Sunday Morning Coming Down

I would like to know what Bill O'Reilly was proving or trying to prove by saying that the slaves that built the White House were well fed and housed? 

Asking for Russia to insert themselves into the American Presidential Election by hacking DNC computers is not legal.  Most other countries are livid when the U.S. gets involved in their politics. A possible leader of the free world needs to realize that there are places you just don't go. Listening to Donald Trump during his press conference yesterday was more than a little be jarring. I dismissed the comment as another example of his normal snarkiness or something that was a lame attempt at humor of the darkest type. Whether this will become an issue in the upcoming election isn't clear.  I remember the fallout from the third rate burglary of the Watergate.

Sarah Silverman called out Bernie or Bust Democrats as being ridiculous.  She is a Bernie Sanders true believer who has come around to support Hillary Clinton.  This is the way things go in a two party political system. This is the way things should go.  A political convention is not an inquisition or the Salem witch trials. Losing an election in the name supporting positions which have been rejected by voters is a special kind of ridiculousness.  There will be roll call and there are not enough people who voted for Bernie him to make him the Democratic Presidential Nominee.  A good campaign with good ideas can make things better.  A good campaign with good ideas that doesn't come together enough to win won't make things better and they might make things worse. Folks that can't stand Hillary Clinton but have no use for Donald Trump need to do some real soul searching.  How would you like the Supreme Court injecting themselves into the election proc...

Intractable means difficult to manage, alleviate, remedy or cure in the context of medicine.  I just finished listening to Anthony Sabato Jr. expound about President Obama, Muslim.  Unbelievable.  Are we still litigating birtherism and that's just the beginning.

The Class of 1969 has reached the ripe old age of sixty five or it soon will. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford(not elected), Carter, Reagan, G. Bush(father), Clinton, G. Bush(son), and Obama have served in the office during our life time. I know President Truman served for a while but I only know him through history books and from reports after he left office. During our lifetimes we have had the opportunity and responsibility to select between 1) Nixon and McGovern, 2) Ford and Carter, 3) Carter and Reagan, 4) Reagan and Mondale, 5) G. Bush(father) and Dukakis, 6) G. Bush(father), 7) Clinton and G. Bush(father), 8) Clinton and Dole, 9) G. Bush(son) and Gore, 10) G. Bush(son) and Kerry, 11) Obama and McCain, and 12) Obama and Romney. Will Rogers is quoted as saying "I am not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat."  The latest Republican Convention is notable for the folks that are not there rather than their disagreements. Alm...

The poem was copyrighted by Max Ehrmann.  Popularized by Les Crane..." you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars you have a right to be here".  Who wrote the poem originally and who owns the rights to it are a less than clear. I'm not surprised about the latest contretemps regarding regarding a speech given by the presumptive republican first lady. I'm a lot more concerned with the idea that the universe is unfolding as it should.

I've been to memorial services that have had music that caused folks to move with the music.  People express themselves differently at times when there is stress and that stress is relieved a lot, somewhat, or not so much.  Some folks voices quiver, others are rock solid.  One way does not fit all.  I read Former President Bush's speech in Dallas.  It was an excellent speech, probably one of his best.  Hello out there?