My Journal

Trump with Puckered Lips

Trump FAILED to Stem the Tide of Disaster

A long list of missed opportunities and errors in judgement led to our America’s COVID-19 disaster. Tracking all of Trump’s mistakes is like reading about ...
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Lincoln with a Face Mask

In the Long Run, We are All Dead

The COVID-19 pandemic tragically illustrates our country’s crippling polarization and economic inequality. It should be obvious that a democracy can’t survive with a wealth gap ...
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What is Trump Without Twitter?

Could Trump Even Function in a World Without Twitter?!

If Donald Trump had led the Confederacy, the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth might have come much sooner! He probably would have enjoyed leading a nation ...
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Donald Trump

A Big, Fat, Dumb Ostrich

A True Embarrassment For Our Country What more I can say about President Trump’s incompetent handling of the coronavirus outbreak that I didn’t say last ...
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Jefferson Davis and Donald Trump

President Trump, Our President Davis

This former Confederate officer has hesitated to say anything until now, despite it being painfully obvious, but President Trump reminds me all too much of ...
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Biden and Sanders

Biden and Sanders: Old White Men

Anything about “old white men” given I’m approaching two hundred years old and about as Anglo Saxon as they come… Blond-haired and blue-eyed, all the ...
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Michael Bloomberg

Stop and Frisk

Mike Bloomberg might be one of the wealthiest men in the country and the former mayor of its largest city, but his pitiful defense of ...
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American Flag

America’s Lies

Last week, I wrote about some of the many lies in America’s history. Lies that have been turned into myths and taught to our children ...
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Alamo Memorial

Remember the Alamo!

Of all the things I found moronic and offensive about the President’s State of the Union Address last week, none was more painfully ridiculous than ...
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Judge's Gavel

The Impeachment Trial of President Trump

As a rule, I focus on the issues that are most important to me and try not to get too bogged down in issues of ...
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Clothesline blowing in a breeze in front of Trailers

White Folks’ Masters – What About The Ruling Elite?

Something brought to light by the advent of Trump’s America that goes back quite a ways is the problem of white folks identifying with their ...
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Martin Luther King Jr.

Who are We Fooling this Martin Luther King Jr Day?

Martin Luther King’s birthday is not only a time to honor Dr. King’s legacy, but also to reflect on the status of racial injustice in ...
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Distorting the Reality of Ukraine

President Trump’s calamitous distortions come so quickly that I barely have time to scribble my thoughts down before a new absurdity bursts forth across the ...
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Elizabeth Warren

A Woman President

As someone who lived in a time when women weren’t even allowed to vote (the 19thAmendment giving women the right to vote wasn’t ratified until ...
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Kamala Harris

Is Kamala Harris Black?

Among the latest Trump-family-induced, race-related controversies is the issue of whether Kamala Harris is really “Black,” whether her Jamaican heritage disqualifies her from being a ...
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Slave Cabins

The Legacy of Slavery

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the legacy of slavery, and this son of a Cotton Kingdom slaveholder wants to be sure everyone ...
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United States Electoral College

Abolishing the Electoral College

They’re already talking about the possibility of President Trump winning a second term despite losing the popular vote; supposedly he could lose by as many ...
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Stock Market Economy

The Economy Ain’t So Good!

Am I the only one who’s sick and tired of hearing how wonderful the economy is doing?  Okay, maybe according to the government’s obsolete methodology ...
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Robert E Lee

Robert E. Lee’s Skill as a General is Irrelevant

President Trump is just plain wrong about Robert E. Lee’s skill as a general.  Believe me, if there’s anything this former Confederate officer can speak ...
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Blackface

Blackface

Am I the only one who can’t believe Governor Northam of Virginia still hasn’t resigned? 
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