RANT #101 Does anyone else see the irony in the fact that a party that protects white nationalism, puts down immigrants, sat there last night and cheered on first generation immigrants who lectured on how America is messed up and only they know how to fix it? Strange. While Vivek skreiches about us helping Ukraine deal with being invaded by Russia, and Nikki Haley weakly defends our involvement there, I must ask some basic questions. Which side are these people on? Next, did affirmative action help Mr. Ramaswamy get into Harvard? How did his parents get into America? Did they buy their way in? Did Climate Change make them leave INDIA? Russia if you are listening, are you going to help Vivek in the next election, because he’s certainly your man.
VIVKEK the WANNABE
So, let me save everyone some time. This was a two-hour commercial for Donald Trump. THEY ALL LOST. Here is why. If they say they will pardon Trump, they should be disqualified. Other than Hutchinson, they all said they would vote for Donald Trump if he was the nomination. SPINLESS TRAITORS to their own words. So, they ENDORSED the DONALD last night, WTF? THEY DON’T REALLY WANT TO BE PRESIDENT! They just want to be on stage and famous. They are nothing short of 14-year girls on Twitter. The guy from North Dakota is a NOBODY, cancel him. Nikki Haley is the schoolteacher who thinks she’s righteous, she’s just another gold digger. Chris Christie is a big fat bully, who is just there to mess with Trump. He’ll never be President – even people from his home state hate him. Asa should just go home and pray. Vivek is a cheap Trump-Hitler-Modi racist wannabe! Without his money he would be serving you vindaloo at the restaurant and kissing your ass for a big tip – or doing your taxes. Mike Pence, the holier than thou white savior is as plastic as a fast-food utensil. He knows how government works – FULL STOP. Tim Scott is a reasonable person, but when he’s not doing chores and propping up evil people (who would hate him dating their daughters), is just another Republican do-gooder without a soul. Someone should ask him if he has a soul. Pence and Scott are the yin-yang of the race and would make a good ticket, but in the end, they will never get into the White House.
LONELY AT THE BOTTOM
Ron DeSantis is going to be the whipping boy (Little Marco) and when it’s all said and done, he will NEVER NEVER NEVER beat Trump! Why? Because no wealthy donors and large corporations will back an Anti-Business candidate. He cannot be trusted with their money, ask Disney. What a totally useless group of idiots. Trump is right, he’s too busy being arrested to do debates. And when someone else (not trump) possibly sneaks in the backdoor to be nominated, this is what will happen. READ THIS: https://en.wikipedia.org/…/Progressive_Party_(United…
And just like in 1912, the third party will take the all the marbles away from the RNC. So, people, wake up and smell the cappuccino, this is a charade. The Republican party MUST nominate Donald Trump, or he will run against them. And if he does officially get the nod, as embarrassing as that is for America, it doesn’t matter because he’s going to lose again! Nobody wants a rapist in the White House. The Republican party is too asinine and feckless to understand what is really happening. TOO MANY PEOPLE, even me, are talking too much and not thinking. Trump = Jesus. Remember the Romans tried to kill Jesus and he didn’t die. Good Luck America. If he is resurrected, he will destroy the Earth for the next one thousand years. Who needs the devil when you have “the Donald.” Stronger sentiment to follow.
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Tattoo Detective: Our Last Hope for the Future
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This is my third letter to you regarding the Supreme Court. I assume you haven’t responded previously because of your busy schedule, but I do feel compelled to write again.
I love America and believe the Supreme Court should be a respected institution. I’m sorry to report that the esteem for your group is slowly dissolving, and your efforts to improve the image and honor of the Court are ineffective. It seems to me you’re not seeing the bumps in the road ahead, and I’m starting to believe you don’t have the inclination or discipline to understand the American people.
Here are a few potholes you’ve fallen into:
The Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was ill conceived, poorly explained and achieved the exact opposite of what Justice Alito wrote in the Court’s opinion. In Dobbs he said Roe V. Wade divided the country. Well, Dobbs is doing the same only a hundred times over. The Court’s decision has poured salt into this wounded nation’s notion of equality for all. I cannot believe you stood by and permitted Alito to railroad his horrible decision over the whole court and manipulate the newer Justices. During their under-oath confirmation testimonies, Justices Kavanaugh, Barrett and Gorsuch lied about Roe being “fixed law.” How can we respect Justices who tell lies?
According to a New York Times article from June 9, 2023, “The big mystery is why Chief Justice Roberts would write an opinion confirming that race-based remedies in politics are sometimes appropriate, given his role in 1982 as President Ronald Reagan’s point man opposing the expansion of Section 2, his 2013 opinion in Shelby County v. Holder striking down as unconstitutional another key part of the act and numerous recent decisions reading the act narrowly.” Other comments of yours make me suppose that you believe the right of equality has been won by all Americans. That just isn’t true. You listen more to Clarence Thomas, the Justice who greatly benefited by affirmative actions and other past remedies, while listening less to the newest member of the court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. I believe she has more conventional, closer-to-the-people type viewpoints.
The recent media disclosures of gifts, grift and inducements were obviously true, because the named Justices raced to amend their files. Those admissions of guilt, or perhaps lack of comprehension, give the Court an extremely bad look.
Let’s not sugarcoat this. Clarence Thomas lied to get his job, but don’t take my word for it. Just watch the debacle with Joe Biden’s blind eye toward harassment in Thomas’ confirmation hearing. The level of Supreme Court corruption we are learning about has angered Americans! Your lack of candor and policy to resolve such issues are appalling. I don’t care about what president nominated a Justice, but this bias seems to be baked into the process. Taking money and bribes or selling their influence should be grounds for a Justice’s resignation. SCOTUS needs to step up and implement clear and written ethics and anti-corruption policies. Should any be violated there needs to be full disclosure to the people.
You need to come out of your cocoon and see the writing on the wall before Congress adopts draconian controls, including Court packing and firm term limits. Is that what you want?
It’s my true belief you will NEVER read this letter, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Frozen dirty laundry is still DIRTY!
Chief Justice Roberts, stop protecting bad actors and respond with some kind of solution to these problems. Failing that, historians will not be kind to you.
Sincerely
Dwight C Douglas Writer
Please include your Senator Whitehouse and/or your Senator:
CC: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, – (D – RI)
530 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
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Tattoo Detective: Our Last Hope for the Future
Imagine being able to time travel into the unknown. TATTOO DETECTIVE: Our Last Hope for the Future is a science fiction novel examining the world after all the guardrails of normal society have been dissolved.
The story follows two American tattoo detectives who are sent on a mission that changes them and their world. This dystopic look at the United States and the flaw in humankind is not a Pollyanna prognostication, it’s fundamentally close to our current reality and could be predictive of where we are headed. The opening chapter says it best, “…we could have done something, but we fell madly in love with technology, weapons and wealth.” For purchase or dowload, go here. Check out our author page on Amazon.
I had no idea who Ron DeSantis was when I moved to Florida. The governor at that time was Rick Scott, a billionaire who had made tons of money on healthcare while fighting against national reforms to the industry. Scott is currently the junior Senator from Florida.
Florida is now the prime whipping boy of comedians wanting to poke fun at a state, but it’s deeper than that. Imagine if all the worst prejudices and hate from the southern states had seeped into Florida. Well, that’s how it feels here.
It didn’t start with hanging chads on a ballot or the incredibly wealthy elitists who oversaw the election in 2000. The rich political powerbrokers wanted Bush to be president and didn’t care about democracy nearly as much as their BMWs and Bentleys. The Sunshine State has always suffered from self-interest and cronyism of the highest order.
Early Floridians had an unnatural proclivity to lie and deceive anyone who would listen. Remember the stories about people being sold swampland that the government promised would be drained to make them rich? Didn’t happen. Florida killed Black people through negligence and lies. I am not making this up; read this if you care.
Ron DeSantis could have been the blue-eyed, fair-haired boy of the Republican party, but he doesn’t understand the essence of America. His immigration policies and laws, had they been in place at the time, would have kept his own grandparents out of the country. Today, immigrants are afraid to come to Florida to get jobs picking the bountiful fruits and vegetables. Ronnie is a true visionary, eh?
DeSantis’s blindness was triggered by Donald J. Trump’s immense popularity. Florida has always been a hotbed for far-right radicals, white supremist groups and antisemites. Proof, the Ku Klux Klan’s national headquarters were once located in Clearwater, Florida. They have since moved to DC.
According to www.stacker.com, Florida was the number one supplier of dickheads who descended on the US Capitol in January of 2021 and staged a vicious melee to keep Donald J. Trump in office. 91 rioters were Floridians, giving us 4.1 idiots per million residents. The Sunshine State is home to more than one-third of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were charged for their involvements in the riot. Oh, I am so proud.
Ron DeSantis didn’t cause January 6th, of course, but would the facts of that travesty make a young, supposedly bright lawyer/politician think the best way to win the state, and thus the nation, was to be exactly like “the Donald?” DeSantis is finally admitting the 2020 election was not stolen. Now, the MAGA ex-president hasn’t lobbed his Trump-bomb just yet, but it’s coming, and when it hits DeSantis will drop even further in the Republican polling.
Florida has 5,263,269 Republicans, 4,721,471 Democrats,286,493 in other parties and 3,911,131 with no affiliation. The gasp you hear comes from the realization that a state with a total population of 21.7 million folks has only 14,182,364 registered voters.
Sleeping with Enemy
DeSantis brain has been infected by the far-right radicals in the Florida legislature, you know, people who have the same DNA as Matt Gaetz. They want to end diversity, shove the gays and trannies back into their closets and rewrite history so that white kids don’t have to feel bad about slavery. When did the radical right whackos start caring about feelings?
Consider this. The Ocoee Massacre took place on November 2, 1920, when fifty African American Floridians were killed while attempting to exercise their legal and democratic right to vote. It is illegal to teach this fact in Florida schools because of Ron DeSantis. We have a state government banning the truth.
DeSantis claims he’s protecting the kids, when in fact he is spreading hate and disregard for basic American freedoms. By passing the “Don’t Say Gay” law, he has decided that not talking about homosexuality will make it go away. What’s really leaving the state of Florida are valuable conventions, meetings and corporations. Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, called DeSantis “anti-business.” Wow, a Republican who impedes commerce.
This isn’t just my opinion. Here’s a quote from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, “Saying Gov. Ron DeSantis has followed the autocratic examples of governments in Russia and China, a group of mostly Republican former high level government officials has called the Florida governor’s takeover of Disney World’s governing district “severely damaging to the political, social, and economic fabric of the State.”
DeSantis is hurting students. Florida is now in a fight with the College Board, the educational non-profit that creates and distributes Advanced Placement courses for American high schools. Isn’t it sad that their AP courses are being pulled out of Florida schools? In an eleven-hour retreat, the Florida Board of Education has allowed the AP psychology course to proceed, even though it addresses gender issues head on. So, they haven’t thought things through and that’s on DeSantis.
How can Ron be the governor of all the people when he ignores those who disagree with him? This intolerance is unacceptable in 2024. Most smart people think he’s dumber than Trump, whom he could have replaced as the party leader, but instead he’s destroyed his political career.
As donors move their financial campaign support from him to others, DeSantis continues to tout things that are UNTRUE. More than 80,000 Floridians died from Covid, while DeSantis urged the data keepers to fudge the figures to make him look better. Many of the fatalities were housed in assisted living facilities, with DeSantis paying lip service to the fact but failing to pass any legislation to protect the elderly.
I had to drive four hundred miles for my first Covid vaccines because DeSantis gave Publix, a Florida-based grocery chain, the right to administer the shots. Their computerized registration system was horrible, and I paid the price. This might be a good time to mention that Publix has been a large contributor to many DeSantis campaigns. It’s all politics as usual, without transparency. Ronnie’s looking like just another grifter in a cheap suit.
One of the battle cries of the far-right was banning Critical Race Theory in all schools, even though it wasn’t being taught anywhere. We know that racists have pushed for this prohibition for years, along with ending affirmative action. If you go along them you are helping racists “take back their country,” but you can’t argue that slavery was good for any slave. And that’s not out of context; it’s written in the policies.
Critical Race Theory is simple. Professor Derrick Bell first articulated the idea that powerful white people will manipulate governments to pass laws to help the white race. Part of CRT is redrawing the electoral maps to decrease the power of the Black vote. By passing the ban on CRT and disallowing discussion about American history, diversity and equality, Florida and DeSantis have shown that Bell was right. Their actions prove the very essence of Critical Race Theory, meaning it’s not a theory; it’s a fact.
Many insurance companies have left Florida, and with all the time Tallahassee spent on passing loathsome hate bills and revolting gun laws, they didn’t spend much time on insurance. Not only have major insurance firms pulled out of Florida, but some left without paying their policyholders after the hurricane. So, it seems white people and retirees also don’t matter to DeSantis.
The Florida governor has made it harder for women to seek and get uncensored healthcare (Abortion Bans), he made a jury majority unnecessary for an execution (Death Penalty), and he made it easier for anyone to get and openly carry a firearm without a permit (Guns). He came down hard on immigration, which hurts the agricultural industries, but made it easy for any parent to get vouchers so their kids don’t have to go to the public schools. Overall, Ron DeSantis has moved the state to an untenable, far-right position.
DeSantis’s rise to the office of Florida Dictator has made the state less attractive to many companies, people and artists. Georgia has already taken a substantial portion of the movie business away from Florida, and the education crisis in Florida is massive, with many well-qualified teachers and professors resigning from a dystopic and draconian teaching environment.
Ron DeSantis is a monster, who attempted to create the illusion that if he wins, we win, but in truth his winning would be a loss for all of us. As a sports fan, I’ll use this metaphor. Ron DeSantis, a former little league star, is the baserunner who sprinted past the bag, then realized he’s in jeopardy and it’s too late to return to the base. He will get tagged out by the donors, the party, and the people. He will be sent back to Florida with his tail between his legs, just what we don’t need.
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Tattoo Detective: Our Last Hope for the Future
Imagine being able to time travel into the unknown. TATTOO DETECTIVE: Our Last Hope for the Future is a science fiction novel examining the world after all the guardrails of normal society have been dissolved.
The story follows two American tattoo detectives who are sent on a mission that changes them and their world. This dystopic look at the United States and the flaw in humankind is not a Pollyanna prognostication, it’s fundamentally close to our current reality and could be predictive of where we are headed. The opening chapter says it best, “…we could have done something, but we fell madly in love with technology, weapons and wealth.” For purchase or dowload, go here. Check out our author page on Amazon.
