Melania Trump has on numerous occasions defended her husband’s immigration stance on the notion that she immigrated the right way. As you know Donald Trump wants to deport millions and stop undocumented immigrants from entering the United States. As political rhetoric it all sounds nice and easy, until the facts get in the way. The […]
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The Dishonesty of the Trump Campaign
As you most likely know by now, Melania Trump, Donald Trump’s wife, was caught plagiarizing her GOP convention speech from Michelle Obama. You also likely know that the Donald Trump campaign, and the GOP, are feverishly working to deflect away from this latest example of why Donald Trump should never be elected. The Donald Trump […]
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Is Police Department Criminally Blocking Twitter Access
If I wrote that the North Korean government has blocked me from viewing their Twitter feed, you probably wouldn’t be at all surprised. Many of you also know that I have been extremely critical of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for the last year, or so, and thus you wouldn’t be surprised if I told […]
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The Emotions of the Republican Convention of 2016
Well we are only days away from the biggest catastrophe a political party can ever make; selecting a nominee based on emotion rather than on logic. I was hoping for logic to prevail through a last ditch effort to allow delegates to vote based on their conscious. It appears though, that; that won’t be the […]
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Mexican Oil and NAFTA
I like metrics and have been compiling metrics for different things since I was child. One of my favorite metrics, that started out as a hand drawn graph that I converted into a spreadsheet several years ago, is the monthly price of silver versus gold. I became interested in silver as a result of the […]
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An Internal Affairs Investigation Into Greg Allen And Suspension From Duty
A few days ago I posted a post about the demeanor and attitude exhibited by police chief Greg Allen during the Dallas incident press conference held by city officials last week. My post focused on Allen’s demeanor and his attitude when answering questions from the reporters. Although the issue of his comments about Black Lives […]
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Jim Tolbert Open Records Requests and Social Media Channels
Since Jim Tolbert took office on May 17, 2016, I have noticed a few constituency requests being made of him through Facebook. These requests got me thinking about government transparency and social media channels. Do not get me wrong, at this point, Facebook requests and most other social media channel requests seem to me to […]
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Greg Allen and the El Paso Police Department
Yesterday, I discussed how civilians are losing faith in their government to do the right thing. Much of the dissatisfaction is centered on the notion of them versus us. As you likely know, there is a controversy brewing over the comments made by El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen in regards to Black Lives Matter […]
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Rebellion in the United States
Let’s face it, what happened in Dallas last week is rebellion against the government. Rebellion happens when the population loses trust in its government. Rebellion comes in many forms – from simple civil disobedience to an actual attack against governmental bodies. Hold your anger in check for a moment and read on. I realize that […]
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Peer Pressure Party Politics
It doesn’t matter whether I write about Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, there are always emails that follow telling what an idiot I am. One person in particular keeps sending me the same thing – why does anyone even bother to read my posts. I am still not sure how they want me to respond […]