It’s hard to know if Trump’s unflagging attacks on his enemies are a) part of a deliberate, personal policy, b) a neurotic compulsion, or c) a combination of the two. In any case, the good news is that this asinine …
Category: Renewables – Politics
The Politics of Homophobia
What Anne Hathaway says here is spot-on. How sad that the Republicans have found yet another community of people to hate.
Tagged with: homophobia
A Former Republican Rejects His Party
From a reader: I’m from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I am a former Republican. Basically, I was a Republican my whole life until about 2018 where I couldn’t accept being a Republican anymore. The Republican party now is nothing like it used to …
Tagged with: end Social Security and Medicare, forces Christianity into our lives, Republicans ban books, Republicans continue to ravage public education, Republicans hates the LGBTQ community, Republicans lower taxes on billionaires, Republicans promote fossil fuel consumption, Republicans reject science, Republicans terminate women's rights, Republicans treat immigrants with wanton cruelty, white supremacy
Is Trump Guilty? Of Course
Ultra-right-wing whack-job “news” source Newsmax is conducting a survey (see left). If someone were asking people to weigh in on: “Should Trump have been charged with 34 country of falsifying business records?” that may have been interesting. But he’s clearly …
As America Descends into a Land of Broadspread Corruption
American conservatives, as represented by the Republicans, once stood for something that, while it might have been cruel, elitist, and retrogressive, was at least defensible. Now, it’s the party of sleaze, of overt criminality. It’s possible that Clarence Thomas lies …
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Tagged with: corruption
Contrasting Views on Easter from Two Political Leaders
At left we have a statement, which, though it may not have set the world on fire, was sent by a sane and decent human being. Contrast that with what we have below, from a man whose principal claim to …
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Tagged with: Big Lie
Where Loyalty Ends
Aristotle wrote a great deal on the subject of when to discontinue a friendship, or, in other words, where loyalty must be withdrawn. Spoiler alert: like the rest of the ancient Greek philosophers, and all others coming after him, Aristotle …
Tagged with: Trump supporter
More on Political Messaging
Earlier, I wrote a post based on a conversation with a conservative friend who bemoaned the fact that Republicans are having difficulty establishing a message that resonates with American voters. It’s true that most voters approve of what the Democrats …
Political Messaging
Here’s something I just heard an extremely right-wing friend say: Traditionally, Republicans have enjoyed more solid and coherent messaging to American voters than their Democratic opponents. Now this seems to have reversed itself, to the chagrin of conservatives who are …
Let’s Go Brandon!
Here’s a “Let’s Go Brandon” flag at half-staff. Kinda funny, I must admit. One wonders where its owner is going to stow it after the indictments for seditious conspiracy against Trump are handed down.
Tagged with: "treason" or "seditious conspiracy"
