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 CALL TO ARMS FOR AMERICA – IT IS TIME TO ACT! CHILDREN OF SANDY HOOK   STAND UP AND FIGHT THE REPUBLICANS, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND TELL THEM ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!   ORLANDO June 10, 2016 The mass murder of our children can no longer become victims as pawns in a deadly game in Congress. These are the Senators that when they were afforded the ability to prevent potential terrorist shooters from purchasing high tech assault weapons. The sad truth is that the Orlando Shooter purchases his weapon just two weeks prior to the carnage at Pulse nightclub.   Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Capito (R-WV) Cassidy (R-LA) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Cotton (R-AR) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Enzi (R-WY) Ernst (R-IA) Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Gardner (R-CO) Graham (R-SC) G...

HOUSE SPEAKER BLOCKS  ASSAULT WEAPON DISCOURSE ON THE FLOOR DO YOU REALLY NEED THIS NOW? June 15, 2016 Just as predicted the House Republicans yesterday refused to entertain previous legislation introduced by Diane Feinstein (D-CA) that essentially ban sale of assault weapons to individuals who made the FBI top ten thousand list as a possible threat to security. Among the arguments for this bill is that those deemed to be classified as "No Fly" could not buy any weapon. NRA position is that this legislation would be a threat to the Second Amendment Right for citizens to bear arms. They argue that a law abiding citizen may by some error or glitch, appear on the "no fly" list and denied their 2nd Amendment Rights. Who is kidding who? I mean what are the chances of this to occur?  Is it maybe one in a million or even one in ten thousand is it not better to err on the side of caution? The law as written allows for provides for the citizen denied to appeal...

ORLANDO: THE DAY AFTER  IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR AND CANNOT BE DISPUTED. THE MASSIVE CARNAGE CARRIED OUT IN ORLANDO DEMANDS MORE THAN OUR LEADERS' WORDS. IT IS TIME TO ACT NOW! THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD SPEAK AS ONE VOICE RIGHT NOW AND TELL CONGRESS TO PASS ASSAULT WEAPON LEGISLATION. THIS IS THE PROBLEM: IT IS CLEAR THESE WEAPONS HAVE NO PLACE ON OUR STREETS. THIS IS A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. WHAT WE CAN DEMAND AT THE VERY LEAST IS TO TEST THEIR OWN PRINCIPLES. CONGRESS MUST TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW!  CONGRESS MUST DRAFT LEGISLATION TO PLACE A BAN, A MORATORIUM ON THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS IMMEDIATELY! REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET OFF THEIR DUFFS AND SUPPORT AT LEAST A TIME LIMITED BILL TO BAN THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS AND THERE IS NO PROTOCOL OR RULE THAT CONGRESS CANNOT ACT! WE MUST TAKE CONTROL, TELL CONGRESS TO SHUT UP AND DO THEIR DUTY! The time for action is now. Talk is cheap and words alo...