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Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin
An open letter to Mr. Biden
Dear Mr. Biden, I voted for you because you understand hurt, heartache and pain. You experienced the agony of losing many someone’s or somethings in your life. You went through these trials and tribulations and exited not a bitter or … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts
Tagged America, Biden, Donald Trump, Future, Joe Biden, MAGA, power, Republicans, Trump, United States, unity, Vladimir Putin
4 Comments
We’re lower than the world
Hyperbole – exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. In 1984 an 81-year-old manicurist named Clara Peller starred in a Wendy’s television commercial proclaiming “Where’s the beef?”. Last week reporter Jonathan Swan of Axios asked Trump the same rhetorical … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged America, Axios, COVID-19, democracy, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Jonathan Swan, MAGA, President Trump, Republicans, Trump, Vladimir Putin
3 Comments
All by Myself
“All by myself, Don’t wanna be, All by myself, Anymore” Back in my hard bicycle riding days I rode with a bunch of skinny, fast men and women. Several times a year our group would make the 16 mile trek … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Thoughts
Tagged America, deplorables, Donald Trump, impeachment, Iran, Kim Jong-un, Lindsey Graham, Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, President Trump, Trump, Vladimir Putin, War
4 Comments
The wannabe Mob Boss in the White House
For years I have been interested in the Mafia. It’s why the Godfather (one and two, not three) and Goodfellas are three of my favorite movies. I think my real fascination with the Mafia and why I watch those movies … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Godfather, James Comey, John Gotti, Mafia, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Mob, Rat, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, Vladimir Putin
8 Comments
All roads lead to Putin
I remember a time, which seems like decades ago now, when Lindsey Graham was anti-Russia and anti-Putin. What seems to have gotten lost among Graham’s Republican brothers and sisters is that Ukraine is at war with Putin and Russia. In … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, impeachment, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Lindsey Graham, Mark Meadows, Russia, Sean Hannity, Steve Scalise, Trump, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
4 Comments
Why did Trump abandon the Kurds?
Why did Trump abandon the Kurds? Why now? The easy answer to both of these question is because Trump is a psychopath. See if you agree with my assessment. According to L. Michael Tompkins, EdD, a psychologist at the Sacramento … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged CNN, Donald Trump, Fox News, Kurds, Lindsey Graham, mental illness, Murder, psychopath, Red Line, Republicans, sociopath, Trump, Turkey, Vladimir Putin
8 Comments
Letter to Lindsey Graham….and we will deserve it
Dear Senator Graham; Back in May of 2016 you tweeted the following (remember Senator Graham there is always a tweet) “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it.” How prophetic. Obviously something very dramatic has happened … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged America, Donald Trump, Erdoğan, Fox News, history, Jamal Khashoggi, John McCain, Kurds, Lindsey Graham, Republicans, SC, South Carolina, Syria, Trump, Turkey, Vladimir Putin
5 Comments
And in other news…..
The Senate Intelligence Committee today released volume two of its Russia investigation, which concludes that Russians sought “to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton’s chances of success and supporting Donald Trump at the direction of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged America, Christian, deplorables, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christians, Fox News, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pat Robertson, Russia, Sean Hannity, Trump, Vladimir Putin
16 Comments
“Just watch!” Oh we are. We all are.
“Wow, just learned in the Failing New York Times that the corrupt former leaders of the FBI, almost all fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an investigation on me, for no reason … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged 13 Angry Democrats, conservatives, Crooked Hillary, deplorables, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, fake news, James Comey, Republicans, Robert Mueller, Russia, Trump, Vladimir Putin
4 Comments