Living On the Diagonal

Speaker Paul Ryan & Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Call For Unity During Time of Tragic Shooting  "On days like today, there are no Democrats or Republicans, only Americans" - Nancy Pelosi "For all the noise and fury, we are a family. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us." - Paul Ryan The tragic shootings in Alexandria, VA this morning gave Speaker Paul Ryan a moment to pause and address the entire House in leading a prayer for Rep. Steven Scalise and the other victims of the lone gunman's attack on a baseball field. His words were poignant and heartfelt. Similarly, Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Minority Leader followed his lead. Pelosi used the metaphor of sports, in this case baseball to illustrate how the one-hundred year tradition of the two parties playing this annual charity event promoted good feelings, teamwork and competition. Speaker Ryan and Rep Pelosi actually agreed that this is a time to "take pause...

TELL SPEAKER PAUL RYAN TO STOP ANY IDEA TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY NOW! BERNIE'S SPEECH INCLUDES TRUMP PROMISE TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE  ADDED LIST: CONTACT WASHINGTON - HOW TO EMAIL, WRITE CONGRESS FIND THIS AT TOP IN TITLE BAR. CLICK ON FOR INFORMATION REMIND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP OF HIS OATH TO BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE Wednesday, November 16, 2016 ACT BLUE, an online advocacy group sent an email in collaboration with Social Security Works to sign a petition to STOP Speaker Paul Ryan and President-Elect Donald Trump from any discussion, plan or legislation to privatize Social Security and Medicare. In addition to checking off a box in support, there is a small field area to add remarks. So, I entered my arguments as to why any such measure is wrong. I sent my remarks along to Social Security Works, but I do not intend to stop there. In addition to this post, I plan on forwarding my comments in a letter or email to every...

OCTOBER 23, 2016 FLINT CRISIS IS "NOT WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE" NOR CAN IT BE FORGOTTEN RICK SNYDER REMAINS GOVERNOR, SNUBS THE LAW IGNORING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE  Michigan Governor Snyder is ecstatic due to the turbulence of this Presidential Election Year. The reason Snyder has kept fairly quiet and out of sight; a recall referendum is conspicuously absent from November's Michigan ballot. Today's Washington Post resurrected the criminal story of the Flint Water Crisis and how after a year where the situation "officially" became a catastrophic event, an emergency.  Brady Dennis writes for the Post and revisits Flint and concludes "If I could afford to leave, I would. In Flint, a Water crisis with No End in Sight."   I suggest you go the link posted for the The Washington Post story that brings us up to date on what is currently happening in Flint. The individual stories are h...

THE PROPHECY OF BOB DYLAN - "A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL"     Many believed one true genius before his time, composed music and lyrics true in 1962 and it holds the same truth today. Bob Dylan became the voice of a new generation, for the disenfranchised and those denied justice. The times subjugated a population to a system being born coming to fruition.    "The Free Wheel'n Bob Dylan"  became an American classic during its own tenure. However, Dylan became the lyrical prophet for a nation ridden with lies to the people. The promise of liberty and justice began to unravel. Our democratic way of life dissolved into the oligarchy in place today who took no prisoners. The arrogance is found in the percentage we all now know.   "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" is song that has often come to mind in recent years and dominates my images of the surreal, the obnoxious and the untruths of the current elec...

FORGET 50 TOP SECURITY EXPERTS - BEST SCHOOLS OF PSYCHIATRY DIAGNOSIS OF DONALD TRUMP "President Obama is the founder of Isis and Hillary Clinton a co-founder" - Rationale: SARCASM AUGUST 12, 2016 The top Schools of Psychiatry are now assessing the moods, behavior, thought process and outrageous public statements of Donald Trump. Faculty members from the Mayo Clinic, Boston University, Duke and the University of Michigan all conclude that Trump displays the "symptoms" of an assortment of mental illnesses as defined in the DSMIV. Of course, the top psychiatrists and psychotherapists did not have direct access to the subject for face-to-face assessments and testing due to  isolation and denial. Those close to the candidate may have witnessed some signs of instability but rather protect him than draw his ire. Within the psychiatric realm of study, doctors assess patients for signs of  major categories...

AMERICA HAS HAD ENOUGH OF PAUL RYAN & GOP CONGRESS IN REFUSAL TO ACT NOW TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan      Prior to the mass murder of policemen in Dallas last night, polls taken after the Orlando horrific hate crime, 87% of Americans agree it is time for Congress to act now on effective gun control. That overwhelming number will no doubt rise after last night. Two separate events in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis fueled the violent murders on the streets of Dallas. The sniper attacks upon police are without doubt an act perpetrated by a few angry black minority with a "twisted" view of the law but based on the "racist" and "uncontrollable white police force" across this nation. No city is safe from the "few mentally unstable" policemen who are there to protect lives, not murder innocent citizens. The Washington Post routinely now tallies and records not only the number of mass murders but also the ...

MILLENIALS KNOW WHAT'S UP, A DEMOCRATIC WHORE IS MILD    AND THIS NOUN WAS DIRECTED TO ALL OF CONGRESS Thursday, April 14, 2016  An 1889 Monument to George Washington or, Bernie's Arc De Triomphe By now you are aware that Paul Song, a longtime health care advocate had the audacity to invoke language unbecoming and "inappropriate" to political campaigns. Song was speaking to a crowd in excess of 27,000 young supporters. The media "who love the political gossip" (Bernie Sanders) and "not the issues" that face our nation. Here is Paul Song's remark. "I agree with Hillary, Medicare-for-all will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores who are beholden to big pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us." Paul Song was speaking to the hypocrisy of all politicians who say they support the working class, but when it comes down to what they actually do is many times quite the opposite. ...

CABLE NEWS HAS MORE THAN A SUBTLE DISLIKE FOR BERNIE SANDERS, ELIZABETH WARREN, MICHAEL MOORE AND OTHERS  AS QUICKLY THE THRONGS OF SUPPORT APPEAR, THE QUICKER THEY ARE DISPATCHED TO A POLITICAL NEVER-NEVER LAND  THE MEDIA FOCUS BECOMES ONLY FOR THE SELECT FEW  FROM AN EARLIER POST / UPDATED   Thur sday, April 14, 2016 Early Wednesday afternoon I raised the notion of media bias . No it is not just a notion. It is real.  Money has always reared its' ugly head in American politics. With the end of WWII and beginning of the Cold War, special interests or lobbyists have lined the pockets of congress and other high officials to gain favor in military  and other government contracts. But, it evolved into the "pay to play" dynamic that breeds the enormous corruption we see today. This rather repulsive system of influence became acceptable to a point where only "registered lobbyists" are allowed near the Capitol. The media slowly bec...

AS OBAMA PROMOTES BASIC FREEDOMS IN CUBA HE SPEAKS TO THE HEART OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY March 22, 2016 As many Americans I awoke today to the news of the horrific terror and human devastation taking place in Brussels. The images broadcast from Europe are taking effect. It comes to mind that Europeans and Americans froze in place witnessing again the fear promoted by a few upon the many. As first responders rush to the aid of multiple casualties, leaders in Belgium and France echo "We are at War." And with those words police and the military are in the process of locking down the city and have begun house to house searches and secure the borders. People are advised to stay indoors as authorities are sifting through the chaos. As Europe struggles to regain composure and reclaim some sense of order, individual liberties are put on hold. In the Middle East there are reports of ISIS celebrating this temporary victory. The strategy of fear has once again put the West on noti...