April 7, 2018
I think this attempt will be more of a \”Bits and Pieces\” approach — as striving for a coherent whole seems to be a useless exercise in-the-age-of-150-words. We live in a time of fragmentation — where all One needs is — a vitriolic slogan to rationalize One\’s existence: like \”Lock Her Up\”; or, \”Drain the Swamp.\”
I wanted to get this piece out on April Fools\’ Day with the headline: Trump Impeached — or Trump Resigns — but it\’s getting harder for me to time things for maximum effect: It\’s much easier to let things unfold as they will.
Friend Carlos, once a staunch Trump supporter, now recognizes Pumpkinhead for the idiot he is — even suggesting that he is the Opposite Man: creating scenarios opposite to everything he promised — from having Mexico pay for a Wall — to putting Americans back to work — to draining the aforementioned swamp — which seems to teem with more-and-more gators by-the-day.
Neighbor Andre, however, still enjoys the reality show that is the Trump White House: Retired (and now 70-years-old) — he says you can\’t pay for better entertainment than the Soap Opera that Pumpkinhead has visited upon the World.
I\’ve noticed that our home-grown Nazis (FOX News and the NRA) are calling non-Nazis (students protesting gun violence), Nazis!? I can\’t even call this the pot calling the kettle black — because the student movement is not designed to exterminate gun owners — it\’s just asking for better control of assault weapons and protections for students. It is hardly a White Supremacist program aimed at extermination gun owners: unless registering One\’s gun can be equated with gassing…I get the Nazi oxymoron…and sadly, it works brilliantly on Trump supporters.
I\’m also a bit confused by the brewing trade war with China. What was the big deal with Nixon and Kissinger opening up trade with China back in 1972? Oh yeah, we wanted the Chinese to carry our debt in return for US opening our market to them. Of course the rhetoric of the day (and most histories) — suggests that it had something to do with ending the Viet Nam War — which might be a compelling argument if we hadn\’t simultaneously taken US of the gold standard and created the petro dollar…US threw the world for a financial loop with these 3 international currency interventions that were designed to favor US at the expense of the world.
I\’m hoping that Trump and what\’s his name — the North Korean pumpkinhead can come to a wonderful real estate arrangement. Let\’s make sure to put sprinkler units in place for anything capable of catching fire.
Russian envoys expelled. A treaty with Iran about ready to fade…Do we have any friends left? We want to militarize our southern border with Mexico — to stop the caravans of drug mules and rapists attempting to cross our borders to sell drugs to…to…to…and rape whom? My readers know that it was only 170-years-ago, before that Treaty of Hidalgo, that the Mexican government of California and other territories was complaining about illegal Americans.
Is it White House schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder? Whatever it is — it\’s fucking scary — and I\’m not sure the rest-of-the-world wants to deal with it anymore.
I am taking my first trip to New Zealand this Northern Hemisphere Summer — with Son Austen — hoping that we won\’t have to apologize to New Zealanders for being American and perhaps, getting a university gig in Auckland or Christchurch!
The radioactive fallout should take 2 years to get down there…