Living On the Diagonal

AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK FROM WITHIN AND FROM RUSSIA Two hundred forty-two years have passed since this Nation first embraced a Declaration of Independence. As Americans we endure all the growing pains in the Birth of a Nation. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton and others painstakingly began to debate, disagree and then agreed to disagree. Their efforts resulted in a sacred document; The U.S. Constitution. This parchment document we follow serve as a beacon of freedom, equality, basic human rights and elevates our democratic government as the model and envy of the world. Our history has often tested our commitment to freedom, human rights and a Civil War threatening the preservation and future of the Union. The divide was geographically drawn by the Mason-Dixon Line splitting the Nation in half. To the North lie the Unionists and to the South, the Confederacy. The bloodiest war nearly caused the Constitution seen as “bursting in air.” (1) In 1961 ...

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...

OBAMA DEFINES AMERICA FOR DONALD TRUMP AND IT WAS "REALLY, REALLY GREAT" Note: Alternate Title, Revision President Obama Addresses the Democratic Convention to the envy of the Republican Party July 27, 2016 Last night in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the Constitution and  the United States of America, President Barack Obama addressed thousands of Democrats at their convention. The President gave yet another moving and uplifting speeches that citizens across America and the world have come to know. Obama now has four of the five top speeches delivered at any Democratic or Republican convention. Barack Obama delivered an address that may define this election and repudiated the reckless campaign based on fear, hate and fascism. Obama reminded all of America that this is a nation that refuses to be "ruled" by one man driven by his ego and terminal narcissism. The beauty of Barack Obama is that he dismantled the Republican nominee without ins...

PHILLY STEAK or CREAM CHEESE? WILL DEMOCRATS STICK WITH CHEESY CLINTON OR SWITCH TO A FAVORITE BERNIE & BEEF? LIBERTY BELL MAY REMAIN CRACKED, BUT DEMOCRACY INTACT A FUTURE TO BELIEVE IN June 22, 2016 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST POLLS CONDUCTED BY THE HUFFINGTON POST, BERNIE SANDERS REMAINS MOST FAVORABLE AND MOST ELECTABLE CANDIDATE! This begs the question (once again) why would Democrats opt for the coronation of Hillary Clinton over a nomination of Bernie Sanders as their Presidential choice. The numbers and the electoral map as of yesterday favor Clinton to defeat Donald Trump in November, but by a much smaller number of Electoral Votes than Sanders. With so much on the line the Democrats should remain in tune with the polls as they are changing daily leading up to the Philadelphia convention in July. What if the unthinkable should happen and Hillary Clinton falters in the ensuing months when the Trump campaign will throw every negative they can conjure...

ISIS TERROR DENIES BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, IMPOSES DISTORTED VIEW UPON THE PEACEFUL  (Photo 1) MOSUL MUSEUM Destruction   (Photo 2) Is this not one of the veiled oppressed showing their muscle? The Huffington Post* Reports in Sunday's yet another Islamic State Abomination. ISIS employs tactics of subjugation of the territory under control, includes murder of THE INNOCENTS and brutal executions of hostages uploaded to the Internet where WE then label it VIRAL. It does not end there. (Go to Huffington link below for story and comments) Upon reading this current Huffington Post and prior reports by U.S. foreign press, BBC World, and Reuters I came to a decision to add my own comments to those following the story. Conversations Gary Grzymkowski  ·  Wayne State University This is a crime against their own people, an affront to civilization everywhere. This is  heritage, history and building blocks of all human society. I b...

January 11, 2015 Millions of French Answer Hollande's Call for Unity in Face of Terrorism! New Questions, Criticism Arise PARIS --   Up to Three Million French   Assemble in Paris and across France united as one condemning recent acts of terrorism. Last week two  brothers raided the offices of the satirical magazine   Charlie   Hebdo   and a second bloodbath followed with a horrendous attack upon a supermarket in a Jewish neighborhood. The march led by the families of the victims and numbers of "ordinary citizens" swelled to 1.6 million in Paris.    The march began at the   Place   de   la   Republique   and concluded in the   Place   de   la Nation   as seen  in BBC   photographs and video.  I was totally blown away (metaphorically) to learn that this moment in a long history of French patriotism surpassed the throngs of people who celebrated the liber...