President Janus

Saying one thing on the campaign trail and doing the opposite after being elected is nothing new.  It has been going on ever since there were campaigns, nationally and internationally.  It doesn’t have to equate to lying or intent to deceive.  Bill Clinton, during a post-presidency interview, said that until he became president he didn’t realize how difficult it is to get things done at the federal level in Washington.

Sean Spicer: To Quote Bugs Bunny, "What a Maroon."

I was going to write this entry about the two biggest stories from the White Madhouse of the previous week, the U.S. attack on a Syrian airfield and the possibility of placing U.S. nuclear weapons in South Korea.  Then Sean Spicer makes his biggest WTF gaffe to date, comparing Bashar al-Assad and Adolf Hitler.

Dormant and Discombobulated

If you thought that I’ve been in hibernation for the last couple of weeks, well you’d be wrong.  My co-conspirator in Oregon has been keeping our little blog breathing and I’m thankful for that.  But I have been dormant for far too long for a blog to remain relevant.  And relevance is part of the problem.  I’m finding it hard to keep up with the little Trump engine that can’t.  Things change so quickly in that insane asylum, once known proudly as the White House, that it’s damn nigh impossible to write a post that’s up to date before Trump or one of his stooges changes direction.

Climate Change vs. Alfred E. Neuman

Those of us who read Mad magazine in our youth each had our favorite regular feature (mine was “Snappy answers to stupid questions”).   The editor and writers referred to themselves as the “usual gang of idiots”.  That title should now be bestowed on the advisors to and cabinet of the Dark Lord in the Oval Office.  They respond to any questions about climate change with the equivalent of Neuman’s famous “What, me worry?”