Truth, Embarrassment... And No I Didn't Report

The second time that I was sexually assaulted.  I was 20.  My friend was turning 21 in the summer and were going to the bars around MSU and I was going to be the designated driver and make sure that he got safely to our friend’s apartment.  I had been around him when he was drinking before for 2+ years, nothing had ever happened.  As we were walking across campus to our friend’s apartment, he was stumbling, but he was coherent.  When we were walking side by side, the first thing that he did was grab me, reach in my cleavage and pinch my breast.  He laughed because he said that it was something that he had always wanted to do.  I decided that it would be best if I walked ahead of him and kept my distance.  However, a few minutes later he ran into me and knocked me on the ground.  I started yelling for him to get off me and I realized that my dress was going up.  I was wearing a long sundress.  I started yelling “What are you doing?” and I kept trying to push him off me.  During that time, he kept asking me “Why wasn’t I any fun?”  He got up and gave up.  He started mumbling, “I wasn’t any fun.” and “I was frigid.”  Anyway, we made to the apartment, I went to sleep on the couch, and he spent the rest of the night in the bathroom.  The next day, I was angry and he was hung over and claiming that he did not remember anything that happened that night.  I did not report it.  I did not tell my mother.  The first time I told her was a disaster, and I was not going through that again.  However, when we returned back I was angry.  When we returned to school in the fall, I decided to confront him.  His response was not “I am sorry.  I don’t know what happened.”  Instead, it was “You know you being a virgin was cute at first, but now it’s old.  What are you saving it for?”  I do not remember what I said after that.  However, I never knew that management of my body was cute or quaint.  I am a human being.  The arrogance of the statement did two things.  Besides shocking me, it let me know where I stood then and in the past.  Now, I knew the truth, I had spent time with someone who had never respected me as a human being.  The friendship that I thought we had was a lie and the trust was gone.  However, at least he was honest. 

The truth is the Republican Senate does not care if Brett Kavanaugh assaulted these women or not.  All of it is just an inconvenience to them.  Even in 2018, if true, these are just some women crying about juvenile indiscretions in the past.  In addition, the women are trying to ruin his life.  Their lives were never important.  They were not Privileged White Men and they were not up for a Supreme Court Judge position.  At least if you told the truth, we would truly know what we were fighting.  In addition, it would show that you have a spine. 

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Check out @KeithOlbermann's Tweet: https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/799989259440680960?s=09

The fear of a Fear Administration

In President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural address he stated that “We have nothing to Fear but Fear itself!”  Years later, the politics of fear consume the US presidential election.  It seems that we have not learned a damn thing!  Fear hovers over this election like a large dark gloomy cloud.  One thing that I have learned is that if one Candidate embraces it, it just continues to grow and it cannot be ignored.  The commercials and the rallies for Trump often say that he is the only one who can save us and that the U. S. and the world is unraveling.  One commercial says that no one else stands between us and chaos but Donald Trump.  Really, he is the only one??  Is the world really going to hell and a hand basket?

Speaking of baskets, Trump has also brought baggage fear.  For example, the idea of Nationalists and the KKK re-entering in mainstream society.  Whether he wants to be or not, White Supremacists see him as their candidate.  This is becoming a real fear that has real questions that need to be answered.  This is only one set of fear baggage that comes with a Trump administration.  Will hate crimes be treated the same way they are under a Trump administration?  Granted, minorities aren’t happy with the way they are treated now, but it could be worse.  We could lose the progress that we have made.  There was a time that hate crimes occurred and there was no investigation or really any type of trial.  Medgar Evars was assassinated in 1963.  There were two hung jury trials in 1963 and 1964.  The actual trial did not occur until 1994.  The white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith lived as a free man until 1994.  It took 30 years for a murderer to be brought to justice, because he murdered a black man.  But, this was just one man; many people were never brought to justice.  Can our country go back to this treatment?  I used African Americans as an example, but I would be writing forever if I provided examples for every group that has had to fight for fair treatment.  Will more mothers experience pain similar to Mamie Carthan Till-Mobley.  This sounds extreme, but freedom in many ways is also like Pandora’s box, it is hard to restrict people after they have experienced it.  Emmit Till made an innocent mistake.  He didn’t understand the time and his environment and he paid for it with his life. We are asking Generation X and the Millennials to go back to the way things were.  Some Gen Xers remember, but they were kids, and the Millennials have no idea of what it was like.  They have only experienced that type of racism and freedom suppression in books and videos.

Many people threaten that there will be revolution if Hillary wins.  But, we need to be honest, a revolution has already started.  People are taking sides and the tension between both sides has started ending friendships.  Are families next?  Has it started?  We forget families fought against each other in the civil war.  And if Trump loses, what will this revolution be about?  A recount?  An immediate installation of ruler Trump?  An end to Democracy?  What??!!  

Many people on the other side threaten to leave the country if Trump wins.  But let’s be honest, will we really all leave?  Or, will there still be a revolution.  If so, will we be fighting for? 

There is fear on both sides.  And I am afraid of the fear.  And even though Trump opened this Pandora’s box, he nor Hillary can close it.  It is too big.  The only ones who have the strength to close it are the American people.  But, will they be too afraid to do so.

1% and the Sadness of it All

Well, we now have over 80+ days left in our ground breaking United States election.   Why is it ground breaking, well our choices will show the world who we are as a country.  There are too many issues on both sides to count with this election, so I will narrow it down to one part of one issue with one candidate:  Racism against Americans with an African heritage (aka: African-Americans or Blacks). 

The Republican candidate for president has been accused of being racist towards African American repeatedly.  The accusation recently occurred after he gave a speech that was specifically aimed towards African Americans.  Pundits, Journalists and people in general have repeatedly stated this, but before we accuse someone who is applying for the highest office.  We should take a serious look at why this has been said.  So, I decided to create a timeline. 

70’s

The first documented account of racism for this candidate occurred in the early 70’s.  Trump Management Corporation was sued by the Justice Department twice (1973 and 1978), for not renting to black people.

80’s

There was almost no public record of Trump being racist towards blacks in the 80’s, until 1989 with the Central Park Five.  In the Central Park Five case five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a white female jogger in Central Park.  Before any of the youth were tried…

(Trump) He paid a reported $85,000 to take out advertising space in four of the city’s newspapers, including the New York Times. Under the headline “Bring Back The Death Penalty. Bring Back The Police!” and above his signature, Trump wrote: “I want to hate these muggers and murderers. They should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes. They must serve as examples so that others will think long and hard before committing a crime or an act of violence.”

Note:  In 2002, the actual rapist, who was already in prison, came forward.  It was proven that he alone had raped the jogger.   The Central Park Five were freed and later received a civil suit settlement for 41 million.   Trump responded in an opinion piece for the New York Daily News.   “In an opinion piece for the New York Daily News, he described the case as the “heist of the century”.

“Settling doesn’t mean innocence, but it indicates incompetence on several levels,” Trump wrote, alluding to how police and prosecutors initially involved in the case have long maintained the five boys were involved in the rape, even after the convictions were thrown out.

90’s

Trump disparaged his black casino employees as “lazy” in vividly bigoted terms, according to a 1991 book by John O’Donnell, a former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.

“And isn’t it funny. I’ve got black accountants at Trump Castle and Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it,” O’Donnell recalled Trump saying. “The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.”

“I think the guy is lazy,” Trump said of a black employee, according to O’Donnell. “And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.”

 In 1992, “The New Jersey Casino Control Commission fined the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino $200,000 in 1992 because managers would remove African-American card dealers at the request of a certain big-spending gambler. A state appeals court upheld the fine.”

In 1996, Trump has also faced charges of reneging on commitments to hire black people. In 1996, 20 African Americans in Indiana sued Trump for failing to honor a promise to hire mostly minority workers for a riverboat casino on Lake Michigan.

2000+

In the early 2000’s Trump took a break.  However, his public display of racism was apparent again after the nomination of our current President Barack Obama.  Here were his comments regarding our current president…

Trump: Obama a "Terrible Student" Not Good Enough for Harvard"   Manhattan real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended.Trump, who is mulling a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, offered no proof for his claim but said he would continue to press the matter as he has the legitimacy of the president's birth certificate."I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?" Trump said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records."Obama graduated from Columbia University in New York in 1983 with a degree in political science after transferring from Occidental College in California. He went on to Harvard Law School, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude 1991 and was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

Next, Trump joined the birther movement.  An article in The New York Times suggests that he took advantage of other’s perceptions of the idea of having an African American president.

In the birther movement, Mr. Trump recognized an opportunity to connect with the electorate over an issue many considered taboo: the discomfort, in some quarters of American society, with the election of the nation’s first black president. He harnessed it for political gain, beginning his connection with the largely white Republican base that, in his 2016 campaign, helped clinch his party’s nomination.

However, based on Trump's past actions, I honestly believe that he was uncomfortable as well.  I don’t think he took advantage of it for political gain, I think that he actually felt this way. 

This brings us to the present.  Here is a more recent comment from Trump on racism and the current racially-motivated violence.

There’s no such thing as racism anymore.  We’ve had a black president so it’s not a question anymore.  Are they saying black lives should matter more than White lives or Asian lives? If Black lives matter, then go back to Africa?  We’ll see how much they matter there.

The going back to Africa has been a common response to African Americans in regards to racism for decades before, during and after the Civil Rights movement. 

Based on this history, mostly in his own words, it is easy to explain why many people became upset when at a June Rally, Trump said "Oh, look at my African-American over here. Look at him," "Are you the greatest?”  They were upset because there is a pattern.  It is a pattern for him that reaches back to the early 70’s and if you look at his father’s past, you will find that it had to be something that he was raised with.  The Trump family’s treatment of Blacks was even written in the lyrics of a Willie Guthrie song.  

This pattern continues and it isn’t going to stop.  This week Trump addressed African Americans at a rally in West Bend, Wisconsin.  The topic was the current violence in Milwaukee that has occurred due to another shooting of an African American.  This man stood in a predominately White community (94.8% White and 1% African American), with a predominantly White audience and asked African Americans to trust him, because we have been taken advantage of by the Democratic Nominee and the Democratic Party.   It is funny, African Americans are expected to take his word now, and ignore all of the other his other words and actions in previous decades.   Based on his speech, I have come to the conclusion that Trump must think that African Americans are too dumb to be aware of his actions and his past.  Or, believe that his actions matter.  Maybe, that is truly the final insult. 

Trump does have people and friends who have stated publicly that he is not a racist.   However, these people fall into two categories… they are either White, or if they are Black they are on the (Trump/RNC) payroll.   I haven't seen anyone else.  

Reviewing this timeline I have created, has caused me to ask a few questions.   

1. What is the 1% of African Americans who do support him thinking?
2.  When does he have time to be racist and discriminate against others (Mexicans, Women, Muslims, Disabled, etc.)? 
3. Why do people even bother to argue that he is not racist? 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83

http://www.celebtricity.com/donald-trump-if-black-lives-dont-matter-then-go-back-to-africa/

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/politics/donald-trump-african-american/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Trump-Obama-Wasnt-Good-Enough-to-Get-into-Ivy-Schools-120657869.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bend%2C_Wisconsin

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#Trump_GoBacktoAfrica

Thank You

Whoever is reading my posts.  Thank you.  I have been working and taking care of my mom, so I have not had time to write.    I have a lot of new stories, so I will be back.

The Woman Card

I have been busy, but I would like to thank Donald Trump for mentioning the Woman Card.   I would like to start using my immediately.  First, since I get paid 21% less.  I want a 21% discount on... everything.  Well, except feminine products and makeup, I want a 41% discount on those items.   Also, when it comes to being angry or upset the card should become a hormonal pass.  During these times, I need to be accommodated and receive whatever I want without question.  Also, because my mother was born a woman and was unable to pull her woman card, I believe that she should get back pay for all the discounts she missed.  Also, because I have deceased grandparents and great grandparents who were also born female, I think that there should be reparations.  I don't believe that I am the only female around, therefore I would appreciate any suggestions for additional Woman card benefits.  Ladies, just as Trump has admitted to taking advantage of laws that were not fair or right.  I think that it would be a bad business move to ignore this card or its advantage.

The Genius of Trump???

I stopped complaining about Donald J. Trump.  Well at least as much as I could, and I took a step back.  Then I realized...

Trump isn't as dumb as he seems, and here's why. First, there are his impromptu phone interviews.  The way he conducted them always bothered me   He always calls in.  It always freakin' annoyed me.  Why didn't he show up like everyone else?  I pictured him sitting at his desk, just calling in.  His tweets and his debate strategy annoyed me too, but it wasn't because he was winning, it just struck me funny.  But, I couldn't figure out why.  Then, there are his Political Rallies and the divisiveness.   It never made any sense, and then it came to me... Trump is running his campaign like a business.  And he communicates, debates and competes in the same manner.  He is hard to debate because he approaches the podium like he already has the job.  Or, at least one like it. His opponents are trying to get to his status.  Also, in the debates, he approaches the podium like everyone else is beneath him.  Because to him, running a company is like being President of the United States and he has been doing that for years.  Knowing Trump, he has been running our country in his mind for a long time.  The funny part is, people believe him, even though it isn't true.  His company and brand are successful, but running his type company is not the same as running GE or General Motors.   He is a Real Estate Magnate.  He has mostly negotiated deals related to property, not people.   Even his international experience is has been mostly related to Real Estate.  And it shows, especially when it comes to diplomacy.  He doesn't understand what it is.  He views lack of diplomacy as not having political correct skills, but it is closer to lack of people skills.

Trump's campaign and debate strategy was brilliant.  There is an old saying, "Businessmen have no stomach for politics."  I did not expect Trump to be this successful.  I thought that Jeb Bush and the other Republicans were going to chew him up and spit him out.   And, Trump would not have been able to beat the other Republicans playing the political game.  So, Trump changed the game to something he knew, and no one else knew his rules or his court.  Therefore, he had home court advantage at each debate.  He did have trouble keeping that advantage with Fox News.  And since he couldn't control them, he refused to attend.  He also did the same thing with the call in interviews and the Tweets.  By calling in, he controlled the conversation and he dictated the rules.  He was and is almost always in control.  This is why he is winning.  This is another business tactic.

Then, there's the divisiveness.... Well, many companies have used that to get the best out of their employees.  Companies like IBM used to pit departments/teams against each other and it worked well until it didn't.  Theoretically, you could use a race as department/teams.  The only difference is that you are using a business tactic to create a dangerous social experiment.  And it is an experiment that can ignite and turn into something very dangerous not only in the White House but it could affect our national and international policy.

There is one other thing about Trump that he knows makes him appealing to a good portion of the United States.  He looks like many of his constituents.  Yes, I am saying he is White, not just the complexion, but good ole' White Anglo Saxon Protestant.  And, some are voting for him for that reason alone.  He can do no wrong, because he looks like us.

And, there you have it, the success of Trump in a nutshell. It is based on changing the political game to suit him and genetics. 

God help us all.

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