Tag: Trump
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Friends, Americans, Countrymen…
Continue Reading →Friends, Americans, countrymen, lend me your ears.I seek to understand Trump, not to denigrate himThe evil a President does lives after themThe good is oft overwhelmed by these deedsSo let it be with this PresidentHis loyal supporters, led by Mike…
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The Price of Willful Ignorance
Continue Reading →First, let me preface this by saying I wish the President and First Lady a speedy recovery. I wish this for all people affected by this virus. But as the President, Mr. Trump owed a duty of responsibility to the…
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“I Demand the Cone of Silence.”
Continue Reading →Having the good fortune to grow up in the sixties, my generation experienced many things that can mitigate the toxic political environment of today. We survived duck and cover as the first generation to live under the threat of global…
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If I Had Known There Was a Test…
Continue Reading →Recently I wrote a piece about why I intend to vote for Joe Biden rather than against President Trump. (https://joebroadmeadowblog.com/2020/08/21/why-joe-biden/) This sparked the usual round of responses both for and against. At one point, I was asked my opinion on…
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From M.A.D. to G.O.D.
Continue Reading →An easily transmissible novel respiratory pathogen that kills or incapacitates more than one percent of its victims is among the most disruptive events possible. The National Intelligence Council—something I would bet most people have never heard of—is one of those…
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A Presidential Dilemma: Rationalizing Irrational Behavior
Continue Reading →Our illustrious President, in his continuing quest for a magic wand to end the devastation from SARS-CoV-2, made a shocking statement. When someone who makes shocking statements as a matter of habit says something to rouse great consternation across an…
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American Svengali
Continue Reading →“What do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?”Trump looked down and shook his head while this question was asked.“I think it’s a very nasty question. And I think it’s a very bad signal…
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The Great Corona Plague of 2020
Continue Reading →(Imagine if you will a classroom of the future. Eager students sit in awe of the old-style digital images of 2020. The mass hysteria outside a place once known as a Walmart illustrates the insanity of that era. A young…
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Ode to a Cracked Pot
Continue Reading →Donald, Donald, orange bright In the forests of the night What immoral hand or eye, Could frame they fearful symmetry? In what distant deep or skies Burnt the ire of thine eyes? On what lies dare thee conspire What the…
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An Economic Change of Course
Continue Reading →Well, there you have it. Donald J. Trump, in three short years, has performed a miracle with the State of the Economy. His economic policies have sent the economy soaring, the stock market to new records, and righted the imbalance…