Tag: Commentary

Disloyal?

Closing Thought–22Aug19

I have been told by my president…well your president for I did not and would not vote for this person……that if I do not support Israel then I am being disloyal…..to whom?  To Israel?  Who f*cking cares?

Showing a fresh willingness to play politics along religious and racial lines, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that American Jewish people who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” Trump’s claim triggered a quick uproar from critics who said the president was trading in anti-Semitic stereotypes, the AP reports. It came amid his ongoing feud with Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both Muslim. Trump has closely aligned himself with Israel, including its conservative prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while the Muslim lawmakers have been outspoken critics of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Tlaib is a US-born Palestinian American, while Omar was born in Somalia.

“Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone where they are defending these two people over the state of Israel?” Trump told reporters. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” Trump’s comments were denounced swiftly by Jewish American organizations. “This is yet another example of Donald Trump continuing to weaponize and politicize anti-Semitism,” said Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America. “At a time when anti-Semitic incidents have increased—due to the president’s emboldening of white nationalism—Trump is repeating an anti-Semitic trope.” The Republican Jewish Coalition defended Trump, arguing that the president was speaking about people being disloyal to themselves rather than to Israel.

Disloyal…I think Trump is a moron and can kiss my ass.

This is pure bullsh*t….kinda like those lame ass Americans that will not join our military but will go and fight in Israel’s military.

I am an American….what I think about Israel does not change that fact.

I was loyal enough to join my country’s military can our president say the same thing?

No he cannot for he had fake bone spurs.

“Lego Ergo Scribo”

 

Isolationism? Fascism?

In the days of Hillary and her pundits on the tube we were lead to believe that Trump was an isolationist……those incessant babbling from the pundits and what happened?

It’s nearly impossible to read major newspapers, magazines, or online publications in recent months without encountering a plethora of articles contending that the United States is turning inward and “going alone,” “abandoning Washington’s global leadership role” or “retreating from the world.” These trends supposedly herald the arrival of a new “isolationism.” The chief villain in all of these worrisome developments is, of course, Donald Trump. There is just one problem with such arguments; they are vastly overstated bordering on utterly absurd.

President Trump is not embracing his supposed inner isolationist. The policy changes that he has adopted regarding both security and international economic issues do not reflect a desire to decrease Washington’s global hegemonic status. Instead, they point to a more unilateral and militaristic approach, but one that still envisions a hyper-activist U.S. role.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/where-trumps-alleged-isolationism-32996

I admit that I do not like many of Trump’s foreign policies but as an analyst I just do not see a lean toward isolationism……just another broken promise?

Then there are those that kept saying that the election of Trump and some of his policies were ushering in a time of fascism in the US……actually the calls for fascism were loudest in Europe from the pundits……what happened?

Were fascism to ascend again in Europe, international security would be menaced and the liberal international order be even more imperilled. However, Europe’s current far-right parties fail to meet the minimum fascist criteria.

Just as the taxonomy of European far-right parties is not settled, there is no unanimously agreed definition of 1930s fascism. Differences over generic fascism or a recognisable fascist ideology punctuate the scholarly literature.

Even the two fascist exemplars, Mussolini’s Italy and Nazi Germany, had important differences as well as similarities. However, the fascist movements that arose after 1918 and their shallow imitators—like Franco’s Spain and the Romanian Iron Guard—can be distinguished from today’s far-right movements.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/10/10/fascism_has_not_returned_113881.html

To be honest I could find fascism in the policies of Reagan and both Bush….just as those “people” on the Right want to find aspects of the Dems that they think smacks of socialism…..

These two stories were nothing more than sensationalism and speculation that drives the MSM these days….

Turn The Page!

Ammo-Sexual Or Douche Bag?

Closing Thought–20Feb18

Earlier today I wrote a post about the protests that are being lead by the kids of the school that suffered the attack….in case you missed my post……..

https://lobotero.com/2018/02/20/childrens-crusade/

Sorry for beating you about head with this subject but this is something that needed to be posted.

I am writing another one because of something I read after my article was posted……I was wondering in the post how long it would take for the pigs on the right to start attacking these children…..well to answer my question….not long at all…..

CNN viewers on Tuesday demanded that the network fire conservative contributor Jack Kingston after he suggested that students who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida were being organized by liberal activists.

During an interview on CNN, Kingston asserted that students organizing for gun safety laws were being “hijacked by left-wing groups that have an agenda.”

“I would say to you very plainly that organized groups that are out there like George Soros are always ready to take up the charge, and it’s kind of like instant rally, instant protest and those groups are ready to take it — take it to the streets,” he added.

The remarks outraged CNN viewers, who wondered why Kingston was given a platform to speak on CNN. Some viewers called on the network to terminate the former Republican congressman.

A douche bag knows no limits……brings to question how much does this person owe the NRA to prompt him to attack children?

This man (I use the term loosely) needs to be made to be the face of the protests……he illustrates the Trumpian mindset….if you do not agree then insult…..it is tacky and shameful but pathetic mostly.

Damn!  How low will these people (and I use this term loosely also) go?

Thoughts Without Posts #6

This is a continuation of the post I do for notes that I have made but did not make it into a full fledged post…questions, insights, musings and rants….

1–When did instant coffee become ready brew coffee?

2–Politicians playing politics during a national disaster should be arrested and immediately stripped of there ranking in Congress or whatever organization they are employed in….

3–Conservs are the ones that bitch and moan the most about big government and creeping socialism…..yet they bitch and moan that the government should be controlling the oil spill clean-up…..this is why I have the problem with conservs….they seldom stick to what they bitch about…

4–Meg Whitman, Repub candidate for governor of California has spent $80 million in her campaigning…..think about that for a minute….$80 million to win control of a bankrupt state…is her ego really worth $80 million?  BTW, $68 million of that is her own money.

5–The media is abscessing on the Sestak thing, where the admin offered him Dept. of Navy if he would not run against Specter…..that type of thing happens all the time…why is it so much a story now?  Looks they want to set the agenda for the news cycle……

6–for months now the media has been killing Senate majority leader Reid in his re-election attempt…saying that he was all but dead politically…..oops they may have been wrong….

He trails Lowden (42-39%) and Tarkanian (42-41%), but he leads Angle, 42-39%. In mid-April, he trailed Lowden, 47-37%, and he trailed Tarkanian by 11 points the last time the two were matched up head-to-head, in late Feb.

7–More on Sestak…..someone in the GOP needs to tell these people to shut up…I mean Cheney’s secret meeting with oil companies could be construed as inappropriate and worthy of an investigation…..it is all so much waste of time….move on to the important things…..

8–Fergie is pissing in her corn flakes, but this is just too good to pass up……

With how much she’s been in the news lately, is it any surprise that the already-disgraced Duchess of York is now in the middle of her very own sex scandal? In its “bombshell report,” creatively titled “Fergie slept with rich men for ca$h,” the Globe claims Sarah Ferguson got $450,000 for sleeping with two oil tycoons. Of course, if you want the details (we’d like to know why she’s raking it in but still broke), you’re going to have to buy a copy of the tab.

I like red heads but so far I have not seen one worth that price tag for sex….sorry  Fergie!

9–Recent a crony of GW Bush said, “History will sort the Bush presidency out”…thinking……would that be the same history that leaves Jefferson out of the history books or maybe the same as relabeling the slave trade as “A Triangle trade”…my point is it will be left up to who writes the history…you can bet your butt that it will be a revisionist…..

A Special Thanks To My Readers

I like to commemorate special events that happen on this blog with a post of thanks or whatever needs to be said…….

For the first time since I began Info Ink I have had more comments than posts….I would like to thank my loyal readers and especially those who take the time to comment on a post.

A special thanks goes out to Terrant of My Corner To Vent and the followers on Why We Worry and all others that have participated….and a super thanks to Quin of Quintessential Havoc for keeping me on my toes……Please go to blogroll and participate on these blogs…they are thoughtful and insightful….

Thanx again guys…..you help make the experience worthwhile………

2010 Easter Comment

The year is speeding along…seems like yesterday I was wishing everyone a Happy New Year….and look…in a blink it is Easter…..

First, do you know what I am giving up for Lent?……..(pause)…..Nothing!…I am not a Catholic……..

I would like to once again to thank my readers for their participation….they make the hours of reading and research all that worthwhile………a special thanx to Quin, Terrant and Chris……I appreciate all the thought provoking comments….

I wish that everyone have a great day and enjoys family, friends and food….I am taking a short pause from the mental masturbation and I will be back Monday……

A Christmas Message

I would like to thank all my readers a very Merry Christmas….enjoy the fun, family and food, I know I will.  I will be taking a day of Zen, but never fear this opinonated SOB will be back on 26 Dec 08.

Thanks again for making this a very successful year for Info Ink.

Random Thoughts

As a regular feature, these are my notes that did not make it into a post and want to get feedback from my readers.

1–What the hell is “cross wheel drive”?

2–I have an idea of Time magazine.  Make the” Man Of The Year”–the CREDIT CARD.  It can symbolize the economic crisis which is all about the credit and its influence on the population.

3–If the Big 3 go bust and you have a car under warranty you will be screwed.  Under bankruptcy all obligations are terminated and a warranty is an obligation.  Merry Christmas!

4–During this Xmas season, take a look at the presents you buy and receive–how many of them were made in the US?  Very few.  We are no longer a manufacturing country, but a nation of consumers.

5–Dell computers has outsourced their tech support to India, but if you would like to talk to someone in the US–it will cost you $12.95 a month.  Not bad, charge people to talk to an American…now that is a great idea!  (sarcasm intended)

6–How would someone do something illegal and then post it on youtube or facebook?

7– Congress will be getting a pay raise when the new Congress convenes in January.

8–A kidnapping expert in Mexico has been kidnapped…..sorry but that is just damn funny!

Random Thoughts

This has become a regular feature, that is notes that I have taken that have not yet made it into a post.  I make a lot of notes daily on the news and such and just cannot always find the time or space to make a post.  So I offer them to my readers for their comments.  Have fun!

1–Economic indicators–credit defaults rising; Housing falling

Govt food programs helped 11.9 million in 2007 and in 2008 it has risen to 29.5 million.

2–did you guys know that for every $1 of food stamps that is used, it generates $1.73 in economy activity?

3–Did you know that AIG will use bailout cash to rennovate esec offices and save the exec buffet?

4–Corporate layoffs up 148% over ’07.

5–Splenda–taste like sugar, made from sugar but not sugar—thinking–plastic is made from oil, but it is still a petroleum product….so what is Splenda.

6–GM is worth about $3 billion and they want a loan of $12 billion–not a bad deal—could you get a deal like that on your house?

7–How can the media blame the baby boomers for the economic crisis…why?…they try to blame them for everything that has gone wrong lately.

8–More bad news–Food Stamp program will be up by at least 17% this year.

Why Do They Keep Injecting Race?

The media that is.

As the Obama team rolls out their picks for the various position the media reports on it by stated that “She will be the first African-American to hold the position”  Or that he will be the first African-American in the AG’s office.  Or…well you get the idea……

This past election has proven that most Americans have moved past the race thing, but somehow the media has to keep injecting it into the conversation.  Why?

I realize that the media thinks at most of us mortals are ignorant dolts,  but I do not think that most of us need their unsolicited help.  We are a visually aided society and I think that most Americans can determine what a persons ethnic origins are.  Well, I guess there are some that will need assistence in this area, but most of us can do it all by ourselves.

May I suggest that it is time to let that crap go.  Time to move on and report the news and stop the commentaries.