On January 25, 2017, President Trump issued the executive order that authorized the construction of the Great Wall of America. Expected to run about the length of one-thousand-three-hundred miles, costing anywhere from sixteen to twenty-six billion dollars to build, seven-hundred-fifty-million a year to maintain and taking four or twenty years to build, * it looks… Continue reading The Great Drug War Wall
Month: February 2017
Take the Outsider Test
Through the Obama years, Democrats had no problem with his pen and phone approach. If he couldn't get it his way with GOP support, he was determined to go it alone. And while he was doing this, there was zero opposition from members of his team. But now that Trump is in power and the… Continue reading Take the Outsider Test
Morning interview with US Congressman Barry Loudermilk
I got a chance to catch up with one of our local representatives today on Bartow's Morning News. 11th Congressional district representative Barry Loudermilk joined us from D.C. to talk about several current items being discussed in our nation. We discussed President Trump's order to make the transgender bathroom issue a states-rights issue and not a… Continue reading Morning interview with US Congressman Barry Loudermilk
Trump hopes for the Hollywood ending
Hollywood tells all kind of stories. One of the staples of the "Hollywood ending" is when the main character delivers a speech that changes the course of events of the tale. It's the Aesop's Fables morality moment where we all come to the same collective understanding that whatever had been happening up to that point… Continue reading Trump hopes for the Hollywood ending
Will protest fatigue begin to show?
It's just now coming up on 13 days; not yet two full weeks since the inauguration. I believe there have been protests, rallies and protest-rallies each and every day, with no sign of slowing. There is a subset of our country that seems to have decided it's better (easier?) to stop going to work, ignore… Continue reading Will protest fatigue begin to show?
