Dear God: I know that our nation has committed many egregious sins in the past. Surely, we have not done anything so vile as to deserve the delusional Gospodin Trump. Please save us from this national nightmare, the #WorstPresidentEver
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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #5,199
yeah I know you did not ask!
They used to call Ronald Reagan the Teflon President as no scandal or misstep seem to cling to him. What would you call Effingham Rump? As he said, he could literally randomly shoot someone in Time Square, in broad daylight, in front of thousands of folks, and he would walk away from it without repercussion.
The number of scandals and just pure evil from Effingham Rump’s administration should have been enough to bring down 20 administrations. Yet he rocks on.
God save us from the #WorstPresidentEver.
Dear Trump, I’m From One of One of Those ‘Sh*thole Countries,’ and I Have Some Thoughts
The author plays a little loose with statistics, but their point is well taken. Just because your country is not first world does not mean you as a person are sh**.
Perhaps we should be looking at ways to help these educated folks integrated more fully!!!
Dear Trump, I’m From One of One of Those ‘Sh*thole Countries,’ and I Have Some Thoughts
Respect for the Office of POTUS
I do not think Obama was a great President, but I do think he was a good President. I do believe that if we had not had a Republican congress hell bent on creating a shit-hole of a banana republic out of this country for their rich sponsors, he might have been a great President. He was a bit of a disappointment to me as a progressive as he listened to the military much too much, and I found him to be somewhat conservative. 20 or 25 years ago, his policies would have been Republican policies. Continue reading “Respect for the Office of POTUS”
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #9,094
yeah I know you did not ask!
Okay I am going to engage in the use stereotypes. My main experience with Mexican people is with those that come here to do menial or hard jobs that most Americans do not want to do. They invariably seem to be hard workers. My other main experience is with Mexicans at these resorts where they pamper to fat tourists who have disposable incomes. The staff there also seem invariably to be hard workers.
It is an established fact that wealth inequality, aka lopsided wealth distribution favoring a few over the many, is economically disadvantageous. Mexico has a very high Gini index. The US does too, but we seem to put more money back into infrastructure, and have a middle class, shrinking though it is.
So we have this country of hard working people, most of whom want to make a better life for self and family. Mexico is already the 16th biggest economy on the planet. What a powerhouse Mexico would be if it removed this hindrance to economic growth that is wealth inequality.
I also wonder about the US. How much better most of us would be if we did not allow so much wealth to accumulate with a few. If this money was going back into schools, infrastructure, health care, etc.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #182
yeah I know you did not ask!
We just got back from a few days in Cancun. At the resort, I noticed another American couple that was frequently at the beach the same time as us. They were what would have been considered grossly obese a decade or two ago. Now they are just obese. What gathered in my attention was that both man and woman were covered with tattoos. My random thought was that if they really wanted to beautiful their bodies (and I only assume that is what tattoos are about) diet and much time in the gym would be a better, healthier option.
But that is me.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #9,087
yeah I know you did not ask!
Everyone has seen this Churchill quote: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
But here lately I’ve been wondering if there is not something better. Without an educated, informed populace I don’t know how it is supposed to work or at least work well. It strikes me that people now revel in their ignorance…said the old curmudgeon.
I pray this is the death throes of an old order that is not functional in today’s world.
There are not enough poor folks to satisfy this Administration
Apparently there are not enough poor people in this country to satisfy the Effingham Trumpsters!
The Department of Labor released a proposed rule rescinding portions of its tip regulations, including current restrictions on “tip pooling”—which would mean that, for example, restaurants would be able to pool the tips servers receive and share them with untipped employees such as cooks and dishwashers. But, crucially, the rule doesn’t actually require that employers distribute pooled tips to workers. Under the administration’s proposed rule, as long as the tipped workers earn minimum wage, the employer can legally pocket those tips.
Active Shooter Drill
I believe the world has gone absolutely, totally off its Effingham rocker. Today at my workplace which is on the 7th floor of the tallest building in downtown St. Louis we had an active shooter drill. I understand why the company may have felt the need to do this in today’s environment. Plus I believe that since one of our primary activities is public transportation, they felt like we might be especially liable to such incidents. I don’t know maybe.
The way they handled this was to have small meetings before appraising of us of the fact that we were going to have the drill. They then went over what our responses should be. Basically it was a fire drill type of situation. If you can you are supposed to flee. In a non drill situation, if you could not flee then you need to hide. If you cannot hide then, and only then, do you fight with whatever is at hand.
They posted signs at all entrances Monday morning informing us there would the drill this week. For drill they had St. Louis police there, paramedics, and counselors were to be available afterwards if anyone felt the need for one. Continue reading “Active Shooter Drill”