Trump and the Birther Movement

Last Friday I didn't know what to make of Trump's repudiation of the birther movement, which he all but started in 2011 back when he led in the Presidential polls in June of 2011.  He was the first of a long list of candidates to lead in this mad house followed by Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, and you know all the others- - Hermon Cane, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santaurum ect.  The problem is as President Donald Trump may state certain "Truths" with absolute certainty like he did with the notion that Barock Hussein Obama was born in Kenya.  He may even offer money to anyone who can disprove his word.  But he'll welsh on this promise just like he's welshed in so many others.  This is no way to run a country and Trump will be widely disrespected if he tries to run the country the way he's run his businesses.  He can't just do a ten second denial and think that's the end of the problem.  It's like a woman who wants sex but ten seconds before the man ejaculates she decides she really doesn't want it.  It's a little late by then.  You act strident and pound your fist on the table and insist you're right, and you can't just sheepishly back away in the closing seconds of the football game.  Then he does the stunt of blaming the whole birther movement on Hillary.  OK there may be a grain of truth, but Hillary didn't talk about the issue for five long years and almost make it the whole centerpiece of the campaign.  From a Black perspective it's like Mitch Mc Conell trying to make an asterisk of the whole Obama presidency giving him "No Quarter" not even agreeing to bills they'l like to see passed anyhow but they won't do it because they have this scorched earth policy when it comes to Congressional action.  As to Bernie Sanders, he says "Now is not the time for a protest vote".  Hillary is losing a lot of young people to Gary Johnson (who is also the name of an ex step uncle of mine)  No doubt they like Gary's policy on personal privacy and freedom from government intrusion with wire tapping and serveilance and the like.  They also like his reluctance to get into foreign wars, and they like his marijuana policy.  

We all need a toke in the morning

And one at the end of the day

And as many as possible squeezed in-between

To keep life’s troubles at bay

We all just need something to lean on

To insure that our world doesn’t fall

It’s my belief that for instant relief

A toke is the best cure of all

And now for the "loco news" - - - .  This is Monday morning September 19, 2016 and the overcast is just starting to lift.  The Vikings held out against Green Bay last night in a game played in Minisota.  Then Green Bay will be at home for four straight games.  I had the evening game on briefly aware of Bill’s sudden distaste for football.  I had the end of that game on after eight thirty. Medication wasn’t a problem with Tom and mercifully it wasn’t tuna but cheese.  I caught the last few minutes of the Gary Johnson interview on Sixty Minutes.  Then it was the military and President Obama and all the various nuclear procedures they employ.  The President is the sole person who determines whether bombs are dropped and his decision is final.  There were a lot of details I hadn’t heard before.  Then it was the movie industry in China, which works hand in glove with their sencering government to decide which scenes to even film.  But Hollywood does the same thing now.  They tailor their scripts to the future Chinese market to determine which scenes are included or omitted.  It would seem given this reality that Hollywood would accept a lot fewer real protest movies in the future.  Then it was the tail end of “Bob’s Burgers” then “The Simpson’s” in an episode I haven’t seen before about Lisa touring with an aging lady singer.  Four of a kind beats a full house, but how about a straight flush, or even more to the point, a Royal flush?  Would a royal flush beat four Aces?  I should know.  It never dawns on certain people who are natural losers that the smartest thing they can do is to not bet.  Or how about “Just say you did, but you really didn’t”?

I got up before five thirty, which was too early.  There were no cigarettes to be had.  But twice Ron gave me white butts.  The medication line was slow to get started with Ida.  Finally just before breakfast Paul gave me a whole cigarette, which is the only one I’ve had so far today.  Twice before breakfast I asked John Kip for coffee since he made a big thing out of offering it and both times he put me off.  Maybe he’ll let me have some now, maybe not.  We had Cheerios for breakfast followed by an English muffin with butter and jelly and scrambled eggs.  I got a second cup of coffee from Rene.  There was a train of people going to the kitchen for it.   For all the talk about Glenda owing me for letting her use the phone, it hasn’t manifested itself in cigarettes.  I haven’t gotten any cigarettes from Glenda in a long time.  Bill wants me to not lock the door just because he lost his key months ago and hasn’t gotten around to replacing it.  I still don’t know if Augustine is coming by with supplies today.  Certain things seem to never get done.  These blinds still need to be worked on and that hasn’t happened. 

For a postscript John did give me over half of a white non-filter cigarette and then invited me to have coffee from his room.  This time he cut the amount to one tea spoon and filled my large cup just over half full.  The heating appliance he has is technically illegal.