Category Political
Cockstrong
I will first admit that I was wrong. In my previous scribblings about the GOP nomination for President, I incorrectly conjectured that Donald Trump would be gone after Super Tuesday. Like most predictions and prophecies, mine fell flat. While Nate Silver and the fine folks at Five Thirty Eight have dug deep and analyzed that […]
The South Rises Again; For Trump
Donald Trump rode his self-created wave of misogyny, jingoism, bigotry and insults to a victory in the Dirty South. In a week where he was vigorously booed by a South Carolina audience during a debate for daring to state the obvious about 9/11/2001 and the subsequent war in Iraq, where he verbally sparred with Pope […]
Make America Great Again
Donald Trump’s campaign mantra is exactly one word too long. While four words is a seemingly short declaration, this one makes a bold statement and raises serious questions. The Trump campaign’s mantra tell us that America was once great, however it isn’t currently, and that a Trump Administration would restore this greatness. The serious questions […]
New Hampshire GOP voters shock thinking world
Republican voters in New Hampshire went to the polls and cast votes in their state’s primary election, and stunned anyone who thinks by advocating for a fraudulent, petulant blowhard to lead the nation. I understand anger and voter frustration. I understand the evolutionary underpinnings of tribalism and Trump appeals to that deep-seated emotional and irrational […]
Thank a Veteran?
When I joined the Army in 1987, I didn’t do so out of some overwhelming patriotic duty, or a desire to uphold the Constitution or to preserve American freedom. I did it because I was looking for a better job than I had, and the Army had some cool jobs, decent pay (if you consider […]
The President Cried
The President of the United States, while talking to people about gun violence and what he will try to do on his own to help slow the rate at which Americans slaughter each other, was moved to tears. As he spoke about little tiny people getting ripped apart by bullets while in their elementary school, […]
ISIS vs The Climate
Carly Fiorina stated recently that the President was wrong, as was Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders, to suggest that Climate Change was a bigger threat to the future of the United States than ISIS. It’s very popular for GOP politicians to be hawkish on all things war, but let’s just look at this objectively for […]
Mass Shootings
While the US cannot claim the top spot in the number of homicides by firearm among the world’s nations, we can claim the top spot of homicides by firearm when done en masse. The United States of America is far and away the world leader in what is commonly called mass shootings (4 or more […]
Constant Praying
Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee are the quickest to their smart phones to offer the emptiness of prayer. It reeks of dishonesty and moral repugnance. Who exactly are you praying to and what does that look like? How long did it take, and what do you think it accomplishes? Are you praying for the dead […]
Pathology on Display
Watching Donald Trump insist that, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, he is “100% right” about Muslim citizens in New Jersey celebrating the annihilation of the World Trade Center on 9/11, is a revealing look at the mind of a narcissist. I didn’t know the exact pathology this attribute fit into; this […]
JD Espinoza 