Fight at the Oval Office Corral

 The Gingham Zelenskyy and the Calico Cat

Side by side in their chairs they sat;

'Twas half-past noon, and (what do you think!)

Vance was waitin' for the boss's wink.

'Twas easy to see that the trap was set;

JD was to watch for the cue he'd get.

The Calico Cat soon tugged on his tie

and then Vance proceeded -  with lie after lie.

The Resolute Desk and the Grand Fireplace

Appeared to know from the big clock face;

There was going to be a nasty ambush.

Words will fly, then threats will become hushed.

Meanwhile, the Putin party

will go on for a week or three!

Just when we think these two American "leaders"

can't do anything more to embarrass us,

They dig a new rotten fish out of their luggage!

President Zelenskyy

was ushered out of the White House 

and told not to come back.

Trump and Vance hustle over to the "Putin"

phone to make sure he knew Trump

threw Zeleneskyy out on his ear.

 

Is the news story "Telling you" the facts or "Selling you" the facts?

 

The Fourth Estate, commonly known as the Press, is one of the first freedoms an authoritarian ruler will attack and control. The old saying "he who rules the press will control what the people will believe" is deadly true. There is an addition to that rule that must also be remembered: Whether the information they control is factual or manufactured by them is of much greater importance. As a rule, if someone is demanding that you choose only their source, it would be wise to reject them.

Today, the word sprang  from the lips of the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, that liberal outlets were removed from the press rotation. This action is high on the to-do list of things for an authoritarian rule of the nation. The follow-up to that action is that they will pick the Pool Reporters and  who will cover Trump.

Considering the other dictatorial moves this Administration has made, we are well on our way to a hornet's nest of angry and revengeful authoritarian hornets!

But of the most tyrannical moves thus far done by this horde of Republican/MAGAs, the most frightening is when they take charge of information!

Choose your news source carefully and fact-check it yourself! If the news story is important to you, make sure you get the one that is accurate!

What kind of Cockamamie Idea is this?

 Help, My Power Is Melting. . . I'm Melting!

Republicans are now questioning Musk's efforts to cut wasteful spending in our Federal Government. He is retreating from the idiotic threat as outlined in his email to federal workers that they must reply withing hours to 'five things they did on their job last week" or resign their job!" 

Pandemonium ensued. Some resigned. Some went home and thought about their future. Some tossed the email in their wastebaskets and kept on working. More than a million answered the email. Meanwhile, the entire country went into a panic, meltdown and drug out their marching gear.

Department chiefs were contacting Trump with one question:  what do we do?  The president told them to use your own discretion. Some told their people to ignore the email. Some said to answer it. Some went across the street to their favorite lounge and had a drink.

Then the word went out from Musk that the "request" was only "voluntary." Then it was revealed that in order not to get fired, more than 1 million had already answered the email.

Today, nearly every office in Washington D.C. has hustled out to buy brooms and are now trying to sweep every piece of evidence of the cockamamie hairbrained idea under the rug!

As of this hour, the deadline to answer the email has passed, the chickens are back in the chicken coup, the department chiefs are on their fifth cocktail, the workers are on their way home, Musk is getting his hind-end chewed-out by Trump, and Trump is in the Oval Office Lunch Room painting the walls with Catsup!

All-in-all, it's been 35 pitiful days of Trump's term of office!

Suppose it's everything he hoped for?

I just can't wait for tomorrow to come!

HARK. . . LORD OF THE LIES. . .

The Speaker Mike Johnson, Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff

"There's never a vote that can't be undone, and never a voter that can't be rehung."  - J. Watson, 2025

After the Jan. 6. 2021 Insurrection on our Capitol that caused, death, very serious injuries and damages to the building, a very complete and lengthy investigation was made by the U.S. House of Representatives. Thousands of photos were taken during the day of the attack and many witnesses were heard from regarding what actually happened. 

The total story of Trump's part in the outcome and his decision to try to overturn the outcome of his election loss could not have been more evident. His refusal to stop the mob was unbelievable!

Today, Trump has wrangled his demands to bring about an unnecessary investigation in hopes he can get people to find him innocent. It is a fool's effort, but he has hopes of trying to write a new - but false - narrative to his miserable term of office as president!

Now, he hopes he can lean on his loyal friends in the House to reverse the damage to his ego and pull his criminal butt  out of the fire with a new - and wildly false - investigation.

We shall see if the House MAGA/Republicans will come to his rescue one more time and lie through their teeth once again!

Hark, lord of the lies. . . do your job truthfully - for once!

 

The Dynamic Duo are Duds. . .

 In my humble opinion, the Administration of

Trump 2.0 is taking on water and soon headed for the deep.

It is now time to ask the searing question: 'What in the H-E-DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS were they thinking about?" Did they really think we were ready for a dictatorship? Did they think we were - even worse - ready for a Trump dictatorship? Dear God in Heaven, I hope no one thinks we're that stupid!

Trump and Musk started off on day-one at about 130 miles per hour, in their Knievel SkyCycle, headed over the Canyon of No Return, for the ramp that was supposed to shoot them across the River of No Chance and parachute safely into the raging MAGA River of No surviving. Too bad. . .It was a bad plan written up by two nitwits in the bar at Mar-a-Lago!

So far, what they have done that isn't illegal, is crazy enough to land both of them in a rubber room at some state institution. These two geniuses think they are loaded with IQ because they are loaded with money. They are both loaded with something, but it ain't IQ.

We have to show them the errors of their way and get them run out of town right after the tar-and-feathering ceremony!

The GOP is starting to take the Trump and Musk fiasco personally and they are beganing to see their smudgy little handprints on the wall. Republicans and their children are crying themselves to sleep every night.  Trumpy's gotta' go - and he can take Musk and all of those MAGA gansters with him. 

The Ragged Old Flag. . .

You see, we got a litle hole in that flag there when

Washington took it aross the Deleware

And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key

Sat watching it and writing "Oh say can you see"

And it got a bad rip in New Orleans

With Packinghom and Jackson tuggin' at it's seams

And it almost fell at the Alamo

Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on through

She got cut with a sword at Chancellorville

And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill

There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard and Bragg

And the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag

On Flanders field in World War One

She got a big hole from a Bertha gun

She turned blood red in World War Two

She hung limp and low a time or two

She was in Korea and Vietnam

She went where she was sent by Uncle Sam

She waved from our ships upon the briny foam

And now they've about quit waving her back at home

In her own good land here she's been abused

She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused

And the government for which she stands

is scandalized throughout the land

And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin

But she's in good  shape for the shape she's in

'Cause she's been through the fire before

And I believe she can take a whole lot more.

We we raise her up every morning

We take her down every night

We don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right

On second thought, I do like to  brag

'Cause I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag

"Ragged Old Flag"

by Johnny Cash

(1974)

The U.S. House is going down. . .

The U.S. Titanic II with a few of it's Unfortunate Crew Members 

who trusted their Skipper 

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has taken a few of his closest GOP House friends on a little cruise down the Potomac in his new boat "Titanic II." It was given to him by Mr. Musk. 

Mikey did make one big mistake, however. He shouldn't have taken it out on the Potomac when there was ice in the water. "Titanic II" is not ice-worthy and, unfortunately, Skipper Mike wasn't watching the strong current that took them right into a large chunk of "Musk Ice" and it went down in minutes. None of the occupants have ben found. 

Musk said later, "Damn, maybe I forgot to tell Mike and the House members that I forgot to put in the drain plug. Oh well, we're cutting everywhere and that will be just five more I won't have to worry about firing."

That, fortunately, was in favor of the Democrats -  which will give them just the majority they needed to take over the U.S. House!

I tried to yell to them that they were getting too close to the ice chunks - but, as usual, they don't listen to anyone but Trumpy.

Liberals. . . You can't live with 'em and you can't live with 'em

 PARTISAN  POLICE  FORCE

Trump says he wants a conservative-thinking police force 

to replace our FBI Agents

and will arrest all of those stinkin' liberal rats!

Good morning Mr. and Mrs. America and all the Liberals who are hiding in caves. We have another great idea from Individual Felon Number One, directly from his lunch room. 

The present FBI will be a distant nightmare in thirty days. I have ordered a new design for uniforms, badges, and police whistles. The former FBI will - in thirty days - be called the "PARTISAN POLICE FORCE" and you conservatives are going to love it!

Once my title as Emperor goes through, I will make the "Partisan Police Force" name permanent. That way, the "partisan" part of the name will always be permanent, too!

As we go through the personnel lists of current FBI agents, we will weed out all of those people who are liberals. We sure don't need any of those people harrassing our good (and always innocent) conservative members of our society.

We will be announcing the new look of the PPF in the coming  days. Please ask me if you have an quesions. . . and if current FBi Liberals have quesions, write them down and take them with you when you go to the unemployment line.

That is all.

 

Look Around - Who's Still Standing?

 Farewell to America?

Although they used to be just words used by a politician warning us of what could happen if we voted for his/her opponent. We now know they can be much more. Suddenly, it is the cold, hard truth brought to bear on our nation's homeland. The thought of losing our rule of law, our constitution, an our democracy is now very clear and all too real.

Ernest Hemingway wrote in "A Farewell to Arms,"My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren't with me, I haven't a thing in the world." 

Hemingway directed those words to a lady, but I have similar feelings for another "lady" - the greatest lady of all: Lady Justice! She is the personification of the oral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold.

Our nation, today, has had those attributes questioned by a man named Donald Trump who fancies he has far better attributes to give all of us: His own brand of justice, his own rules of law, his own idea of - not a constitution - but rather a "manifesto" for the people to live by, and his own brand of authoritarian rule.

For the seventy-plus million Republicans who voted for his spiel - minus a few who woke up way too late for the inauguration -  he has piled up an impressive lead in whether his dictatorship will succeed or fail. However, for it to become a reality, one very important issue must be decided: "Will "We the People" allow it to happen?"

America is still a land of the people, by the people and for the people - and that will always be the final determination!

It will take a whole lot of work from all of us who care!

The more they come, the worse they get

Incoming Cabinet Members

"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance 

they have. All these fools, however, will find other fools who will 

applaud them."

Erasmus, 1509

Has there ever been a better description written for the gang known as the Trump Marauders? It would include: Trump, Vance, Musk, a bank vault full of Oligarchs, Speaker Johnson, and many Republicans of the U.S. House and Senate? All are members of the Conservative Cult called Make America Great Again, or simply MAGA! We doubt they will ever make America great  again, but it seems to makes them feel smarter about themselves.

I have but one simple message for America's voters in future elections:  Don't ever let these scoundrels get close to any part of authority in our local, state or federal government!

 

This is beyond weird - this is downright scary!

TRUMP'S

Oligarchy Malarkey

At the break of dawn today, Feb. 14, 2025, "President" Trump orders federal agencies to fire thousands of probationary workers. Some were given as little as thirty minutes to clean out their desks and leave their buildings. There is one burning question by the American people WHY?  If there is a plausible reason, our neophyte nitwits who were given jobs far beyond their skill levels are unable to answer.

They seem to be only capable of "carrying out his orders," which is about the only job they are trusted to do. We the people, of course, need more information - much more!

America has a "know-nothing squad" of uninformed and illequipped young people who are doing the leg work for Elon Musk, also a  know-nothing leader  of the know-nothings. This is the most disorganized and screwed-up group of yet-to-be-explained  rear-ends our nation has ever witnessed!

Why are they here, what are they doing, and first and foremost, who the hell hired or elected them?

We need to get answers and we need to get them now - before they sell our country to the highest oligarchy bid!

Trump: I think America has one more impeachment trial left in the tank!

The Republicans Must Be Removed

 

The Republican Coup Has Officially Begun

Russell Vought sits at the left hand of Satan and the Right hand of Donald Trump. He is the architect of the infamous "Project 2025." And, worst of all, he has just been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Director of the hugely powerful Office of Mangement and Budget. He is no friend of our democracy, our constitution, or our rule of law. In other words, he prefers an authoritarian or dictatorship form of rule. Of course, he wants to be included in any leadership role!

I keep telling myself that Vought - and the other MAGA traitors are the bad guys, but we all know that these corrupt egomaniacs and Trump are completely helpless without the Republicans of the nation, the congressional offices, and their voters.

If you have read the "Project 2025" book that was written by Vought, you will see that Trump's executive orders are following the book nearliy word-for-word. If he didn't read it, he had someone read it to him. 

The most troublesome part of this horror movie is that the Democrats are just now beginning to wake up and realize they are about two weeks and a dollar short on a workable response!

Mark you calendars:  Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 - U.S. mid-term election, all 435 seats in the U.S. House and 33 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate wil be contested to determine the 120th U.S. Congress.

He's taking a long stroll on a short dock

 

The  Joker's  Stroll

As the Joker glanced over his shoulder to see the results of his last "gift" to the people, he saw the smoke spiralling skyward. He was satisfied. He had pinned a shamrock to the bottom of his coattail and invited everyone he met to give it a kiss.

Let me make this as clear as I can. No one thought, in their wildest dreams, that what Trump and his Republicans are doing would be criminal and corrupt. But, it is even beyond corruption - it is even homicidal! Because the end result of many of his unGodly and tyrannical misdeeds will cause great human harm and even death!

Trump has said many times that he had nothing to do with - nor did he even read - "Project 2025." He has repeated that lie continuously.  The architect of that book, Russell Vought, has just been confirmed by the U.S.Senate as Director of the very powerful Office of Management and Budget. This nearly completes the horrendous organizational chart of MAGA monsters - known  as Trump's Cabinet and functioning "snake pit of vipers, rattlesnakes, and cobras!"

When questions were asked of  the German people after the war: Why did they not fight back and resist Hitler when he first came into power and he made his intentions clear, there were various answers. (1) The majority did not fight back due to a combination of factors including: propaganda that portrayed Hitler as a strong leader restoring German pride. (2) fear of severe repression from the Gestapo, (3) a belief in Nazi ideology, (4) perceived economic improvement under Nazi Rule, (5) the lack of a clear, organized opposition movement,  and, essentially, (6) many Germans were either complicit in or too afraid to challence the Nazi regime.

Any Americans out there who would care to pick their reasons for not fighting back and losing their democrac

After that, we need to clean out all of these damnable Right-Wing Republicans who are polishing Trump's shoes and kissing his butt as they stab the rest of us in the back!

Remember Our Rich Past. . .

The Liberty Bell

The Libery Bell was last rung on Feb. 23, 1846, for George Washington's birthday. It has not been rung since due to a fatal crack that developed that day. The bell was rung for many public gatherings and meetings after it was hung in 1753.

I suppose it is normal to have our minds taken back to the history of our nation when we are facing a crisis of monumental proportions like we are now. 

My mind races to thoughts of our youngsters who won't understand the full gravity of what a handful of traitors are doing to our country until it's done. 

No more Fourth of July celebrations, no parades to celebrate our independence, probably no more remembrances of people like Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and such. Trump will want his name front and center. He will be the begining! Nothing of any worth came before him. He was the destroyer of the old, and the new came only through him.

How did this mess get into our brains so quickly? Well, to some of us, it didn't. Many of us have been urging our government to crank up the Rule of Law - like yesterday! This coup does not have to be a "done deal." What the traitors are doing is  against our Rules of law and the media is daily reminded we the people of that. What we must do is stop them before  they change our Rules of Law!

The Traitors Are At the Gates. . .

      

Constitutional Crisis

Our Constitution is burning and so far there seems to be no one with the authority to put out the fire. There are two traitors, basically, who are responsible for this crisis. President Trump and a yahoo from South Africa named Elon Musk. It is reported that Musk -  the richest man on Earth - handed over roughly $380,000,000 to Trump to help him win the last American presidential election. What it cost Trump (and we Americans) is yet to be revealed. 

We know one thing is for sure: Trump has wanted to destroy our democracy and set up an authoritarian rule for himself for years. From that point, we can begin connecting the dots to see Trump's dream is off the ground and running. 

The first step was to fire all seventeen Inspectors General of our government. They were the first line of ourdefense. They would have had the authority to halt everything and begin an investigation as to just what was going on.  Without them, the take-over (coup) quickly slipped into high gear. This should have been the first clue that the coup had begun!

Next, the treasonous traitors began shutting down departments of our government and firing top officials and offering buy-outs to the workers. 

That is as far as I can read the coup right now. I'm urging all people who would be unhappy to live under the rule of these two world-class traitors to get busy and write to your congressional representatives, call them, visit with them, or e-mail them and get your fears known!

This entire possibility of watching our democracy disappear is scary and all too real!  Trump and Musk have the backing of most of the Republicans in the two houses of congress. The only conclusion I can see to this mess is to end the Republican/MAGA Party in the mid-term elections. If Trump and Musk are in any way successful, the nation will remember the Party that gave them their start down the road to a dictatorship!

To make sure you are up-to-date and informed about this crisis, follow your favorite news source for information.

One last thing:  Trump, Musk, and the Republican Party now have control over the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, The Oval Office, The U.S. Supreme Court, and the Justice Department. If the American People are sitting in their basements and watching this all play out on their television sets, THEN WHAT MORE DO THEY NEED TO WIN?

All Men Are Created Equal, Until Our Politics Steps In

I am finding that I don't know half as much as I thought I did about politics in this country. We are not a democracy. We are not a land of the free. And, we are not a government of We the People.

What we are is a government ruled by quiet and not-so-quiet rich oligarchs who's worth is considerably higher than the rest of us. If you remember your history, as reflected in the "Three-Fifths Clause" of the U.S. Constitution, meaning that for the purpose of congressional representation, enslaved people would be counted as only 60% of a free person as stated during the 1787 Constitutional Cenvention. It lasted until after the Civil War. and on August 20, 1866. President Johnson issued a proclamation announcing the end of the American Civil War: "And I do further proclaim that the said insurrection is at an end and that peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority now exists in and throughout the whole of the United States of America."

Today, February 6, 2025, I proclaim "that is bullpuckey! No one can prove to me we are "at peace, order, tranquility, and that civil authority now exists in and throughout the whole of the United States of America," 

When the last oligarch is on a log raft and paddling his little butt away from our shores, will I accept that proclamation. When there is political peace, order and tranquility beaten into the skulls of our political parties and cults, will I accept that proclamation, 

However, until the day Donald Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance, Mike Johnson and an ungodly horde of Republican/MAGA congressional men and women are thrown out of the hallowed halls of our Capitol, such lies and proclamations will only fall on deaf ears across the land!

And only until then will we have a truthful proclamation!

Opinion By

John Watson

Something From His Dream Last Night

 The Trump Riviera

There are approximately two-plus million people in the Gaza Strip at the present moment. Our crazy  president has decided he wants the two million people to get out because the U.S. is taking over the area. He has decided it will be the perfect spot  for the vibrant "Trump Riviera." The reporters began firing questions at his newly-hired and duly-befuddled Press Secretary.

What do the residents of the surrounding areas think of this new and idiotic idea?  Well, it'll grow on them as we progress. They hate it, don't they? Well, it'll take some time to grow on them.

Where are two million people supposed to go? Well, you know, there is a whole big desert out there and these kind of people are used to living in the desert. How are we supposed to know? Tell them to look for the sand dunes!

What is America going to do with the land? Well, you know, the President has a love for tall buildings with 75-foot letters that say "TRUMP." So he's thinking about turning the whole area into a Riviera - a Trump Riviera with lots of condos, gambling, nice restaurants, and stuff.

Why is America getting involved with "stuff" like this? Well, I guess that's what the president and Mr. Musk want, so that's what they'll probably get.

Now, you got to ask enough questions. Let's hear from all of those seven people who came in from FOX.

The rest of you guys from the other medias can leave now.

(sarcasm)

The Elon Musk-a-Teer Group

 

Introducing the Pride of MAGA 

The Elon Musk-a-Teers 

"What I see are all the tell tale signs of a coup. A coup is a seizure of state power by unelected actors, who work to take over the critical infrastructure of government outside of the rule of law, and that's what I see as going on right now!

Rep. Jamie Raskin

Introducing the Pride of MAGA

The Elon Musk-a-Teers

A coup or a take-over is messy business. The ones who did the planning and then sat in the lunch room and munched on burgers and drank coke while watching it all unfold on the television are the cowards. 

For years I've wondered what it would be like to live in a nation that is going through a coup brought on by idiots. I've always thought that an actual coup would be conducted by a group of traitors who had a lot on the ball and didn't make many mistakes. I now think that may not be the case.

The MAGA/Republican/Musk coup attempt seems to be missing a few marbles. I recall a movie from several years ago that was called "The Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight." Well, today we have a gang of "Elon's Musk-a-Teers Who Can't Think Straight!"

Let's give 'em a big hand. . . out the door

Rep. Raskin is absolutely right. Americans can see what's going on right now, as well. Those he calls  "unelected actors" are up to no good, and - while they are very clumsily  doing it - they could stumble over some very sensitive information on our citizens and our government!

So what is our crack team of FBI agents doing about it? Well, you tell me. It seems the Musk-a-teers have fired all of them.

Stay tuned. . . there must be more of this to come!

Bill the Cat sympathizes with Trump's Faux Paws. . .

Bill the Cat, a fictional cat in the works of cartoonist Berkely Breathed, appeared in the comic strip, "Bloom County." It became a favorite of time, at times besting my all-time favorite "Pogo." As a cartoonist, I became hooked on political cartoons and syndicated myself for a period of years in various newspapers. 

So, why do I give Bill the Cat a top billing in my blog? It's simple: Bill has a look about him that has no equal when you think about Trump's disasterous beginning of his second bungled term of office. Everything that could go wrong, has. From trade wars that have all gone awry, to choices of weird and unqualified nominees to his cabinet (or as someone said, ("It's not a cabinet, it's a junk drawer") has all smacked him right in the face. 

Sadly, his own stupid ideas must take credit for why he has that "Bill the Cat" look. If he is, indeed, a very rich smarty pants businessman like he says he is, "Bill" is not the look he should have gone for!

But, the term of office is new and Trumpy has many new and weird things to try out on America. He's already thinking about dumping the Department of Education, the Department of the FBI, the Department of Landfills and Restaurants, and a move to give up on the name Republican Party and call all of them "Suckers and Losers."

That should tickle the dickens out of Bill the Cat. 

The Plot Thickens!

 The Omnipotent One

America is going through a rough patch with a leader who believes he was elected to be the "Omnipotent One."

He isn't. He is actually just a run-of-the-mill con man. He is a psychological liar, a philanderer, a charlatan, a cad, a mob boss, and a convicted felon! We Americans have gotten too soft on crimes committed by the appointed and elected officials of our government. They are given more "legal wiggle room" than a warehouse floor full of earthworms.  Well, according to my reading of the law, he would win on a technicality, anyway. And, if he didn't, he'd win in the U.S. Supreme Court because he's a . . . you know. . . he's a Republican, isn't he?  So, let's just forget about this, Okay?

Nobody really knew why he wanted to run for the office of president again. Didn't he get kicked around enough? Didn't he face enough ridicule? I mean, didn't he get away with enough emoluments?

However, I have a confession to make. I, alone, know the real reason Donny ran for the job again.  You see, the last time he had it, he ran afoul of the law, soiled his family name and was eventually found guiilty in court of 34 counts of being a convicted felon!

This time, it was for redemption and restitution! He must find a way to go back in time, convince the MAGA folks that everything about Jan. 6, 2021 was just an illusion, and he wasn't even around that day. Besides, he's going to win and then fire all of those FBI agents who said bad things about him. And, as his nominee for Chief of the FBI says, "I'm gonna' fire all of the FBI agents on the first day, empty their building, and turn it into a museum the next day!"

Will that really work, Donald? How dumb do you think the American people are?  Oh. . .  that dumb, huh?

Well, you've got to give him an "F" for "effort," because so far it seems to be working just fine.

I hope all of you folks are okay with this.

If you have to think about it, it's already too late!

      Montana Is 46th In Teachers' Starting Pay

While the devious mind of our president is busy with bigger fish  to fry, such as eleminating the federal department of education all together,  our thoughts here in Montana are also on the wages of our school teachers. 

Montana comes in at 46th out of 50 in the horrible ranking  of starting teachers' salaries. What does that tell a teacher just starting out in their chosen carreer? What does it tell them about beginning or continuing their career in Montana?

Our political scene here is rated from bleak to deplorable. The category of education is near the bottom on Republican's radar. They jump at the chance to do something for most any other career choice, but education is nearly non-existent. As I said in the beginning, Montana's political party is more comfortable with the federal move to eliminate the entire education department.

If I was considering a teaching job in Montana, would I hit myself in my head several times with a hammer - or would I go check out the starting salary in other states?

Montanans will wake up one day and see how much our political choices are holding us back.

You do understand there is a fundamental difference in the parties, right?

Any similarity to a person living or dead. . .

The American Nero

Trumpius Maxium Nero Caesar was born in modern day Americus and was the last of the Caesars. He, like one of his distant relatives Nero, has also been charged with "burning down" the seat of power in Americus. He was tried and found guilty by the Senate of trying to overthrow the duly elected replacement president and the established democracy. 

Trumpius has spent numerous years trying to cover up the guilt he carries and to cleanse his name. He will pay any amount and blame anyone, just to whitewash the lies he has told America and the world about January 6, 2021.  

His idol from long ago, Emperor Nero, was of a similar mind and rotten reputation. He was declared a public enemy and condemned to death in absentia. Nero fled Rome, and on June 9, 68 AD, committed suicide. Wise choice!

Nero was popular with the lower classes and referred to them as his "base." Historians have called him tyrannical, self-indulgent and debauched. He was a man with many sexual perversions and an obsession with performing for large crowds (called rallies?). He was also widely regarded as the worst of all Roman emperors. 

I, however, am not intending to lay any similarities between Nero and a neo-emperor of modern times. 

He is a man of ill repute and unabashed shame

 

WHAT DOES HE REALLY THINKS OF AMERICA

We Americans have been insulted and embarrassed to death about how the former and current president feels and treats our nation. If I could speak for him, I would say he tolerates some of what and who we are, but he is definitely going to make some very radical changes.

He has little to no interest in our boring democracy. He would say we spend too much money on the "little people" that should be spent on the corporate side of America. He has been "raping and pillaging" most of his life in his personal business and he longs for a place where the riff-raff do not mingle with he and his affluent friends. 

He believes he would be "walking in tall cotton" if he could get our nation to be more like an authoritarian/dictatorial kind of government. He doesn't believe people should be allowed to look to the government for assistance. In other words, we should all be born into a situation like he was and inherited around $400 million. If not, it's just our dumb luck that our parents worked hard to give their children what they could and that was it.  

He is a blight on our nation's existence, an embarrassment to the world, and a disgrace to America's "bravest and best." His massive ego has absolutely no reason to exist because he has no cognitive process to sustain it. 

He will be our president for four years, or until something happens like the creek rising or the dam bursting. And, if anyone has more suitable reasons, drop me a line and let me know. We are eager to please the good people of the United States of America!

Dead from the brain down - for 25 seconds

 A strange and eerie thought ran through my mind early this morning. It was from a news story I read somewhere a month or two ago. Medical scientists have discovered that our brain still functions for about twenty-five seconds after our body dies. That means we are "aware" we are dead for that length of time. (some Republicans may experience less time.)

Yeah, I said this was strange and eerie. But, it also tells me about something else. I believe our government "gave up the ghost" about twenty-five days ago and some brains are just beginning to realize it. Our legislators have been so busy trying to save their own political party butts that they haven't noticed they are dead from the butt down. The president's marauding MAGA minions haven't noticed any difference, and the president's brain has gone into "default" and "system overload" years ago.

The people of America just became aware that the body of our democracy is stone cold dead and no one is trying to revive it. They can see the politicians running around like chickens with their heads chopped off, but they are all as good as dead and it'll only be a matter of time before they stop complaining about it on social media. "The end is near" signs are popping up everywhere and still no one is lifting a dead finger to help!

The president is still trying to tell everyone he is not going to die - ever - no matter what the brain says, and he just keeps on firing FBI and Justice Department  people, tearing out pages of the Jan. 6, 2021 history books, and counting Elon Musk's money!

Poor Trumpy, he's not long for this world and when his twenty-five seconds of "awareness" hits him, he will take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court and plead that he be given twenty-five years, instead, because he's the president.

Maybe he'll do okay. I'm guessing he'd do just fine as an emperor over a bunch of dead people who are only alive from the ankles down.

. . . and then I woke up in a cold sweat. Damn you, Trumpy! Damn you to hell!