HOMEWORK 9-20-17 ~ LORD OF WAR

Trump became the Lord of War at the UN yesterday saying things like, “If the righteous many don’t confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph.” We’re not worried about “evil,” you dimwit. We’re worried about unstable lunatics—and you’re one of them. Trump declared, “We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” That’s not how you show strength in international relations, but this is a guy who is more used to picking fights with Rosie O’Donnell. Trump went on to call Iran a “rogue nation” and to threaten Venezuela. How does any of this interventionism appeal to his lunatic base?

And…Obamacare care repeal is BAAAACK, like a bad movie. IF a bad movie could kill people. The bill divides states into two groups. RED states that don’t want to give their residents healthcare and BLUE states who won’t be able to afford to give their people healthcare. You know there’s a reason why “Pay more! Get less” never took off as a product slogan.

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HOMEWORK 9-19-17 ~ REPEAL AND REPLACE THE WORLD

Trump, the Isolationist, went to the United Nations to complain. I’m shocked I tell you.

Say goodbye to the P.R. and the entire Caribbean. Another Category 4 storm slammed into Dominica last night and is on the way to take out Puerto Rico, but there is no such thing as Climate Change. Got that?

St. Louis police are militarized and intimidating protestors. How can it be possible that ALL police are “good” and all protestors are “bad?” Shouldn’t we weed out the bad apples in both groups? Just a question.

The Senate is busy today. Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen will deny Trump was trying to build Trump Tower Moscow during the election because there was no deal (but it wasn’t for lack of trying…Trump is just a loser.) In their spare time, they will try to Repeal and Replace Obamacare with something called the Graham-Cassidy Bill which allows your State to decide what kind of health care you can buy. Add the Ted Cruz Amendment to that, and you’ve got higher premiums for almost no coverage. Sounds great. Rock on.

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HOMEWORK 09-18-17 ~ OVER AND OVER AGAIN

The murder of Anthony Lamar Smith sparks mostly peaceful protests in St. Louis, that of course, and in pepper spray, arrests and more police brutality. Police march through the streets in riot gear chanting “Whose streets? Our streets.”

Facebook turns over the ads Russia bought and disseminated in support of Donald Trump. Trump’s lawyers are overheard in a steakhouse discussing what to do. They decided White House Counsel Don McGhan is probably wearing a wire and is a spy. This is what you conclude when you don’t have the law or the facts on your side.

Hurricane Jose heads up the East Coast, Hurricane Maria, now a Cat 3 takes the same path as Irma and Trump’s crew spread out over the Sunday shows to give mixed messages about staying in or pulling out of the Paris accord.

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HOMEWORK 9-15-17 ~ IRMA

What a mess. What an utterly disgusting mess. After our Governor told us every day for a week that Florida was totally prepared for a Category 5 Hurricane named Irma, South Florida got socked and guess what? He lied. There was almost no response. Nope, no one was prepared, and no one came to help. While we cleaned yards that looked like tossed salads, elderly people were never evacuated from their nursing homes, generators were not available, water was scarce, food was rotting in refrigerators and coolers, electricity is still out for over 2 Million of us, the Internet and cell service are still nearly impossible to get, no one directs traffic at major lightless intersections, power lines are still covered in torn trees and South Florida rots like a dead whale.

Trump, of course, denies global warming is making these storms wetter and wilder but enjoys calling them “epic.” So now, more than ever, it should be obvious that whoever we put in charge of government matters. Without clear-eyed realism, the entire Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf States will slowly disappear. Right now, we have a President and a government that believes in NOTHING, and that’s just what America will get.

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