GOP: Way too Extreme!

Can't wait to see the circus tonight!!!

The Donald! WTF?

OK...so now they're saying that Ben Carson is ahead in the Iowa polls!   I have the same reaction!   WTF???

An e-mail from my room-mate!

He was more than just a room-mate during our junior year!   He is a dearly beloved lifelong friend.   We belonged to different fraternities and and we are not of the same race.   Our backgrounds are different...but we share so much in common!   He sent me this e-mail out of the blue and I wepted!   Every time I read it I still weep.   I love this Dude!

Rooms,
I loved re-reading your "Journey to Dubuque" just now.   I think as roommates we talked about our stories enough that I knew much of it, but I liked reading from the perspective of looking back after 50 years of growth and life.

As dissimilar as our lives may have seemed as we came to Dubuque, we had similar stories.   I was surrounded by wealth and privilege but perhaps because my father began his career as a retail salesman and gradually became more successful, and had eight kids, we always, from my perspective, were many steps behind the Joneses.   Not that we were lacking in material things, just that our expectation (and entitlement) was so much less than those around us… just like you.

But more to the point, I think the love that each of us found in our homes and the openness that somehow was taught to us or bred in us, made us brothers in spirit even before we got to know each other.   I think it was 1965 when we became friends.

At the time, I was so dumb or sheltered I had no idea how big a deal it was for us to decide to be roommates.   I had of course witnessed prejudice all my life but my family always gave me to believe that it was ignorant and shameful.   New Canaan was an enlightened community where race was never even mentioned, except to disparage Southerners in the news for being racist.   It was just, I supposed, coincidence that I never had more than 1 or 2 black classmates throughout K-12.   Later, I had gone through the agony of trying to integrate our fraternity but I guess I chose to believe that it was the 1 nay vote system that was my undoing.   I mean even many a 100 proof WASP, Biff or Chip had trouble not getting at least 1 secret nay out of 26.

Maybe it was that experience that spurred me to try and talk you into taking a chance on me.   But I honestly think it was just that I felt that you were a kindred spirit.   And wasn’t that ditsy, flighty, 19 year old me, right about that one thing?

You made my last 3 years at Dubuque better and broader and more fulfilling.   I learned more from you in subtle ways, than Soc, Psyc and 20 other courses rolled into one.   You were a kind and patient friend who forgave me my naiveté about the larger world and took me into your circle.   And we always had fun.

As I’ve grown and matured, I realize that you are and have always been the type of guy that many people feel is a kindred spirit.   Your easy-going, fun-loving, goodness is magnetic.   I believe it makes those around you a little better.   Even me.

Much love old dear friend, Rooms

The crazies in the GOP are really crazy!!!

• President Barack Obama is a Muslim.   Numerous polls show that more than 50 percent of all Republicans believe this untrue claim to be true.
• President Barack Obama is not a legal citizen of the Unites States.   A September poll shows 29 percent of Republican voters believe Obama was born outside of the United State, not in Hawaii, where he was born.
• Forty-nine percent of Republicans do not believe in evolution.
• Allied forces did not find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq after we invaded, but more than 41 percent of Republicans believe they did in a 2015 poll.
• Numerous Republican politicians claim Planned Parenthood officials sell fetal tissue so they can buy Lamborghinis.
• Roughly 40 percent of Republican voters do not believe the earth is warming because of human activity.
• Iran does not have the capacity to attack the U.S. with nuclear weapons, but 45 percent of Republicans think it does and that military action is needed right now.
• Some GOP presidential candidates and members of Congress believe ISIS intends to attack the U.S. on our soil; they don’t buy the idea that what ISIS really wants is a Islamic caliphate in and around Syria.
• Republicans in the House claim simply “repealing” Obamacare is a practical and politically possible option.
• Over a third of Republican voters believe Donald Trump represents their best shot at winning the presidency.

Source: DecodeDC!

Signs!

The Rethuglican Wackos Update!

Donald Trump
The Negro in the White House may be a Muslim from Kenya?   I'm going to build a 2000 mile wall (aka...The Trump Wall) and have Mexico pay for it because I'm rich and some of my best friends are Muslims, Mexicans, Chinese and "the Blacks"...and they're great, fabulous people!!!

Ben Carson
A Muslim should never be the President of the United States.   Check the U.S. Constitution Doctor!   Oh, by the way, if you go to jail you may become a homosexual because it's a choice!

Carly Fiorina
I wreaked havoc on Hewlitt Packard and I will do the same for Planned Parenthood!

Mike Huckabee
If Kim Davis has to go to jail...I'll go in her place!

Jeb Bush
"My brother kept this country safe"!   (Jeb...did you forget 9/11????)   If my memory serves me correct, Condelisa Rice handed Dubya an alert in August of that year that stated that Al Queda was planning an attack on America!!!

Ted Cruz
Religion!   Religion!   Religion!   Doesn't know if President Obama is a Christian.

As an aside...
I won't even go into all the other wackos and their position on the Affordable Care Act (or their preferred term..."Obamacare") nor their position on same-sex marriage!   For them...same-sex marriage is an abomination that will take all of us to hell!   Did I mention religious bigotry!!!

The GOP Debate???

If any of these clowns win the Presidency...I'm leaving!   Good-bye America!!!

VP Dick Cheney: Wrong Then...Wrong Now!

Kentucky's Kim Davis!

Hopefully you haven't been living under a rock!   Is this crazy or is it just me?

President Obama: A Muslim born in Kenya!

Okay Rethuglikkkans!

BTW...Ted Cruz was born in Canada...not to mention his Cuban born wacko Dad!
Source: Shock Poll

Trumpeting Trump!

Just a few words to describe "The Donald"!   More details (word associations) here about all the other clowns in this circus...including the Democrats!

Julian Bond - R.I.P.

January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015
An American social activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor, and writer.   Julian Bond helped to establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Huh?

It's a sad day in America!

Uber in London!

Ok!   Here in London visiting my daughter and son-in-law.   Had our first Uber experience!   It was awesome.   Daughter sent in a "request" and two minutes later a driver shows up to take us back to my daughter's apartment and for a really good price!   Gotta try this when I get back home!   Awesome!

Rick Perry: "Gun Free Zones are a Bad Idea!

TRUMPets are playing in the Circus Tent!

Source: NBC/Marist Poll - July 26th

The Donald & The Rethuglikkans!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

Dubya and Jeb!

Source: John Fugelsang

The Rethuglikkkan Circus Tent Got Even Fatter!

At a time when many Republicans are racing to distance themselves from Donald J. Trump, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is forging an unusual path: He’s taking pains to emphasize that, although he found Mr. Trump’s comments on illegal immigrants “inappropriate,” the real estate baron is a “friend,” the two are “close” and Mr. Trump is “a good guy.”   More about clown Christie at The New York Times.

But the clown car continued to fill up!

There's the "Illegal Alien...Mr. Birther"...Donald Trump!

Mr. "I love Organized Organized Labor"...Scott Walker!

Mr. "I love Mardi Gras and the Gays"...Bobby Jinal!

Ms. "Let me Kill Honeywell"...Carly Fiorina!

As an American, I'm embarrassed that these clowns are the best that America has to offer up to be one of the most powerful people in the world.   I've spoken to a few family and friends residing abroad and they tell me that the locals are questioning what's going on in America and laughing at this circus!   They may be laughing, but I'm crying!

The Sanctity of Marriage???

Ms. Sarah's daughter is pregnant again!

"Nigger!" Yeah...he said it!

Get over it!   Sorry Oprah!

Jon Stewart: Charleston, S.C. No Jokes!

Faux News & Mike Huckabee!

Thankfully, there's no way this wacko can be the President of the United States!   Okay...but wait a second, I keep forgetting about all the Bible toting, right wing nut cases out there!   Then again, there's always Faux News!   It''s all Obama's fault...because as Donald Trump insists, this Negro in the White House was not born in America!   But wait...isn't this the greatest country on earth?   NOT!!!

Presidential Candidate...Rick Perry! Another Rethugikkkan Clown in the Circus Tent!

I'm at a loss for words.   Without a doubt...more clowns plan to join the Rethuglikkan circus!

2016 Presidential Candidate...Mike Huckabee!!! Child Molesters...OK! Transgender? Not OK!

He wants to shower with the girls!

During the 2008 Republican primaries, this clown won the following states (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kansas, Louisiana) and came in second in another 20+ states!!!   I've always maintained that Americans are not the smartest homo sapiens on earth!!!