This Economy is Kryptonite to Republicans

This morning Thom Hartman claimed that is the republicans keep talking down this economy they’ll elect Bernie Sanders for President.  Because Santers is also an economic outsider who is discontented with the economy.  So really the whole subject of the economy is kryptonite to the Republicans and they should avoid the topic at all costs.  Because once you get the people focused on it- - you’ll see a regular Bernie tidal wave.

 Shawn Hannity knows how to dig his own intellectual grave but doesn’t care that he has no credibility.  Shawn was defending Donald Trump for failure to correct this guy who said that the President was a Moslem and had Moslem terrorist places all over the country.   In Trump’s “defense” Shawn said “Well  29 percent of the people according to a new CNN poll believe the President is a Muslim, so it must be true.  The President is giving Iran 150 billion dollars to further their terrorist campaign.”   Someone needs to question this.  I doubt Iran will get a one lump sum with no regard to how they use the money.  I thought we were just lifting sanctions.   Or is money earned through trade somehow ill gotten gain?   And of course Hannity continues to claim that the President is a member of Jeremiah Wright’s church, which he hasn’t been in seven and a half years.  And he latches on to one sentence in one sermon given God knows when, and we don’t even know the President was in attendance that day.  But then he circles it around back to Trump and says “It’s not Trumps job to correct outlandish extremist statements when he hears them from his own supporters”.  I would say that is indeed his job to do that- - unless of course Donald Trump WANTS us to think that a bunch of racists support him.

In soap land Gabriel is back.  We get rid of one attractive young brunette, only to get back another (and hope she doesn’t get killed).    Basically she got a life term for a major murder and she’s out on a clerical error in two years.  I’ve heard a story like that circulating among Born Again Christians.    Of course if Governor Christie were God I would say “The Lard works in mysterious ways!”  The only question is now that Will Horton and his concubine and mother of his child are shacking up once more whether Will will discover that he’s not gay after all but straight and Sonny Kiriacus can just stay in Paris.  It’s utterly mixed up confusion.  But the big news of the way is Chad’s therapy with Merlena and the fact that he remembered he has someone in his life who would hate him enough to frame him for a murder- - Clyde Weston.  Marlena had an uncomfortable encounter with Clyde in her office today, and the wheels in her brain must be turning.  It's only a matter of time before they compare notes.

Frangela and others on TV have pointed out that it was really hot in the debate room and all of the candidates were “glistening” because those spotlights were really hot.  The idea of having Air Force I in the background couldn’t be any less subtle that “We’re all patriotic republicans here”.  The rumor is that Donald Trump is accepting support from virelant anti Islamic groups as well as David Duke and the KKK, and Trump doesn’t see a progolem with that.  Two days ago I thought the album “The Best of Alice Cooper”  (with Michael Bruce) needs to be CD expended.   Since “Refrigerator Heaven” was on a track last summer, that track wasn’t used here.   Just look for the blog post with the picture of the mug of beer.

Today is September 18^th or the 45^th anniversary of Jimmy Hendrix’s death, which was also on a Friday.  During this period in September of 1970 Dad was briefly going to AA meetings, and I went to two of them myself with Mom.   Other than mention the date when it comes around on the calendar, there is not a lot that is celebrated of talked about as far as the after-life of Jimi Hendrix.   I would mention that I had a conversation with those who put out that Ringo album.  They defended having a debate about the Iran Nuclear treaty even though it’s a settled issue now.  They said “It’s settled, but it’s still important and pivotal and people need to be reminded.  So “Disk 2” won’t be changed except that “Good Night, Vienna” will be added in in a track between the half hour segments.  In case you are wondering both tracks were originally part of a TV program that runs a half hour as a Mc Laughlin type discussion.   Only in this case all of the protagonists are on the same side- - but sometimes (as in Wednesday’s debate) little arguments are generated just to give the appearance of conflict or “debate”.   

THE BEST OF ALICE COOPER  (Michael Bruce era)

Mr and Misdemeanor

Below Your Means

Hallowed Be My Name

Is It My Body?

Eighteen

Under My Wheels

Be My Lover

Desperado

School’s Out

Blue Turk

No More Mr Nice Guy

Elected

Billion Dollar Babies

Sick Things  (fast fade)

Working Up A Sweat

Teenage Lament

Muscle of Love

OK here's your CD bonus paragraph (so to speak)  I thought I might mention Bones remark the other day that “Maybe [censored] and Paul can’t be trusted by Mom and she really is being railroaded”.  It would be the first emergence of Bones in two months or something.  Communacations with anybody on the "other side" have been sparse lately.   I thought of maybe doing something on hyperbolic optics, which would amount to the “crystal ball” affect, where you are looking “in” on your subject from the outside rather than being on the inside looking out.  And I thought of that Ringo album and how certain songs were omitted such as “I’m the Greatest” and “Photograph” and “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Good Night, Vienna”.   This last song is a key omission because it isn’t on the “Blast from the Past” Ringo album.  I finally decided to do something on karma.  I didn’t mean to imply any of the following.  I didn’t mean to imply that I was bigger than God, or better than God or that I didn’t “need God” or that I thought I could defeat God or that I wasn’t grateful for the blessings I’ve received.  But to me it’s hard to put in a disclaimer for something that you didn’t say to begin with.