Saturday, November 19, 2016
What Next!
Check out @KeithOlbermann's Tweet: https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/799989259440680960?s=09
Thursday, November 3, 2016
The fear of a Fear Administration
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.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
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.
- What is the 1% of African Americans who do support him thinking?
- When does he have time to be racist and discriminate against others (Mexicans, Women, Muslims, Disabled, etc.)?
- Why do people even bother to argue that he is not racist?
#Trumpisaracist
#Trump_BlackLiesMatter
#Trump_GoBacktoAfrica
Thursday, August 4, 2016
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.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
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.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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.
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.
#DonaldJTrump
#LCD_LowestCommonDonald
#DJT_AmericanEmbarrasment
#DonaldDrumpf
#TrumpRallies
#TrumpRiots
#DonaldtheJackass
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