Are we the United or The Divided States of America?

I recently enrolled my first book, The Adventures of Daniel, Jonathan, and Mark into Amazons KDP Select program that means for the next 90 days; it will be exclusively available on Amazon.

If you enjoy gay erotica I encourage you to check out the book. It’s been two years since the books release.

I am editing book 2 in the series and also thinking about splitting the different short stories into books. There seems to be an appetite for erotica shorter stories.

I got sidetracked this past year with other things and many distracting thoughts, so I wasted a lot of my time.

I want to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year 2020! I hope this is a year of growth for everyone.

Happy New Impeachment Year America

Our Christmas & New Year’s present from the Democrats is the Impeachment of President Trump!

Did he err in the Ukraine mess? Probably, but before 2019 we never would have known anything about it. It is not for the people of a nation to know about or understand all the inner workings of our government.

I am disturbed by the whistleblowers who were listening in on the calls. Why were they listening? I have heard no discussion of this, but I am not watching the news 24/7. Some of us have other things to do. Aren’t these people supposed to be protecting our President?

If Obama or Bill Clinton had done the same kind of thing (& maybe they did), would our nation be reacting the way they are?

Part of the whole election of our leader’s philosophy is that we don’t want to or need to know everything that our leaders do. What it takes to keep a nation safe, like America, there are plenty of things we the people don’t need or want to know. We the people don’t know what it takes to keep us safe or in our current lifestyles of aloofness in our world, we seem to like it that way.

Democrats and Republicans are both acting like a bunch of spoiled kindergarteners.

Today we know too much about how things in our country work.

America is becoming the laughing stock around the world; often, we tell other nations how they should do things while having an unkempt house back home!

My How Things Have Changed

When I was growing up in Texas whenever a reporter was interviewing someone, the reporter’s sexuality, political views, etc., were never an issue – I didn’t care what the reporter believed; their job was to report the news, not be a part of the story.

Social Media today allows us to know almost anything about someone, and I’m not sure that it is a good idea. Do we know too much?

Today, when many in the media are interviewing a candidate they do not agree with, I can hear it in their tone of voice or the questions they ask or the disapproving reactions they give during the interview or when they are talking about it to their colleagues. In some cases today, news organizations are telling us what we ought to believe, be it ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, or CNN.

People on the Left have been out for Trump since the minute he was elected. Pelosi and other Democrats have said they began looking for a way to Impeach Trump from almost the moment he was elected!

Does anyone else have a problem with this?

What has happened to us?

How Social Media is Destroying America

Ellen Degeneres, last September,2019 was photographed at a Cowboys game sitting next to former President George Bush and the LGBTQ community as well as many others had a meltdown.  On her show the following week, she addressed the issue and reminded all of us that we need friends, even though we may not necessarily agree with every position they have on issues.

Many in America are punishing people using social media; people who they may have liked before, simply because a person is seen with people they do not like or agree; or they disagree with their position on an issue.  

Is this the America we want?

What happens when we become one of the people others do not like? We will become victims of the very rules we helped write, and that is what is beginning to happen to people with these extreme views.

America has become a nation where everyone expresses their opinion about everything. Some in our country live their entire lives online.

Several years ago, another comedienne, Kathy Griffin, appeared holding the severed head of our President in her hand. I’m sure people like her thought this was funny, but I was proud of the public backlash against the move. Even those on the Left thought this went too far.  Mrs. Griffin’s career is still recovering from the misstep.

Granted before Trump was elected, the only exposure most of America had had of him was through The Apprentice. Trump was normally only seen twice on the show. The first time introducing the contestants to their task for that show, the second was in the boardroom where two of his children sat.

Trump seems used to having people run interference for him or having a spokesperson. I’m sure he’s had his share of attorneys who normally do the talking, and he is there for photo opportunities; Trump enjoys the attention!

America knew of him through His brand Trump, which meant a certain level of luxury and panache.

From Bad Trade to Better

Trump is a negotiator! Many of the photos of him in Trump Tower show him with a phone in his hand. That is who he is and what he does. Negotiation involves giving and taking. Duh! In his office in Trump Tower, it looks no larger than an average master bedroom closet.

Trump is in the process of getting America out of many of the bad deals former presidents and their administrations had negotiated to deal with trade and other issues.

I am amazed at all the bitching from Washington about all this. It is a process. One step at a time; Trump has begun the process, he may or may not finish it.

Commentators and politicians alike are griping their heads off. Help the man or shut up!

Quit standing in Trump’s way. The deals he’s negotiated to help farmers will help them. It’s not perfect! It’s a start. If you want to bitch, direct it towards the administrations that got us into the bad deals in the first place.

In an election year, patience is not the thing to be asking for, but it is what is needed.

Obama Mocks Trump

I have heard Obama said some things at a dinner one night in 2012 that hit Trump the wrong way, and that is why he ran for President. I agree with some who have said Trump did not want to be president.

Some of the decisions in our courts are taking us backward instead of forward.

Do we want a segregated America again? That is where we are going!

AMERICA WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU KNOW?

It’s going to be difficult to vote for someone if we don’t know what we want.

Maybe I should run, couldn’t do much worse than what we have now!

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