Posted on January 15, 2024 by
Dick .
"I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else's brain can ever tell me."
Donald Trump
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump spoke the following words, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will …
Posted on July 5, 2020 by
Dick .
“The Bucks Stops Here!”
President Harry Truman
If any military commander knew, or should have known, about potential threats to the safety of the men and women serving under their chain of command and failed to take actions to protect his forces they would be guilty of dereliction of their duty. If …
Posted on May 18, 2020 by
Dick .
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.”
Thomas Paine
During recent trips to a Honeywell plant in Arizona and an Owens & Minor warehouse in Pennsylvania both supplying Personal Protective Equipment, President Trump stood out by not using a face mask; showing disrespect …
Posted on February 4, 2020 by
Dick .
“Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting World War Two, it's an assault on democracy.”
Norm Chomsky
Perhaps the most disturbing statement to come out of the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump was made by the aging Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz who has …
Posted on December 5, 2019 by
Dick .
“No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it”
Theodore Roosevelt
After listening to the highly-respected State Department and other officials who appeared before the House Intelligence Committee it became evident President Trump held-up military …
Posted on December 21, 2018 by
Dick .
“First of all, nothing at the Trump organization was ever done unless it was run through Mr. Trump.”
Michael Cohen
It began with admissions of criminal conduct by Michael Flynn, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos and now encompasses a growing number of people who have been members of Donald Trump’s inner circle, …
Posted on July 16, 2018 by
Dick .
“Why can’t we just invade Venezuela?”
President Donald Trump
Astonishingly, there has not been a single word of outrage from any member of Congress, Democrat or Republican, to recent revelations that in August 2017 President Trump asked top foreign policy advisers about the possibility of invading Venezuela during a meeting on diplomatic …
Posted on February 5, 2018 by
Dick .
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently”
Henry Ford
House Intelligence Chair Nunes’ release of a Republican-drafted factually misleading memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of improperly using their surveillance authority against the Trump presidential campaign while suppressing a dissenting Democratic minority report is indefensible!
When Americans …
Posted on April 7, 1998 by
Dick .
“Governments must be accountable to someone besides themselves”
Walter Lippmann
The budget charade currently playing at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue is enough to turn even the most objective patriot into a hardened cynic, particularly where fiscal responsibility is concerned.
Perhaps the biggest shams in this American tragedy are the “deficit reduction” and …