Apparently, the biggliest challenge facing our military, and by extension all areas of government, is the name of the department that runs it. Over the course of time, wokeness has caused us to dilute the power of a name.
Well, this President says NO More!
Our SGOTUS (Stable Genius of the United States), after deep contemplation and analysis, identified the problem and solved it. Henceforth, the Secretary of Defense (interestingly enough, SODOTUS, which sounds quite sodden, more wet noodle than formidable force) will be known as Secretary of War. SOWOTUS (pronounced SoWhatUS) as in So what if you don’t like US, we’re doing it anyway. Now that is a manly sounding department!
But why stop there? If all it takes is a name change to make everything more effective, then I say get on with it.
SOSOTUS, Secretary of State of the United States, sounds like a call for help. We don’t need anyone’s help. So, the Secretary of State will now be Secretary of Belligerence (SOBOTUS)
The Department of Justice will now be called the Department of Crime and Punishment.
The Secretary of Agriculture is now the Department of Land Disposal.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is now the Department of Presidential Assurance.
Department of the Treasury is now the Department of Money, Money, Money.
Department of Energy is now the Department of Drill, Baby, Drill.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now Find, Brutalize, Inter
ICE, the acronym is perfect, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement is too kind and gentle. We’ll call them Identify, Capture, Eliminate.
With these simple changes, the entire world will now understand what we are all about.
Making these changes will have long-term consequences, but we fear nothing.
Let’s just hope the changes don’t have a negative impact. Instead of the United States of America, we may soon be known as the Former United States of America.
Our indivisibility no longer certain.
P.S. For those of you with the song Name Game stuck on a loop in your brain, you’re welcome
In the brilliant piece by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, Swift suggested that the state should provide care up to the age of one for infants of the poor. At that time, properly aged and fattened, they would be turned into food to feed the elite at a premium price for such delicacy and satisfy the needs of the starving population.
In case you were asleep during the lecture on the book, it is satire about the terrible conditions in Ireland. As a side note, if you were never required to read it in school, they did you a disservice, and you should demand your money back.
But even a brilliant writer like Swift could not create a more deadly scenario for children than what is happening in the State of Florida.
Just when you think no one is capable of Trumping Trump, Governor Ron DeSantis and his Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, descend to the occasion.
They have eliminated almost every vaccine mandate for children in the State of Florida and, for those that require the state legislature to pretend they are independent, will seek legislative action to remove any remaining mandates.
Here’s one of the best quotes in the history of quotes.
“Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” Dr. Joseph Ladapo said. “Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?” Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
Here’s a thought: you are a doctor. Act like one. A doctor is someone whom people regularly turn to for advice on what to put in their bodies to prevent or cure diseases and maintain good health. Did you skip that class in medical school?
Dr. Ladapo graduated from Harvard Medical School, not exactly Fred’s College of Medical Knowledge. How do his former professors view him now?
Here’s a thought: you are a doctor. Act like one.
Joe Broadmeadow
Hmm, maybe the Trump administration is onto something with their assault on the university. And not to fall into the trap of stereotypes, but wouldn’t Dr. Ladapo be the poster child for the anti-DEI movement?
Here’s a somewhat comforting excerpt from his Wikipedia listing,
“Ladapo is best known for his opposition to COVID-19 mitigation measures, and promotion of COVID-19 misinformation, for which he has been rebuked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ladapo has promoted unproven treatments, opposed vaccine and mask mandates, questioned the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, and contradicted professional medical organizations.
After immigrating to the United States from Nigeria, Ladapo earned a M.D. and a Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University. He served as a professor of medicine at New York University before being tenured at the University of California, Los Angeles, prior to his appointment to his current position by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Ladapo has opposed gender-affirming care and counseling for transgender and nonbinary minors.
In September 2025, Ladapo, in his capacity as Florida Surgeon General, likened vaccine mandates to “slavery”, in announcing Florida’s plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including those for children attending public school. This announcement was met with grave concern from the American Pediatric Association and the Florida Education Association, among others.”
Measles Smeasles, so what?
In 1919, there were almost 13 deaths from measles per 100,000 population in the United States. However, this rate had dropped to zero by the year 2021. In early 2025, an outbreak of measles in Texas resulted in the death of three children. This was the first measles death in the United States since 2015. Measles is a highly contagious disease, that is especially dangerous for children. However, vaccines have significantly decreased the rate of cases and deaths in the United States. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1560955/measles-death-rate-in-the-us-since-1919/)
So now children in Florida will no longer be required to receive vaccinations against chicken pox, hepatitis B, Hemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and the pneumococcal vaccine PCV 15/20.
The Florida Legislature will have to remove the mandates for polio, diphtheria, rubeola, rubella, pertussis, mumps, and tetanus. But, as they are not known for the willingness to stand up to DeSantis or other idiocies, they will fold like a cheap suit.
So here are some ideas,
Invest in mobility devices and wheelchair ramp companies in Florida.
Use Facebook Marketplace to buy lightly used children’s clothing, Florida will be flooded with it. Here’s a sample ad. “For sale, baby shoes, never used.”
Consider buying public school buildings, which will soon be available as the population decreases.
And if you have neighbors with annoying children, consider telling them to move to Florida for the warm weather.
Wanna take bets on the next states to devolve into witch hunts, black magic, and shamanism as state policy? Oh, yeah, and don’t forget thoughts and prayers for the kids in Florida.
The following is a priceless example of the nonsensical, unoriginal, and idiotic pablum being offered by and to Trump supporters. Like a call for the government to come clean on UFOs and the aliens we have in custody and asking people to share the absolute truth of this deep government conspiracy, this stuff floods social media like a tidal wave of noxious effluence too toxic for a waste treatment facility.
Without further adieu, here it is in all its unedited glory…
I offer no apology for what I am posting for this is truly how I feel. Please know this is my opinion and not open for debate. If you don’t agree that’s your prerogative but I will not be responding to any or all comments. I have lived through several United States Presidents prior to our current President Trump. In my lifetime I have never seen or heard of a President being scrutinized over every word he speaks, demeaned by the public to the point of disgrace, slandered, ridiculed, insulted, lied to, threatened with death, threatened by some to rape our First Lady, and have his children also insulted and humiliated.I am truly ashamed of the people of MY country. I am ashamed of the ruthless, insufferable, cruel, Trump haters who have no morals, ethics or values and the irresponsibility of the reporters who feel they have the right to deliver personal opinions just to sway their audiences in a negative direction even if there is no truth in their message. After every other President was elected and took the oath of office they were allowed to try to serve this country without constant negative scrutiny from our news sources. ALWAYS BEING PRESSURED while news sources search only for negative results from our President will not serve the people of our country. Nor will it create informed Americans. ENOUGH is ENOUGH is ENOUGH. Nor have I ever known a President to serve in that capacity at no salary to line their bank accounts until PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP! He gave to other departments those funds! I am very proud to have and I still do stand with my PRESIDENT!
Now, leaving aside the horrific grammar, run-on sentences, apparent aversion to paragraphs, rampant cognitive dissonance, inconsistency of thought, not to mention a complete absence of originality or creativity, it offers a perfect view inside the mind (or lack thereof) of the most common of Mr. Trump’s supporters, the willfully ignorant.
They are part of a phenomenon in this country where ignorance is seen as a badge of honor. Education beyond the most basic seems to be a reach for them. Those who post this nonsense are witless valedictorians with a Summa cum Laude in incomprehension.
Now, by education, I do not necessarily mean college, but for the love of all that is precious, read a history book once in a while.
It was challenging to resist interjecting comments directly into the text, but why bother? They would be ignored or misunderstood.
It’s not that most of those who post this idiocy do not know better; it is an intentional disregard of the clear contradictory evidence right before their eyes. The motivations are varied: intellectual laziness, a myopic view of current affairs, or a lack of understanding and historical ignorance.
There’s a phenomenon in this country where many celebrate ignorance. Education beyond basics seems to be a reach for them. Those who post this nonsense are witless valedictorians with a Summa cum Laude in incomprehension.
Joe Broadmeadow
The main point of this inexplicably viral post is that Mr. Trump faces a level of criticism for his actions that previous administrations did not. This is just one example of a falsehood within the piece.
Pointed and intelligent criticism of the President, or any government official, is a necessary tool in balancing the power of government and the rights of the governed.
Lyndon Johnson (perhaps one of the presidents the author of this nonsense references) had an almost psychotic dislike of the media. When asked about this relationship to the press, Johnson said this.
“I could walk across the Potomac on a bright sunny summer day, and the headline would read, ‘Johnson Can’t Swim!’
I will continue to take great pleasure in reading these postings and savaging them. Although the joy is tempered by the thought that these people are out there, perhaps unmedicated, congratulating themselves in their ignorance, embracing the Second Amendment, wrapping themselves in the flag, and ignoring the reality right before their eyes.
And they somehow managed to vote.
(Insert name of your personal favorite miraculous being here) Save Us!
Walter Cronkite was the face of news reporting in America for many years. Others joined him, David Huntley and Chet Brinkley, Eric Sevareid, and more who reported the news without distortion or interpretation.
Oh, that we had such reporters today.
When Cronkite or the others interrupted a television show with the words “we interrupt this broadcast for breaking news,” it was for something that mattered. They told the story, relayed the information, and left the commentary or analysis for those who made their function clear.
Cronkite’s integrity and honesty were so highly respected that, when he went to Vietnam in 1968 shortly after the Tet Offensive and gave a brutally frank report on the conduct and state of the American involvement, his words turned the tide of American support for the war.
After Cronkite’s report, President Lyndon Johnson told his close personal advisers, “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost the American people.” As history shows, Vietnam was a death knell for Johnson’s administration. Cronkite’s reporting, not criticism, not condemnation, not opinion, just his reporting of the facts on the ground in Vietnam was what made the difference and changed the course of a government.
President Trump’s approach to critical reporting is to attack the source. Such tactics will remain effective until news broadcasters develop a reputation for integrity that withstands such attacks, the absence of such reporters is sad and troubling.
Today’s 24/7 breaking news agenda driven media thinly disguised as reporting is a pox on America and the tradition and powerful voice of an independent and trustworthy free press.
News today is blood sports entertainment. Broadcast media, amplified by social media, has turned news into the Roman Circus. Truth becomes the moral equivalent of Christians fed to lions. The lions being the talking heads misdirecting facts to suit their particular bent and twisted into truth tearing carnivorous attacks.
The reason we ended up with such a divisive election is the result of the media widening the chasm between liberal and conservative philosophies. America’s strengths have always been its ability to embrace a centrist policy. Neither too left or right wing. Marginalizing the extremes on both sides and melding the best into a successful strategy.
Clinton made the error of trying to embrace Sanders more extreme foreign policy agenda and social programs, perhaps out of some sense of recompense for her gerrymandering the convention, and it hurt her in middle America.
Trump exploited this by firing up the extremes of the right, the xenophobic isolationists, and distorting the threat of illegal immigration. His embracing the “criminalization” of his opponent with the “lock her up” chant is a playbook out of many authoritarian governments throughout the world.
And it worked, Sanders supporters who couldn’t vote for Trump or Clinton voted for third parties or didn’t vote at all. Some Democrats crossed over to Trump because of a perception that he was the lesser of two evils.
All of this facilitated, compounded, and occluded by a profit-driven media seeking only to boost ratings.
The print media, a dying breed due to the changing nature of technology and the short attention spans and dirge of analytical thought among Americans, still has not found a way to preserve its place despite continued outstanding reporting by many of the established newspapers.
In the final analysis, until the news is no longer considered entertainment, we will continue down this dangerous road. Those of us who recall the Cronkite’s of the world, in whom you could place your trust in the truth of the reporting, long for a return. Those raised on the 24/7 media circus don’t understand what they’re missing, or the damage it does to the country.
The Writing of Joe Broadmeadow 