Another Look

Donald Trump has declared he will run for president.

I do not underestimate Mr. Trump. He will be a danger to our country if elected.

He has a huge following. Like Hitler, he is a good speaker.

He will make promises he knows are lies. He will do whatever it takes to get elected, a possibility.

His achilles heel is his big mouth.

He has declared what he will do if elected president.

To leftists like me, a frightening thought. …

Again, I was a lucky guy. In walking from the alcove to the bathroom, my knees collapsed. I fell to the floor. Chi-Chi picked me up … I’m now back at my desk and writing.

For about 15 minutes, I watched CNN news.

Big mouth Trump was speaking. 

He was handed a note, which he read. 

It was a shocker. It said his wife Ivana had suddenly collapsed and died.

I had an instant flashback to Betty.

A “shocker” for sure. 

With tears in his eyes, he left the podium.

He hasn’t spoken publicly since.

Prior to this tragic incident, he expressed his desire to run against Biden for president.

If he does, he would be a formidable opponent.

He has a following of thousands of people.

A persuasive speaker.

To me (and many others) he is a dangerous man.

His expressed program would take us back to the middle ages.

The fat lady has not spoken yet.

Trump is a dangerous man and needs watching.

Morrie

(July 19, 2022)

U.S. Capital Riots – Close Call

It was really a “Cliff Hanger.”

A year ago, our democracy stood at the “edge of a cliff.”

It didn’t get pushed over.

An old saying prevails, “You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time.”

It didn’t get pushed over.

No, Mr. Trump, your golden convincing brilliant plan did not work.

If you want to be a dictator, get a stenographer.

Justice may be slow, but it will prevail.

A congressional investigation committee is now in session.

What really happened that day is being discussed.

When the “dust” settles and the facts disclosed, it is my belief that Donald Trump, despite his wealth, will do jail time.

He will get delay, after delay, but will wind up in jail.

No one deserves it more.

Justice will triumph.

Morrie

(June 2022)

Facts I’ve Learned Living a Long Life

Facts I’ve learned living a long life, traveling the world.

Anatomically the same, we differ widely in many ways.

Color, structure, language, foods we eat, way of life, history, location, religion.

We think differently … Yet we are all the same. 

We get angry when something displeases us and makes us angry.

Our anger creates anti-social behavior, intolerance exploited by “hateful people” (like Hitler) to their benefit, causing irreparable harm. 

Beware the “rabble rouser” – Oft times good speakers are convincing.

Differences breed hatreds (our past history is replete with examples). Their prey is usually helpless minorities, disbelieving of dangers facing them.

We live in good times and bad times. Capitalism, the form of government we live (it has its faults but so far none better).

I’ve been to the Soviet Union (the people’s paradise, no thank you, it’s not for me). …

We live in dangerous times.

That’s the way it is.

Morrie

(June 30, 2022)

Again, Again and Again

I repeat “life is a game of chance, a toss-up, a flip of a coin.”

No one plans how or where they are born. We could have been born a “Hitler,” responsible for the death of millions of people.

Be careful of whom you are calling what. The “what” could be you.

Unless I’m sleeping, my busy brain is “awhirl” with thought.

Isn’t everyone’s? My curiosity drove me at an early age to see a part of it.

Too old, too infirmed to travel now, I will leave it to my next life (if I have one).

As knowledgeable as I am, the mysteries of life evade me. 

For sure, I know I will never know, try as I might.

“Morrie,” Betty used to tell me, “stop predicting the future, no one knows what it will be.”

So wise, so right.

My Betsy.

The practical woman I married.

I pat myself on the back. 

It’s good for my ego.

(July 18, 2022)

I Approve, Governor Newsom

Governor Newsom,

I heartily approve of your pardoning Sara Kruzan.

What was it she did that deserved her spending many years of her life in jail?

Kill the S.O.B. pimp that was selling her body?

Ridding the world of a “pimp”? 

She should have gotten a medal.

Maybe someday she will.

(July 3, 2022)

Trump/Traitor

Based on evidence, it is likely Donald Trump is likely to go to jail.

He is a traitor to his and our county.

Nothing will save him.

P.S. Does it remind me of Hitler? Hell yes. 

In the end, he wound up underground in a rat hole. He did what he said the Jews would do. 

They didn’t. 

He did. 

Did he come out with two guns blazing? Hell no. 

He was a coward (good riddance). 

Dropped by a plane somewhere over the ocean (no one knows where). His cremated ashes blown about in the winds. 

Au devoir, mein Fuhrer.

You were no Butch Cassidy.

(June 12, 2022)

Shocking Story (Again)

… No one but his parents will grieve for the cold-blooded killer Salvador Ramos. 

Probably millions of words will be written about the Rio Grande killings. 

The people involved will have bad memories and nightmares about it.

The fact is we live in a brutal country. Incidents like the above mentioned are not a rarity. It will happen again, again and again.

No other country has the homicides each year that we do.

Our 2nd Amendment to our Constitution allows us to carry guns. It doesn’t spell out clearly whether they must be exposed.

It is a subject that our Congress has argued about for many years and in the future for many more.

My “take” is that in our congested big cities only the police should have guns. …

(May 26, 2022)

S0 …

Perhaps some good may come out of so much evil.

Again, Congress will debate the 2nd Amendment, the right to carry arms. Our Congress may be nothing but debating society. The question debated has been around for years.

The shooting in Uvalde will like a cork flowing down the Rio Grande river soon disappear from view, fading into history. Many problems will be left unresolved.

Dead is dead, you can’t bring a deceased person back to life. The evil deeds that happened in Uvalde will never be forgotten by surviving victims, it has been etched into memory cells.

Nothing is forever. The evil men do is left behind. The good fades with the deed.

***

A gavel bangs loud, a voice says, “Hear ye, Hear ye, this Congress is now in session. Bailiff please read the proposed agenda.”

Among them is “the right to carry arms” and so it goes (and has gone repeated for much of American history and until this day has not been resolved.

Do guns kill people, or do the people who pull the trigger? (A chicken and egg question.)

Does the 2nd Amendment give us the right to carry a concealed weapon? Many states have different views, so do people. My view is that only police should carry guns.

What’s yours?

Will there ever be a conformity of views?

I don’t think so.

“And the band plays on.”

Good luck (In our society you need it).

Morrie

A Mess

The Ukraine is in a mess.

Millions of people running (holding children’s hands or infants in their arms) seeking safety somewhere. …

The war, as bad as it is, can get much worse.

Atom bombs, which both sides possess, have not been used, and hopefully will not be.

My “take” is that the Ukraine will win …

Meanwhile, “The band plays on” …

Everything is in a “state of flux.”

Morrie

(May 3, 2022)

Miracles Do Happen

Yes, miracles do happen.

One did yesterday (April 12, 2022).

A 62-year-old fired 35 rounds, shooting at random people in a crowded New York subway.

No one was killed.

How could that be?

“And the band plays on”

This is not a unique occurrence.

It has happened time and time again – and sadly it will continue to happen.

Police have arrested the shooter.

Why he did it is yet to be known.

For sure, they are unstable, frustrated and angry.

The miracle is that despite all the shots fired into a crowd, no one was killed.

“Miracles do happen”

(April 2022)