THE DONALD DOES IT AGAIN

Is he for real?  Now he fires his campaign manager who got him to where he is, but his family doesn't like Corey Lewandovski.  So, according to Lewandowski, he was working on Donald's campaign at 8 a.m. in the morning and then The Don called him to his office and told him "You’re fired". 

Why?  Nobody seems to know the truth but according to the Donald his family advised him to do so.

So, let me ask you a question.  The president gets himself carefully selected advisors who know a bit or two about National and International Security and who give their advice (in very measured thoughts and phrases) to the president, which the president then carefully evaluates and decides on.  Does this mean that we, the taxpayers will have to pay for the advisors, but the Don will rely on his children's advice and make his decisions based on their advice?   Give me a break!

Just think about how his advisors will feel!  Guaranteed, that if this happens too often the advisors will quit their jobs.  There will be a revolving door to the Oval Office.  And our national security will be compromised and at high risk simply because we doddle with our security.  This is not the way to run an airline!  You can not learn about international and domestic issues in a few minutes.  I often quote George Santayan who was a Greek-American philosopher and author who said: "Those who do not learn history are bound to repeat its mistakes". 

In case you do not know it, in World War II the Japanese caught the United States with their pants down when they attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.  For six months the Japanese Navy gave America a run for its money.  The Japanese had a superior fleet of six aircraft carriers, whereas the United States only had three active aircraft carriers.  During the Battle of Midway, June 4-7, 1942, the Japanese fleet sustained enormous, irreparable damage in part because the Japanese Admiral, Admiral Nagumo kept changing and re-arming his attack planes and wasting valuable time. 

Also, do you remember the Don telling his audiences that he is rich, very rich?  Well guess what!  Now he is running out of money!  Ha! Ha!  He was willing to spend $230 million for his campaign.  I forgot who said that it will take more like $730 million and he will have difficulty raising this much money.  He would lose his millionaire cronies because he offends a lot of people.

The Republican Party is also slowly deserting him.  Poor old Donald!  Don't you have pity on him?

In fact, the last First Lady before Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, President George Bush's wife said publicly that she would not vote for the Don, but that she would vote for Hillary!

Remember when big shot Donald Trump refused to participate in one of the debates, because Megan Kelly was to be the moderator of that debate?  Instead he tried to raise funds for our veterans.  All he was able to raise from his big millionaire buddies was close to six million dollars.  He himself contributed only $1 million dollars.  If you believe that he is worth $10 billion dollars then $1 million dollars is the equivalent of about 10 cents for us pee-ons!

Even the Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, recently said that Republicans should vote with their conscience, meaning that The Don is not a good choice for America to its President.  Members of his party and of his retinue are urging him to act more presidential.  What are they?  Are they nuts?  If he does change and becomes more presidential what is to stop him from becoming crazy again?  Wake up America!

Red beans and ricely yours,

Effey

THE GREAT ALI IS PASSING ON

By Effey

No matter how great we are, we all must eventually pass on.  Ali claimed to be the greatest.  And indeed he was!  New generations will never know the magic spell he had on my generation, world-wide.  He was the Fred Astaire as well as the Shakespeare of the boxing ring.  No fighter was as nimble as he.  No other fighter generated the excitement in boxing as he did.  He didn't win all his fights, but even the fights he lost in some inexplicable way were magical.  He won the world heavyweight champion title three times!  That was unheard of.  And when he lost his fights, to his audience he still won.

People laughed at him when he predicted in poetic style in which round he would knock out hs opponents but he always came through as predicted.  He taunted his opponents and they fell into the trap.  When they opened up he took the punches, and when his opponents became over confident he finished them off, 1-2-3.  All in all, he won 56 fights lost 5 and knocked out 37 opponents!!  What a record!!!

But there was much more to "The Great One".  He spoke his mind and he also fought our government and won in the end.  He refused to serve in the Army during the Viet-Nam war.  The government stripped him of his title but the Government really lost, because in the end he won his championship title back again. 

But perhaps more important than anything else, he became a driving force in the Civil Rights Movement, as powerful in his way as Martin Luther King was in his way.

The Civil Rights Act had not yet been passed.  When he fought in the ring he also fought for the legislation which ended the discrimination against the black community of the time.  The discrimination should have rightfully been ended at the end of the Civil War, but it didn't.  Ali earned the respect of the majority of white Americans and somehow through his personality helped bring about the respect for the African American community that it well deserved.  Ali's fight has now ended.  The Government has ended the discrimination against the African-American community, but the fight has not yet ended completely.  Much work still needs to be done.  But the Pioneers, Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King are gone.  Who will lead the rest of the struggle?

I had the pleasure of meeting Muhammad in person, together with his manager and coach, Angelo Dundee, his sparring partner Jimmy Ellis and Ali's biggest fan and promoter, the great sports journalist Howard Cosell.  I am still basking in the glory of that moment in my life-time, when I was a lot younger.

Ali, Thank You.