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.

Credibility Gap

Before addressing the main topic of this post, an explanation of why I have frequently called Donald Trump “He who must not be named”.  For those unfamiliar with the Harry Potter books, it is a term applied throughout that series to Lord Voldemort, a somewhat shadowy antagonist to Harry Potter and most others in the wizarding world.  The series creator, J.K. Rowling, described Voldemort as a "raging psychopath, devoid of the normal human responses to other people's suffering", and whose only ambition in life is to become all-powerful and immortal. He appears to have no conscience or feelings of remorse.

Affordable Care Act Replaced By ??

"We're going to have insurance for everybody"— the current inhabitant of the Oval Office, Washington Post interview, Jan.15 2017

The administration in the White House is racing to get the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repealed and replaced by end of April.   More than a few Republicans in Congress are not in favor of the plan being pushed at the American people.  Many demonstrations in town hall meetings have erupted from people who don’t want to see the ACA scrapped for something inferior and have their health care coverage put at risk.  Why rush?  Get it right.  Other countries have done it well with national health care systems that are derided by some as “socialism”

The Three R's

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