Gold Medals

Maybe the Olympics can teach us something about the nobility of the Olympic Spirit. Something  beyond physical triumph and medals. Something about respect for our opponents in deed and thought.
Something about being able to achieve more when we're pushed to our limits by a worthy opponent. Something about having deep respect for those who make our victories possible by their own failures. For without a loser than can be no winner. In order to have a record breaking performance someone else had to set that record. The Olympics teach us to respect those who have the courage to get in the arena and risk failure. Whether it be a physical contest or a contest of ideas - what a wonderful world it would be if we could learn to respect one another for our sincerity of thought and purpose. There is no shame in losing- only shame in not having the courage to enter the arena.

Trump's comment about the Purple Heart the veteran gave him "Wow I've always wanted one of these"!  What is wrong with this guy?

 The world is getting more complicated  now that we're all connected to the Internet. There are no simple answers any more. No"one size fits all" solutions. Tensions between nations are rising over immigration policies  trade barriers, monetary policies, natural resources, disease, religion, social values, racial prejudice -just as they've done before two previous world wars. People yearn for simpler times with simpler rules. A candidate like Donald Trump speaks a language that people understand. He appeals to people who aren't politically correct, don't mince words and  want simple answers.  He's basically a symbol of our National disharmony. His working theory is that under all of the bull shit there are some old fashioned  basic truths. The good guys are the ones wearing white hats and the bad guys have black hats. It's that simple from his point of view. He's basically the symptom of our disharmony. At a time in our history when we most need thoughtful leaders he's a fall back to simpler times when bluster passes for thoughtful strategic thinking. 

Two political parties so bent on attacking each other that they can't pass a single bit of significant legislation. Hearing after hearing trying to find a scandal to make the other party look bad. Review the past eight years -was there any legislation passed that solved a problem, that repaired a bridge or a road? What have the politicians accomplished other than smearing each other in mud? Lobbyists make millions of dollars influencing Congress to pass "special interest" legislation. How much legislation was passed that helped the working people in America? Our elected officials have clearly forgotten what their job description is.

President Bush really stirred up a hornets nest when he invaded Iraq. Granted that Sadam Hussein was a nasty dictator but he didn't kill nearly as many people as have been killed since he was captured and put to death. What followed Bush' invasion was the 9/11 tragedy in New York, the rise of ISIS, beheadings between two factions of Islam, millions of people fleeing into Europe to escape the slaughter, and now anti immigrant populist movement spreading around the globe. Do we need any more evidence that we must chose a President who is mature with good judgment?

Trump's ties to Communist baiting attorney Roy Cohn in the 1960's probably explains Trump's bombastic style. Cohn was a hard ass vicious, intimidating attorney who led the attempt by Senator McCarthy to try to get convictions for numerous Hollywood entertainers and film makers during the Communists 'scare" of the 1960's. Cohn was also Trump's hired gun in the numerous law suits that Trump filed against lenders, contractors, and tradesmen, when he failed to pay them for their work.

John McCain is at it again. Blaming Obama for the killings in the Florida Gay Bar because he withdrew our troops from Iraq. He's forgotten that Bush Jr. negotiated that withdrawal. The man who shot all those people wasn't motivated by ISIS. He was a closet gay who couldn't deal with his guilt so he made a last ditch effort to save his reputation (and gaining entrance to heaven) by pledging allegiance to ISIS. McCain has a long record of making bad judgments dating from the Keating scandal , he then brought us Sara Palin as a potential Vice President, along with "Joe the Plumer" as a businessman who it turns out didn't even own a business. When running for President he praised
the Chairman of the FED Alan Greenspan who encouraged the deregulation of Wall Street which led to the economic collapse in 2007.  Remember his famous line "Drill baby Drill" when oil prices started climbing? We're drilling alright and the result is an over abundance of oil, earth quakes, and polluted ground water. When was the last time McCain was right about anything?

Trump is displaying some very troubling characteristics that are similar to -dare I say Hitler (?) and numerous other historical crazed tyrants and dictators in the past. The ranting and raving, blaming, inciting, attacking anybody who disagrees with him, cutting of the credentials of newspapers who dare to disagree with him, paranoia, outbursts of over the top rage, followed by periods of contrition, constantly bragging about himself, never ending self praise, constantly trying to convince himself that everybody "loves" him. This man is scary folks. Not only for his harsh actions and words- but for his apparent lack of emotional stability. Republican's need to step forward and find a new candidate to represent their party. Failure to do so will not only damage their party it puts us all in jeopardy. Any Republican who lacks the courage to speak out and refuses to endorse this man doesn't deserve to hold public office.

Trump shoots first and aims later AGAIN!. Sorry Don but the gay bar shooter was born right here in the good old USA! You might try getting your facts straight before you spout off!!