Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Trump: Take a Haiku

Yesterday the President of the United States invited three highly-decorated military veterans - elderly "Navajo code talkers" - to join him up on the White House podium. 

In front of a heroic portrait of Andrew Jackson, the draft-dodging US President was condescending. He tried to cleverly brandish the word "Chief" before he mocked & denigrated a political enemy (absent), doubting her family ancestry.

Of course, while a wealthy businessman for many years he did similarly to Pres. Obama in regard to birthplace and citizenship. 

But now Trump is President.
Trump is a disgrace.
Those enabling Trump are horribly obscene.
They know they're doing wrong.

(Heartfelt Apologies to those peaceful Native American veterans)
Trump links the Navajo & Pocahontas.; very different peoples & cultures who both suffered. Physically separated 2100 miles (3400km; Dinétah or Farmington NM, to Jamestown VA), more than Beijing - Kathmandu, or Paris - Jerusalem.



Friday, November 24, 2017

Betrayed

America's betrayed by its leadership.

We can each wish simplicity & unity might create a virtuous dynamic society. But it ain't gonna happen.

The leadership itself is deeply corrupt.

Difficult problems are deliberately hidden. Reality is ignored in favor of bullshit [talking nonsense in order to deceive].

We live in complex times. We rely upon many intricate and highly-technical systems everyday to survive. We've great need for quality control. Organizations such as NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, in the US Department of Commerce) have worked many decades to improve safety and reliability in products & services. Such operations are being cut-back (and some programs eliminated) via short-sighted greedy private interest lobbyists.

Low Taxes = Good?
Less Government = Good?
When you step outside and the concrete disintegrates around you due to shameless, poor quality insider contracting, don't complain. You gave government to idiots & swindlers.





Wednesday, November 22, 2017

安倍政権? Abe's a Bum

The idea that Japan's PM Shinzō Abe has some fundamental policy vision to rescue Japan is bullshit. Japan is wonderful in many ways, but most national-level politicians are unhelpful. The cumbersome bureaucracy is a horribly expensive burden. Abe surely is more part of the problem than solution.

The dude has been Prime Minister for more than five years, and he's a bullshitter.

The promise of "Abenomics" is silly. Abe served one year in his first term, and will soon be five years in his second term. He's wholly ready to grasp credit for any systemic economic gains, but there've been almost none. He's a bum.
BUM

Sorry Japan