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Trumps Tax Plan Just Gave The Flying Finger to Working Middle Class. Hint... That's Most of Us

Soooo .... Trump is cutting taxes for the RICH. 

So? You idiots voted for me....

And how do we make up for that lost revenue exactly?

Answers anyone? 

Does anyone REALLY think the rich will take that amazing windfall of a gift from their billionaire buddy to employ more people? Maybe a few will, but not enough to make any difference in the lives of every day people, and that means you, both liberal and conservative alike.

Or, do you think, given the DECADES of the historic, obscene profit taking by Americas's corporate class, that they might just possibly keep doing their whole greed thing? 

C'mon all you conservative Christians out there that voted for this devil incarnate .... WWJD? I mean that. Really.

Would he give tax breaks to  ....

a.) people who are struggling and may be suffering on some level physically, mentally or both, just to make ends meet.

or 

b.) already obscenely wealthy people, who only worship money and power for their own purposes.

It's true, you have to hire people to maintain all of your "stuff", so there would be some job creation. Servitude and all that court jester stuff would see a spike in the job market I'm sure.

And to be fair, if the working poor/middle class get the tax break, it's also a given that some may just buy some crack with their extra cash flow and give their singles to a few pole dancers. 

But then again ... so might the rich... they do love their coke & hooker parties! Can I get an AMEN!

So if you are worried that the poor would throw it away on crack, Mad Dog and dirty hoes... are you also worried the rich might use it on premium coke, champagne and high priced hookers? 

No????
 
The question remains... who do you side with when it comes to the new Trump tax plan? Who do you root for, vote for, support? Yourself or the1% that doesn't care about you on any level except how to use you.

Do you root for yourself and those in need, who might be in need for a whole host of reasons that has nothing to do with being lazy or being a bad person ... or ... do you root for giving breaks to people who literally worship power and money over all things? 

Tough choice? Let me try and sway you. 

If you are resentful of people who get help when they don't "deserve it" {welfare queens} why wouldn't that same logic apply to the rich who get corporate welfare? 

Who deserves the break? Well it depends on the circumstance. Depends on who and why and for what reasons. This requires intelligent thought. There may not be a simple answer. 

True, there are some welfare frauds out there taking money from the system in some kind of scam. That's easy enough to admit to because it's true. I know some. They exist. And it's not right and I don't endorse people who do this even if they are liberals.

But if we are talking dollars and cents and looking to stop the biggest scammers from draining us dry, nothing compares to the corporate welfare that exists in our country. Corporate welfare costs us way more than any welfare queens. 

And unless you are part of the richest 1%, why would you side with them when it comes to all of the issues us 99% er's face each day?

Why not side with the left on this issue of tax breaks? Isn't it to YOUR benefit to get the tax cut instead of the rich? 

No??? Still not buying it?

Well {deep sigh} maybe that's because your hatred of other people not like you, is far greater than your ability to know what is beneficial to your own life. 

When you allow hatred to become part of who you are as a human being, the problem with that is it blinds you to all other things, including the good things in life.

If it's your figurative internal desire to push people off a cliff  based on your bigotry, keep in mind as you push them to the edge, you are blindly walking towards the same cliff.

Don't allow hate and bigotry and especially Trump to blind you. If you do, that cliff edge ...is already underfoot. 

Peace Out ...

Can Trump Comprehend Facts? Is His Ego Just Too Big?

He's CRAZY. He's a sociopath. He is a pathological liar. He is an unapologetic plagiarist.

There are lots of derogatory things said about Trump, and whether you believe them or not, there is one that we should all be keenly focused on because it drives everything he says and does. 

I think it's the most dangerous part of his personality by far and could set us up for destruction in ways we can't even imagine. It scares me because he can't be reasoned with.

I am referring to NPD - Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

From Psychology Today

1. Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment by others.

2. Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.

3. Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions.

4. Needing constant admiration from others.

5. Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others.

6. Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain.

7. Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs.

8. Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them.

9. Pompous and arrogant demeanor.

When you can't even state a fact because it doesn't line up with the delusion in your head ... you have ZERO business being the leader of the free world!

 

No matter how you align yourself politically, we all have to agree that having someone who is literally incapable of stating the truth, should never even have the chance to be President... of any country ... on any planet! 

After considering all of the above, do you need more red flags to be convinced he is unfit? No problem, here's a fun one. 

When the most prominent right wing "spin doctor" on the planet - Karl Rove - is blasting Trump about what a disaster he created involving the $4 Billion  "Boeing Blunder" ... you might want to think real hard about your continued support for him. 

By the way, it's very healthy to admit a mistake.

So to answer my own question, yes, his ego can be too big to simply process facts. If you can't get facts right because you suffer from NPD on some level, then maybe there should be a law that you don't get to be the leader of the free world. 

And we should figure this out before we elect them. 

Just a thought

Climate Change Doesn't Care What You Think

If you haven't had the chance yet, make sure you watch the series Years of Living Dangerously presented by National Geographic. 

I want to talk specifically about the episode Uprooted. 

In this episode, journalist Tom Friedman explores how Climate Change is already displacing people in Africa. 

Actor Don Cheadle takes on the drought-stricken region of California, where a family is about to lose their farm.  

Be warned, if you are sensitive, this series of shows will be hard to watch. I personally have to stop and take breaks to process it all. But then I dry my tears and take a few deep breaths and get back to it. As much as it bothers me to watch it, I am not living it and my pain is NOTHING ... so I suck it up. 

I want to interject how absolutely hopping mad I get when people run or hide from anything that makes them sad. I understand you have to live life as positively as you can so you don't end up jumping off a cliff. I get that. But there has to be a balance. Disconnecting yourself, deliberately avoiding facts because they are too hard to wrap your head around, is what totally screws things up in the world. It's how we ended up with Trump for pity sake!

You can only run for so long before things catch up to you. At some point, you have to face things and sometimes... you don't get a choice when it will happen. And my little tirade about not sticking your head in the sand is specifically to point out how Climate Change... which is happening right now... is something you can't ignore or avoid no matter how depressed it makes you. The people climate change is affecting right this very second ... can't bury their head. If you think it won't catch up to you, you are a fool. One day, and maybe that day has already come for you, you will be in just as much deep shit as they are. Bank on it. 

We have to collectively figure out how to stop killing the planet. So cry, get depressed, but then suck it up and get involved.

With that out of the way...

Getting back to the episode, the storyline Don Cheadle follows about the farm in California is pretty much what you can guess ... no water equals no farm. The struggle the family has to endure makes it real because you can see what it takes just for them to live, let alone take care of a farm. 

The storyline Tom Friedman follows, well, hit me like a ton of bricks. I guess I didn't know as much as I thought about how Climate Change has already devastated Africa. While the media is always reporting about the refugees coming from Syria, keep in mind that there are other drought stricken areas where entire communities are literally dying. Not in the future. It's already happened. Past tense. If you are worried about refugees from tiny little Syria, you ain't seen nothing yet.

So the break down of the "Climate Change Refugee" goes like this ...

No rain = no water for the farm = no crops = no food for the livestock or the farmers = no income for the families that work the farm = leaving your hometown and land to seek work = no work because everyone is in the exact same boat = families being broken apart looking for any work = people desperate and dying = people willing to do anything to survive = joining a militant group because you have nothing to lose ... 

No matter whether it's California or Syria or Africa ... the climate has changed. Period. Fact.

It really almost doesn't matter what you attribute the cause to on a certain level because the crisis is happening. Whether you think God is punishing us, or China created some hoax, or you actually believe the scientists who say it's man made, you can not bury your head another second. 

If stopping all forms of pollution (that heats the air, that melts the ice caps, that will flood our coasts, that will cause mass die off in the oceans, that causes apocalyptic droughts) is what it takes to save ourselves and the planet itself, who the hell cares what you think, it just has to be done. Science and nature are funny that way, it doesn't care what you think. 

If Trump wants to bring people together, he can start by addressing Climate Change or there won't be a country full of people to take advantage of... I mean govern.

Last point; we all live on the same planet. We can not build a wall to stop Climate Change. This is a global crisis that is already in full swing whether you like it or not or even accept the reality of it. 

What can we do? We have to put people in charge who will fucking do something about it. Period. 


Drought-stricken African nations launch $2.4bn drought appeal

 "The United Nations estimated in April this year that around 60 million people around the world had been affected."

South Africa: Drought leads to failed crops, water shortages

"For the next 10 to 15 years, the situation is likely to get worse," he warned, adding that only days of sustained rainfall can solve the town's woes, despite the occasional scattered shower. "We are in the middle of a crisis."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-01-south-africa-drought-crops-shortages.html#jCp

"For the next 10 to 15 years, the situation is likely to get worse," he warned, adding that only days of sustained rainfall can solve the town's woes, despite the occasional scattered shower. "We are in the middle of a crisis."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-01-south-africa-drought-crops-shortages.html#jCp

"For the next 10 to 15 years, the situation is likely to get worse," he warned, adding that only days of sustained rainfall can solve the town's woes, despite the occasional scattered shower. "We are in the middle of a crisis."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-01-south-africa-drought-crops-shortages.html#jCp

"For the next 10 to 15 years, the situation is likely to get worse," he warned, adding that only days of sustained rainfall can solve the town's woes, despite the occasional scattered shower. "We are in the middle of a crisis."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-01-south-africa-drought-crops-shortages.html#jCp

Trump and the rough seas ahead - Have hope

I have so many friends who shared their personal stories with me when Trump won that horrific night. This is so unlike any other election in our generation. I've lost count of how many people told me they actually threw up. I never got that bad, but I was nauseous from crying. It took me days before I wasn't crying on the hour. 

I still cry, but I don't beat myself up about it when I do and I have also started to actively do things to keep myself from going over the edge into total gloom. 

I'm white, no kids with special needs, I'm a Spiritual Atheist, and I am straight, so I don't have a target on my back.

But I have been privy to private groups where members had to be talked out of suicide because they felt like life was going to be a living hell because of all of the open hatred... now emboldened by the election result. Those are the extreme cases of course, with most of us just feeling a range of emotions from complete rage to utter hopelessness. 

What I want to say to everyone is ... hang in there. And no, I won't post the Kitty hanging from the tree branch. 

Seek out Beauty

While you are hanging in there... allow yourself, give yourself permission... to feel it all. I truly believe that is what sets us apart from the hardened hearts. 

The trick.... is to balance it with things that lift you and remind you that we will get through this. And dare I say it... but maybe this is actually a good thing. 

One thing I know to be 100% true is that even when really horrible things happen, human kind always finds ways to deal with it. That's not to say that we won't go through hell. But maybe this issue of bigotry and hate and all that comes with it, HAD to be put on the table. No more hiding, no more turning a blind eye, no more pretending it wasn't real, no more avoiding the subject, no more being friends with people who you otherwise thought of as decent human beings just to be civil. A line has been drawn. Now you get to decide what side you are on.

There are so many good things to turn to when we face hardship in life. Friends and family, work you love, knowing how lucky we are compared to those who have nothing, there is a long list.

The simplest thing I find to help me cope, is to find a piece of music that lifts you spiritually. Music is soul food. It can say things in a way words can't always express. Lyrics are great and do serve a purpose especially when there is a deeper meaning. 

One of my favorite songs from U2 is Ordinary Love. The lyric of  "the sea throws rocks together, but time leaves us polished stones." 

For me, it means that even though we go through rough seas, it's those rough seas that throw us on the rocks and polish us, forge us ...  into something beautiful. During these dark days of Trump, I know there will be something beautiful to come from it at some point. Hang in there. 

Recounts and Russia - There may be hope

Well ... we made it through Thanksgiving dinner without anyone being a bit interested in politics. It was a welcome day off. 

 
Still riding on that wave of calm, today has given me a smidgen of hope that things may be falling into place to change the horrible outcome of the election. 



The hope I feel stems from two things mainly ... Jill Stien looking to fund a recount and the fact that Russia could possibly be involved in some behind the scenes antics. The Russian involvement alone could be a total game changer.

Then there is the question of Trump even being fit to be president, for a whole host of reasons. Top two on my list are the lack of any real political experience, which his supporters thought was a good thing, but could mean disaster for the country. And the second on my personal list, is his overall personality and demeanor. He displays traits which all seem to point to him being a full-fledged sociopath. 

Factor in that he doesn't even want to live at the White House and we know his family will not reside there. This causes all kinds of issues not only security wise, but add to that the shear cost over the next four years. Will even HIS supporters stand for that?

Then we have the ACLU. Here is a PDF link to the Trump Memos, which outline his plans as POTUS and how they violate laws.

All of this and more leads to the Electoral College having grounds for invoking the Faithless Elector.

It may be grasping at straws to think any of the above will actually end up with Hillary taking office, but I don't feel as terrified any more.  Lets cross our collective fingers folks! 

Peace Out....

We Summoned the Devil

 
 As we get ready to sit down at the table for Thanksgiving, there is a lot of talk about the stress it will cause (or not) if you engage in a discussion about Trump. Here is a suggestion that might get your right wing relatives feeling that they made a tiny little boo boo voting for him. 

Bring up the topic of the Anti Christ. We are told that the End Times will begin with the Anti Christ and False Prophet. Here is a little snippet from End Times Ministries... 

The Antichrist will not be a religious leader, but an international political leader seeking to establish a new world government with the overwhelming support of a major religious leader, described in the Bible as the False Prophet. Under the guise of uniting all the people of the Earth under one, global, nation and religion, the two figureheads will attempt to strip humanity of its identity, freedoms, and suspicion, ushering in an age of blind acceptance.

People have claimed Obama was the Anti Christ. Maybe. But I'm thinking it's probably the big orange "Don".  

We invited the Devil to the table. We summoned him here. We paved the way for him. We left all that 'Christ like' mumbo jumbo at the curb to be replaced with shiny objects. 

We willingly left our values behind to elect a man who literally sits on golden throne like chairs in his home, who has every decadent gaudy bobble you can imagine, and then.... expect him to represent the hard working every day man and women in this country. Only that's not going to happen.

                                             Remind you of anything? 

got false idols anyone?

Even before he is in office, he is openly and proudly showing us, that he will use the office as a personal money making, power grabbing machine. 

'That's not what I wanted' ....you might say... 'he said he would save us. He said he would make things right.' 

Only problem is, when you summon the Devil and ask him to fix things, there is a price, there is always a price.

His position.... that's what you signed on for... and he's right. 

So when your right wing relatives leave for the evening after being filled with Turkey and pie, kiss them goodbye and thank them for summoning the Devil incarnate. Oh ... and find out who is doing Christmas at their house this year. 

For more fun filled details about this, check out the video and article from the Huffington Post entitled ....

Trump Says Any Conflicts Of Interest

... Were Priced Into Your Vote

hey... you idiots voted for me... you knew what you were getting

Our Version of ISIS - "Murican" Style

So I know I have a tendency to be dramatic. When I am, it's really about trying to get a point across. I want to express as fully as possible the meaning of something so it sinks in. 

This time, I don't think I can be dramatic enough to get this point across.

I feel like we are witnessing the creation of an American ISIS. As Trump is building his cabinet in his pre-presidency, he keeps adding people with the most extreme views. How exactly is he going to represent ALL Americans this way? 

There is no consideration for the liberals ... as of yet... 

Some claim Trump is actually not a racist because he himself, has not done anything directly racist (or bigoted) as in calling people names like 'spear chuckers' or 'fags' etc.,  

Well here's the thing, just because he doesn't get his hands dirty, you can't claim he isn't actually guilty of racism. He is the mob boss, the ring leader, the orchestrator, the puppet master pulling all the strings. THAT is what makes him a bigot. Don't get sidetracked by technicalities. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ...

The latest in the line up... a man who feels that Muslims who don't speak up against terrorists are complicit. Then I assume that with that logic, all whites and/or Christians who don't speak up against the KKK or any other hate group ... are complicit as well??? No? Why Not?

Article from CNN 
  
Democratic groups blasted Pompeo's selection Friday. They cited Pompeo's allegations in 2013 that Muslim Americans do not speak out enough against terror attacks and could therefore be "potentially complicit" in those attacks.

 Who knows if this person will be appointed or will last, but it's just another brick being added to a wall. Trump will get his wall, maybe just not in a literal sense.  

On one side, there will be all of the radical extremist right wingers and the moderate or "slightly right wing" fools who are too afraid to denounce them. On the other side, will be the people who fight injustice and prejudice and all that goes with it. 

This is the birth of something really bad. It was one thing when they hid in the shadows but this is not acceptable. Not only did they come out into the open, they took over the country. WTF!!!!!

I personally feel like the Alt Right has become a terrorist group born of ignorance, apathy and hate and is looking for vengeance and the elimination of all things liberal. It's like we are witnessing a 'Murican" version of  ISIS being formed. I'm scared folks.

Divide and Conquer - How liberals are making this easy for Facists.

Yep... it's one of the tenants in the Fascist Handbook. Divide and Conquer 

To all of my fellow liberals ... stop dividing us up into little pieces. We have the same goal. 

I am now having to delete some liberal friends (and some are deleting me) who are very busy having debates about how to handle this election. 


Here is the point, going into battle itself simply does not make you a bad person because you choose to FIGHT. 

What matters is that we are on the same side... the good side... the UN-racist UN-Bigoted side. 

It's like saying all soldiers who choose to take up arms, are all terrorists. Not even close.
So let's use an analogy... a gun can be used for good or for bad. The gun serves a purpose. It is used to injure or kill. 

The person using a gun is not good or bad until the time comes that they use the gun for good or evil (for lack of a better word) 

If the police or a soldier uses a gun to protect innocent people, or in self-defense, the gun becomes a tool .... for good. We support our troops when they fight terrorism.

If a racist or terrorist or sociopath uses the same exact gun as a cop or soldier (think of mall and school shootings) that's when it becomes a tool for evil. 

The issue is not the gun. The issue is who is using it and what their intentions are while using it.

So If us liberals pick up that "metaphorical gun" by saying will not accept the presidency of a mad man, it does not mean we are the same as bigots who denounced Obama. 

You can not compare us to someone who is a bigot just because we denounce Trump like they denounced Obama!!!!!!!!!! That is insane!!!!! It's not even in the same universe if you think about it. So knock it the hell off already! Stop the infighting already.

If people decide that they are going to fight against bigotry and fascism and all that goes with it, by denouncing Trump.... that does not make us evil or equal to bigots in any way shape or form. 

If Wyatt Earp used a gun to fight gangs of murdering bank robbers, rapists and so on... or the Lone Ranger or even the characters of the Marvel Avengers comics... are using a gun or any other weapon of choice, then using the logic that the gun or weapon of choice is what makes you good or bad, then you are not being rational. If that's how you view it then there is something ELSE going on there. 

I get the whole, don't become the very thing you hate credo. But we are not becoming bigots or terrorists. We are simply using the same tool as they did.

All this infighting going on among us.... 

guess what folks... 

you are playing RIGHT into their hands. 

You are just playing the blame game because you don't know what else to do, while they are sitting back having a ball watching us argue about not being a hypocrite and slowly tearing each other apart in the process. 
We are messing up. Again. 

When you realize that fighting bigots is not being a hypocrite, then we can get back to defeating bigotry. All you are doing is wasting time and effort when the real enemy is getting away. 

As Cher said.... 

Vengeful list making? Welcome to the McCarthy Era 2.0

Didn't we do this already? Yes... yes... we did. As I remember... it didn't turn out so well. 

If you don't know about the McCarthy era, please do some research on your own. Instead of linking you to any of it, I think it's high time folks get back to reading and learning how things work.

Maybe it's a good thing to know even just a little of our nations history so you can know what what to avoid and so on.... 

You see, when you know something about history, you can sit back and objectively view all the sides. You can agree or disagree on the mind set of things ... the how and why and all that. History, real history, is made up of facts and are pure truth. How we use facts, is the key. It can be to our advantage in so many ways. The big advantage is actually knowing what you are talking about. 

Here's an image you can chew on just to get your juices flowing. 

With this tidbit of info, you can now look at today's world and compare it in any way you wish to this... 

{{Watch the whole video, but when you get to about time marker 4:40 this is what I want you to see}}

You can find out more via the Frontline piece and this website The Wrap.

Vengeful list making ... 

Bowing down to Trump ... 

Most powerful man in the universe ....

Forget Trump, this nut job just made me pee my pants a little.