America and the New Reality Show

It seems that our President, frustrated that the Russian ties to his candidacy just will not go away, has fired FBI Director James Comey. To be sure, Comey seemed an incompetent buffoon, trying to play both sides of the fence. His handling of both the Clinton email scandal and the Russian probe has been a laughable attempt to both please and prosecute everyone and no one. Well, he's gone now and that's that.

But, I am afraid that Trumps woes will continue. The US Attorney in Virginia has issued Grand Jury subpoenas for some of Mike Flynn's associates. The investigations will continue.

The whole affair is beginning to remind me of Watergate, a nothing little crime made far worse by cover ups. The same can be said of Clinton's email fiasco. For those who don't remember, during Watergate, we saw a President, Richard Nixon, become totally unhinged, sinking into a paranoid state unacceptable in a man controlling our nuclear arsenal. This morning, I am seeing reports fro White House staffers of Trump screaming at the TV when he sees unfavorable news reports.

We need to calm things down a bit, have some fun, so I have a recommendation. Trump gained notoriety for his 'reality' TV show, The Apprentice. He is now searching for a new FBI Director, so let's assemble a list of candidates and let them reprise that ridiculous TV show. Trump can give them all silly little jibs each week and at the end of each episode, we can have him say those famous words to the week's loser, "your fired." The last one standing will be the new FBI Director.

The show would get monster ratings. Maybe Trump would calm down when back in a more comfortable role, that of a silly TV host. It makes about as much sense as anything else the Trump White House is doing.

America - A Sorry Spectacle Continues

I expected yesterday's statement from the FBI director. I am fascinated by the Media reactions. True colors are being shown.

I am not a huge fan of Fox new. After all, it's fairly hard to respect a network that airs Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, but their day to day reporters do a competent job. They seemed dumbfounded by the FBIs decisions and were vociferous in their response. Guest after guest were questioned, put on the hot sea, about the decision, and those defending it were properly raked over the coals.

CNN was at the other extreme. The hosts of New Day continued the pattern set by Wolf Blitzer. Those questioning the decision were treated like disobedient school kids, almost to the point of rudeness, while supporters of the decision were given free rein to babble about Hillary's greatness and decry the opposition.

I actually listened to Trump's speech last night, something I rarely do and it was, well, bizarre. I have never heard a campaign speech quite like it. He rambled, almost growing incoherent at times, but, ultimately, he got it right with one simple sentence, "the system is rigged."

I could go on, but you get the idea. Here is what really happened, and I am curious to see how the American people respond, although I think I know that answer.

Yesterday, the American people were told by the Powers that Be, the elite running the Nation, 'Go to hell. We run things and we can do what we want. If we say Hillary can lie, compromise National security, endanger the Military and CIA agents around the world, and get away with it and become President, then that will be what happens. Like it."

Americans, if things run true to form, will be outraged, some of them, for a few days. Many will just want everyone to shut up and stop upsetting them. The rest will genuinely be angry but, well, next week is the All Star game, then the Olympics, then they have to get the kids back in school, then this then that and by then, the election will be here. Hillary will win and everyone will dutifully say, 'well. the people have spoken.'

And, you know what? They will be right. Once again, the public will take what they are given and keep quiet and they will continue doing so until America as we knew it, will be no more.

In the old movie, Easy Rider, Jack Nicholson's character has a great line. After a long, rambling stoned rap, he sighs and says, "you know, this used to be a damn good Country."

Americans - Get Ready to Duck

In the last few weeks, we've had the massacre in Orlando, the bombing in Turkey, a slaughter in Bangladesh, and now, this 4th of July morning, word has come of an attempted attack on our embassy in Saudi Arabia. Also, word has been leaked to he media that Hillary will not be indicted.

I was only half paying attention, but someone on Fox news gave the most profound statement about the FBI's Hillary probe. They said that they probably did not want to continue because it would mean opening up areas that no one wanted to look into. That is likely the truth, but, guess what. I, and I am sure many others, want them opened. But, that will not happen. The lid has been shut, just as it has been shut on the JFK assassination, Watergate, Iran-Contra, 9/11, and host of other despicable acts that so many who run this Country have committed.

Start looking at Benghazi and the email scandals, dig deep enough, and you will have to start digging into the CIA, the military, the NSA and a whole hidden set of government operations. We are being forced to allow these fools to continue with their mishandling of our lives.

Richard Nixon tried to stop the Watergate investigations when he realized E. Howard Hunt was involved, saying that it might bring up the 'whole Bay of Pigs thing.' His chief of staff Bob Haldeman was puzzled, then realized that Nixon was talking about the JFK assassination. Sure enough, the Watergate Committee restricted its investigations to certain avenues, giving others a wide berth. Start digging into State Dept. activities and who knows what is lurking.

Just today, a spokesman for the coal miners said that, in the next few weeks, as policies continue, 1000s of miners will be out of work. College costs are now prohibitive, unless you take out a loan that will leave you financially crippled for decades. Obama is touting his absurd idea that strengthening the economies of other lands will create jobs in ours. Well, maybe, but you best keep practicing these words: 'want fries with that?'

The big boys, the guys running the mega corporations, are pushing forward with robotics, thus making human beings near obsolete.

And, the rest of the World is past simmering and beginning to boil as the plans of the elite, the 1% who control damn near all the wealth continue to squeeze every damn dime they can out of the rest of us. They are insane.

We are being lead by madmen, obsessed with power. Will they win? Short term? Maybe. Maybe not. It depends on how long they can keep from fighting each other, and that is why ultimately, they will lose. Power does not share and they will eventually fight each other over who is the alpha male ( sorry ladies, if you have some power now, it is just an illusion they have given you to keep you quiet and out of the way. Theirs is an all male club). The question that concerns the rest of us is, what will be left when they finally kill each other off? Will any of us till be standing?

I have no answers to those questions. My crystal ball is cracked and my Tarot deck is missing a few cards. All I can do is warn you. Get ready to duck because soon, sooner than many of us realized, the crap is going to hit the fan.

As Marvin Gaye sang, "Makes me want to holler, they way the do my life." (Inner City Blues)