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Saturday, May 13, 2017

I Knew President Nixon......

I was teenager when President Nixon was President and Trump is no President Richard M Nixon.

President Richard Nixon claimed that the Watergate was made up and his enemies were just out to get him and that he was not involved and he said "I am not a crook".

Trump has claimed all along that the Russia connection is made up and his enemies are just out to get him and he is not involved.  "Comey told me 3 times I was not a target of the investigation".  That is something every person familiar with FBI procedures says would be unlikely that Comey would use those words.

I am not ready to compare Trump to President Nixon. 

President Nixon was smart

And, a dedicated public servant.  President Nixon believed that government could be used to solve our nations problems - he created the EPA and The School Lunch Program, open the diplomatic door to China and attempted to dial back the tensions of the Cold War.

Trump is vulgar, incapable of thinking of anything our anyone but himself, emotionally immature and delusional. 

And, probably stupid.

President Nixon was brought down by his self doubts, his desire to loved by the people and his need to prove that he was as good as a Kennedy.  For Nixon winning was about how he could serve and be a great President. His fear of losing one more time lead to Watergate.  Don't get me wrong President Nixon was not a good man but he was multiple heads and shoulders better than Trump.  Nixon believed in America - Trump believes in Trump

Trump has no interest in the best interest of the country.  His campaign was about his ego and nothing else.  He said what he needed to say but he does not believe in this country he has no desire to help it to a better future he just wanted to be elected President.

That's it.

Trump's ego is so fragile that is does this

President Nixon's crimes were severely damaging to this country and they came after losing Korea,  the cultural change brought about by Civil Rights movement, the murders of John, Martin and Bobby and Vietnam. The American people were already doubting it's institutions and his abuse of the government powers convinced people that our government was not there for us and the results of President Nixon's actions were deeply damaging to the national unity and we have never recovered.

Trump on the other hand does not care about national unity, the meaning of our institutions.  He is not a democrat (note the small d), he admires dictators and as he is sitting alone in his bedroom (since the First Lady refuses to live with him) channel changing between Fox, CNN & MSNBC to see what they are saying about him he thinks about how great it would be if he did not have to deal with Congress and defer to the authority of the Judiciary.  He clearly has a man crush on Putin, is effusive in support of the soon to be dictator of Turkey and invited the murderous President of the Philippines to the White House. 

There is growing evidence that he, his children and in in-laws are using his position to line their pockets.  Maybe by the time he is no longer living at taxpayer expense he actually will be a millionaire. 

President Nixon was despicable Trump is a grifter.  President Nixon served this country Trump serves himself and his extended family. 

Clearly President Nixon had his demons but Congress and the courts stepped up to defend the nation from them.  Trump's demons seem to be much darker, the courts have stepped up to defend the nation, the GOP controlled Congress thus far does not seem ready to defend the nation from this man.  I hope they do but I have my doubts that men like Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have what it takes to do so.

I miss Everett Dirkson and Barry Goldwater






Wednesday, May 14, 2014

The Clinton's and The Times

Can we survive without them?  The latest about Bill and Hillary and The New York Times

The Times  has ousted it's Executive Editor.  Perhaps the official article is not telling the entire story

President Clinton responds  Karl Rove - and just destroys him



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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Eminem, Rihanna and Me

I am not sure who figured out that Rihanna and Eminem  are hit music gold?


I am glad he or she did.

The divine Rihanna is in great form here and she summarizes his struggles very nicely with her vocal hook.


Eminem has always been different than other rappers.... it is not all about his dick.

Granted, sometimes it is about killing his ex wife.

I am not condoning that nor his use of faggot so please do not go there with me.

This single is about his emotional struggles and about him sometimes questioning his sanity.

And, you can dance to it.

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I have reached a "pax monstera" with the monsters under my bed and I have embraced the voices in my head.....I just wish they would not try to speak all at once.

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Sunday, September 29, 2013

You Will Find These Interesting

Maureen Dowd  reviews James Bamford's article in Wired about the N.S.A. from the Bluffdale, Utah, the home The NSA's new $2 billion, one million square-foot data center.
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Prince Charles becomes the oldest heir to the throne.
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The National Aquarium  is set to close today as a result of lack of funding.  The aquarium which is only 10,000 sq feet in size and resides in the basement of the Herbert Hoover Building.  It was founded during the administration of President U.S. Grant and recently went through a $2 million face lift will close it's doors and try to transfer it's permanent guests to other locations.
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The Allentown Art Museum opens an exhibit of American Wildlife Art.  These priceless animal themed works of art will be on display until December 29th.
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The GOP's war on women  continues as they add limits to contraception coverage to the spending bill. So much for their claim that it is a clean bill.  They lie and we continue to allow them to do it by not getting more and more outraged.
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The New York Times editorial board is outraged and disgusted with House Republicans.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

The Sigal Museum in Easton

If you get a chance this week visit The Sigal Museum  in downtown Easton.  The 9-11 memorial flag is currently on display.  It will only be there through the September 20th.  I was invited to installation and have been trying to get back down to see it again.  It is breathtaking and heart breaking at the same time.
911 Memorial Flag

It is 22' by 32' and represents all of those who lives were lost on September 11, 2001 attacks.

In fact you should just visit the Sigal Museum.
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The museum tells the history of Northampton County in a very clever and honest way.  It does not varnish over the fact that people who lived here before the Europeans were forcibly removed from their lands. It tells the story of the two cities, the small boroughs and the rural townships.  It showcases the industry and the agricultural, the arts and the leisure, the extraordinary and the ordinary of this historic county.  It celebrates the contributions the people of Northampton County have made to this country from it's founding right through to today.

I have had the opportunity (through my job) to support some of the programs and exhibits the museum has presented and I still find something new that I did not notice before as I walk through it's permanent collections.

Take a trip to lovely downtown Easton and spend some time at the Sigal it will be time well spent.  When done go across the street grab a cup of coffee from Terra Cafe stroll around downtown, visit the many shops and stop in for a cocktail or more at Mesa.

The Sigal is operated by Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society.
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Joan Walsh Challenges Politico...And Wins

She who should not be crossed;  Joan Walsh takes apart  a Politico piece about the results of the New York City Democratic Primary and specifically the author's observations about apparent nominee Bill de Blasio.

For those of us who can't get enough about this years fascinating race for Mayor of the Capitol of The World this is an interesting read.

Joan Walsh has always responded positively to my tweets and comments to her and she personally got involved when I was having a problem trying to become a supporter of Salon.  Not that I'm bragging or claiming a friendship because I know if I ever cross Ms. Walsh I know what to expect.  And, she'll no doubt be right.

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Well Done You! Vince Gill - He kicks some Westboro Ass

This is great!

Country music icon / super star Vince Gill slaps down the Westboro Baptist Church .

There is no room in the country for the hate that these horses asses are all about.  They are not a church, they are not religious, the are not people of true faith and they are certainly not Christians.

Well done you!  Vince Gill!

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

If Only Hell Existed I Would Wish Pat Robertson There

“You know what they do in San Francisco? Some in the gay community there, they want to get people. So if they got the stuff they’ll have a ring, you shake hands and the ring’s got a little thing where you cut your finger,” he said. “Really. It’s that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder.”

I was going to ignore this pronouncement  from "Leading" "Christian" "Intellectual" Rev. Pat Robertson but it is too disgusting, too stupid, too idiotic not to share.  

This web site  reports that the people who run Robertson's web site did not post the entire segment but rather a heavily edited version.

Sometimes I wished I believed in Hell just so I can wish Pat Robertson and his co-host Miss America 1973 Terry Meeuwsen would end up there.

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Saturday, August 24, 2013

On The Bus Headed to Bethlehem

The New York Times ran a photo essay about the Chinese and Korean folks who ride the bus to Bethlehem's Sands casino .  The casino and the city have had to make major adjustments because the shear volume of day trip visitors from New York's Chinese and Korean communities.

It has been interesting to watch.

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Tossed Out By A Chattanooga Congregation

The "Pastor" of Ridgedale Church of Christ in Chattanooga has ordered an entire family; mom, dad, aunt, uncle and cousins from the congregation unless the publicly renounce their own daughter, niece and cousin because she is a LESBIAN.  They all committed the horrible sin of attending their family member's wedding to her female partner.

This "Pastor" is not a Christian and the people who support him are not Christians.

They are a mockery of the teaching of Jesus Christ and they are bad people.  They are in for a super big surprise when they get to heaven and they see people who neither think link them nor look like them.

What if they don't make it to heaven because they are so hateful?

Where will they go? Where will they spend all of eternity?

If I believed there was a hell it would be my first suggestion but since I do not maybe they will just be stuck behind the velvet rope watching while the rest of us go through the VIP entrance to Roxy. (I may be slightly dating myself with that but so be it)

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Glad I don't live in Virginia and more interesting things in the news

Whistle blowing icon Daniel Ellsberg believes that Bradley Manning's conviction is the beginning of a police state.

Is he wrong?  I am troubled by the lengths the government went to charge and convict Mr. Manning.
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Easton's very popular Movies at the Mill  festival will be moving to Hugh Moore Park this year because of construction at the mill. An award winning documentary film maker will be attending this years festival
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What does is say about the state of politics in Virginia if Terry McAuliffe is at almost 50% in the latest polls and he is running against the Attorney General.  I'm  sure Mr. McAuliffe is a decent man but nothing in his history as a businessman & Clinton fundraiser leads me to be believe he is qualified to be Governor of a state but then his opponent wants to ban oral sex and has received some questionable gifts. He is also linked to the current Governor who looks like he is on his way to jail and of course he ticket mate believes a child born with a disability was because their parents committed a sin.

On second thought Bill Clinton's "consigliere" is looking pretty good.


Let's all have a moment of silence for the people of The Commonwealth of Virginia.  Hopefully they will do the same for us here in Pennsylvania as we are forced to deal with Tom Corbett's re-election
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The New York Daily News endorses Christine Quinn  for Mayor of New York City "because she combines the clearest understanding of the difficulties facing the city with the most extensive record of getting things done as a councilwoman and accomplished City Council speaker."




Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Charitable Gay Porn, Oprah's Oscar, Maureen Dowd & More


Remember a few months ago when Little Ricky Santorum announced he was going to head a movie studio?  This week I read a story that a new gay porn studio will use some of it's profits to support LGBT charities.  I got all excited I thought maybe Ricky has moved on from his hot Man on Dog fetish to a more main stream boring old hot guy on guy action.  But, alas my hopes were dashed.
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Maryland Delegate Don Dwyer must really hate  marriage equality because he is busted again for a DUI - You may remember the first time he was busted he blamed The Gays getting married.  He is a drunk he needs help and hopefully he has hit bottom.  If not, put the drunk bigot away for awhile.
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A case is made for Oprah Winfrey winning an Oscar .  Just imagine how superior and sanctimonious her acceptance speech will be!  It's not that I disagree with Oprah's point of view it is the fact that she has made millions and billions of dollars exploiting peoples weaknesses that I find objectionable.
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Maureen Dowd sits down for a conversation with the NYC Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio & his more interesting wife but spends much of the column discuss the other leading candidate Christine Quinn.  It's an interesting column (of course).

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I'll be escorting my friend and Mayor (& Candidate for County Executive)  John Callahan  around a huge Clambake sponsored by Nazareth-Bath Chamber of Commerce  Slate Belt Chamber of Commerce  and Lehigh Valley Elite Networking Group.  I've been attending this event for a few years and this year a record breaking 235 people will be attending.  I wonder if it's because Mayor Callahan said he was attending.

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Jazz legend & NPR host  Marian McPartland has died
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Is it me or is this kinda weird and almost creepy?  The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs hold a contest and the winner gets their funeral paid for.  I guess you have to try everything you can to get bodies in the seats but a Win A Funeral Contest just seems a tad odd to me.  I could be wrong.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Good On You Ke$ha!

I like Ke$ha!



I know I know I know.

Say what you want but right now the child is wildly popular and she cranks out very catching tunes.  Let us not forget that I am a tall, fairly thin, white, gay man of a certain age.  I love dance music.

And, Ke$ha is all about the dancing and the party. Her songs are fun and the are very girl powered.  Not at the deeper empowering feminist level of  the amazing P!nk or the sublime Kelly Clarkson but her girls are not victims nor are they push overs.

Because Ke$ha likes and supports The Gays her tour is being picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church.  Who are not really a church in a traditional sense but family members bonded by a sick hate.

Apparently Ke$ha and her people had grown weary of the protests and wanted to show support for a large segment of her fans (The Gays) so 3 of her back up boys decide to dance in front of the protesters before her show in Lincoln, Nebraska.  The "church" members were playing their disgusting version of her song "We R who we R".

Well done you! Ke$sha (and your hot dancers).  Bring on the glitter bring on the love! 





Monday, August 19, 2013

A Great Blog that Depresses Me

When I first learned about this blog I thought it would be fun.

So, I decided to spend a few minutes and scroll through it's many pages.

It is well written, it is clever and  I agree with it's point of view.

It is not fun.

It is not funny.

It makes me angry.

It is completely frustrating.

It is a great resource but it is totally depressing

I will read it every day

This is the link to the blog



Boy Culture, Greenwald, A Coup & Mona Lisa




Matthew Rettenmund the genius behind one of my favorite blogs Boy Culture  always finds interesting stuff.  This time he finds a clip of a still amazing Raquel Welch  talking about the time she met Mae West.

I have been reading this blog since the beginning of time (or maybe it just seems that way).  He constantly updates the blog so there is always something to find.  Check out the link under Links/Must Reads.



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The partner of Reporter/Activist Glenn Greenwald was detained by British security forces for close to nine hours. Greenwald has been instrumental in assisting Edward Snowden get his story out.  Greenwald's partner a Brazilian national has been unable to live with Greenwald here in the U.S. because of the restrictions and limits placed on gay relationships by the recently overturned DOMA.

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I know this will come as a shock to most of you The CIA admits it's role in the overthrow of the Iranian Government in August of 1953. Haven't we've known this since September of 1953?

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The search for the real  Mona Lisa continues.


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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Hot Male on Male Bug Sex, Ryan Gosling & More!

Sick of your facebook friends  Ryan Gosling  will make it all better


Shop Madonna  and make the world a better place

Is this the best Bar Mitzvah  entrance of all times?

Come out Come out wherever you are are Darren Young  WWE Superstar just did it.

I wish this was a parody piece but it is not The New York Post takes the  Moral High Ground  - I mean really moral outrage from The Post.  Puhlease

Don't tell Little Ricky Santorum but a recent insect Sex Study  exposes the dark underworld of hot male on male bug sex
insect sex


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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

NJ Results, Weiner Knows Nothing, Town Halls, Polling, Voter Suppression & A Moron

Tracking  results in real time for the NJ Senate primary

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According to Team Hillary disgraced former Congressman, penis shower and current NYC mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner knows nothing  about Hillary Clinton's plans for the future.

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It appears town hall meetings aren't what they used to be. Many members of congress are skipping them altogether and liberal groups are ensuring they have a voice at them.  But there have been some wild ones.

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Lloyd Grove takes on the disgusting and not very clever or bright Donald Trump.  When is NBC going to say enough?  When is Macy's going say enough?  He has no clue about real world politics.  He just talks for the sake of talking and the MSM just eats it up.

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Bill De Blasio takes the lead in the New York mayors race  Quinninpiac poll.  If you never read an entire polling report now is your time.  This is the stuff political nerds like your humble blogger can spend hours of enjoyment with.

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This didn't take long - The NC vote suppression law  is being challenged in court.

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Monday, August 12, 2013

NCAA profits, Whitey, $$ Raised & Stop & Frisk

The NCAA announced that it will not longer profit from the exploitation of it's student athletes names.  It will no longer sell shirts with the kid's names on it.  They were making big buck off the names of the athletes but the students themselves could not profit from their own talent or own name.  It's about time.

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Whitey Bulger is convicted of 31 or 32 counts - public enemy #1 is going to jail for what will assuredly be the rest of his life

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NY City Council Speaker and Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn front runner is also leading the race for the money.  Most of my liberal friends are supporting the more liberal Bill De Blasio but think I am pulling for Ms.Quinn because it would be amazing and powerful to have the mayor of the most important city on the planet to be a lesbian.  She may not be the perfect liberal but she surely is progressive but I can accept that to send the message of her election to the world.

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New York Police Stop and Frisk  has been found to violate the civil rights or thousands of New York citizens.  This procedure needs a second look and the court did the right thing to force the city's hand.


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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Santorum & Cuccinelli - Joined at the Hip (or somewhere)

Like his butt buddy.... I mean political compatriot Rick Santorum, Virginia Attorney General and GOP Governor nominee  Ken Cuccinelli is obsessed with sex.  But, not just any sex he is obsessed with oral and anal sex.

He is so obsessed that he is encouraging judicial activism in order to control giving head and booty banging.

One has to wonder why Santorum and Cuccinelli are so obsessed with this.  What happened in their lives?   Why are they so concerned?

What trauma could have caused this drama?

And, why isn't the National Inquirer doing an investigation into this?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/ken_cuccinelli_s_sodomy_obsession_the_frightening_legal_implications_of.html

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