Living On the Diagonal

A New Face for a President of the United States January 21, 2017 Washington D.C. (04:25) Michael Beschloss,  official Historian for   MSNBC succinctly put into words his view of the 45th President upon delivering America's most important speech. "If one did not know, his speech was more of the same campaign rhetoric" as we have heard for months. Most in attendance described it to be "dark" and "vengeful." I would add "uninspiring."  The first Inaugural speech I recall is the one the majority of Americans best recall, whether Democrat and Republican is that of President John F. Kennedy. The tone rang of the strength of the nation, a surprising agenda defined as the far reaching goal to land the "first American on the moon within the next decade." JFK challenged ordinary Americans with the most memorable phrase as a challenge that chimes today.  "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for y...

A PRIMER FOR A NEW GENERATION AND THE COMING POLITICAL REVOLUTION  Note: A follow-up to: THE PROPHECY OF BOB DYLAN - "A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL" - AND IT IS TORRENTIAL - Updated As I reflected upon Dylan's lyrics some 60 years ago and my own images and words came to mind. From the age of thirteen the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan created an awakening within me of enormous impact. The tumultuous events of the 1960s affected the lives of everyone beginning with the threat of nuclear catastrophe. What followed was a movement among citizens to more closely scrutinize the world around them. The Kennedy assassination shocked a nation, his successor Lyndon B. Johnson continued the legacy with passage of Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Medicare and many programs as part of The Great Society. President Johnson's domestic achievements were monumental as not seen since FDR's New Deal. However, under his administration the War in Vietnam escalated to the degre...

COMCAST IS A MONOPOLY IN CONTROL OF THE MEANS, OWNS NBC UNIVERSAL & FREE FLOW OF PUBLIC INFORMATION June 6, 2016   - updated September 20, 2016 Just as those Wall Street Banks too big to fail, Comcast holds too much power they now threaten the Right of Free Speech and Free Press . The extent of their reach and influence is without precedence for a corporation in a free society. Every consumer has felt the prevailing dominance in TV communication and influence upon democratic elections. TOO BIG TO FAIL, TIME TO BREAK UP COMCAST! COMCAST has evolved into a monopoly the likes we have not seen in years. The American public is at their mercy as in reality they are the only provider in town. Comcast has grown   as expediently as the revolution of the high Tech Industry over a short period of time, largely undetected by the general public. From a relatively small Cable-TV company, Comcast is now a giant conglomeration swallow...