Today is a perfect day to demonstrate to you why Donald Trump’s attacks on México and Mexicans was unnecessary. The sad reality is that I wouldn’t be writing about Donald Trump had he just left the attacks upon my country unsaid. Trump could have been like all the other politicians, like Barack Obama, who use […]
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The NAFTA Dilemma
There is much animosity towards NAFTA across the country. The fact is that NAFTA is disliked in México as well by many people in the United States. El Paso is no different. The unfortunate fact is that the dislike of NAFTA is driven by vocal groups in both countries. I believe that the vocal voices […]
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O’Rourke and Margo and the Culture of Corruption
I have written numerous times about the culture of corruption that permeates through El Paso. It is a mindset that embraces corruption and discourages honesty in business and in politics. As I have written previously, the El Paso economy is fully dependent on government largess. As such, there is no incentive for honest politics in […]
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The Bad Joke That is Donald Trump
As you likely know, on March 4, Donald Trump tweeted that Barack Obama tapped “his wires” at the Trump Tower. The insinuation being that Barack Obama tapped Trump’s presidential campaign. The allegation levied by Donald Trump, through Twitter, has only two possible outcomes. The first is that Obama committed a serious crime, or Donald Trump […]
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Foreign Agent in Donald Trump’s Circle
The Donald Trump apologists have been circling the wagons around the notion that the left and the Democrats have launched a sustained attack on the Donald Trump presidency through corrupt news media and fake news. Any piece of factual information is distorted, misdirected or outright lied about with the blame shifted away from Trump. You […]
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The Reason the Country is Divided
One of the most annoying things for me is how the government imposes laws and then it changes its mind later. It is not the changing of the policy but rather the punitive costs of the never mind mentality. I am no expert on the structures of governments across the world but I have experience […]
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The Momentum of Resisting the Trump Agenda
You would think that by now, 48 days into the Donald Trump administration, that the scandals and the ongoing resistance to his administration would have died down. Instead, the scandals continue to intensify and the protests have been sustained since he took office. This is, simply, unprecedented in U.S. politics. Yes, there are always small […]
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Donald Trump has no Business Leading the Country
On Saturday, March 4, 2017, Donald Trump issued a series of tweets via Twitter accusing his predecessor, Barack Obama, of wiretapping Trump Tower during the election. Donald Trump has inferred that Barack Obama attempted to interfere with the election via a Watergate-type scandal. The allegation and the tweets demonstrate once again that Trump has no […]
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Peter Svarzbein’s Wall Moment
As many of you likely know I am against the Donald Trump wall. As you may also know, Peter Svarzbien has an agenda item (20.1) on today’s city council meeting asking for discussion and action prohibiting the City from awarding any contracts to any company that does work on the Trump Wall. On the surface, […]