I HEARD REV AL SHARPTON SKIPPED A FUNERAL TODAY...HMM

A Black cop is gunned down by a black suspect in a black neighborhood, the officer is mourned by the family, scant television coverage save Fox News, and Rev Al, decides to skip the officers funeral.
    Hmm. No solace for the grieving Black family? No succor for the Black neighborhood? No " racial injustice" speeches for the media?

    None. He sits this one out.
    His buddy, his friend, his dinner host, the Golfer in Chief to whom he owes $5 million in back taxes reportedly today sits in Chicago preparing an Executive Order on guns..
     No comment from either. We live in a racist society, more so now, than ever, in my opinion.
     Yet, our countrymen are not yet ready to give up on solving the problem, finding the cure. Early though the election is, hope arises in Dr. Ben Carson, the voice of moderation and reason, calmness, and a level head who casts oil upon the waters.
     Soon, I hope.
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THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

..........are beginning to act stupidly. Let it be known I once was a Republican, a William F Buckley conservative Republican. Watched his show, bought the magazine, attended the Wharton School in Philadelphia, Trump was my classmate-same class, same year.
     I was in it to win it. I was not a " frat " man, I of the lower class south Philadelphians had to attend while working my way through on a shoe-string. Howsomever, I graduated in the middle of what was left of the original class. Graduation Day May, 1968, Bill Paley from CBS invoked the go-get-em speech, and I got out there got ....something.

( do not get shot down)

 digress. The Repubs are now doing what was projected - so many qualified, have begun the circus of chewing each other up with silly games and accusations. Trump is the leader, he doesn't give a damn about what they say about him, he's got 10 billion in the bank. He's bullet proof. People love him because he speaks his mind, and nobody else does. His power is his money, it always has been. Everybody else is picking the fly-poop out of the pepper, nagging reporters with the latest weird  sound bite about one of the opponent's newest tie or car. This crap from the Republicans has got to stop, otherwise, the Democratic nightmare will continue with Hillary. She can't be straight with you, even under OATH.

   Worse yet, the Socialist Sanders. I shudder to think. This guy has DECLARED himself to be a Socialist, something Obama has been secretly since he ran for office. " I just want to spread it around a bit." (to Joe the Plumber, remember?)

    You think it's bad NOW? Just wait until Bernie S gets the chair in the White House. He'll start by putting beds in the Senate caucus rooms for the homeless.

     Get behind SOMEBODY, get organized and stick to the program NOW.

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HILLARY, BALTIMORE COPS,SYRIAN REFUGEES, TRUMP .........AND obama

As Hillary's fortunes continue to sink slowly in the country ("liar" and poll numbers), it appears a Senate Sub-committee subpoena may be in the offing. Unless there is political offings going on backstage we will never know about -a-vie husband Willie skating on removal from office a'la Dick Durban and the book " Sell out" a subpoena should put a bullet in the head of her chances for a run at the big house, so I'm informed by political know - it - alls. vis
     Yeah!! Benghazi.
      The judge (whomever the hell he is) supposedly announced his/her decision to NOT remove the offensive Mayor of Baltimore from this case AND refused to allow a change of venue. Assuming nobody aforementioned are not family related (these days,...who knows, IT IS BALTIMORE, YOU KNOW) and they just shelled out 6 million bucks to the family of a drug dealer.
      The lay of the land in that town as I see it is this: it reminds me of an old, lousy western where the hero rides into town, gets involved by accident in a bar brawl, and the crooked sheriff walks in, arrests him, blames him for the trouble, and all the bad guys in the bar say, " yeah, he did it." The town is run by the Mayor and a crooked city council, they try the good guy and get ready to hang him. Even the judge in this western is in on it, he's married to one of the bad guys daughters I'll bet.
     That's about how I see Baltimore right now, throwing the rope over the tree limb, and the trial

hasn't even started yet. Oh, yeah, the jurors will probably be that mob that wrecked the town.
     Syrian refugees are bound to hit our shores. Look for to happen. If Obama says No, he'll change his mind and do it, or let them in quietly. If he says he will let 50,000 in, double that. Do NOT look for them to settle in on Army bases or those Katrina trailers, because that would make sense. Obama will put them on buses and probably ship them all to middle class neighborhoods all over America.
     Mr. Trump is losing his cool. I like him and he could do the job, but he has got to check his mouth when it comes to personal attacks on Republicans. Fiorina would make an ideal VP. Warm Up to the women, Don. They are not pets.
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Things People Tell Me: DONALD TRUMP - IN THE WEEDS ON FOREIGN POLICY?

Things People Tell Me: DONALD TRUMP - IN THE WEEDS ON FOREIGN POLICY?: ........wait a minute. So the guy wakes up in the morning and blows one question on who is Mujabar Raghead the squad leader on the latest gr...

DONALD TRUMP - IN THE WEEDS ON FOREIGN POLICY?

........wait a minute. So the guy wakes up in the morning and blows one question on who is Mujabar Raghead the squad leader on the latest group of rifle carriers in Northern Waziraburg. So what? Remember, this guy knows how to think, organize, run large groups, manage huge enterprises, put together huge teams of people on how to get things done.
         He is a Wharton School egg-head. He didn't graduate from Swamp City Community College. This was the best in the country. He knows, your problem is that he knows, that he knows.
         Let's cut him a break and assume he couldn't pick out the Russian President from a police line up. Or, he could pass the English Prince on the street and not recognize him, ok?
       One of his critics admitted today,that with his money and drag, he would easily hire experts haul them into the Oval office and have them school him on what he needs to know to flesh out the holes in his resume with dealing in international matters.
        Like James Baker, like George Bush, like George Will, like.......I grow dizzy with suggestions. Where is Dr. Strangelove whe

n we need him?
       Can you think of anyone, RECENTLY, who got the job of president who was LESS qualified and hired experts to advise him? And then, when he had them - IGNORED THEM? Fired his generals because he disagreed with him? 200 of them?
       The difference between Don Trump and Barack Obama is simple: Donald will listen to the advice of his round table, where Obama, the flying Egoist merely soaks up the bows of his willing audiences and staff.
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Dead Men Tell No Tales,...you see

except of barges with red sails,
and sailors mad for nightingales

Except of jongoleurs stretched at ease
beside old highways through the trees;

Except of dying moons that break
the hearts of lads who lie awake.

Except of fortresses in shade,
and heroes crumbled and betrayed.

Except old tales that burn away,
the stifling tapestries of day.

Old tales of life and love and fate,
Of time and space of will and fate.
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THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE

In my view, never has the country been so blessed as now. What a rich field of candidates we have! 

       My pick? Marco, Carli, Christie, Dr. Ben, Donald. Any, ......all could beat up Our Lady of Benghazi. However, I feel it is coming time for Donald to salt the rhetoric with a few more details on the grand plan.
       He won't do it yet, probably citing, " I'll do it when the lady from Benghazi does." And, I wouldn't blame him. I enjoyed Trump's beating up Chris Wallace last night, he deserved it. Ditto wailing on the blonde.
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MY BUCKET LIST # 2

• before he became president, I met Bill.Clinton at the Radisson Hotel in Denver. Gregarious. I worked on the sales staff there. On of my colleagues had a blue water pistol and told the Secret Service he wanted to speak to Clinton in the kitchen. He was " detained " while he ran through his stockpile of Clinton Jokes
• Al Gore showed up later and I got to press the flesh with him, same hotel. He warms up to the ladies in the reception line. Sprinklers went off during the night and they had to get him out of thee.
• Rev Ben Weir, Lebanese hostage came to town and I met him at a speech he gave. I asked him if he genuinely forgave his captors. " yes I believe I have."
• G. Gordon Liddy was standing next to me at a lecture at the University of Arizona when a wild eyed kid said, " aren't you afraid someone might stab you?" George replied, poking his pen right n the kid's face: " no, he's in far more danger han I am. Id jam this pen up his nose into his brain and cripple him for life."  The kid left abruptly.
• My job at National Airlines in the 60's was to get the guests for Mike Douglas TV show from the airport to their hotel, then to the studio, and introduce them to the producer. Commander Lloyd Bucker of the USS Pueblo was late getting up, so I rousted outta bed at his hotel  into my car and the 4 block drive to NBC studios in Philadelphia. We just made the deadline. I got to Tell him how proud I was of him and his crew.
• The traditional Army Navy game at Municipal Stadium in south Philadelphia had the usual crowds. I was there selling Bulletin newspapers. President Harry Truman rolled in, halted the car, window down and hollered, " C'mere kid. I'd like one of your papers." Damn, no photographer to capture the moments.
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HILLARY CLINTON?.........SERIOUSLY? DO YOU HAVE A SHORT MEMORY?

Travel Gate?....the files on her desk?  C'mon people, you're not that stupid. How about when she left the White House? She left with a lot of the Silverware.......and the art hanging on the walls?
     You people out there don't RECALL THAT?  You can't be that stupid. When they left, Clintons people drained bottles of Elmers glue into the computer key boards destroying them.
     I've got the press clippings. I don't forget anything. How about the 200 crooks Slick Willie let go on the last day of his term? He commuted the sentences of those crooks.
     I've got the list. You can also get it it's on the internet.
     And a lot of you want TO VOTE HILLARY?
Don't you people read, research? My God, at least read the polls of what YOU, the American people think, that is IF YOU THINK.
    Unless you've all swallowed the Karl Marx tonic, failed to graduate high school, or got knocked over the head, GROW THE FUCK UP.
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MY BUCKET LIST

• The year before I was born, my father and mother went to the World's Fair in New York City, took pictures. In 1963 ( I think) I went to the same area in New York where the World's Fair was being held, took my kids and shot pictures. Showed them to Mom and Dad. Wow, they said, things change.
• I've been to the top of the tower in Seattle, same in New York. 
• I've been to the top of Pike's Peak (almost fell over - lack of oxygen)
• Been to the Vatican - twice - renewed my faith there. Was down in the cellar to say hello to all the dead Popes. I met Pope Paul, once, in New York, briefly. He was there when the Pieta came to Manhattan.
• No kidding, I literally bumped into Pope John Paul on the street in Denver. He was at the end of a long line of Cardinals awaiting the go signal to file into the Cathedral. He looked tired, no security around him which I thought was unusual. I said hello and offered to get him a chair while he was waiting. He was very grateful, but the line started before I got back with water and the chair. What a great guy.
• Astounded by Rome, breathtaking. I was inside the prison cells in the Coliseum where the Christians had to wait before being thrown to the lions. 
• Munich, I stood on the steps of the Reich's bldg Hitler used as his back drop for his craziness.
• I've been to the Alamo three times and in my heart, wished I had been there with them. One more rifle, it could have made the difference.
• I flew right seat - ONCE - in a B-17. There's something in my heart that tugs at me about that airplane. I know every inch of the fortress and the 13 guns on board. It's like a ghost in my closet.
• Every time I see a newscast of the English Parliament, and the Prime Minister addressing the
  
  Body, he stands there with his hand on a box on that table. That's English Law. I'll always remember the day I walked through that room with a friend and was allowed to stand right there, and place my hand on that very box, courtesy of the Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• More to come, on the public record.
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ON HER DEATHBED - WHAT SHE TOLD ME

She didn't know she was going, neither did I at that moment, so we talked freely.
     " You know, if I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't have worried so much about my weight, you know,......my shape. I would have eaten more ice cream, and less card board crackers." Then she laughed.
     " I made a lot of mistakes," I said, " and I was always haunted by a lot of them. Hauling a lot of regret around." She said - oh, I don't, I never did.
     I always forgave myself for my own stupidity. Never did those things again, never tried to hurt anyone else, cause I felt lousy about it. That was the hardest thing, she told me.
     You always feel lousy about yourself.
     The nurse came by and wheeled her over to X-ray and we chatted about things on the way down and back. The nurse said, " you two are amazing, everybody on the floor are talking about you."
     Jan said " why' that?"  The nurse said that there was so much positiveness coming out of the two of us, everyone wanted to drop by and talk to us. " haven't you noticed everyone in the floor has dropped by?" she said.
     Jan said, " we get that a lot. Three hours after her X-ray, back in the room, she asked if I had fed the dog, as we held hands, I kissed her as she rolled over in the bed and peacefully died at 55.
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" DO IT AGAIN !, only, this time, don't be such a gentleman !!"

There are only things guys can say to each other that they can never say to women. That's one of them. ( It actually happened to me)
     For decades, women have complained about men being quiet, locked up, silent, expressionless for keeping their emotions out of the relationship.
    Do you know what that phrase does to a man when his lover whispers that in his ear? Understand how that would shake him up? Question the very core of his manliness? Question the essence of his role as lover?
    Are you willing to listen to him discuss that with YOU?......I don't think so.
    It has only been in the last thirty to forty years that I've noticed women lose the delicate femininity, tact and diplomacy that they had 'back in the day,' and now acquired a sledge hammer delivery of Slugger the Wharf Rat in their relationships with boyfriends and husbands. Yelling, hitting, shoving and coarse dialogue between men and women fills the air now.
    Filthy language coming from both sides of the bed, often in front of the kids, now fills the home, car, and front yard.
    Making Love has been replaced with " jumping her bones" or street slang like " DOING HER." Sexual relations between young women and men seems to have been reduced to automobile lube jobs at the Octopus Car Wash.
    The 21st Century young man's quest for the perfect marriage now must consist of corralling someone young lady fresh off the back of a motorcycle, hopefully not to laden with tattoos and a long list of motorcycle boyfriends, and settling down.
   

Any hope of marrying a virgin bride hauling her off to a picket fence farm and deflowering her on the first night is as unrealistic as an honest used car salesman.
    Such is our culture in America as we wend our way deeper into a fastly deteriorating 21st Century.
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