Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Whoo, boy. Talk about a late-October surprise that has roiled — absolutely roiled — the race for the White House. FBI Director James Comey’s decision Friday to publicly disclose that his agency is looking into emails potentially pertinent to Hillary Clinton’s use of private emails has the potential to elect Donald Trump as president. Forget…
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“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” — Thomas Jefferson, Nov. 13, 1787 I think the next ten days will be the most important ten days in American history. As we move toward the general election, keep in mind that never, no never, has…
Read More about The Blood of PatriotsDonald Trump
Okay, enough is enough. Thank goodness this horrible, terrible, dispiriting presidential election is almost over, because everyone’s head is just going to explode if it keeps going much longer. How much more, I ask you, do we need to hear about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? How many more insults from Trump to Clinton and…
Read More about The Home StretchPolitics
The recent roughhousing over Britain’s vote to leave the European Union can be traced to one simple example of bureaucratic overreach: Some weeks before the vote, Brits were informed that due to climate change concerns (or something,) the ubiquitous electric tea pot was no longer efficient enough to be allowed to be sold anywhere in…
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[This profile of Al Perry appeared in the December 2015 issue of Central California Life Magazine. It seems appropriate to present it again as the 12th Honor Flight visits Washington, DC with a contingent of 70 military veterans and their chaperones October 24-26. This will be Al Perry’s final flight. -BE] “I’ve got 63 World…
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump had his best debate against Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night – and yet he lost it all in one disastrous moment. That moment came when he refused – twice – to say that he would accept the results of next month’s election if he loses to Clinton. First– he said he would look…
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I spent the last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A class reunion, a big one. More on that in the future. But, this is more important. A woman who has had many years to know herself and distill her views gave this to me. It’s been around the internet a time or two,…
Read More about An Ounce of LogicDonald Trump
By now, it’s fairly clear that Donald Trump’s campaign is in free-fall. It’s also fairly clear that Trump’s decided to tear apart both the Republican Party — and the United States. Trump has thrown civility to the wind in these last, desperate days of his presidential run. Anything goes. Anything is said. Hillary needs to…
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Donald Trump
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the second presidential debate Sunday night is that it actually had some substance and illustrated policy differences. But, of course, that may have been overwhelmed by everything that led up to the debate. I’m referring, of course, to the release of the tape that revealed Donald Trump talking about…
Read More about Trump’s Terrible WeekendDonald Trump
What a fool. On a day that could have pretty much blown Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions out of the water, Donald Trump managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Leaked emails and transcripts detailing Clinton’s private big money speeches to Wall Street moguls showed her to be a two-faced, deceitful manipulator who…
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