Students Nationwide To Speak Out For Gun Safety - Can They Make A Difference?

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Parkland High School students hope to make history after a tragedy.

They are trying to do what Congress has been unwilling to do; get sensible laws passed on gun safety, and outlawing assault style rifles (semi-automatic AR-15s).

The "adults" in Washington are going to be schooled by outraged high school students/teachers coordinating a nationwide protest against the NRA.

Lawmakers that are beholden to the NRA because of the political donations they accept, are going to be highlighted during the planned nationwide walkout by students and teachers on March 24th.

Students and teachers are also planning on sit-ins and other protest activities on April 20th - the anniversary of the Columbine massacre that left 12 students and one teacher dead.

Can our nation's students cries of "BS" on the NRA and Republican lawmakers in Congress make a difference? Thus far, each tragic shooting has not produced any changes.

Republicans send their condolences to the victim's families. Democrats cry for reform. It's like watching an evil version of "Groundhog Day."  

It's time for students to speak out. They're tired of being silent victims while so-called adults argue about the issue of gun control. 

They're the victims, as are the teachers, in this deadly standoff. Students are saying they're tired of being sacrificed in order to get money from the NRA.

Will the upcoming demonstrations shame those weak-kneed and greedy, lawmakers into action?

If history is any kind of yardstick, the protests will happen, but no changes will be made. There will be more mass shootings at schools, and other locations.

Shame is not enough for change. It can only happen at the polling booths.

Related:

Florida Students: "You Are Either With Us Or Against Us"

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Trump's Parade: Every Good Dictator Deserves A Show Of Strength

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Trump's desire to have a military parade goes back further than his visit to France last year, when he saw the French put on a patriotic parade.

Pundits suggest that after he was done clapping his tiny hands together in glee at the sight of so many troops and military equipment, he told the French president that he was going to have a bigly parade of his own.

While that may be true, let's unfold the rest of the reasoning for Donny's big parade.

Since attending military school while growing up, Trump developed a love of generals and authoritarian figures. He particularly loved military pomp and showy parades.

But, being the chicken-shit he is, Trump avoided the draft five times. That's where he earned the nickname Cadet Bone Spur.

Little Donny never forgot his dream of being a grand marshal in a military parade to end all military parades.

A quick look at Donny's favorite appointees reveal "his generals" who are ready to obey his commands.

Most Republicans and Democrats don't want to have Donny's $30 million (*estimate by Pentagon) dollar parade, and are saying that's the kind of thing dictators - like Putin, Kim, Jiping - do. Not Americans.

Exactly. But Donny doesn't give a shit about what anyone thinks. His ego and desire to see naked power paraded past him - honoring him - has no limits.

His dream is America's nightmare. 

Stretching this nightmare out, is those Republicans who'll try to enable him, and give him his parade for partisan reasons.

After all, every good dictator deserves a parade.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

You Can Stop 'The Witch Hunt' Bullshit Now Donny!

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Now that 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of interfering in the 2016 presidential election, Trump can stop crying about a "witch hunt."

That tune isn't going to play well now that it's official: Russia did interfere with our last election and these charges are only the beginning.

Most of the fake news planted by the Russians was derogatory towards Hillary Clinton and favorable to Trump, according to the 37-page indictment.

Real Americans were paid to organize and attend Trump rallies to support him. The irony of this is Trump claimed the Democrats were the one's paying people to disrupt his campaign rallies!

To no one's surprise, Trump interrupted the indictment as saying there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russian trolls.

On his way to hide out in his Florida retreat aboard Air Force One, Trump tweeted "NO COLLUSION."

Congressman Adam Schiff tweeted in return:

"No, Mr. President. The Special Counsel's indictment states no conclusion on collusion or electoral impact of Russian inference on the election. The former is under investigation and the latter is beyond his scope."

Trump and his cronies are soon going to be on the hot seat themselves. It's just a matter of time.

The White House will try to spin this indictment...but the truth is out. There's no stopping the consequences. 

Related News:

Mueller Probe: California Man Created Fake Bank Accounts and Sold Them To Russians 

How Russia Sent a Small Idaho Town Into a Fake News Tailspin

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Generic Condolances, Cops/Alt-Right Victimizing Trump Protestors, WH Security Joke

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After the deadly school shooting in Florida, Republicans are sending their condolences to families...and little else.

The subject of gun laws surfaced, as it has numerous times this year after mass shootings, but no talk about proactive action to address the nation's gun problem.

Trump tweeted his condolences, but didn't even hint at looking at current gun laws to see if something can be done.

To America's shame, we live in a gun happy world dominated by the NRA, and corrupt lawmakers.

More cop corruption in Washington D.C.

DC police and federal prosecutors have been collaborating with notorious right-wing groups known for their fascist statements and using doctored videos to ambush their targets in an attempt to convict and jail protesters at Trump's inauguration.

The cops are working closely with the Oath Keepers and Project Veritas, both known for fabricating accounts to ambush the media and the political left.

Laughing About Security In The White House

We'll start with the biggest security joke, Trump. His affair with a porn star while married to Melania is only the tip of the iceberg.

Trump is a known groper, and at least a dozen women can attest to that.

His buddy Putin probably has some interesting blackmail photos of Trump doing something bad.

Let's not forget about the 47 members of the White House who still don't have security clearances for their jobs, a year after Trump was elected.

When it comes to security risks, we need to look no further than the White House and the jackass in the Oval Office.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

The Trump Adminstration: Whose the Bad Boy Today?

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If you're going to try to follow the antics and blatant lies put out by the Trump's administration, be prepared for a daily dose of corruption.

Trump's Veteran's Affairs Secretary, David Shulkin, is the latest member of the Trump team to get ensnared in a scandal. The charges are criminal fraud.

Another great appointee by the orange-faced fool sitting in the Oval Office.

This bad boy comes on the heels of some more Trump bad boys that have recently stepped on their dicks. I'm talking about his Chief-Of-Staff, John Kelly, and his personal and White House Counsel lawyer, Don McGahn.

They both lied about how much they knew, and when, about WH staffer Rob Porter's background. FBI Director Chris Wray testified to lawmakers they both knew well in advance of last week.

Of all people, Republican Trey Gowdy is conducting an investigation into what they both knew and how far the cover-up for Porter extended.

Gowdy is also looking into why, and how, so many White House Staffers have been working without a full security clearance. A lot of people want to know that.

I can see the investigation getting dicey when they look at Jared Kushner's FBI files and see why he hasn't been cleared yet. He's the next bad boy to have his ass roasted by some lawmakers.

We all know Donny is the "baddest" of the bad boys lurking around the White House.

It ought to be amusing when Trump's ex-girlfriend, porn star Stormy McDaniels, starts singing about her illicit relationship with Trump who was married to Melania at the time and who had just given birth to their son Baron.

Another Trumpie will soon be joining the bad boy club of shame. That's attorney Michael Cohen, who claimed he gave Stormy $130,000 out of his own pocket, and that he never billed Trump for the money.

Think about that claim for a moment. A lawyer pays Trump's hush money out of his own bank account...because he doesn't want anything bad to happen to Donny.

That's about as believable as Trump never lies!

Here's the kicker, when Cohen publicly announced he paid her a $130,000, Stormy felt she was free to tell her story, according to her manager.

And let's not forget another Trump appointee, Scott Pruitt, who is the first EPA administrator to have a 24-hour security detail that accompanies him at all times, even at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

His first-class flying habits have been questioned for months by taxpayer groups who demand an explanation.

Pruitt was asked about the issue following a Washington Post report on Sunday that detailed some of his travel expenses, including a $1,641.43 first-class seat for a short flight in June from Washington to New York City.

Pruitt's ticket cost six times what EPA paid for his aides seated in coach.

His reasoning for this? He's afraid of the public. Probably for good reason.

A recent AP report also talked about how Pruitt personally took off (he sat there and dictated to a flunky) all climate change information from the EPA website. 

The use of luxury air travel by members of Trump's Cabinet has been under scrutiny for months, after the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in September following media reports he spent at least $400,000 in taxpayer funds on private jets for himself and his staff.

No shortages of bad boys during the Trump regime. The question is, whose the bad boy today?

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Immigration/Infrastructure Scam Spending Proposed By Trump is Heartless

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Our Moron-In-Charge has been acting like a troll again on Twitter, threatening that this is the "last chance" for DACA and Immigration reform, if he doesn't get his full agenda.

On the chopping block, so-called entitlement programs like food stamps for the poor, to offset state infrastructure costs.

Under Trump's proposal, states and local governments are responsible for coming up with the money to carry out their own infrastructure needs.

And the way to do that - according to Trump's latest scam - is to dismantle social safety nets across the country by making the states do what the federal government couldn't do.

Giving up domestic programs for the poor in exchange for some political agenda. It sets well in Trump's putrid playbook, and the GOP have been trying to do just that for years.

Trump also made sure to include a ridiculous waste of money ($25 billion) to build his "wall," or there would be no deal.

He tweeted a thinly-veiled threat by noting March 5th is coming up (a deadline he imposed on the DACA program) and there won't be another chance to help the Dreamers if he doesn't get his way.

As usual Trump has it wrong. A recent court ruling has rendered that threat meaningless by erasing Trump's timeline.

Another Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Ending DACA Program

Threats. Lies. Diversions. This is Trump's management style and Republican lawmakers are enabling him.

But, there will be a price to pay at the voting booths this fall when Republicans have to face an accounting for their treatment of the Constitution, laws of this land, and slavish support of Trump.

Speaking of Immigration...

I wonder why Trump isn't talking about Melania's parents who are now living in the USA?

How did they get here? Chain migration? Living here illegally? Work permits? Special exception?

We'll never know because the White House has refused to talk about it. Like so many other issues.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Porter Supporters in the WH Are Morally Bankrupt, Just Like Trump

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The clock is ticking for White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly.

Unlike his boss Trump, Kelly is going to go down for lying (something Trump does daily) about the whole Porter affair. The facts don't line up with the bullshit being spewed. 

The Washington Post and the New York Times have reported that Kelly knew all about Porter's wife-beating past and instead of firing him, Kelly elected to keep him in the White House.

Why?

Did Trump want Porter to stay? 

If it was just Kelly's decision to allow Porter to work without a security clearance, how long did he think that he could get away with it before someone in the FBI spoke up? He's been on the job for over a year without one.

Meanwhile, how many others in the White House knew about that "bad boy" Porter's past? I'm willing to bet WH staffer Hope Hicks knew all about Porter's former wives for a long time.

After all, they were "dating." That's Washington speak for they were screwing like bunnies. You can't tell me someone as bright as Hicks didn't know the score with Porter's past.

It didn't matter. In the Trump White House anything goes...until someone finally catches up with them...one by one.

Either Porter lied to the FBI about his past (a crime), or his accusers lied to the FBI. The FBI, based upon evidence, believe his former wives accusations of domestic abuse.

If the FBI wouldn't give Porter a security clearance, they had good reason not too.

If Ex-Marine General Kelly is given his marching papers, it's going to be fascinating to see who Trump replaces him with.

I have a sneaky feeling there won't be a long line of applicants for the job. Working directly under Trump can't be appealing, even if you're a sado-masochist.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Time for Another Blog Break As Baboons in Congress Play Games

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I'm going to take another blog break while the ass-hats in the White House and Congress continue to play partisan politics like seagulls stealing each others food!

I'll be back on February 13th. 

Another shutdown that lasted for a few hours. Congress kicked the can down the road again until March 23 for a permanent bill. No DACA. Sad.

Random Observations

I'm surprised the heavens didn't open up and send thunderbolts streaking down on Donny when he spoke at a Prayer Breakfast the other day.

Maybe Jim Carrey knows something we don't. He recently called for people to delete their Facebook accounts and to dump their stocks. Hmmmmm...

A Portrait of Polarization: It's Got This Bad

"In a sign of increasing partisan hostilities, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee plan to construct a wall – a physical partition – separating Republican and Democratic staff members in the committee's secure spaces, according to multiple committee sources." - CBS report 2/8/18

Interesting reading - former president, George W. Bush said Russia meddled in the 2016 election.

A good example of development overtaking common sense...
The Millennium Tower opened to great acclaim with high-priced, posh apartments. But those accolades and property values are sinking, along with the building's foundation. 

Time for me to walk on down the road...

WH Soap Opera Fans Tune In To Another Sleazy Drama

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Let's start the day with another episode of Cirque Du Trump, staring aides who have been bad.

Opening scene: 

A top aide to Trump, Rob Porter is resigning under a cloud of spousal abuse. 

After months of the White House claiming that Porter was full of integrity and honor, it only took one day for the White House PR machine to flip-flop from that position like a dying carp.

In case you're wondering why the sudden change of mind it has to do with the fact that Trump and company knew about his abuse against his two former wives, but covered it up.

Why?

Perhaps because Porter and another trusted Trump aide, Hope Hicks, were "dating." Juicy stuff.

How's that for good soap opera material?

Stay tuned. I'm sure there's more.

Coming up next:

The Three-Ring Budget Drama

Loathing and lies, as lawmakers scramble to come up with a budget.

Watch who screws who, in delicate backroom negotiations worthy of a Banana Republic. 

Added tension: Will Trump get his shutdown?

Will the Dems give up and make a deal without DACA included?

Will Trump get his Wall?

Stay tuned.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

The Trump Triad: Memos, Shutdowns, and Parades

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I'm back.

I've been detached from my digital addiction for a couple of weeks and went on vacation.

Had a great time. Good food. Booze. People. No politics.

Now that I'm back (briefly - I'm checking out again this weekend Feb.10 and 11, to attend a Wine and Chocolate release in Lodi, California) I have a few comments to make.

On the possibility of a government shut down Friday, Feb. 9

I strongly suspect government shutdowns will be Trump's legacy to America, as he causes a record number to occur  throughout whatever time he has left in the Oval Office.

Right now, the Moron-In-Charge is saying he wants a government shutdown. He plans on the Democrats being blamed, even though he's the real disruptor in the negotiations to balance the budget. 

Then there's dictator love...

Donny wants a parade just like they do in North Korea, China, and Russia.

Donny has something about generals and weapons on parade. No matter that the tanks he wants in his parade would tear up Pennsylvania Avenue.

The fact that his generals are huddled together planning on spending millions on a parade to please Trump is disgusting and hypocritical.

And a waste of tax payers money!

Trump is lobbying for more money for the military so he can have his parade. It's that simple. We don't need a parade because Donny has a small penis.

And, as for the infamous Nune's memo and being vindicated by it, Donny is dreaming. One way, or the other, the Democrat response to the memo is going to be released.

But, by then Donny will be lighting more fires... torching our Department of Justice, and the FBI for starters. 

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Blog Shutdown: I'm Going Out Of Town

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As Donny and his lapdogs are quarrelling among themselves - and the Democrats - after shutting the government down, I'm going out of town.

I'm taking a vacation with my honey to California and Nevada.

We're planning on returning on February 1st. Hopefully the government will be functioning by then. I wouldn't bet on it, but you never know.

Are you a new reader?

If so, the archives for this blog are on the right. They go back to 2008, when As It Stands entered the cybersphere.

All opinions are my own, for better or worse.

If you prefer reading fiction, I have another blog - Return To As It Stands, that offers over 100 flash fiction stories ranging from Science Fiction, to Horror, and beyond.

If you got this far, I want to thank you for checking things out. 

Peace, and long life.

Time for me to walk on down the road...