tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post8508991915921545190..comments2024-03-19T08:23:24.309-07:00Comments on Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes: Springing UpTom Cochrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-16211587244306072252017-03-24T22:39:36.684-07:002017-03-24T22:39:36.684-07:00I remember that great old line-"We're all...I remember that great old line-"We're all bozos on this bus!" That time seems so idealistic and joyful now, now that life has walked so many miles across our idealism. <br />It is disturbing, as you point out, that despite his many cretin characteristics the vulgarian remains entrenched in power. It is time to seriously consider the issue of competence. Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-23404430436532578212017-03-24T17:59:09.739-07:002017-03-24T17:59:09.739-07:00But how will it happen, this 'removal', we...But how will it happen, this 'removal', well-deserved, of trump? I'm not at all sure that either Pence, who had kowtowed to Trump often and well, would dream of invoking the 25th. His party, the once-respectable GOP, has lost all will to do anything of the sort, and the Dems are so out of touch as to not have a chance in impeaching. <br />So, as so many have asked, "What is to be done"? <br />I fear that we have become so bureaucratically incompetent that we have no clear path to removal. I think, to get trump out of office, something that has never happened here would have to occur: a sort of coup. <br />Now, if he becomes completely unhinged, starts masturbating in press sessions, sure. But he's been forgiven, not even noticed or called out, for lying, blatantly. What else does it take? His recordings of how he assaults women make no difference. His racial, incoherent tweets go unremarked except by the comics, faze no one. <br />Imagine President Obama, and the outrage by some, if he had done any one of the acts trump has done. <br />A lone time ago, there was a comedy album (remember albums), titled "We're all Bozo's on this Bus" by the Firesign Theater", and it fit's the current 'governing' party. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038376492887695725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-75254621004215692582017-03-23T22:54:04.834-07:002017-03-23T22:54:04.834-07:00In such a grave situation as this, I think Pence w...In such a grave situation as this, I think Pence would be sober about history. He can and should lead as a Republican conservative and not as an evangelical ideologue. It is the latter which weakens him. You are right, we can quibble about politics and policy but the priority is to remove the sick and dangerous jerk who could get us all killed or who can over see such grevious damage to the federal government and economy as to move us into "third world" status. He personally does not have a clue about anything but hustle and sale and con. He's getting advice from a zealot and neither have government or public service experience.<br />Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-59033761738333893092017-03-23T22:53:07.321-07:002017-03-23T22:53:07.321-07:00Bill-
It is incredible. Your point about the negat...Bill-<br />It is incredible. Your point about the negative impact on our relations with our two neighbors is another index of how far off this guy is. We can not be rid of him soon enough.Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-716109855860534872017-03-23T16:12:51.496-07:002017-03-23T16:12:51.496-07:00"Maybe what we learn from the least of our pr..."Maybe what we learn from the least of our presidents—apart from the fact that even the worst often have remarkably redeeming features—is that it requires a rare combination of qualities to be among the best. Strength of character, principles, and political skills are necessary, to be sure, but so are the flexibility and judgment that allow them to gauge the needs of a time. If the worst help us understand the great, they also remind us of how merely good leaders often fail."<br /><br />This was written by an astute writer/historian who compiled a list of the "worst Presidents." He also characterized what made the BEST Presidents (above). In less than 100 days our current President has exhibited qualities that are unredeemable, obviously. So it is just a matter of time where he is either removed from office, impeached, or voted out. Obviously, another four years just seems unconscionable. Yet the wheels of an entrenched party are likely to roll very slowly. <br /><br />I share Tom's well articulated concerns. As the author of a new book about how Canadians and Americans can achieve Obama's characterization of our two countries as "one big town, I am greatly concerned that a renegotation of Nafta (maybe outright axing) will set relations back very, very far. Mexico is on the chopping block as well, and Nieto has suggested that the country could become an actual ENEMY of the U.S. if Trump pursues a Wall, deportations and a Nafta re-do. <br /><br />In just the ways that Trump is treating allies/neighbors, we are fouling our own nest(s). Incredible.<br />greenest1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03871899311579366050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-178019884024730712017-03-23T14:45:54.790-07:002017-03-23T14:45:54.790-07:00I'm not a fan of Pence, who is a skilled polit...I'm not a fan of Pence, who is a skilled politician who knows how to get things done, things I DON'T want done, but he would be better fore the country than Trump. The hell with political parties and ideologies; we need to save our nation.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-20017055125692511992017-03-23T14:02:29.678-07:002017-03-23T14:02:29.678-07:00As a fixer in the Islands said, "Soon come, m...As a fixer in the Islands said, "Soon come, mon. Soon come."Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-32965866475487308362017-03-23T10:50:25.632-07:002017-03-23T10:50:25.632-07:00He will die in prison.
He will die in prison.<br />Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854309313920685901noreply@blogger.com