Friday, November 18, 2016

PINOCCHIO'S PROMISES

BY Effey

Pinocchio's father, Fred Trump, was together with Samual Lefrak one of the early developers of low and middle income housing in New York City.
Neither he, his father, and even his grandfather have a clean record.
Fred Trump was implicated in several Federal Investigations, including having been arrested at a KKK meeting.  Donald claims that his father was protesting the rally although it was reported that Fred was a part of it.  
Both his father and Pinocchio operate on a very common and simple system, called OPM - "Other People's Money".  It is a system very commonly used in Real Estate as well as in other big financial projects.
The problem though is that Pinocchio never gives the investor's a chance to make a nice profit from the project.  Pinocchio does not subscribe to this philosophy.  He tries to make money for himself first and then files for bankruptcy.  He really does not care whom he stiffs in the process, as long as he gets what he wants.
He also has a keen sense of what people want to hear, because all along in his life he has operated like a snake oil salesman, promising them everything they want to hear but delivering nothing!
During his campaign he heard the people and like most demagogues promised to fix their problems, whether the problems can be fixed or not, as long as his followers adore, glorify and believe in him.
Case in point:  The coal miners.  Because of clean renewable energy and better, more efficient methods of coal extraction and cheaper ways of providing fuel to the mass markets, the coal industry has been imploding for the last 40 years.  It is more or less a thing of the past. 
The problem is that nobody had the courage to inform the coal miners of this reality!  And what is even more important, nobody offered them the advice to change their "careers", as if they ever really had one!
But Pinocchio promised them what they wanted to hear, that he will bring back the coal Industry.  He does not adhere to the concept of climate change.  What does he care?  He is willing to tear down every agreement the United States made with other countries to preserve our planet and people's health, no matter what the price, as long as people believe him to be the new Christ, their Savior!
Folks, don't adhere to the principle of "Let's give him a chance"!  Some of the things he proposed are dangerous for the rest of the country.  Stop him with a loud outcry of "NO" before the genie gets out of the bottle and we can't put it back into the bottle.  All the progress we have made over the last 70 years, all of our achievements will be going down the drain and in the end we will be the ones left, holding the bag.
Stay tuned and forward this blog to your like minded friends.
Red beans and Ricely yours;

Effey

Friday, November 11, 2016

The Fox Guarding the Chicken Coup

By Effey

America voted and the minority won.  "Only in America" can something like this happen!  This is absolutely disgusting!!!
In every major organization where decisions need to be made by more than one person, the decisions are always based on the vote of the majority.  Of course there are also kangaroo votes, votes which are stacked by some vested party
Hillary, like Al Gore in the Presidential Election of 2000, won the popular vote.  And all along the American voters are told that their voice counts!  Yet it is the Electoral College, not the majority voters which decides who won the election.  Mind you the Electoral College was written into the Constitution, but when several problems with the Electoral vote caused major problems Congress made an amendment to the Constitution and gave voice to the majority.  What has happened in between?  There have been several amendments made to the constitution, why has this anomaly not been changed?  The answer is quite simple.  Because it has always benefited the Republican Party!!
So, in a sense Pinocchio was right; the elections are rigged!  Except he thought it was favoring the Democrats.  It is high time that Congress gets rid of the Electoral College altogether and only uses the college when both parties win the exact same number of votes and there is no other decisive factor.  But leave it to the Republican Party to complicate things as long as it favors them!!!
So, the chances of this anomaly being changed are nada, zilch.  Until the Democrats have the majority of both houses again nothing will change, unless there are massive protests, violent ones, which will become costly to the Republican Party.  But that will only happen when the moon and sun meet on planet Jupiter!
The Electoral College has been changed several times since the Constitution was written, because it had created unusual circumstances which achieved the exact opposite of what the Federalists had intended when they wrote the Constitution.  Throughout the last two centuries we have had at least 5 elections which created problems.  You can look it up for yourself!
We were tricked and yes Pinocchio was right!  The system is rigged!  But it is not rigged in the manner in which he was trying to convince us.  It is rigged by the Republican Party which gerrymandered different voting districts to keep African Americans from voting.  There was also voter suppression reported to the Justice Department on November 8, the day of the election. 
As you can tell, I am not too thrilled about the outcome of the election.  If the Election had been fair and square I could have accepted the outcome.  But not how this election was rigged and handled!
And we have the audacity to talk about other countries having rigged elections?!  Give me a break!  
No, I will not be gracious in defeat! 
I believe that the Electoral College, even though mandated by the Constitution, is a travesty of justice!  This process of deciding the winner of an election needs to be eliminated and replaced by an amendment that gives the people the real power to decide who should be the people's new president, not just look like it is a fair system, because it isn't!
Throughout our history the Electoral College has been amended and changed, but it was always in favor of the Republican Party.
So now we have one of the biggest crooks in America, and also the biggest liar and cheat of them all, who has cheated the American people by not paying millions of dollars in Federal Income Taxes.  The taxes we pay are used for our military, for our infrastructures and generally for running our government.  
And supposedly this crook will lead our country and make it great again!  First of all, our country is great.  It was founded by immigrants.  And it was the immigrants who made this country great by their contributions to this country!  And this president wants to stop immigrants from entering this country and bring well needed changes to this country!!!  Do you think that he will send his wife back to where she came from because she too is an immigrant!  I doubt it.  Is he for real???  Most of the changes the previous immigrants have brought to this country have only helped make this country what it is-today, great!
What we really need to do is to make sure that the candidate is not a misogynist and has not been sued over 4000 times while a private citizen. 
We need to bar candidates who talk over each other in debates.  We should spray them with a water pistol, if they do so and turn off the microphones at the same time! 
And we must make sure that the candidates speak the truth, not lies, like Pinocchio did all along during the campaign.  He called Hillary crooked when in fact it was he who was crooked!  History has shown that when dictators have problems, they reflect the people's attention by blaming others for their own problems.
Frankly, I think we will now have even more problems than we already had, when the Republican's refused to work with President Obama.
We also need to find a way of bringing legal action against a party which refuses to vet a proposed Supreme Court Justice!
Just look at the money to be spent while the taxes for the very rich are to be lowered!  Where will all the money come from if we lower our sources of revenue?
The Inspector General's Office, before the election, calculated what it would cost to implement the plans put forward by the candidates.
If Hillary would have won it would have cost us 200 Billion Dollars!
But if Pinocchio would win it estimated it would cost the American Taxpayer 3 Trillion Dollars!
And worst of all, Pinocchio will benefit from the tax cuts more than anyone else!  The Russians must love what they are seeing and hearing.
Already thousands of people are protesting in the streets in ten major cities.
We are in doody, big doody!


Stay tuned and forward this blog to your like minded friends.
Red Beans and Ricely yours.

Effey

Monday, November 7, 2016

SO WHAT NOW?

By Effey
On Sunday, November 6, 2016, James Comey, the Director of the FBI, announced that the FBI had concluded their investigation of Hillary Clinton's e-mails, and although the FBI had found Hillary's handling of her classified e-mails, careless and reckless, the FBI concluded that none of these mistakes were made with malicious intent.  The "intent" is critical!  In other words it was made by mistake and nobody is perfect, not even Pinocchio!
So what does Pinocchio have to say now?
What has always amazed me about Pinocchio is that he tries to deflect from his mistakes by only talking about his opponents.
He is like all dictators.  Trust me.  I will solve all your problems.  The hell he will!
The Office of the Inspector General has looked at what both candidates proposed to do to fix our problems.  With Hillary's Tax Plan the country would add $200 Billion to our deficit.  With Pinocchio's Tax Plan it would add 3 Trillion to our deficit!
Pinocchio's Tax Plan puts less money in your pockets and more money into the pockets of the wealthy!  Billions!
It is my gut feeling that Hillary, in the end, will trounce him in the election.  That is what he deserves!
He has alienated millions of people by insulting them.  On Election Day he will get his payback!
Stay tuned and forward this e-mail to your friends.
Red Beans and Ricely Yours
Effey
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Friday, November 4, 2016

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR OUR FUTURE?

By Effey

Hillary is trying to build on the accomplishments of President Barack Obama and honor his legacy.  I am with her!
What does Pinocchio have to offer?  Zilch!  Just creating mayhem in the elections like a Banana Republic does.


Obama\Hillary
Trump\Hitler
1.  Provided Healthcare for over 20 million people, who could not afford Healthcare Insurance.
2.  Reformed Wall Street, protecting the little guys!
3.  Got us out of Iraq.  This is what people clamored for in 2008 and 2012.
4.  Found and got Osama Bin Laden.  Remember him?!
5.  Saved the auto Industry.
6.  Stimulus package for the banks.
7.  Lowered the unemployment rate from 8% to 4.9%.
8.  Started to empty out Guantanamo Bay.
9.  Re-opened diplomatic relations with Cuba, which in the long run will greatly benefit American Enterprises.
10. Increased support for Veterans.
11.  Made deal with Iran to stop Nuclear Proliferation.  Had he not done so, Iran was ready to stop negotiations and continue to develop the Nuclear bomb!!!
12.  Signed a Credit Card Responsibility Disclosure Act.
13. Created the HARP Act to help people in Foreclosure.
14.  Improved America's Image Overseas.
15.  Made China closed down its dirtiest Power Plants.
16.  Eliminated Catch 22 to give women the right to sue for equal pay.
17. Improved Food Safety System.
18. Signed new START Treaty with Russia.
19. Expanded wilderness and watershed protection.
20.  Gave FDA power to regulate Tobacco.
21.  Pushed Federal Agencies to be Green Leaders.
22.  He trimmed and re-oriented our Missile Defense System.
23. He invested heavily into renewable energy technology.
24. Improved School Nutrition Programs.
25. Expanded Stem Cell Research.
26  Made America oil independent
All of the above, plus!  Over 50 different accomplishments, despite a Republican Congress which was constantly trying to undermine him.  Think of what else he could have accomplished had Congress worked with him!

1.  Inherited $14 from his father, plus his credit and connections.
2.  Built 3 casinos and bankrupted them, destroying Atlantic City's economy.
3.  Stiffed his employees.
4.  Shafted tons of contractors.
5.  Filed personal bankruptcy yet owns Mara Lago.
6.  Has stiffed his government in paying Federal Income taxes for over 20 years.
7.  Has had 4,095 lawsuits in 30 years!
8.  Groped and denigrated women.
9.  Discriminated against people of color.
10.  Has divided our country.
11.  Has given voice to White Supremacists.
12.  Has accused our President of not being a US born Citizen and perpetuated this lie for over 5 years.
13.  Keeps promising his constituents things which he can not deliver.
14.  Thinks he knows more about war than the generals.
15.  Is in bed with Vladimir Putin.
16.  Is responsible for the hacking of the DNC.
17.  Told our eternal enemy to find Hillary's E-mails, thereby inviting them into our elections.
18.  Hires undocumented workers.
19.  Has a wife who is a nude model.
20.  In New York, he has driven up the already high cost of Real Estate, making it impossible for the Average person to live there.
21.  He threatened a revolution if he loses the election.
22.  Threatened to jail his opponent if he wins the election, just like Banana Republic dictators.

A Vote for Trump is a Vote for Anarchy.

Stay Tuned.
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Red Beans and Ricely Yours.


Effey

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

AMERICA IN CRISIS

By Effey

Call this blog "Apocalypse Now, Part II", if you will. 
Yesterday, Pinocchio thanked Anthony Weiner, for drawing the FBI's attention to himself and in tandem to Hillary Clinton.  I wonder who is the bigger pervert, Anthony Weiner or Pinocchio?  I guess "Birds of a feather flock together."  (William Turner [1545]). 
Actually, I think that Weiner is less dangerous and even more honorable than Pinocchio.  Pinocchio has stiffed thousands of workers and shafted hundreds of contractors.  At least Weiner hasn't hurt anybody, except his wife Huma Abidin!
But guess what!  "When the going gets though the tough get going".  (Knute Rockne, [1888–1931]).  Even Pinocchio had to admit that much about Hillary Clinton at the end of the second Presidential Debate.  He almost broke his jaw when he made that admission!
And even though Pinocchio is trying to make a big thing out of the e-mail challenge which Hillary got herself into, she is still ahead in the polls and will trounce Pinocchio on November 8, in the election.  She has been through all kinds of stuff before.  People are jealous of her, how smart she is and how much she has already accomplished in her life-time.  Did you know that before there was Obama Care there was Hillary Care?!  Except, when the Republicans found out that Billy assigned her the job to try to create a healthcare program for children, the Republicans dirtied their pants and made her stop!  (The dry cleaners refused to work on their pants!  That's how much they dirtied their pants!)  That is how much the Republicans care about children!
I am sure that when she becomes President one of her first priorities will be to appoint a commission to see what can be done to tweak Obama Care where it needs to be tweaked.
You see, Pinocchio just rants, raves and screams but Hillary has taken the time to speak to people, when they voice their frustrations.  I think she will do what Trump wishes in his wet dreams that he could do, namely "Make America Great Again!"
We all live in a drastically changed world!  It is time for the Republicans to realize that! 
The 1950's are a thing of the past.  Life will never be the same again, as it was then.  Thank G'd for that!!! 
Do we want to go back to segregation again?  Do we want the uncertainty of living with the fear of an atomic bomb?  Do we want typewriters again, instead of laptops?  Do we want the old mimeograph machines again or do you prefer the Xerox copying machines?  Do we want medical science to take a step back again to a time when we could not fight Polio or Tuberculosis?  Do we want to go back to a time when not all Americans were allowed to vote?  No, we have made a lot of progress.  Not enough, as far as I am concerned, but at least we have made progress!  We now know that we have done damage to our planet and to ourselves.  Thank you, Al Gore!
There are still people who like the old fashioned values!  But time marches on and they will be left behind in the dust.
We know now for sure that trickle down economics doesn't work.  Of course some people still dream that their old jobs will come back!  They refuse to accept reality and to change their careers, as if all these outdated jobs and industries will have a second life!  Wake up, America!
We lost jobs because we are no longer competitive in the global market place.  In the global market place our wages are too high.  In America, though they are too low.  But there is new, other work available.  There are new industries popping up on the horizon!  We need to prepare for them.
Now let me ask you a question.  What is an e-mail server?  Do you really know what it is?  What is the difference between your personal computer and an e-mail server?
Back in 2006 most people did not know the answer and I bet you that even now most people don't really know what it is. 
But all these investigations are made in hindsight with 20/20 vision.  We do not learn from what we know, we learn from our mistakes! 
Everybody makes mistakes.  Look at FBI Director James Comey, whom I respect immensely.  But even he overreached his authority with his recent disclosure about further investigating Hillary.  One hundred former Department of Justice prosecutors from both parties have come forward to claim that the FBI does not disclose if somebody is under investigation until the investigation is complete. (The FBI is part of the Department of Justice!)  These prosecutors are the ones who say that Comey made a huge mistake.  So why then don't the Republicans ever stop with their investigations?  If they want to investigate, let them investigate why the hackers have not hacked into the R.N.C.'s computers or looked into Pinocchio's' e-mails about his taxes?! One of Pinocchio's advisers, Roger Stone, is in cahoots with the hackers!  He admitted it himself on TV. 
And who really knows Pinocchio's relationship to Vladimir Putin? And do we really want a sexual predator in the White House?  At least Bill Clinton did not denigrate women and did not force himself onto them.  Monica L. pursued him not the other way around!  (She was a groupie!)  That means that their "sexual contact" was consensual.
In life there are Red Bloods and there are Blue Bloods.  Besides the difference in color, what is their difference?  Answer?  The Red Bloods complain about what the Blue Bloods are doing.  The Red Bloods are afraid to go out on the limb.  They look for others to rescue them.  Yet, the Blue Bloods are the movers and shakers of the world!!!  Hillary is a Blue Blood.
So, despite it all, it still looks like Hillary may be our next President.  And already the Republicans are plotting how to undermine her presidency.  They have created havoc for President Obama and the American People. 
Now Ted Cruz is telling the Republicans that they don't have to pass any recommended candidate to fill the 9th chair on the Supreme Court.  Ted Cruz should be tried for treason as Public Enemy No. 1.  He should be hung upside down by his testicles from the highest tree top we can find.  Doesn't he realize the damage he has already done when he shut down the government?  This is a self described Fiscal Conservative.  His actions in 2013 cost the American Tax Payers 24 Billion Dollars.  Is this Fiscal Conservatism?
And look at New Jersey Governor Christie, of Bridge Gate fame and one of the chief advisers to Pinocchio!  The Republicans claim that the Democrats like to raise taxes.  Governor Christie has just raised the gasoline tax in his state of New Jersey by 23 cent per gallon.  Under his leadership the cost of gasoline in New Jersey has gone from the third lowest to the sixth highest in the country!  Is that the Republican way!  Is that the Republican way of lowering taxes? 
The Republicans deserve to lose!
Stay tuned.
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Red Beans and Ricely Yours.
Effey

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Monday, October 31, 2016

APOCOLYPSE, NOW

By Effey

I make no bones about it.  I am scared stiff of a President Trump, because having studied the signals which let us know who will turn into a dictator, I see Trump as the perfect candidate to become a Fascist Dictator.  And don't think it can not happen in America.  That was how Germans felt about their government and in the end Hitler destroyed all the Checks and Balances which the German Government did have.
I am not claiming, that Hillary Clinton is perfect, either.  Nobody is perfect.  But she has made one mistake which haunts her.  In hindsight she has fessed up to it and even apologized in a sincere genuine manner for the mistake.  Trump makes mistakes' every day and spouts lies every day sometimes as many as 37 lies in one speech. 
Dictators tell the people what they want to hear.  They make promises which they can not deliver.  In the end they destroy their countries.  Look at Hitler, Mussolini and Hugo Chavez, to name just a few.
And as much as James Comey of the FBI is known to be a man of integrity, even his former boss, US Attorney General Eric Holder, whom I also consider to be a man of integrity, has said that Mr. Comey has exceeded his authority, trying to protect himself.  You simply do not make a statement such as he made on Friday, eleven days before a General Presidential Election, simply because it could sway the end results of the election!
All this being said, I hope and pray, that we do not wind up with a President Donald Trump, but rather with Hillary.  Mistakes or not, she is still the best qualified candidate for the job.  She will not have an easy task, because the deck is stacked against her as it was against the most brilliant president this country ever had in modern times!

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Stay tuned!

Red beans and Ricely yours,

Effey

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOD

By Effey

Back in the 1930's Hollywood helped Americans get through the Great Depression by providing jobs for thousands of people as movie extras as well as dancers and singers by creating a diversion which gave Americans a brief respite from the daily, depressing news of the times.
Movies, such as "Gold Diggers of 1935" and "42nd Street" had a cast of hundreds in great dance routines choreographed by Busby Berkley with eye catching overhead shots of the dance routines.  The movies themselves had transparently simple plots, but great music, great dances, great costumes and both, men and women, had great appealing figures.  "Hollywood Hotel" (1937) was another one of those movies featuring the song "Hooray for Hollywood" which is performed as the overture to the Academy Award ceremonies to this very day.
This movie introduced a new concept to the genre, famous big bands, with famous musicians of the time and again simple transparent plots.
But then in the mid 1940's Hollywood grew up and tackled socio-psychological issues, like the "Best Years of our Lives" about the challenges facing war veterans returning home, or "They Were Expandable" about the frustrations the Navy faced as it was forced to hop from island to island to escape from the advancing Japanese.  Mrs. Miniver" was another significant war movie, dealing with the disruptions of life for an English middle class family living through the German Rocket Blitz over London and the rescue of trapped British Troops in Dunkirk.  "Gentlemen's Agreement" was the forerunner for movies dealing with racial or ethnic prejudices such as anti-Semitism and racism against African-Americans ("Imitation of Life").
But one movie in particular, rings true especially in these, our very challenging times: "The Caine Mutiny"  The film was based on the 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk, about a captain of a Navy destroyer (Captain Queeg) who accuses his crew of Mutiny at a time when he himself couldn't fulfill his responsibilities of the moment and refuses to accept responsibilities for his mistakes. 
The movie starred Van Johnson, Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray, Robert Francis and Jerry Paris. 
During a heavy typhoon the officers of the ship, in order to save the ship from sinking, take control of the ship and are faced with a court martial trial for mutiny.  When Captain Queeg finally gets to testify he distinctly shows symptoms of a paranoid, schizophrenic personality
The members of the court just sit there quietly and realize what is going on and that the crew acted responsibly and not foolishly.
The courtroom episode reminds me very much of what our country is going through right now.  We have challenges, lots of them.  But Donald Trump keeps on rambling and spouting lies that he is the only one who can "save" this country.  He hasn't got the foggiest ideas, real ideas, on why there is an "establishment" and a "system" and how they have evolved over time for various different reasons.  We know that in general terms both work!  Can they be improved?  Probably!  In fact, yes!  There is always room for improvement.  But he pretends to have all the answers.  But so far he has not given us one idea that would work.  His mantra is that only he can fix our problems.  He is enamored with himself and is both an egomaniac and a megalomaniac!
In fact, if you ever have a chance to rent the movie "The Great Dictator" starring Charlie Chaplin and Jack Oakley in the roles of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini you will see exactly why I accuse Donald Trump of being a demagogue or a latent dictator. 
If truth be told, the problems we face were not created by President Obama or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  They were created by a Republican Congress which undermined the two wherever and whenever possible.  We need a democratic president and a democratic congress, so that the President can create whatever policies this country needs to get out of our gridlock which has paralyzed our country.  Only then will we be able to tackle our challenges.  Having a democratic president who is progressive and a congress which wants to stand still and freeze in time will not work.  It is time that Americans wake up and not accuse our President of having failed to move the country forward but put the blame where it really belongs, with our Republican Congress.
Nevertheless, I am glad that Trump tried to run for the office of the president!  Why?  Because inadvertently he exposed the Republicans, who even though they did not like Donald Trump, they did not do anything to stop him.  They found all kinds of excuses to excuse his rude behavior, his true character and the fact that he is one of the biggest crooks who ever ran for the office of President of this country.  They overlooked the fact that he cheated hundreds of workers out of their salaries, built his empire on the backs of the middle class, without paying Federal Income Taxes, and duping people into signing up for his Trump University which did nothing for them, except extol Trump's virtues and treating women like chattel!  In comparison look at President Barack Obama who is beyond reproach and has integrity and has moved the country forward despite the Congress!  And also look at Clinton who has worked for the people who had no one to represent their rights, all her life!  Nobody is perfect.  But some are more perfect than others and vice versa, some are less perfect than others.  Donald Trump is the least perfect of all.  He lives in the gutter.

Stay Tuned.

Red Beans and Ricely Yours

Effey