Last night I dreamt I met Donald Trump…. and it was……

 

Interesting……

 

And cordial

 

And as all dreams go, it had that bizarre dream world to it. Yet it was also very vivid. I can remember some of the places we went.

It started out with me somehow getting to meet him to discuss my view points on what the country needed.

And of course dream world makes the fruition of this meeting unusual. After some machinations around trying to go somewhere we ended up in an almost dive of a breakfast place or sandwich shop. Hard to completely describe. The place was small, older, somewhat cramped, old four top tables where we sat at one. You ordered from a cashier that was more of a convenience store feel to it. I didn’t get anything because I didn’t have any cash on me and I didn’t want to use my debit card for the small snack I thought I wanted.

Mr. Trump got himself what appeared to be a breakfast sandwich. Eventually he only ate half and left half for me, however at that point we were on the move again.

The conversation at the breakfast table though included my ideas for better public policy and yes in dream world you don’t get to explain it all, yet I remember presenting some of my ideas. He seemed interested, but non committal.

And the whole conversation was very open. He didn’t criticize, offer alternatives, just listened.

His demeanor seemed to me that he wasn’t trying to be repentant, more like trying to understand something that he missed, but wanted something better. He seemed to have more of a reflective tone to his musings. And this is where I think him saying he wasn’t sure if he was going to heaven caused this dream. Again he wasn’t repentant in the evangelical sense, but more trying work through what he needed to do. It definitely had the feel of some soul searching. I always pray for Trump, yet in a different way than the people who pray over him. Maybe this dream was my answer for how I wanted things to go if my prayers were working. Anyway back to the dream.

He appeared calm, curious, and calculating next steps. As mentioned we left the place where we ate and went to another I am going to say something of a museum, yet small. We ended up looking at what might have been a sitting room for some body, really nice furniture, people dressed nice, yet somewhat of a uniform look there to help. We walked around for a moment. Trump appeared impressed by the surroundings. I saw some small bits of trash on a table and went over to pick it up. And after gathering it up, I turned and he was gone.

I looked around, went outside to a nicely manicured lawn area and nowhere to be found. I felt remorse that I didn’t get to say goodbye. And I looked down at my phone and there appeared a text from him and as I started to read it I woke up.

If you read my blog regularly you know I am not a fan of Mr. Trump and worry incessantly about the damage he is doing to our country. So was this an alternative universe dream, God telling me not to judge because I do not know him dream, just a dream like I mentioned triggered by him saying he was worried about going to heaven and my subconscious envisioning him as a better person, or any other of a thousand reasons for a dream. Who knows? Yet I had that dream and it was very vivid and like all dreams hard to remember thirty seconds after you wake up.

And on a completely different note I want to mention that being secular or agnostic is still a sin. We all know the first commandment, I am the Lord, your God. You will have no other strange Gods before me. Yet Jesus takes it one step further: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.”

And the catechism of the Catholic Church goes even further: This immediately echoes the solemn call:  Hear, O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord.

God has loved us first. The love of the One God is recalled in the first of the ten words. The commandments then make explicit the response of love that man is called to give to his God.

Or for you agnostics and secularists, God created you, loves you so you are called to love him. And hence failure to do such is a sin. There you go folks your daily lecture that you didn’t want to hear.

Or you can blame Trump since it was that dream that made me want to spell this out for you.

And Mr. President, if you want to get to heaven, call me, we can enroll you into OCIA. The National Cathedral or many local parishes in D.C. can help.

Cheers

The Republicans are making it harder to vote and the Democrats are making it easier for themselves to lose

 

Okay, a bit of a long title, but how do I get your attention.

 

If you read the news just a small bit you know Republicans are seriously gaming the system to win in 2026 and if they do, then 2028 will be a shoe in for them. Republicans have completely acquiesced to Donald Trump’s mad power play. They are throwing away the country so Donnie boy can stay out of jail. We all know that if sane people got back into controlling Congress his days would be numbered. Yet for some reason the Republican Party thinks that by letting Donnie control the world they will get something out of it, I think. I just cannot figure why so many Republicans feel the need to capitulate to him. It is stark raving madness to watch this continue to grow year over year for the last ten years. He is trying to usurp power for himself. And then what, once he passes away from old age the Republican party will be in a dog fight and our country will be dismantled. Amazes me people are being this short sighted.

And as mentioned above the Republicans are gaming the system and the headline is the Texas and now maybe more gerrymandering that is going on. And there is so much more that isn’t dominating the headlines. Read deeper into their efforts and it is a nightmare to democracy.

And yes Gavin boy is trying to out Trump Trump, yet that will fail. Trump does have a unique ability to be able to bully and denigrate and act like he isn’t doing anything wrong, but that isn’t why the Democrats are setting themselves up for failure.

They seriously haven’t learned anything over the last ten years. You go on social media or listen to some of the Democratic leadership and they are still talking down to people. Their clueless elitism knows no bounds. I have seen multiple examples on social media where someone will make a statement about a so called woke article or some such nonsense and they will be down voted like they are Epstein himself, yet the comment will be about stop telling people how to feel and give us something better. Literally almost the exact quote for one post and yet clobbered in the replies. Ridiculous! Democrats to this day cannot communicate to the country anymore. You would think after 2024 they would have learned it is the pocketbook issues dominating the political landscape right now, but no. They still lecture, tell us they know it all, shun new ideas from other sources accepting only what they think is the right way to do things.

Do I want a green infrastructure? I actually do, but the Democrats lecture instead of explain the advantages even in new business and development. How many people have heard how powerful new changes are for an economy from the Democrats? I started writing years ago the advantages of a green revolution so to speak (don’t think I used that phrase though) and probably said more in this blog about how strong our country would grow than the entire national Democrat party has said. Oh they think they tell us, but really they don’t. Not in energy, not in new businesses, not in the future, they just don’t do enough at any level to give us something or a reason why we should choose better policies. Damn crickets on real substantive ideas from the Democrats right now.

They have the gotcha posts down, the Trump is bad posts down, the Republicans are Trump sycophants down, the world is falling apart posts down, yet giving us a whole new vision to get past Trump and real build our values, our Constitution, our economy (they cannot even explain why tariffs are bad to the average voter or don’t) is very weak. They spend more time whining than fixing.

We are screwed. It maddens me that so many Democrats say we don’t need new parties when I bring it up because they tell me they are the only ones strong enough or have enough votes to beat the Republicans. Well until they change their tune, they don’t.

We need new parties and I hope and pray people hear that things need to change now or the Republicans in their short sighted blind loyalty to a demented madman is going to destroy this country. And the one percenters kissing Trump’s rear end will eat up the rest of the economy and serfdom here we come.

 

On an irrelevant note to that point, I priced Cowboys tickets to take the family. It is beyond my reach. I am not well off by any stretch of the imagination, yet I could spend some money to go to one game if tickets were reasonable. Ticket prices are beyond anyone’s rational ability to pay. About ten years ago give or take I spent $600 to take 8 of us to a Cowboys playoff game, a playoff game, and had somewhat decent seats. Now it costs almost that much for two nosebleed tickets to a popular game. A non premium game I might get three tickets. So the average Joe can no longer even begin to think of taking his kids or grandkids to a game. Now that is SAD! To get a suite for 18 people, tens of thousands of dollars. I could take the whole family to Europe off season for almost a week for less than the price of a suite for one game and we have grown. I priced it. It is $22,000 for the cheapest game for smallest suite (18 people). Next cheapest game is $30,000.00. To take 12 people to Rome in October and stay in a nice hotel, has a 9.2 out of ten review rating, which is better than the Holiday Inn I also checked and for 12 people it is $21,800 for flight and hotel. And Rome is a premium city. For the Holiday Inn it is $18,600.00 and if you get up early you can still see a game. Sure food adds to it, but food and parking add to the Cowboy game. Lisbon comparably with a hotel with 9.4 rating and breakfast included is $22,500; the Holiday Inn City Center is $20,200 and a Ramada by Wyndam is $20,000 both with 8 plus review scores. Paris? It kinda jumped up a bit, however I did find one 9.0 “great for families” for $22,000. Which is best value I ask you? Cowboys are questionable to make the playoffs so you might end up spending the money for a losing game. Sheesh

The rich think we can afford to live like them. They no longer have a clue about America anymore.

And I will make my annual Cowboys prediction next week. I have to be honest, I am waiting for this Micah Parsons disaster to play out. And even with him, the Cowboys may still struggle and without him, ugh! I still research though so we will see.

Purgatory is hope

 

I know I am not a Saint, theologian, or anyone special at any level, yet I do know people need to hear the truth. And if it ticks you off to hear that Purgatory offers hope then you may need to rethink some things.

Purgatory is hope because it still offers the knowledge that eventually you will spend eternity with God’s love.

Hell is death and I am not the first to say that, yet once you spend eternity without God’s love you have died. You may live in eternity in constant angst and everything else, but you live without love and joy forever.

I may spend a higher percentage of eternity in purgatory than heaven, but I will still have hope.

And for people who understand percentages and who know there can never be a measurable 100% with the concept of eternity, then you know how much I am saying.

Cheers on this Monday morning

The Texas GOP may have given us the crack in the door we need. Time to get creative

 

And when I say we, I mean independents, third parties, fringe candidates, you name it. The problem remains that the duopoly does not want other people successfully running a campaign. Both parties for years created a détente so they could retain power. They acted like they were fighting for you by not being the other side, but nothing was actually done on a regular basis that proved they represented the people anymore.

And over the last couple of decades it just got worse. The divide of incivility grows daily with finger pointing and denigration of our whole body politic. Now the Republicans in Texas are going for an all out nuclear option and tearing up the unspoken détente between the duopoly.

If I were wealthy I would hire the attorneys myself and file all manner of injunctions and motions in regards to the redistricting in Texas. The plan is to say all independents (and there are just as many independents as Republicans and Democrats combined) are not represented in the current format, much less any changes that do not allow for independent representation.

I am not an attorney so the language filed in these documents would need to be parsed to show how both parties have disenfranchised independents and third parties and hence cannot change redistricting without more representation in the process.

The Constitution does not spell out we have only Democrats and Republicans so you argue on multiple fronts the current system is unconstitutional.

It is harder for an independent to get on the ballot than a Republican or Democrat is one argument. Since there are more independents than either of the duopoly then districts that do not divide up the populace to allow for independent or third party representation means my rights to one person one vote is invalidated. These are just a couple of examples. A well versed constitutional attorney knows more.

The plan then begins with the third parties and any independent candidates in the past to file a motion together to oppose the suit the Republicans filed. The grounds takes work since the redistricting isn’t completed. Yet the argument states the Republicans create future harm by their actions if a vote comes to fruition along with the other arguments about prior districting by the two parties favors the duopoly and has never allowed a truly representative government.

I am a bit angry with the whole situation so trying to keep my head on while I type. As you know I constantly lobby for new parties with you the reader and in other social media platforms so I see this as an opportunity I wish to take advantage. Yet resources are not my strong suit.

If the Libertarians, Green party, Texas Solidarity Party and any others, that might want to join, meet to go over the specifics that is step one for all of us.

I argue that if you know leadership in any of the non duopoly groups to suggest they look into this and meet with their counterparts to plan a strategy. These parties possess some legal representation to muster a well thought out plan. They need to act fast though while the Courts are still waiting on action to happen from the Republicans.

Or any independents that join are welcome also. If anyone knows a good attorney not doing anything on a Thursday morning their help means wonders. Any way you shake it, the Republicans have opened a door and we need to stick our heads in and see what we can do.

 

In some ways this is a continuation of a previous post, now I see it move forward. Share the heck out of this.

Texas GOP continues the failure of the duopoly.

 

So the Texas GOP wants to change the electoral map in Texas so they can win more seats. They are not doing this to better represent the people. They are doing this to continue the partisan divide that is killing this country.

Democrats will surely retaliate and again not to better represent the people.

Every day the duopoly show it’s true colors that retaining power is the only goal.

People do not want this partisan divide anymore or at least a majority of this country. They haven’t gotten to the point where they are shouting it from the rooftops, but the disillusionment of both parties in the polls show we might be close.

There are just as many independents if not more than Republicans and Democrats combined. Yet why don’t we have more independent candidates? We don’t have them because the duopoly has been for decades been making it more difficult to run as an independent than as a member of either party or gerrymandered districts to favor themselves. Now they are just making it worse.

The duopoly sells they are the only solution and prevented anyone from being able to offer an alternative. There are wonderful options. I know because in my little mad self I come up with them all the time. Are the best out there? Who knows, yet alternate ideas from what is offered from the duopoly are possible. 

People don’t want to hate as much as the extremes on either side, but to claw our way back into the fold politically we need new parties or at least equitable avenues to power. And right now this is more important for our country than anything the duopoly gives us.

If more different voices were elected into state and national offices the current power structure would crumble and they will tell you so in no uncertain terms. What is funny is that crumbling power structure would be a good event. It doesn’t mean our country would crumble, it would just mean the current life long politicians and crooks would have to change their tune or they would lose in dramatic fashion. In fact they would have to do more than change their tune, they would have to change their actions, the policies they support.

And right now unfortunately we may need quite a bit of splintering of the political power and then consolidate to what works for this country to continue to thrive. It can be a massive amount of independents, third parties etc until new major parties begin to form from the fall out.

Some of the duopoly will scream that would wreck this country. I say really?! We have survived the last ten years of the duopoly losing control of the country. They point fingers at each other, scream at each other, threaten each other, yet we survive. Now it may not last forever and that is why we need to change now.

The Texas GOP is just giving us more proof it is time for the duopoly to be broken up.

Can this Epstein bomb drop?

 

We definitely need a real reckoning with the Epstein situation, yet how will we know when it happens.

I am not sure how the right wing echo chamber is still addressing Epstein since they have been fed so many conspiracies to distract them you wonder if it worked or if they are just in limbo.

They spent years waiting for someone to tell all on the Epstein saga, delivering all sorts of theories to their audiences only to have the rug pulled out from under them by the man who promised them the world. Actually he wasn’t as vocal as others, but he never quelched the desire.

The left wing echo chamber has jumped into the fray and so we are now six years (plus previous history) into this so what will people accept.

When Bondi and Patel said there was nothing to the Epstein saga, no client list, no covered up murder I was ready to believe them because I have spent years hearing stories that couldn’t be corroborated. Every left wing elite was on the list and so much more. Now it is all Trump. So who do we believe?

Currently the evidence doesn’t look good for Trump. There always were some stories of their friendship and even some shenanigans chasing around models and beauty pageants. And now more and more of those stories are surfacing with more details.

The problem is two fold. When will it end? And more importantly when will it end for all the victims. It is sad for the, is it hundreds of girls, reliving their horror every time a new story hits the airwaves. Do they cringe every day? Can they hide from social media, the news, the podcasts, the constant barrage of headlines?

That is the saddest part of this unfolding nightmare. There is no place to hide. No one in Trump’s world acknowledges they even exist and in left wing echo chamber madness it is all about Trump with a tad of recognition by some podcasters and news casters, but not near enough to remind all those people that wanted the story in the first place, that this is what it was all about; monsters abusing children. To way too many this has become the back story, not the main story. 

The whole point of finding out about Epstein was to find out who abused these children. Now the abused children are like all victims in our society, forgotten until it is convenient to drag their abuse through the mud to achieve larger audiences. I am glad we do not know all the names and it should be up to them to let us know they were a victim if they choose, yet at times I wish we did know the names so we could reconcile with the fact they exist, they were children, they have lives now that must cope with this perpetual madness.

I want this saga to end, but in the right way with real truth. It is not pretty. And if you dig you fear it is much uglier than even the first people who screamed we need to expose the people with Epstein. We still do, but now will we ever know?

I didn’t follow the conspiracy. Now I don’t want to hear about this daily, yet I do watch to hopefully see a break through that resolves the whole tragedy. There are certain people who definitely need this to be put to rest. I am not one of them, yet it has come to the point where our whole country needs to know and I am part of that group.

It would be nice to say it is no longer important to know what happened, it is the past, but we cannot let it go. Too much has been said, too many accusations have been made for even disinterested people to ignore.

I hope we see a final bomb so to speak so we can move on, yet what must it contain to allow us to move on. This may be with us way too long going forward. And that is a horrible reality on top of a previous horrible reality for the victims.