Aug 9, 2015

John Kasich, Ana Navarro, SE Cupp: The New Republican Party......

Wash Po on the ronnie re;


copied from the Washington Post online........

John Kasich open to requiring

 police body cameras

   
Calling for understanding between police and their critics, Ohio Gov. John Kasich expressed support for legislation requiring all police officers to wear body cameras if the bill passes the state legislature.
"We have to see what passes, but I'm open to anything that's going to improve practices," Kasich, who is seeking the GOP presidential nomination, said on CNN's "State of the Union." When asked whether he would sign legislation on body cameras that Ohio Democrats are currently pushing, Kasich said "yes."
The debate over body cameras is beginning to spill into the presidential race as states and municipalities respond to pressure from activists concerned about the killing of unarmed black people by police.
As new incidents of police brutality go viral, some presidential candidates are facing calls to place more emphasis on the issue.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the Democratic nomination, had a campaign speech scuttled in Seattle on Saturday by Black Lives Matter protesters who argued he is not doing enough to address their concerns.
Kasich is one of the only Republican presidential candidates to embrace questions about the debate.
"These are tough issues, but at the heart of it is an ability to give people a sense that the system is not rigged against them," he told CNN.
"There are many in the African American community who think that the government doesn't just work for them but works against them," he said, adding that it is "really critical that the community can understand the challenges of police, and that police can understand what is going on inside of the community."




Elise Viebeck is a national enterprise reporter for The Washington Post.

Aug 8, 2015

Ana Navarro John Kasich SECupp: The New Republican Party

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Ana Navarro


Ana Navarro, John Kasich, S.E. Cupp--the new faces of the Republican Party.

The New Republican Party.......Ana Navarro stunning this morning on CNN in her bright yellow jacket reviewing the absurdity of the donald trump faction with Fred Whitfield.

John Kasich took the higher ground with his recent tweet talking about respect for women--respect for all citizens of the US regardless of opposing political views.

SE Cupp, always well-dressed and brilliant, frequently giving us her views on the 2016 campaign recently wrote and talked about how reporters have been bashed and threatened when they reported their negative opinion or fact about donald trump.

So to this blog writer that is scary--will the donald be shutting down our right to free speech.


Get with the times...........

The other thing that is difficult to understand--at any job, at any facility in recent years employees have been fired for making the kind of statement donald trump unleashes at any given moment.

Seriously, Megyn Kelly of Fox News moderating Thursday Night's Republican Debate--tough questions--the donald trump interprets any question to be tough he does not like.  People are not being nice to him.....I don't get it--he is not very nice in the comments he makes.

Donald Trump is the epitome of an abusive man--he should not be representing Republicans in any way, shape or form.


Aug 6, 2015

Grandma waived at me one morning recently and she was all happy about it........

Grandma was in the house............she was in the hallway waiving at me in my room.

Grandpa was happy about being placed between his mother and Grandma.......he was  so proud of his wedding picture being displayed for everyone to see.

He was real happy about  being with his dad, too, and his family--he always loved his brother, Bill.

Grandpa was so glad and feeling like he looked good in his  straw hat--he looked fabulous......

I love you Grandma and Grandpa......thank you for giving up  your life for me.

Grandpa really loved his parents and his brother and sisters.

Grandpa and Grandma--your wedding picture is beautiful  and I feel so privileged to have it.



I also saw EDBD one morning..........he was  very vivid  and bright and happy but he was worried about his teeth that did resemble  Ronnie's fingernails and toenails.

The nails were darker than usual and they were falling out.

I wondered why I  was having all of these dreams--is someone trying to tell me something..

EDBD has indicated that he will be taking very good  care of Ronnie......he will be helping him with his journey.


I love you EDBD, I love you Chloe, I love you Ronnie, I love you Eiss--thank you for loving me.

Thank  you Max and Brandy and Kitty Clark--thank you for loving me so much.....I am so lucky to know you........thank you Ching, as well.


Grandpa  was there, too......he said  he was wearing a celluloid collar in his wedding picture that actually was detachable.

The story of Pete..........


One morning as I woke up I saw a dog coming down the street and  then he was magically in the house and he went right over  and looked at Ronnie.  He was a large black dog and he was not scary in any way but he did seem very old and tired and somehow I got the impression that death was near.  After he looked right at Ronnie he turned around and went back down the street very slow and lumbering.

It was quite unnerving because it was as if there was not question that he  may be a black dog of death or  what I did not even know............he was never scary but it was frightening that he came right in and looked at Ronnie.  There was really no question about the message.

I tried to forget it but in all honesty it was blazoned in my memory and remains crystal clear--the  meaning was straight forward.

After a few days I realized it was  my old friend and more importantly Ronnie's friend from the dog park, Pete.  They are  basically the same dog except for color, they are the same age and about the same grayness........we always joke that Pete and Ronnie are the old school tough guys and they are  going to give a talking to the  the  young kids in sight.  they already know  all of the rules  and  they do not mind giving their two cents to the kids regardless of their age.

I have always loved Pete  to bits......he  has given me many kisses and he  loves to  tease Ronnie.....the old "I'm standing next to your  mom trick."


The last time I saw Pete he looked so different to me.....he seemed very tired--perhaps they had  already been at  the  dog park for a long time.  Pete seemed like he was pretty low in energy  that day.

After I had  the dream I interpreted it to mean Pete was  ill and perhaps I should call my friend and see if they wanted to take Pete to the vet  but thinking better of trying not to be a butinski and decided  against the out of boundaries tip.

Later I felt Pete was tip off about the 98 year old  inn the house.....certainly that was  his intended indication and not Ronnie.

It seems like the line between this life  and the  afterlife had  become blurred in the house....not in a bad way but in a good way......I knew Grandma and Grandpa were there and happy about it but I felt as though is was the abundance of picture and of course my brilliant placement and a  lot of good thoughts, too.

I gladly came to the conclusion Ronnie  was on safe ground and not at all the intended.


Sugar.........Eiss.................


Trying to visualize Ronnie and how it will be on the other side........well, for one thing I do know Grandpa will be there to meet him and he might be wearing a straw hat.

EDBD is definitely driving the ship with his captain's hat on and he will be there to show Ronnie the way so Ronnie will not have to worry about which way to go.

Remembering now that Grandpa did have two bulldogs and then there is that picture of me and Grandpa sitting on a couch with a bulldog.

Grandma said Grampa is real happy about  helping me with my dog.......I was  thinking about the whole thing and I head Grandpa say "Sugar".........his nickname for me when I was little........I actually thought that was my name.

When they get there there will be fields of  yellow flowers and Ronnie will be very light and strong--he can run so fast and jump extremely high.......he is one of the strongest dogs there if not the strongest.....not only in nature but also in physical strength as well.

His color is so stunning these  days--his coat is smooth and shiny--his red brown brindle is stunning and brilliant..........not to mention his golden and black butterfly wings.



Love actually.....does make the world go around...........


My big, lovely, strong, beautiful American Staffordshire Terrier Mix.....it was as if an unbreakable sheild of love existed around me when Ronnie was there.  He had that certain something--he was never woriied--he was confidence all over the place.  I originally got him because he was good with old cats but it was not long before his confidence rubbed off on me.

He was a gift from God.......and everyone knew him very well--everyone always said,,,"Oh, I know Ronnie."


He definitely had that "it" factor.

We went everywhere together--he was my constant companion--I can honestly say I was never lonely while I had ronnie and the cats, our little family.







Aug 1, 2015

the end of the road for donald trump





Mark Sutcliffe: The Trump delusion

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PHOTO: Charlie Neibergall/AP
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally and picnic in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
marksutcliffe Mark Sutcliffe: The Trump delusionMany years ago, when The Apprentice was a relatively new phenomenon and the contestants were ordinary Americans and not celebrities, each season would invariably include at least one outrageous candidate who had little business being in the executive suite of any serious company, screwed up one task after another in glorious fashion and antagonized and insulted opponents with colourful language.
That applicant typically had the lowest chance of winning but was never the first to be fired by Donald Trump. The host would find some justification to keep the incompetent candidate around for a few weeks, purely to make the show more entertaining.
Ultimately, however, when things got serious and only a few contestants remained, the joker would be dumped and Trump would choose his apprentice from among the most capable aspirants.
And that’s exactly how Republicans are treating Trump himself as he turns from host to candidate and pursues the party’s presidential nomination. At this juncture of the political reality show, there are no big decisions to be made. So why not keep around the boorish, offensive, clearly unqualified candidate for the time being for the entertainment value, even if he’s never going to get the job?
Nobody is consciously responding to pollsters with the deliberate intent of propping up Trump’s campaign for sheer enjoyment. But neither are many of the one in five Americans who are currently saying Trump is their first choice seriously considering voting for him in the end. It’s way too early for that. They’re just saying, “Let’s see where this goes.”
In the end, when real choices have to be made about who will carry the banner of the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, the voters will look somewhere else.
So let’s stop treating his candidacy as surprisingly legitimate because of a few early polls, as too many pundits are doing. Even those who dismiss his long-term chances are dissecting the lessons from his early success, principally that despite his abundant flaws, he offers the authenticity that Americans crave from their leaders.
Far from being authentic, Trump is probably the most contrived presidential candidate in history. Politicians are often accused of living in bubbles, out of touch with the real world. But by the nature of their jobs and their backgrounds they are forced to confront reality far more often than the multibillionaire purveyor of a luxury brand who lives in a gold-plated penthouse, exaggerates his net worth and thinks the answer to everything is to outshout his detractors and call them losers.
These days, Trump is as much a television character as an entrepreneur; the only difference between him and any other prime-time star is that he plays exactly the same role off the air and has been doing it for so long he’s forgotten the distinction between real life and fiction.
That’s not authenticity, it’s self-delusion.
What observers describe as authenticity is simply shtick: Trump insults others, demonizes convenient enemies and offers simplistic solutions. That’s not leadership; it’s crude ideology masquerading as honesty. It plays to the small segment of Americans who want someone to tell it like it is on issues like immigration — not how it actually is, of course, which is incredibly complex, but how they wish it to be: as simple as building a wall to solve all of America’s problems.
As the producer and host of a reality show, Trump should realize where he stands. But since he’s utterly oblivious and also on a bit of a roll, he is charging ahead in complete ignorance. When Trump is finally confronted with his fate, we could be treated to the equivalent of a final tribal council meltdown on Survivor or the teary-yet-defiant marches out of the American Idol audition hall.
“You haven’t seen the last of me,” he’ll say, like the off-key would-be pop singer with dreams beyond his talent.
Then he’ll probably launch a third-party candidacy that might just take enough support away from the Republicans to hand the Democrats the White House. Trump’s only authentic feature is his boundless self-obsession.

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