A MESSAGE ABOUT AMERICA, TRUMP, AND PATRIOTISM FROM A FORMER MARINE

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY

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A MESSAGE ABOUT AMERICA, TRUMP, AND PATRIOTISM FROM A FORMER MARINE

Danny, I love your writing, but I'm with Rodney - I'll leave the "love and understanding" to people like yourself. Black people have been taking the forgiveness route for over 400 years and all it's gotten us is killed in even greater numbers. While there are many good people in this country who only want to love their families, live a life of community, and truly practice what they profess to believe, they have to be educated to see America as it truly is, instead of consuming the John Wayne version of American that they've been spoon fed all of their lives. So we can't afford to tap dance around this issue. We must state the facts honestly, in no uncertain terms, and without a lot of undue emotionalism, and here are those facts:
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This nation has NEVER lived up to the myth that the American flag is supposed to represent, so it’s past time for us to stop living a lie and start to actually live up to the ideals in which we claim to believe.

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After being welcomed to this land by well-meaning Native Americans, European immigrants responded by presenting their hosts with disease-infected blankets and then bringing in their army to eradicate them. In the end they killed as many as 200 million Native Americans (“In the name of the Lord”, of course) in order to steal their land and their resources. Thereafter, they moved on to either kill or make the lives of 12.5 million African slaves miserable. Then after slavery, there was the Jim Crow era in which millions of African Americans were discriminated against, brutalized, and in many cases murdered - and we mustn’t forget that during that very same time, the nation was involved in WWII where Japanese American citizens had their property seized and entire families were placed in concentration camps. In addition, the United States dropped not one, but two atomic bombs on the people of Japan - and since the men, women, and children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were innocent noncombatants, that constituted the most brutal and heartless act of terrorism in all of human history. 
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But God-fearing “America the Beautiful” still wasn’t done. It went on to kill 3.1 million Vietnamese - 2 million of which were also innocent noncombatant men, women, and children. They then did the very same thing to the people of Iraq, but they were more compassionate with the Iraqis - they only killed a million of them, but for no other reason than the fact that they didn’t like the cut of their jib.
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So tell me, exactly what it was that Colin Kaepernick was supposed to feel so proud of that he should feel obligated to stand in solemn reverence every time a song is played? It’s not as if either the song, or the flag, represents a history of great acts of human compassion, it’s a flag that represents over 240 years of criminal butchery, brutality, and mayhem. So the bottom line is, Trump was demanding that Colin Kaepernick stand to salute White supremacy, and that's exactly what's meant by "Make America Great Again"- "Let's go back to the 'good ole days' when we could lynch a coon at will."  So, tell me, when was America great the first time? Give me a year.

But in spite of all that, when Colin took the knee, he wasn’t ranting and raving about not loving this country, his actions simply suggested that every true American should stop lying about who we profess to be and follow the dictates of the United States Constitution, but Donald Trump wouldn't know anything about that - or care!
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How can Colin Kaepernick denigrate the flag by taking a knee, when the flag is supposed to be a SYMBOL of free expression? That’s like saying a person is disrespecting the church by being a Christian. That’s not only hypocritical, but stupid, another two conditions far from remote when discussing Donald Trump. 
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As a former marine I can say without a doubt - and I’m sure that Trump’s former Chief of Staff, Gen. Kelly, could also tell him - that American fighting men and women didn’t die for a piece of cloth or a song; American warriors died for what that piece of cloth represents - the very personal freedom that Draft-Dodging Donnie is using the power of the presidency to denied Kaepernick.
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Just try to wrap your head around the profound hypocrisy involved here!!! The very same man who played sports all through high school and college, went limping into the draft board with a note

from his doctor (who just happened to be  one of his daddy’s tenants) saying he couldn’t serve the country because his goddamn feet hurt (leading to one of his FIVE deferments). Now, in spite of the fact that he went out of his way to duck his responsibility to the nation, that very same man is now wrapping himself in the flag and setting himself up to pass judgment on who is, and who is not, a loyal American! Now, isn’t that just too rich!!!?  Only Donald Trump would have the shameless audacity to even attempt to pull off such a glaringly brazen act of hypocrisy with a straight face!
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So it wasn't Colin Kaepernick who disrespected the flag, it was Donald Trump. But he's not doing it alone - we’re ALL colluding in disrespecting the flag by allowing somebody like Trump to even VISIT the White House, and history is never gonna forgive us for it. History refers to the generation that lived through the Great Depression and fought WWII as “The Greatest Generation.” We’re going to be remembered as “The Most Treacherous Generation”, because we’ve been tarnished by Trump, and as everyone knows, everything Trump touches dies in disgrace. Just look at what he's done to the Republican Party.
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SO WOULDN’T IT BE NICE IF A TRUE PATRIOT WOULD COME ALONG AND SAY, “GET THAT DUMB SON OF A BITCH OUT THE WHITE HOUSE!” AND THEN STAND UP FOR AMERICA BY TAKING A KNEE WITH COLIN KAEPERNICK!!!?
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Yes it would be nice, very nice, and all of Arlington Cemetery would be set aquiver in patriotic delight. But it's "we the people" who must step in as that heroic patriot in defense of our Constitution. The founding fathers depended on it. Without the dedication of a determined people our founding documents are meaningless, and if we lack the backbone to defend what we profess to believe, we don't deserve to be protected.
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Trump likes to place his brand on everything he owns, and now that the Republican senate clearly demonstrated that they lacked the backbone to stand up to him and defend the United States Constitution during the impeachment trial, he's currently in the process of placing a Trump sign on America. So it's incumbent upon the American people to find our own backbone and take our nation back. We must make the Trump brand synonymous with everything that is treasonous, demagogic, and corrupt in American politics. Our history books of the future should refer to lying and corruption as "Trumpsonian", and refer to corrupt and self-serving politicians as "Trumplodytes." That way the time we've suffered with Donald Trump will serve a purpose. Trump will serve as a perfect symbol of this nation's rejection of all motives that are divisive, dishonorable, or corrupt in American politics.
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It is essential, therefore, that we address this issue. So let us welcome November 2020 with a festive anticipation, and celebrate it with the fervor of the 4th of July. Let us celebrate it as the year we brought this horrible episode in American history to an abrupt end, and the year that we truly "drained the swamp". This is such a significant moment in American history that - if we survive it - November 3, 2020 should be declared a national holiday that we celebrate each year - a holiday that we celebrate with great pride, bated breath, and a quivering heart.

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ABOUT TRYING TO BE COOL

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattre

EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY

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ABOUT TRYING TO BE COOL

THE LONGER THEY CAN KEEP YOU MORE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO BE COOL THAN THE REALITIES OF LIFE,
THE LONGER THEY CAN KEEP YOU ON YOUR ASS.

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MEET THE YOUNG FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AND LOOK INTO THE EYES OF A REAL BLACK MAN.

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IN JULY OF 1852 - NINE YEARS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR - DURING A TIME WHEN THEY WOULD LYNCH A BLACK MAN SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BORED AND WANTED TO PASS THE TIME OF DAY, DOUGLASS LOOKED WHITE AMERICA DIRECTLY IN THE EYE AND TOLD THEM THE FOLLOWING:

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"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy—a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody, than are the people of these United States, at this very hour…"
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Now, THAT'S  what it means to be cool.

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SOCIALISM VS CAPITALISM IS ONE MORE EVIL THAN THE OTHER?

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY

SOCIALISM VS CAPITALISM 

IS ONE MORE EVIL THAN THE OTHER?

UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO PAY FOR THESE

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YOU BELIEVE IN SOCIALISM

Some very bad things have happened in countries that claim to be socialist, but let us not forget that slavery, the slaughter of over 200 million Native Americans, and the wholesale lynching and abuse of African Americans took place right here under capitalism. So the people on both sides of this debate only give you the facts that are most favorable to their point of view. It’s called brainwashing.
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But here’s the bottom line (at least in theory) – “socialism” gives priority to the people, or society, and “capitalism” gives priority to big business - based on the premise that a prosperous business environment will benefit society as a whole. But that’s not always the case. Business can be thriving for the people at the top, while the average worker can be living in near destitution.  So in practice, the best economic model is a combination of both socialism and capitalism to form a more balanced and common-sense economy.
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We shouldn’t get carried away with either system. We need to keep them both in check. While we shouldn’t allow socialism to become so radical that it becomes oppressive to independent initiative, neither should allow capitalists to become so ruthlessly greedy and out of control that they’re allowed to victimize the people. So, like most things in life, the best economic system for society is simply a matter of common sense – to protect the people from greed and exploitation, while at the same time, allowing business the freedom to prosper. That’s the kind of thinking that pulled the nation out of the Great Depression, and it’s called Democratic Socialism.
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Thus, without endorsing or advocating any particular candidate for President, it’s important that the voting public be informed and not allowed to be misled. When the opposition (both Democrats and Republicans) shout that Bernie Sanders is “A Socialist!”, they’re trying to imply that he’s un-American. That’s not true. He’s a DEMOCRATIC Socialist, which means he shares the very same views as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the president who defeated Hitler during WWII, led the world out of the Great Depression, and held office longer than any other president in American history.
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So, while you may or you may not agree with Bernie Sanders' policies, make sure you have a clear understanding of exactly what those policies are, and that you're basing your opinion (and your vote) on knowledge, and not just a bumper sticker. Because there's one thing we must ALWAYS remember, and that's that ALL politicians are absolutely brilliant in one area if in no other, and that's in misleading the public. So don't base your vote on what you're being told. Do your homework.

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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLACK

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLACK

I was fortunate enough to learn what it meant to be Black as a child.  Look at the video below of Miles Davis and John Coltrane and learn what I did at 12 years old, not just about music, but about demeanor, and the importance of taking myself seriously. That’s the key to life - self-esteem, having the common sense to define yourself, and not allowing anyone else to do it for you. Black conservatives have yet to learned that simple lesson.
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Notice how dead serious every member of this group is in representing their culture. There’s no struttin’ around, bouncin’ their heads, or acting like damn fools for the benefit of the television audience. They simply put on, without any fanfare, an incredible display of pure artistic genius - and without bustin' one sweat bubble. This wasn’t “Hee Haw”, or “Can we all get along?” This was simply pure, unadulterated Blackness in all its glory, allowing America to either take it or leave it.
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Unlike today, Miles, Coltrane and the group, simply represented the dignity of their people. They didn’t try to tell the White man who we are – they weren’t interested in what he thought. They simply demonstrated what it meant to be Black, and in a very matter-of-fact way. That’s identical to how I view life. I neither love White folks nor hate them. They just happen to be around, and that’s fine with me, as long as they don’t step on my groove.
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This video was recorded in 1959 when you rarely even saw Black people on television. Yet, they weren't fazed a bit. None of them even bothered to look into the camera - in fact, at one point you can see Coltrane even turn away from it. They were so solemn, dedicated, and dead-serious about what they were doing, in fact, that Robert Herridge, the White man who introduces them, whispers their introduction in complete awe, and the White musicians who were fortunate enough to be on stage with them obviously considered it a great honor - and check out their effortless groove! They were laid-back and completely in their zone - their Black zone.
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So young people, don’t buy into the bullshit. In the introduction Robert Herridge points out that "There are many ways of telling a story." Well, Miles is telling you yours. He's telling you who you really are, so listen and take heed. You’re not the product of idiots and clowns who have to tap dance, denigrate your culture, and put on a minstrel show for the White man. You’re the product of masters and true intellectual giants. I grew up understanding that fact. That’s why today, I’m a proud Black man, and no one can ever take that away from me.
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Eric L. Wattree

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THIS IS WHO YOU ARE:
MILES DAVIS
(SO WHAT)

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BLACK CONSERVATIVES (REPRISED)

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BLACK CONSERVATIVES (REPRISED)

Black conservatives are not just ignorant, but they aren't even bright enough to understand the English language. The very word "Conservative" is defined as dedicated to "Conserving" the traditions of the past. In the case of Black people, that means conserving the tradition of racism, bigoty, and lynching Black people at will. What the hell do you think they mean when they say, "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?" They mean take America back to the “good ole days” when they could lynch any Black person who pissed them off. If you doubt that, tell me when America “was great” the first time.  Give me a year. 
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Between the end of the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement the Democratic and Republican Party completely reversed their political philosophies. Due to the Democratic Party's support for the Civil Rights Movement, the conservative Dixiecrats in the Democratic Party switched to the Republican Party, and the liberals in the Republican Party became Democrats. So their relative political polarities completely changed. But let there be no doubt about it, conservatives have ALWAYS been this country's bigots, regardless to what party they were in.

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But in spite of that clear and obvious fact, we continue to have bigot-huggers among us in the Black community. They euphemistically refer to themselves as “Black conservatives” but in reality they’re just a bunch of ignorant-ass, bigot-huggin' idiots. They’re the direct descendants of that little wimp in elementary school who used to stay after class everyday to spit-shine the blackboard for the most hated teacher in school. You remember him, the one who used to say, “Mr. Wilson is mean to you guys, but he likes me.” You remember that wimp. Every school had one. They’re completely motivated by self-service, and therefore, an irresistible need to suck up.

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So bigot huggers are nothing new in American society. Bigot-huggin' is a mental disorder that's been around for over 400 years. It stems from a lack of self-esteem, the casual acceptance of inherent inferiority, and a need to cuddle-up next to what is perceived to be power. Instead of fighting for equality and respect, such people find it easier to simply cave in and grovel for acceptance and an occasional pat on the head – reference Ben Carson and Clarence Thomas.

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We were all raised to be conservative as children, because before we developed the experience and capacity to think efficiently we needed the direction of more experienced adults for guidance. So a "good child" was an obedient child. But as we grew older and developed the intellectual capacity to think for ourselves, most of us moved on to become independent thinkers, or what's commonly referred to as "progressive".

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But a minority of us never develop the capacity to become independent thinkers.  As a result of religious training, culture, or possibly something as simple as retarded intellectual development, such people never managed to become independent in their ability to think. That's why everything that comes out of their mouth sounds like they're reading it off a Fox News teleprompter. These people are overly reliant on preachers, politicians, or the consensus of "group-think" to formulate their thoughts for them and guide their lives. We call such people conservatives, and their need to have their thoughts pre-chewed for them by others is why conservatives are invariably either highly religious, or connected at the hip to their particular group - and with regard to Black conservatives, you'll invariably find them desperately trying to prove themselves worthy of White people and their groups, and willing to do anything to fit in.  

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So, ANY Black person who aligns him or herself with conservatism is a weak-minded idiot by definition. A true conservative doesn’t even like poor White people, so you know damn well they don’t give a damn about your ignorant ass. So if you’re a Black conservative, you’re actually much more than just that – you’re also a goddamn fool.

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THE AMERICAN FASCIST (REPRISED)

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

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THE TRUMP AFFECT

I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THE DAY WHEN THE GOP WOULD ALLOW A DRAFT DODGER AND THE ALLEGED RAPIST OF A 13-YEAR-OLD KICK A DECORATED LIEUTENANT COLONEL OFF THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS FOR HONORING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. DID YOU? WELL, THAT'S AMERICA UNDER DONALD TRUMP.

THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGRNCY.

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THE AMERICAN FASCIST (REPRISED)

While White supremacist terrorism is exploding in America and all over the world, and there is relatively no terrorism on our Mexican border, Donald Trump doesn't see the increasing incidents of murder and mayhem by White nationalists as a serious problem, yet he declared a "National Emergency" on men, women and children on our Southern border. And while brushing off terrorist acts by White supremacists as just a small group of "people with a problem", he characterizes Hispanic immigrants looking for a better life as “an invasion” requiring a military response. That says it all about Donald Trump. But it goes far beyond that. This admitted nationalist and clueless aspiring dictator has actually threatened America with violence by his own supporters!!!

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During an interview in Breitbart News Trump threatened, “It Would Be ‘Very Bad’ if my police [and] biker gang fans decided to get ‘tough’ on my opponents .” He went on to brag to Matthew Boyle of Breitbart, "I can tell you, I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump - I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough - until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.”
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Decoded - since Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" for over a decade, testified to congress that Trump tends to speak in code - Trump's words seem to say, if you don't leave me alone and stop investigating me, I'm gonna tell my big brother and he'll bring his gang to beat you up. 
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It's horrifying when you consider that you're listening to the President of the United States. He doesn't even sound like a responsible adult, much less the leader of the free world. Trump sounds like a sniveling 8-year-old playing in a sandbox and angry because the other kids won’t play by his rules - and both mentally, and intellectually, that's exactly what he is. But the problem for humanity is, he’s a very dangerous 8-year-old, both to American democracy, and to humanity as a whole. So the entire world is holding its breath, because everyone can see that Trump is clearly unstable and fully unprepared for the awesome responsibility that's been laid at his feet. The pressure could cause him to crack at any given moment before our eyes.
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THE MOMENT DONALD TRUMP MADE THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM COMPLETELY WORTHLESS

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RUSH LIMBAUGH: A GOLFING BUDDY AND FELLOW DRAFT DODGER

AND BIGOT

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America under Donald Trump is like having the pilot of a 747 leave his 8-year-old son in the cockpit while he goes to pee. While the plane may be on autopilot, anything could happen. In addition, Trump is under the gun in multiple areas, he's severely lacking in the maturity and intellect to handle the pressure, and he'd do anything to keep the world from knowing that. He's such a malignant narcissist that he's desperate to maintain the image he's cultivated over the years, and at any cost. So he'd rather kill us all than to have to face his shortcomings. Thus, what we have in the Oval Office is a clueless and cowardly actor who's fully unqualified to fulfill his role.

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And beyond that (if that's not bad enough), there's ample evidence that Trump's instability is affecting the nation as a whole. Admittedly, I’ve never been in love with the GOP, but I never thought I’d see the day when Republicans would support a cowardly draft dodger who slanders a dead American hero, sucks up to a Russian dictator, and refuses to honor our war dead due to rain. So he's making complete idiocy the norm among a sizeable segment of both the self-serving, and undereducated parts of our population.
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Trump said that he loves the poorly educated. Of course he does, because they're just like him. They lack historic perspective and live by emotion rather than common sense, so they're easily manipulated and easy to convince that his narcissistic view of reality is what America is all about.  He's convinced them that he is America, so to oppose Trump is to oppose America as a whole. He's building a personality cult. That's why he doesn't hesitate to demand personal loyalty among those around him, instead of loyalty to our national institutions.
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Many evangelicals even claim that God sent Donald Trump among us. Maybe he did, but they must

REMEMBER THE STORY OF HEROD?

remember that God works in mysterious ways, so maybe he sent Trump among us to bring down the evangelicals and GOP as grossly disingenuous self-servers, because that's exactly what their unwavering support of Trump clearly demonstrates - that they're willing to follow anyone, no matter how evil and incompetent, who will cater to their bigotry, hypocrisy, and greed.   
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As a former Marine I can say, without a doubt, that Trump is pathologically delusional. While he's calling the United States military his military, he's too blind to see that he's in way over his head. Since he dodged military service himself, he doesn't have any understanding of the mindset of the people who are dedicated to protecting our institutions and keeping America, America.  As a draft dodger, suspected traitor, and a rich little spoiled brat with autocratic tendencies, he's the epitome of everything our military and intelligence community despise - a rich snob with a delusional sense of entitlement. And worse, he's calling the very people who have been protecting our liberty for generations "the enemy of the people" because they refuse to pledge their loyalty to him instead of the nation. So he's not only seen as a wimp, but a threat to the very democracy that these men and women have dedicated their lives to defending.
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That's why Trump has been bumping heads with the FBI and other intelligence agencies; that's also why they're being forced through necessity to limit the information that he's being provided. Think about that for a minute - the President of the United States can't be trusted with our most sensitive information. It's an unbelievable situation, and that fact has not been lost on our intelligence professionals.
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But Trump is far too self-absorbed to realize that these are not the kind of self-serving political minions who will pledge their loyalty to a lunatic; they're selfless and clear-thinking career professionals who have dedicated their lives to protecting America. They've already pledged their loyalty, and not to a fly-by-night tinhorn dictator wannabe, but to our democracy and the American people, but that fact is blowing right past Trump. He lacks the common sense and insight to realize that everyone doesn't think like him. Everybody is not up for sale, for either money, or power, and they're well aware of both his mental instability, and lack of intellectual comprehension.
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So the fact is, Trump didn't have to go limping into the draft board lying about having a bone spur. The Marine Corps uses boot camp to rid themselves of people like Trump routinely, because they know that such people are all mouth and bluster with very little backbone - as he proved conclusively when this nation called upon him to serve. The Marine Corps looks for character, and if you don't have it and they can't instill it in you, they get rid of you. They call it, "drumming you out of the corps." That's what makes the marines such an effective fighting force. They have experience with characters like Trump, and they know that such people can't be depended upon when the chips are down, because they're invariably cowards. That's why the military told him to "shove it" when he tried to demand a military parade.

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But Trump's pathological narcissism is blinding him to the fact that he's a weasel trying to command a pride of lions. Our military doesn't see him as a Commander in Chief, that was President Eisenhower; they see him as a draft-dodging idiot that they're being force to tolerate.
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And another thing Trump fails to realize is, these people don't play. They're the consummate professionals who take our national security dead seriously. On the other hand, Trump is so self-serving and clueless that he ignores condition reports in order to watch Fox news coverage of himself for hours on end, give away state secrets to Russians visiting the Oval Office, and pass out security clearances to family and friends like poker chips to be used as business assets, and now we've even gotten down to his doing business with owners of massage parlors. If the current reality under Trump had been submitted as a possible James Bond script it would have been rejected as far too unbelievable. That's why I jump out of bed every morning and turn on my computer to see if Trump is still around, because I'm convinced that our career professionals are only going to wait so long to defend America. 

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Trump is placing our national security on the line, and that makes him the enemy of the people. But he's too busy playing self-serving games to recognize that fact. He's like a geriatric child playing with toy soldiers, but these soldiers are real, and again, they're deadly serious. The American people are kept in an innocent bubble, but in order to keep them safe, on a practical level, our government has to have contingency plans to deal with such matters. They simply cannot allow one greedy, self-serving, and narcissistic lunatic to bring this nation down. Yet Trump continues to strut around, shooting off his mouth and is completely oblivious to the position he's placing himself in. He doesn't realize it, but all of his shady business deals with the Russins and others are about to be put on public display. He may be able to hide that information from the public, but our professionals already have it. They're just waiting to see if Trump is going to become a victim of his own stupidity before they're forced to disrupt America's innocence. The mere fact that Trump doesn't realize that demonstrates how clueless he is - and no, these people are not "Deep State", they're loyal Americans who are simply not about to just sit around and allow Trump to waltz in and deliver the United States over to Putin.
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You won't read what I'm saying here in the Washington Post or the New York Times, because it's far beyond what's considered politically correct, but what I'm engaging in here is complete and unvarnished truth. Do you think our intelligence community is just going to sit back and allow Trump to turn the United States over to Putin, China, or the highest bidder? I don't think so - and trying to get them to turn over all the intelligence they have on Trump to William Barr is like spitting in the wind.
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If Trump has demonstrated anything during the short time he's been in office, it's that he places self before country, and that he lacks limits. Those two facts alone have placed the powers that be in this country on full alert. They're not about to let Trump's greed, stupidity, and aspiration to be an international oligarch bring this nation down, regardless of what they have to do to stop it - and believe me, they're watching. So mark my word, Trump and many of his cohorts are in for a rude awakening.

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MAJOR  GENERAL PAUL EATON, RET.

Retired Major General Paul Eaton penned what some have referred to as a "jaw-dropping" response to Trump's call for a military parade. The general said the following:
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“Donald Trump has continually shown himself to have authoritarian tendencies, and this is just another example. For someone who just declared it was ‘treasonous’ to not applaud him, and for someone who has, in the past, admired the tactics of everyone from Saddam Hussein to Vladimir Putin, it is clear that a military parade isn’t about saluting the military — it’s about making a display of the military saluting him.

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“The military is not Donald Trump’s to use and abuse in this way.” The retired major general went on to say that the military would not be “reduced to stagecraft to prop up Donald Trump’s image. Unfortunately, we do not have a commander in chief, right now, as much as we have a banana republic strong man.”

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In a previous article, Donald Trump's Brand of Mental Illness, I responded to a commenter that made the following statement online:
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“Is what we are seeing actually mental illness, or is it a result of being born into a family that requires nothing from the child? Trump was a millionaire at age 7. He was given everything, worked for nothing and learned how to con. I am struggling to see this as mental illness.”
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In response, I pointed out the following:
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Being rich can contribute to mental illness just as easily as poverty. The very conditions you described can lead to a bratty and dysfunctional personality so pronounced that it led to Trump never having a real friend or anyone who really cared about him in his life. The loneliness and desperation to prove himself worthy resulting from that can lead to his becoming the narcissistic sociopath that he is.
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All through life Trump's had to convince himself that people hate him because he’s so brilliantly special that the average person is incapable of understanding him. He HAD to indulge in this delusion just to maintain his self-esteem. That’s why he’s always bragging, lying, and promoting himself – “I was the top student in my class at Wharton”; and “I had the largest inaugural in American history.” Both lies were easily debunked. With respect to being at the top of his class at Wharton, a simple glance at the Honor Roll showed that his name was nowhere to be found, and his claim of having the biggest inaugural crowd ever was debunked by aerial photos that clearly showed that the crowd at his inaugural was a mere fraction of that at Barack Obama’s inauguration. There was such a contrast between the two that the White House tried to pass off doctored photos of the two events to avoid embarrassment.  
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But for Donald Trump, the only thing important in life is trying to get the world to embrace his delusion of grandeur, even if he has to bring down America, and the entire world, to do it - and that's exactly what we're seeing play out in his administration. That’s what makes Trump so dangerous.  He wouldn’t hesitate to start WWIII just to save face and to prevent the world from seeing the failure and absolute fraud that he is, and that he's always been. So how do you know when Trump is lying to save face - his eyes are open.
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Trump will use any tact available to promote his interests. He repeatedly threatens the nation.  While testifying before congress, Trump’s former fixer for over 10 years, Michael Cohen, told the panel two things about Donald Trump that particularly stuck out – first, that Trump speaks in code, and secondly, which was really chilling, that Trump wouldn’t leave office peacefully. When we consider those comments, along with Trump’s remark about his biker friends, and then an earlier comment that Trump made to Reuters when asked about the possibility of impeachment, that “I’m not concerned, no. I think that the people would revolt if that happened,” we have to ask ourselves, was that coded speech to his renegade supporters, or was it simply the deranged rantings of a man steeped in delusion? Either way, it's not good news for America.

TOUGH GUYS FOR TRUMP

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What was Trump's purpose for tweeting the attached link, for example? Was he trying to threaten America, or is he trying to organize an army of supporters in preparation for losing the next election? Because Trump is desperate. He knows that if he loses the 2020 election he's going to prison and his entire criminal fiefdom is going to collapse. Being President is the only thing keeping him out as we speak. Michael Cohen, his "fixer", is already doing time for crimes they committed in concert.

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But regardless of what Trump's motivation for posting this tweet, it's very childish. Can you even imagine Barack Obama posting something this immature in the public media? Thus, we clearly have a geriatric 8-year-old in the White House, and that's not only dangerous to America, but it's dangerous to all of humanity. 

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1227040292060180481

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There's always the possibility that President Richard Nixon's White House counselor, John Dean, was right when he tweeted the following:

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“Trump and his minions think they dodged a bullet. I have a notion — only a recurring though — that Mueller delivered a bomb to AG Barr, who is now trying to figure out how to tell Trump in a way that doesn’t cause him to start World War III.  Barr knows he works for a psycho.”

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And America shouldn’t take this talk of Donald Trump's instability lightly. This is the man who’s walking around with the nuclear football, yet he's so immature that his greatest joys in life is watching television news coverage of himself, playing golf, and getting into childish spitball fights on Twitter – and don’t forget, this is a guy with extremely thin skin, and the sky is falling in on him as a result of multiple investigations. And worst of all, again, and this cannot be overemphasized, this is the man walking around with the nuclear codes, and who told Kim Jong-Un, "My button is bigger than yours."
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And Trump's demand for a military parade for himself clearly shows that he's not interested in what he can do to improve America or the world at all; it's all about Donald Trump. Through his narcissistic eyes all America represents to him is a powerful extension of his own ego. So we're in a precariously dangerous situation. Absolutely everything that Trump has done since he's been in office has been designed to make himself look good to his mindless supporters, and this can't continue.  Donald Trump is about to implode, so it is absolutely imperative that we take the necessary steps to ensure that he can't take America, and the world, down with him.  This man doesn't belong in the White House, he belongs in a state hospital - and if we continue to just sit on our hands and do nothing, maybe we belong there with him.

AND WE’VE BEEN WARNED

“John Gartner, Ph.D. is the founder of ‘Duty to Warn’ an organization intent on warning our country that we are in dire trouble due to our president’s mental instability. More than 60,000 mental health professionals have signed John’s petition, which states:
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‘We, the undersigned mental health professionals, believe in our professional judgment that Donald Trump manifests a serious mental illness that renders him psychologically incapable of competently discharging the duties of President of the United States. And we respectfully request he be removed from office, according to article 4 of the 25th amendment to the Constitution, which states that the president will be replaced if he is ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.’”

SO TRUMP SUPPORTERS NEED TO STOP AND ASK THEMSELVES, ARE THEY REALLY PATRIOTS WHO LOVE THIS COUNTRY, OR ARE THEY SO ANGRY, GREEDY, AND VINDICTIVE TOWARD OTHER AMERICANS THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THIS COUNTRY, THEIR CHILDREN’S FUTURE, AND POSSIBLY, THE WORLD?

PSYCHIATRIST: TRUMP PRE-DENMENTIA AND COGNITIVE DECLINE GETTING WORSE

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Eric L. Wattree
Http://wattree.blogspot.com
Ewattree@Gmail.com
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Religion: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does. 

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