SEEM. SOMETIMES, A NIGHTMARE IS DRESSED UP LIKE A DAYDREAM.

QUOTES OF THE DAY

“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”

 “Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”

 Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

RESIST DAY #67: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #67: What You Can Do Today



RESIST

Seeking 'To Create a Police State,' AG Sessions Threatens Sanctuary Cities

Seeking 'To Create a Police State,' AG Sessions Threatens Sanctuary Cities



SESSION AND HIS BAND OF GOONS SHOULD BE BARRED FROM ENTERING SANCTUARY CITIES AND STATES. LET HIM CHEW ON THAT.

'Whoa, Whoa, Whoa': Sanders Says Democrats' Intransigence Is Solution, Not Problem

'Whoa, Whoa, Whoa': Sanders Says Democrats' Intransigence Is Solution, Not Problem



UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. MEANS WE WILL HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAR-MAKING BUSINESS IN ORDER TO PAY FOR IT. WHAT A DAY THAT WOULD BE.

PEEVER LAW #26

NO MATTER WHAT YOUR STATUS N LIFE, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO TELL THEM TO KISS YOUR ASS.

THE HOLY PLOT OF EXODUS

1. WHO PLAYS THE PHARAOH IN OUR CURRENT PERFORMANCE OF THE HOLY PLOT? THE ONE WHO ACTS IN ANTI-NEIGHBORLY, EXPLOITATIVE WAYS AND OPERATES A POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT IS ORGANIZED FOR GREEDY ACQUISITIVENESS?
2. WHERE ARE THE CRIES FROM EXHAUSTED LABORERS WHO, IN THEIR EXHAUSTION, BREAK THE SILENCE BECAUSE THEIR BODIES WILL NO LONGER LIE?
3. WHERE IS THE HOLY POWER OF GOD OPERATIVE IN WAYS THAT SUBVERT OR JEOPARDIZE ESTABLISHED POWER IN INTEREST OF THE AGGRIEVED?
4. WHO ARE THE HUMAN AGENTS WHO CARRY HOLY ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE INTENDED BY THE LORD OF EMANCIPATION?

(Adapted from "Trust Speaks to Power," Walter Brueggemann)

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON: "We Shall Overcome" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

PEEVER LAW #106

I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT AMERICA SO DUMB THAT WE WOULD ELECT A COMPLETE IDIOT AS OUR PRESIDENT. WE HAVE BEEN TRUMPED: DON'T BEND OVER.

With Epic GOP Failure, Dems Urged to Go Bold with Medicare-for-All

With Epic GOP Failure, Dems Urged to Go Bold with Medicare-for-All



THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NEVER HAD THE GUTS TO INTRODUCE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, AND I'M GUESSING THEY STILL DON'T. 

TRUMP'S NEW CHECK-BOOK: US

THE SECRET SERVICE JUST ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $60 MILLION DOLLARS TO PROTECT TRUMP AT HIS TRUMP TOWER CONDO IN NEW YORK, HIS GOLF COURSE IN MIAMI, AND LORD KNOWS HOW MANY TANNING PLACES. FRANKLY, AS A TAXPAYER, I SAY NO. HE SHOULD BE USING CAMP DAVID AND PERHAPS ONE OTHER PLACE. HIS IS USING THE ONE'S HE OWNS SO WE CAN HELP PAY FOR THEM. I'M SURE WE ARE ALSO PAYING FOR A LOT OF EXTRA'S, LIKE CHEFS AT BOTH PLACES, AND VACATIONS FOR HIS KIDS IN VAIL. NONE OF IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED. PEOPLE ARE JUST KISSING HIS ASS AND GOING ALONG WITH ALL THIS SHIT. WE SHOULD HAVE A TAXPAYER REVOLT. THE RESISTANCE SO FAR IS VERY DISCOURAGING. LETTERS AND PETITIONS ARE NOT GOING TO STOP THIS. IT'S TIME TO GET REAL.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG. I THINK BORDER SECURITY IS IMPORTANT. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PLAN...WILL PUT A STOP TO THE NUMBER-ONE THREAT FACING AMERICA TODAY" ILLEGAL CLEANING LADIES."

Bill Maher

GUNS ARE US

THE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR JUST SIGNED THE CONCEAL CARRY LAW, ALLOWING GUNS INTO JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE: COLLEGES, CHURCHES, BARS, BUSINESSES, SPORTING EVENTS IN STADIUMS. WELCOME TO HELL.

PATRIOTIC JUNKIES

• WAVE THE FLAG AND SING THE SONG. "GOD BLESS AMERICA." WE ARE IT. WE ARE THE CHOSEN ONE'S. 
• WE HAVE THE LARGEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD. LET ME REPHRASE THAT: WE HAVE THE LARGEST MILITARY WITH ALL OTHER COUNTRIES COMBINED. OVER 50% OF OUR NATIONS BUDGET GOES TO THE MILITARY. IN REALITY, IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO 65%. THEY DON'T MANAGE TO COUNT EVERYTHING, LIKE TAKING CARE OF INJURED SOLDIERS. YOU NEVER CAN BE TOO SAFE. THEY SAY A MISSILE A DAY KEEPS THE RUSSIANS AWAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ELECT ONE.
• I THINK WE HAVE 6 MILITARY HOLIDAYS. WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OF THEM. SOON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS WILL JOIN THE MILITARY PARADE. I PERSONALLY AM THANKFUL THAT PEOPLE JOIN THE MILITARY AND GIVE UP MANY OF THEIR RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN. BUT I'M NOT THAT MUCH THANKFUL. HOW ABOUT A HOLIDAY FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS?
• EVERY SPORTING EVENT NOW FEATURES THE MILITARY. NASCAR, OF COURSE, IS ONE BIG MARKETING TOOL FOR THE MILITARY. THEY SPONSOR 3-4 CARS, ALL USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. GOLF HAS SIGNED UP IN A BIG WAY, AS HAS BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, AND HOCKEY. NOT MUCH CAN BE WATCHED ANYMORE WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF MILITARY INVOLVEMENT. WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY MARKETING THE MILITARY TO OUR YOUNG FOLKS. I'M THINKING OF WITHHOLDING 20% OF THE TAXES I OWE IN PROTEST. I DON'T WANT MY MONEY TO SUPPORT WAGING WAR AND GETTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE INJURED OR KILLED. 
• POLITICIANS ARE GOOD AT PROMOTING WAR, BUT BAD AT FIGHTING IT. MOST MANAGE TO WEASEL THEIR WAY OUT. BUT THEY SEEM TO KNOW A LOT IT. I PERSONALLY THINK WHEN CONGRESSMEN, WHEN THEY BELIEVE WE SHOULD ENTER A CONFLICT, SHUOLD BE REQUIRED TO STEP UP AND DO BATTLE. THAT WOULD ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE PROBLEM.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The violence of the Left is symbolic, the injuries are not intended. The violence of the Right is real - directed at people, designed to cause injuries. Vietnam, nuclear weapons, police out of control are intentional forms of violence. The violence from the Right is aimed directly at people and the violence from the Left is aimed at institutions and symbols.” 

George Carlin

A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE

I'VE BEEN READING COMMAND AND CONTROL, BY ERIC SCHLOSSER, A SERIOUSLY GOOD INVESTIGATIVE WRITER. HE WAS AUTHOR OF FAST FOOD NATION, AN EXPOSE' ON THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY. (A SUPERB BOOK). COMMAND AND CONTROL WRAPS ITSELF AROUND A TITAN II NEAR CATASTROPHIC DISASTER THAT HAPPENED IN DAMASCUS, ARKANSAS, ON SEPTEMBER 18-19, 1980. THE SILO AND MISSILE BLEW UP, BUT THE NUCLEAR WARHEAD DID NOT DETONATE. IT WOULD HAVE BLOWN AWAY HALF OF ARKANSAS. YOU TALK ABOUT A BOOK THAT SCARES THE LIVING HELL OUT OF YOU. IT TOOK SCHLOSSER 7 YEARS TO COMPLETE THE BOOK, WHICH HAS ONE-HUNDRED FOOTNOTE PAGES. THE BOOK ACTS AS A PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE THE UNITED STATES THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE DANGEROUS, THAT THE MILITARY IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THEM, AND THAT THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN MAINTAINING PUBLIC SUPPORT THAN THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH AND PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS A MUST READ WITH TRUMP IN OFFICE. I HAVEN'T SLEPT SINCE I STARTED READING IT, AND THE DAMN THING IS 632 PAGES LONG.

THE BLIND FOLLOWERS OF TRUMP

ANY POLICEMAN OR MILITARY PERSON WHO FOLLOWS TRUMPS ORDERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ENEMY OF THE STATE. TRUMP, WITH ONE PUSH OF A BUTTON, CAN UNLEASH A NUCLEAR WAR. BUT SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW HIS ORDER. THAT PERSON WOULD BE NO BETTER THAN TRUMP. HIS ORDERS TAKE PEOPLE TO BLINDLY FOLLOW. THAT IS NOT AN ACT OF PATRIOTISM. THAT IS AN ACT OF STUPIDITY. IT CANNOT BE TOLERATED. HE MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE HE DOES IRREPARABLE DAMAGE. HIS CRAZINESS IS CLEARLY EVIDENT. HIS ERRATIC BEHAVIOR IS ON DISPLAY DAY AFTER DAY. EVERYONE TRIES TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR HIM. BUT HIS MENTAL STABILITY IS CLEARLY TIPPED IN THE DIRECTION OF A DELUSIONAL, FEARFUL, PARANOID, NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER. WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER.EVERY DAY WE ALLOW HIM TO REMAIN IN OFFICE TAKES US CLOSER TO A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER.

RESIST DAY #60: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #60: What You Can Do Today



A CONTINUING SLIDE INTO ANARCHY.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Clothes make the man (or woman). Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

Mark Twain

EGOMANIAC

1  Define Egomaniac:  Donald Trump. Chiseler. Sociopath. Sleazebag. Phony. Liar. Obnoxious. “Hair”

b brain. Racist. Homophobic. Commander in Chief?  Some pluses. A First Lady not afraid to get naked.

THE LAST WORD IN LONESOME

"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
John Muir

ABANDONED. SOLITARY. IRRELEVANT. ISOLATED. FORSAKEN. A SHADOW. OBSCURE AN APPARITION.
A HALLUCINATION. NOTHING WORSE THAN FEELING ALONE. WELL, ALMOST NOTHING. RIGHT AT DUSK, WALKING DOWN A PATH IN THE WOODS, THINGS COME TO YOUR MIND. COYOTES. WILD DOGS. ZOMBIES. CRAZED HUNTERS. CHAIN SAW MASSACRES. RUNAWAY CONVICTS. TERRORISTS. ALWAYS AT NIGHT. UNDER THE VEIL OF DARKNESS. THE DARK BREEDS FER. SHADOWS LOOK FIERCE. VICIOUS. SAVAGE. LIKE THEY ARE READY TO ENGULF YOU. CHEW YOU UP. SPIT YOU OUT.
STILL, I WALK AT NIGHT. BETTER TO FACE THESE DEMONS THAN TO LET THEM SIMMER IN THE SOUL. SOMETIMES I SCARE MYSELF STUPID. OTHER TIMES I CAN REMAIN CALM. COMPLACENT. AT EASE. CONTENT. SATISFIED WITH LIFE. WITH THE CEDARS. THE OWLS. THE STARS. THE NIGHTINGALE, WITH ITS EERIE CRY. I VENTURE INTO THIS HALLOWEEN NOT TO PROVE MY BRAVERY. OR STUPIDITY. OR ALONENESS. OR ANTI-SOCIAL SIDE. OR MACHISMO. OR REALLY NOT TO PROVE ANYTHING. I GO TO WALK ALONE. TO FEEL THE SOLITUDE. TO FACE THE DARK SIDE. TO ARRIVE HOME SAFELY. ECSTATIC. ENRAPTURED. SPELLBOUND AT THE WONDER OF IT ALL. SHAKEN ONLY SLIGHTLY.

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER-GUNS AND FEAR

VICTIMS....and  PERPETRATORS

Mighty God, giver of Peace, slogan for war,
    We watch while cities burn and
                           children cry and
                           woman weep
We listen while tanks roll and
                           missiles zizzle, and
                           mobs assemble.
We smell while
                     flesh burns and
                     old tires smoke and
                     oil wells flame
                            out of control.

We dare say,
we dare imagine,
we dare confess, that yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the
     Glory.
                              We come to you as victims of terror and
                                    mass death.
                              We come as perpetrators of death and massacre.
                              We come as citizens and patriots and taxpayers
                                       and parents and children.
                              We come bewildered, angry, sorry.

You, you beyond the smell and the din and the smoke.
You, beyond our hopes and our hates.
You, our beginning before time
    our end beyond time.
Be present in ways we cannot imagine.
Be present---save us from our power,
                     save us from our violence,
                     save us from our fear and hatred,
                     save us as only you can do.
                     Save us as your have before saved us...
 in love and power
in compassion and justice
in miracle and in waiting.
                 Save us because we are your people
                     and because this is your world.

Walter Brueggemann

RESIST DAY #59: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #59: What You Can Do Today



PROTEST THE PROPOSED BUDGET. IT CUTS PROGRAMS FOR THE PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF PROGRAMS FOR THE RICH AND AND BIGGER MILITARY. WE ALREADY HAVE PLENTY. MORE THAN THE ENTIRE REST OF THE WORLD. COMBINED.

Most Young Americans See Trump as 'Illegitimate President': Poll

Most Young Americans See Trump as 'Illegitimate President': Poll



SO DO MANY OLD PEOPLE.

Irish Americans Called to Stand Against Trump and Racism

Irish Americans Called to Stand Against Trump and Racism



HAPPY ST. PAT'S DAY. EAT, DRINK, AND PROTEST.

RESIST DAY #56: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #56: What You Can Do Today



RESIST!

“Resist much, obey little.” 
                                 Walt Whitman

PEEVER LAW #55

JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS EXERTING THEIR AUTHORITY DOES NOT MAKE THEM RIGHT.

RESIST DAY #55: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #55: What You Can Do Today



RESIST!

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"WHEN I WAS A BOY I WAS TOLD THAT ANYBODY COULD BECOME PRESIDENT. I'M BEGINNING TO BELLIEVE IT."

Clarence Darrow

CBO: TrumpCare Would Wipe Out Coverage for 24 Million People

CBO: TrumpCare Would Wipe Out Coverage for 24 Million People



SEEMS TO ME THIS IS GOING BACKWARD. HELLO DARK AGES.

RESIST DAY #53: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #53: What You Can Do Today



RESIST

MENTAL HEALTH, OR LACK THEREOF-THE TRUMP DILEMMA

FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS, IT IS NOT HARD TO SEE THAT TRUMP FITS ANY NUMBER OF DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. THE WORST SEEMS TO BE THAT HE IS SO DELUSIONAL, WHICH IS WRAPPED AROUND HIS NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER, THAT HE BELIEVES ANYTHING HE THINKS. THIS CAUSES HIM TO HAVE THE OUTBURSTS THAT WE ARE REGULARLY SEEING AND HEARING ABOUT. PLACED INTO THE POSITION THAT HE IS NOW IN, THIS MAKES HIM AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PERSON. IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME AT ALL THAT HE IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY THE MILITARY, ASSUMING THEY HAVE SOMEONE WITH THE SLIGHTEST OUNCE OF SANITY. THIS WOULD TAKE AN ORDER FROM TRUMP THAT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO FOLLOW. THINKING THEY MIGHT DO THIS MIGHT REQUIRE THAT I CHECK MY OWN SANITY. BUT NONE-THE-LESS, ONE CAN HOPE.

SUNDAY MORNING HYMN: Ed Sheeran - Masters of War (Acoustic Cover)

THE PEEVER PUTS HIS MARK ON WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY: A SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL

• NUMBER ONE: THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN CHRISTIANS. ONE OR TWO WOULD BE OK. EVOLUTION WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
• NUMBER TWO: WITH EVERYONE CARRYING A GUN, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO END UP WITH IS NOTHING BUT SORROW. THAT, AND A BUNCH OF ITCHY TRIGGER FINGERS EAGER TO SHOT SOMETHING. HOPEFULLY THEMSELVES.
• NUMBER THREE: JUST EXACTLY HOW IGNORANT DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO DENY EVOLUTION AND HUMAN PRODUCED CLIMATE CHANGE? I'M GOING WITH AN IQ OF 50 OR LESS.
• NUMBER FOUR: CAPITALISM DOES NOT WORK. IT NEVER HAS, AND NEVER WILL. WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH NO INTENTION OF SHARING THE WEALTH. TRUMPS CABINET MEMBERS HAVE A COMBINED WEALTH OVER $40 BILLION. AND THESE PEOPLE REPRESENT US? FOLKS, GET REAL. THE RICH ARE CONTINUING TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE REST OF US. THIS WILL ONLY LEAD TO VIOLENT REVOLUTION. 
• NUMBER FIVE: HEALTHCARE HAS BECOME A COMMODITY FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. WHO EVER THOUGHT GETTING SICK WOULD LEAVE YOU BANKRUPT? IT'S ALMOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE THAT WE DO NOT VIEW HEALTHCARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT. HUMANITY BECOMES LESS WHEN WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO DIE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD HEALTHCARE.
• NUMBER SIX: PERPETUAL WAR. PROPS UP THE ECONOMY AND MAKES THE RICH RICHER WHILE THE POOR DO THE FIGHTING. THESE COSMIC WARS AGAINST "TERRORISM"  ARE PROMOTED ON EVERY HOLIDAY AND AT EVERY SPORTING EVENT IN AMERICA. IT IS ALL DESIGNED TO KEEP US LIVING IN FEAR. KEEP WAVING THE FLAG AND SINGING THE SONG. GOD BLESS AMERICA. LITTLE DO PEOPLE KNOW, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE HIT BY LIGHTNING THAN KILLED BY A TERRORIST. NOW THEY WANT US TO SEND EXTRA DOLLARS TO HELP PEOPLE "THEY" PUT IN HARMS WAY. (I THOUGHT WE ALREADY SENT THEM MONEY IN THE FORM OF TAX DOLLARS)? 
• NUMBER SEVEN: BIG BUSINESS AND BIG MONEY NOW RUN AMERICA. WE ARE AN OLIGARCHY HEADED FOR FASCISM. ELECTIONS ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, A JOKE. RUSSIA INTERFERED WITH OUR LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? SO WHAT? WE DON'T LET ALL OUR CITIZENS VOTE? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. DEMOCRACY IS FADING. WE ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A FULL DEMOCRACY. WELCOME TO TRUMPVILLE. 
• NUMBER EIGHT: IF WE HAVE TO DESTROY THE EARTH TO MAKE MORE MONEY, LET IT BE. EXTINCTION IS FAR BETTER THAN BEING POOR. WE'LL DIE WITH MONEY IN OUR POCKETS. A RICH MAN THINKS HE CAN CONTROL EVERYTHING. JUST WAIT.
• NUMBER NINE: LET'S TEACH OUR KIDS FALSE CHRISTIANITY. EVOLUTION IS WRONG. SCIENTISTS ARE STUPID LIBERALS. THESE FALSE GODS KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL OF US. AFTER ALL, THEY HAVE READ THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE WHITE, RICH, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICANS. AND IT WAS GOOD. 
• I WAS GOING FOR TEN, NOT UNLIKE THE COMMANDMENTS, BUT I'VE RUN OUT OF ENERGY. TEN WOULD NOT COVER NEAR THE MISERY BEING INFLICTED ON US. THE WHOLE THING DEPRESSES ME TOO BADLY. I'D CALL GOD AND COMPLAIN, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE OBAMA TAPPED MY PHONE.

RESIST DAY #51: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #51: What You Can Do Today



RESIST

ONE MAN REVOLUTION

ANYONE WHO TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT ANYTHING NEAR GOOD CAN COME FROM TRUMP AND HIS BAND OF MISFITS RUNNING AMERICA IS DISGUSTINGLY WRONG. THIS WHOLE THING IS DESTINE TO BE A BIG DISASTER. ALREADY, THE U.S. HAS FALLEN FROM A FULL DEMOCRACY TO A FLAWED DEMOCRACY, THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY. A FLAWED DEMOCRACY IS DEFINED AS A country with free elections but weighed down by weak governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation. IF TRUMP STAYS IN OFFICE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, WITH THE CONGRESS ALSO BEING DOMINATED BY RIGHT-WING FASCISTS, WE WILL BE DOOMED. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO KICK THE WHOLE CREW OUT. LETTERS, PETITIONS, WILL NOT PHASE THIS GROUP OF HOMOPHOBIC, ISLAMOPHOBIC, MALE DOMINANT, RICH, RIGHT-WING FASCISTS. SOME GROUP THAT'S GOT THE BALLS HAS TO STEP FORWARD AND BE REALISTIC ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS. IT WILL REQUIRE CONSISTENT AND DEDICATED LEADERSHIP. SPENDING TIME IN JAIL WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION, AT LEAST UNTIL THE MILITARY SIDES WITH US. THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN. UNTIL THEN, IT'S STOP TRUMP AND HIS BOYS ANY AND EVERY WAY WE CAN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"THE MOST POTENT WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF THE OPPRESSOR IS THE MIND OF THE OPPRESSED."

Steven Biko

RESIST DAY #49: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #49: What You Can Do Today



RESIST.

APOCALYPSE NOW

"President Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, was asleep in Washington, D.C., when the phone rang. His military aide, General William Odom, was calling to inform him that two hundred and twenty missiles launched from Soviet submarines were heading toward the United States. Brzezinski told Odom to get confirmation of the attack. A retaliatory strike would have to be ordered quickly; Washington might be destroyed within minutes. Odom called back and offered a correction: twenty-two hundred Soviet missiles had been launched.

Brzezinski decided not to wake up his wife, preferring that she die in her sleep. As he prepared to call Carter and recommend an American counterattack, the phone rang for a third time. Odom apologized—it was a false alarm. An investigation later found that a defective computer chip in a communications device at NORAD headquarters had generated the erroneous warning. The chip cost forty-six cents."

 From, "Command and Control"-Eric Schlosser

THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NOW WITH THE MORONS SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND TRY NOT TO CRY.

FLAWED DEMOCRACY

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE UNITED STATES IS LISTED AS A "FLAWED DEMOCRACY." BASICALLY, THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE HEADED DOWN. WE ARE NOW RANKED AS #21 BY THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT OF THE UK. IN ANOTHER, WORLD.ORG, WE ARE LISTED AT NUMBER 15. PUT AWAY THE FLAG AND STOP SINGING THE SONG. WE ARE IN TROUBLE. WE ARE MOVING TOWARD A FASCIST NATION, RUN BY A DICTATOR AND THE RICH. BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE.

PEEVER LAW #4

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GOD, START FROM THE INSIDE OUT, RATHER THAN FROM THE OUTSIDE IN.

46 YEARS

OUR 46TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. AND THEN AGAIN, SOME DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY. WE KNEW ONE ANOTHER SINCE AGE 6 OR SO. I CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED HER AS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY. UNTIL THEN, SHE WAS JUST A BUDDY. SHE WAS CAMPING IN AN ORCHARD BEHIND HER HOUSE, WITH A GIRLFRIEND. A COUPLE BUDDIES AND I DROPPED BY TO SAY HELLO. I WAS HOOKED, ALTHOUGH WE BOTH TOOK DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. WE STARTED DATING JUST AFTER MY 21ST BIRTHDAY. ON MARCH 6, 1971, WE GOT MARRIED. WE HAVE HAD A GOOD MARRIAGE. TWO KIDS AND NINE DOGS LATER, WE'RE STILL AT IT. YOU NEVER QUITE GET IT RIGHT. YOU KEEP WORKING. BUT IT ALL ENDS UP BEING WORTH IT. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE-MY WIFE.

NO GOOD PLACE FOR THE LONELY

   Good Place for the Lonely:  I walk alone at night. Darkness can be scary. Coyotes. Demons.

  Vampires. Night creatures. Scares me half to death. Why do it? To overcome fear. Fear of aloneness.

  No Fear of death.

SUNDAY MORNING HYMN: Sarah Jarosz - Come on up to the house

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

As we are able, we submit our losses to you.
   We know about sickness and dying,
                   about death and mortality,
                   about failure and disappointment.

We are strange mixtures of loss and hope.
  And now for a moment we do our
                   failing and our dying in your presence,
                   you who attend to us in loss.

As we are able, we submit our hopes to you.
We know about self-focused fantasy
                   and notions of control.
       But we also know that our futures
                   are out beyond us,
                           held in your good hand.

Our hopes are filled with promises of
       well-being, justice, and mercy.
Move us this day beyond our fears and anxieties
       into your land of goodness.
                    We wait for your coming.
                    we pray for your kingdom.
       In the meantime, give us bread for the day.

Walter Brueggemann-Prayers for a Privileged People

SUNDAY MORNING SERMON

MY FAVORITE SHOW OF ALL TIME IS "SUNDAY MORNING." I DIALED IN THIS A.M. AND GOT NOTHING BUT TRUMP CRAP. VERY, VERY, DISAPPOINTING. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT PLANS OF TRUMP PRIVATIZING THE REBUILDING OF AMERICA. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT TOLL ROADS OWNED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES. I'D RATHER WALK THAN PAY A TOLL TO THE RICH. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT TRUMPS PERSONAL ADVISOR, KELLYANNE CONWAY. I'VE HEARD ENOUGH FROM HER IN 45 DAYS TO UNDERSTAND HER INTELLECT. I'M ASSUMING PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE CONVOLUTED NATURE OF THE OWNERSHIP. IT'S HARD TO EVEN TELL WHO OWNS WHAT. SUNDAY MORNING IS UNDER CBS NEWS. THERE WERE A COUPLE GOOD STORIES THIS A.M. ONE ABOUT A BASKETBALL PLAYER AT PURDUE, AND ANOTHER ABOUT ED SHEERAN. BUT I DON'T GET GIVING CREDIBILITY TO TRUMP AND HIS APPOINTEES. THEY, "SUNDAY MORNING" SHOULD HAVE SEEN ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A GOOD ENDING. PUTTING THEM ON TV IS A DISSERVICE TO HUMANITY. I'LL BE WATCHING LESS. I DON'T NEED TO SEE EVIL, I CAN SMELL AND FEEL IT.

Breaking Through Power: It’s Easier Than We Think

Breaking Through Power: It’s Easier Than We Think



SUNDAY MORNING ALWAYS BRINGS HOPE.

RESIST DAY #43: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #43: What You Can Do Today



RESIST.

GLOBALMANIA

THE UNRELENTING PURSUIT OF MAKING A PROFIT AT ANY COST, ANYWHERE, ALL OF THE TIME."

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"THERE ARE TOO MANY POLITICIANS WHO BELIEVE, WITH A CONVICTION BASED ON EXPERIENCE, THAT YOU CAN FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME."

Franklin P. Adams

PEEVER LAW #106

I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT AMERICA SO DUMB AS TO ELECT A COMPLETE FOOL FOR PRESIDENT.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"AS DEMOCRACY IS PERFECTED, THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT REPRESENTS MORE AND MORE CLOSELY, THE INNER SOUL OF THE PEOPLE. ON SOME GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY THE PLAIN FOLKS OF THE LAND WILL REACH THEIR HEART'S DESIRE AT LAST AND THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE ADORNED BY A DOWNRIGHT MORON."

H.L. Mencken

RESIST DAY #42: What You Can Do Today

RESIST DAY #42: What You Can Do Today



RESIST.

An Annotated Transcript of President Trump's Noxious, Cruel, Dangerous Address

An Annotated Transcript of President Trump's Noxious, Cruel, Dangerous Address



READ IT YOURSELF. WE'RE SCREWED.