THE PROBLEM WITH DWELLING UPON BLACK HISTORY

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY

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THE PROBLEM WITH DWELLING UPON BLACK HISTORY

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It's always good to know one's history, but far too many of us are fixated on looking backwards exclusively. That renders them ignorant of what lies before us. Looking backwards exclusively allows us to sit on our asses and brag about our greatness, but it doesn’t answer the following question – if we were so great, how did we end up as slaves?

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There’s a very simple and obvious answer to that question. The answer is, because we’re the people of the future, not the past. We were enslaved because we were in the cradle of our development, and our enslavement contributed to who we are today, and who we are developing into as the people of tomorrow. So our relationship with those who enslaved us is quite similar to the relationship between the Neanderthal and modern man. The adversity that the Black man has been forced to endure has served to make us MORE rather than less. Thus, we represent the future of mankind, while those who enslaved us represent Jim Crow's dying gasp.

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Yes, being enslaved was a painful and degrading experience, but that’s nature’s way. It’s called natural selection. Nature selects certain lifeforms to thrive above their immediate environment by introducing adversity that they must overcome to grow. By managing to overcome that adversity, they become stronger and more viable as a lifeform.

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When man was placed here on Earth he wasn’t as strong as the elephant, as ferocious as the lion, and he couldn’t fly above danger like the eagle, so nature provided him with a brain to meet that challenge. As a result, man can now build machines that can crush any elephant, destroy any lion, and fly far beyond the eagle’s domain. Thus, the experience of surviving adversity was, and is, a source of knowledge and intellectual development, and if recognized as such, will make us much more, rather than less. It will help us to meet our destiny, and should always serve as a constant reminder that our greatness lies before us, not in our past.

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Trumplodytes know this. That's why they bring so much passion to their struggle. So don't look back. Look forward. Because WE are the ancestors of greatness. And WE are the ancestors that reflect the greatness that'll be looked back upon.

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Thus, we should never be ashamed of the Black experience. We should recognize it as a force that has served to make us strong and unique as a people, and therefore, embraced it with reverence and pride. For that reason, I would never change my slave name, because I want my great grandfather to know exactly whose foot is in their ass.

Eric L. Wattree

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DADDY'S BABY BOY

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

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DADDY’S BABY BOY
ERIC L. WATTREE, JR

"DADDY, MOMMIE SAID YOU BEAT UP THE BOGEYMAN.

DID YOU REALLY BEAT HIM UP?"
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"YEAH, TWICE. THAT'S WHY HE'S SCARED TO COME

IN OUR HOUSE."

HOWLING WINDS
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As I watched my son, dapper as they come, walk down our walkway and into manhood,

what I remember most was the howling winds. I'd seen such winds before, but never like this - my old foe was pulling up trees by the roots,

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So I watched, but I watched alone.

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As the winds raged on and the mighty palms bowed, a single leaf from our Winter-bare ficus tree

held tough against the ferocious storm. It fought valiantly against the angry gale, as though hanging tough Just to witness the changing of the guard,

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So I stood, but I stood alone.

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Like that solitary leaf, all my life I've fought the ferocious winds, and now they’ve returned, this mighty foe, poised to seize the hopes and dreams of my only son,

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So I cringed, but I cringed alone.

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Then, posterity glanced back, squared its shoulders, and beat back hopelessness as it

trudged through fields of ivy. Then it spread its wings and rode those howling winds

over yonder mountaintop,

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So I wept, but I wept with a crowd . . .

AZUSA, Calif. – In a tense, high stakes, pressure situation, where only two options exist and just one that is favorable, there is no man better the moment and no one better to protect your interests than Eric  Wattree.  And that's not just in sports but in real life too.

Wattree, the burly 6-foot-6 former college basketball standout, is cool, calm, and collected.  He always has been and probably always will be.  It's just the way he is.

Thus, when he takes the stage Oct. 26 for induction into Azusa Pacific's Athletics Hall of Fame, the former DEA agent and Air Force officer will do so with little fanfare or personal reaction.  It's the Wattree way … cool at all times.

Bill Odell, an APU Hall of Famer himself after a 16-year coaching career for the Cougars, knows firsthand how composed Wattree can be.  He handed Wattree nearly every must-come-through situation during Eric's 57-game at Azusa Pacific, and Wattree delivered repeatedly.

"Eric was one of the most respected players I ever coached," said Odell who served as a head coach for 36 years on the college and high school levels.  "He was a humble, quiet leader who led with his work ethic and personal demand for excellence."

A former standout at nearby Northview High School in Covina, Calif., Wattree played for former Odell pupil Ron Rice before transferring to Fremont High in Los Angeles.  He opened his college career at the University of Wyoming, playing two years for the Cowboys before Rice alerted Odell that Eric was returning home to Southern California.  In the summer of 1994, he transferred to Azusa Pacific. Wattree's demand for excellence led him to averaging 13.9 points and 8.6 rebounds during his two seasons at Azusa Pacific, leading the Cougars to back-to-back Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) championships and a pair of NAIA Tournament appearances.  As a 1996 senior, he averaged 15.4 points and 7.7 rebounds while shooting at an impressive .634 (201-for-317) clip from the floor.  Justifiably, he was named the GSAC Player of the Year.

The Cougars entered the final week of Wattree's 1996 senior season with just a one-game lead in the GSAC race over rival Westmont College.  Wins were a must for Azusa Pacific, and adding to the tension of the situation was the fact that the Cougars opened that final week with a visit to Westmont in Santa Barbara.  The Warriors needed the win to pull even with APU with one game left.  The Cougars, on the other hand, needed the victory to put away the pesky Warriors and collect yet another conference title. 

In a raucous Murchison Gym, with the score tied at 64-64 and less than 30 seconds to play and the ball in the hands of the Cougars, Odell called a timeout, and designed a play to go to Tim Sebek for the final shot.  However, the Warriors smothered Sebek, and his attempt at a game-winning shot was off the mark, wide right.  Wattree saw the trajectory of the shot and realizing it was not going in, charged the hoop, jumped up, gathered the air ball, and laid it back in for the game winner with just 2 seconds to play.

"A Westmont player turned to me and said 'you think the game is over?' Wattree recalled, "and I answered, 'it's definitely over!'"

Protecting teammates in 1996 was just the beginning of a career of security.  Following graduation from Azusa Pacific in May of that year, Wattree entered the Air Force where he served for ten years, most notably as a certified Phoenix Raven Anti-Terrorism Specialist.  He was tasked with ensuring the safety of government officials and high-ranking military personnel while providing support on highly classified special operation missions in Afghanistan and other places throughout the world.

While still with the Air Force, he joined the Drug Enforcement Administration out of the Seattle area, working on complex conspiracy and international investigations.  He stayed with the DEA for 15 years until last year, when he accepted a new position as senior investigator and security specialist with the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

"I am so proud of Eric and how he has served our country with honor and protected some of our most important people." Said Odell.  "He has been in some extremely dangerous situations, and just as he had proven to us on the basketball court, he was trustworthy in all situations.  Simply put, he is unflappable."

Wattree's Cougar career will be enshrined forever at Azusa Pacific when he joins nine other former Cougar athletes for induction into the Azusa Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 10 a.m. in the Felix Event Center.  The ceremony is open to the public at $25/person .

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23 April 2002

MEMORANDUM FOR OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL SELECTION COMMITTEE

FROM: 92 SFS/SFO
2 E. ARNOLD STREET
FAIRCHILD AFB, WA 99011

SUBJECT: Recommendation for Staff Sergeant Eric L. Wattree

1. I wholeheartedly concur with Staff Sergeant Wattree’s request to attend Officer Training School. He represents the enlisted ranks with the highest standard and will bring that dedication and professionalism to the officer corps.

2. Eric continues to lead a stellar military career; his enlisted performance reports speak for themselves. His leadership and experience, especially in contingency environments, remains a vital asset to our unit and wing. As one of my primary Phoenix Raven team leaders, he’s propelled to the forefront of all major deployments throughout the world. He’s repeatedly secured aircraft and crews, supporting a wide variety of missions, in the most austere and terrorist-ridden environments where security is severely inadequate. The diversity of these missions never limited SSgt Wattree’s capacity to adapt to each situation. For this reason, Eric was selected as our 2000 Outstanding Phoenix Raven Member of the Year and the 2001 Air Force Reserve Component Airman of the Year for the 92d Security Forces Squadron.

3. Whether operating under peacetime or contingency operations, Eric easily assumes control and tackles every situation with meticulous tenacity, a quality highly desired in our Air Force officers. Requested by name, Sergeant Wattree, provided security for presidential Banner missions throughout Greece, Peru and Viet Nam. While deployed to Afghanistan, he flew numerous combat missions in our nation’s pursuit to eradicate terrorism through Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Additionally, he provided round-the-clock force protection for aircraft in other high-threat environments including Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Oman.

4. Sergeant Wattree motivated his personnel during the worst conditions and raised the level of esprit de corps to integrate personnel from other Air Force specialties into a cohesive team. His leadership, integrity and devotion to our Air Force play an integral part in our future leadership. Eric has what it takes to become a commissioned officer and earns my full support to attend Officer Training School.

FRANK HELLSTERN, JR., Captain, USAF
Operations Officer

AND THE BEAT GOES ON WITH YOUR SONS

ELIJAH WATTREE

SAILOR OF THE QUARTER

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

ERIC L. WATTREE III

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I recently graduated from Oklahoma City University with a BBA - Economics (Minor in Marketing).

While at OCU I obtained many certifications, an example being the Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) Certification. I've also been a member of the Investment Club where we managed a portfolio of actual securities initially worth $100,000 - profits going towards OCU scholarships. Throughout my 4 years, my ability to establish and maintain relationships has been my biggest asset. Being able to think critically, analyze data and relay information effectively have been critical to my success.

I also had the pleasure of being a 4-year student-athlete, spending two years as Team Captain. As a captain, the importance of taking necessary sacrifices for overall team success as well as effective time management as it relates to workload efficiencies are vital. I served 4 years as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in which we created a vehicle for student-athlete representation, organized community service efforts and promoted a positive student-athlete image on campus. I was selected on numerous occasions to speak publicly at various high schools, as well as at OCU's Sports Spectacular, the end-of-year sports banquet.

I love to learn, build relationships and WIN!

YOU'VE DONE WELL, BABY BOY.

YOU AND MY GRANDSONS HAVE BROUGHT THIS 

OLE HOOD RAT GREAT PRIDE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AUGUST 19, 1974

Eric L. Wattree, Sr.

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I PLACE MY FAITH IN COMMON SENSE

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I PLACE MY FAITH IN COMMON SENSE

There’s been a debate raging over the race of Jesus for as long as I can remember.  But it never really interested me, because as far as I’m concerned, it really doesn't matter, because regardless to what  race Jesus was, he was just another man. The only reason there’s a debate at all is the Bible claims that Jesus was the son of God. But unless we consider us all the sons and daughters of God, that’s complete nonsense.
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The people who wrote the Bible and other religious books didn't know any more about God than we do today, so we really shouldn’t take them so seriously. They were simply the Pat Robertsons of their time, so the Bible merely constitutes the superstitious rantings of 3000-year-old dead men, and not, as we’ve been told, “the word of God”. It’s the word of man, regarding God, and that’s it.
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What makes many assume that the people who wrote the Bible were any closer to God than we are today has always eluded me. I suspect that the primary reason that many believe that is because they’ve reasoned that since the people who wrote the Bible lived 3000 years ago, they might have been on a more friendly terms with God. But 3000 years is only the blink of an eye in terms of cosmic time, so it’s not like they met God while he was at work. But based on the way some people place all of their faith in the Bible, you would think the book was actually dictated by God to the people in real time. Well, it wasn’t. The Bible only reflects what people believed about God, but they had absolutely no evidence that what they believed was true.
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The universe is 13.8 billion years old, so 3000 years is just a drop in the bucket in terms of the age of the universe.  So all those 3000 years really mean is that the people back then lacked the education that we have today. Today, if we see a man walking along the beach on the wet sand as the Sun is going down, we see it for what it is, a man walking on wet sand. But 3000 years ago the people would mistake the illusion of the wet sand as part of the ocean and think the man was walking on water. Or, if a person passed out in the public square and Jesus sprinkles water in his face to bring him around, 3000 years ago people would have thought Jesus brought him back from the dead. So one of the reasons they reported so many “miracles” back in those days was due to their ignorance and lack of education.  
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So we have to be careful what we accept from the Bible, because those people lacked knowledge and sophistication. As a result, when you follow the Bible, you’re following people who lacked the understanding that we have today. So don’t let man mislead you. There’s nothing un-Godly about questioning the word of man. God expects it of us. That’s why God gave everyone their very own brain and the capacity for logical manipulation, to prevent us from being the mindless victims of stupidity.
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Man uses the Bible to try to get other men to think that he speaks for God. But a literal belief in the Bible is like trying to rely on somebody who rode around on a donkey all their life to teach you how to operate your brand-new Cadillac. If you turn on the radio they’ll think it’s God talking to them. So you can’t base the decisions in your life on the attitudes of people who lived 3000 years ago. You must always think for yourself. That’s God’s will – the fact that he gave you your very own private brain attests to that fact.
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Think about it. I wonder who taught Black people that “God’s only begotten son” was a White man with blue eyes and flowing blond hair who could walk on water and never die? And who taught us that God gave White folks a book that told them exactly what he wants us to do, and that should replace all manner of common sense? Think about it. Who taught us that, and what makes us big enough damn fools to believe it?

I recognized as a here teen that one of the biggest mistakes that a person can make in life is to listen to other people instead of connecting the dots yourself. Even the most intelligent people have a tendency to cherry-pick facts and bend reality to fit what they want to believe. So once you get the facts, you should ALWAYS connect the dots for yourself. So I learned early in life that anything I can't figure out for myself should simply go unanswered until I can. Because man has a proven record of being stupid, and I didn’t want to go through life following stupidity. That's why we have so many problems, and it’s also why we have people like Donald Trump running our government.
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Washington, D.C. is filled to the brim with some of the most pronounced idiots in America. They’re self-serving lunatics who are more interested in influence and personal power than they are the American people. That’s why Donald Trump is trying to get America to sacrifice it’s children to the Coronavirus just so he can be re-elected. But, of course, that’s just a completely selfish man acting in his own self-interest. There’s nothing unusual about that. But what’s frightening about is the number of people stupid enough to sacrifice their children for him.  

THE CONGNIVIST

So for all of the reasons above, I’ve become what I call a devout Cognivist. That is, I’m a firm believer in logical cognition. I don’t believe in walking dead men, talking snakes, or any human messengers from God, because God doesn’t need messengers. I believe in one thing - the holy power of common sense - because common sense is our one, and only, connection with the creator.
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Having “faith” has absolutely nothing to do with God. Having faith simply means that you “have faith” in what you’ve been told by other men. And since I have absolutely no confidence in anything either written or said by man, faith is not my thing. I only have “faith” in one thing - common sense - because common sense was bestowed upon me by God himself, so I don’t have to worry about the credibility of any self-serving preacher, politician, or middle-man. 

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Eric L. Wattree

Http://wattree.blogspot.com

Ewattree@Gmail.com

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TRAITOR TRUMP

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TRAITOR TRUMP

ATTENTION CHRISTIANS AND AMERICAN PATRIOTS:

IF YOU THINK JESUS WOULD CONDONE TRUMP’S BEHAVIOR, WHATELSE ARE YOU LYING TO YOURSELVES ABOUT?

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TRUMP CLAIMS TO LOVE AMERICA,

 NOW THAT IT’S CONVENIENT . . .

BUT HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN’T FEEL THAT WAY WHEN IT WAS HIS TURN TO PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO DEFEND IT . . .

OR WHEN HE STOOD BY AND ALLOWED PUTIN TO PLACE A BOUNTY ON THE LIVES OF AMERICAN TROOPS WITHOUT UTTERING A WORD . . .

OR WHEN HE SENT SECRET POLICE TO ATTACK PEACEFUL AMERICAN CITIZENS EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

WHAT A CREEP!

A Former Marine
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Eric L. Wattree

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DONALD TRUMP: STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF GREATNESS

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

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DONALD TRUMP:

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Donald Trump announced that he wouldn't be paying respect to Rep. John Lewis who is currently lying in state in the capitol. But that could have been predicted, just like his taking down White House portraits of former Presidents who don't support him could have been predicted. President Ronald Reagan's portrait will probably come down next, since the Reagan Foundation contacted the Trump campaign and asked them to stop using Reagan's name and image in their fund-raising efforts. 

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You see, Donald Trump has the petty mentality of an 8-year-old child. So he'll do - or NOT do - anything he thinks will get the attention, and/or irritate, the people who don't support him. He's vindictive,  and literally, a geriatric child. For him, everything is about payback and getting even. If you don't join him in raving over how wonderful he is, you're the enemy, and he'll eventually get even for your lack of support. Trump has been given everything throughout his entire life. He's never had to earn anything. So he thinks the world "owes" him it's undying loyalty. 

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But that's quite alright by me, because it allows me to read him. Trump has a stupid propensity to telegraph his every thought and feeling, so just observing his behavior is the next best thing to being able to read his mind. A perfect example of that principle at work is how he just wished accused child molester Ghislaine Maxwell well. Based on the way he treats more accomplished women, that speaks volumes. It tells me that Maxwell probably has something on him, and based on a 2016 court filing that's almost certainly the case: 

Rape Allegations Refiled Against Trump 

"MANHATTAN (CN) – A woman who says Donald Trump raped her at a private sex party when she was 13 years old refiled a lawsuit against him Friday, two weeks after voluntarily dismissing a suit based on the same claims.

     "The new complaint, filed in the federal court in Manhattan, restates plaintiff Jane Doe’s claims of the earlier lawsuit. Namely, that she was lured by a recruiter to summer parties hosted by co-defendant Jeffrey Epstein at an Upper East Side mansion on East 71st St., tied to a bed and forcibly raped by Trump, who slapped her with an open hand and told her he would do whatever he pleased with her.

     "Jane Does goes on to claim that after Epstein also forcibly raped her, he and Trump bickered over who should have taken the minor plaintiff’s virginity."

So Trump's pettiness brings me comfort, because it assures me that he's not feeling a second's worth of relief over the pain of being a miserable outcast. It gives me the comforting assurance of knowing how horrible it must be to be Donald Trump, and it couldn't happen to a more deserving person.  Just imagine having to go through life knowing that you're so despicable that your own wife probably hates your guts, and your children may only be putting up with you for monetary reward. That’s what Donnie’s got to live with. And he also has to live with the fact that no matter how much he postures, the entire world looks upon him as a disgusting loser - and a dumb one with no class, at that. That's karma working at its very best.

Trump is literally dying inside, because what he’s wanted more than anything else all his life has always been just beyond his grasp - the admiration and respect of others. He's always had money, but he's never had the respect of others - and after all, that's primarily why we want money in the first place, in order to get the admiration and respect of the people around us. While a person can buy a 30-room mansion, they can only live in one room at a time, and while they might be able to buy an expensive Rolls Royce, it can't take them anywhere that they can't get to in a Volkswagen Beetle. So the primary reason we want money is to impress others. We want money so people will say, "Look at that big house and expensive car! He must be special." But  Donald Trump's money is not doing that for him. Instead, people are saying, "How long can an idiot like this continue to get way with this fraud!!!?" So all of Donald's money is not doing him a bit of good - and worse, truly self-made billionaires look down on him as a joke. They see him for what he is, and he doesn't fit into their club.

Ordinarily I would feel sorry for a person like Trump, but in his case I went out and bought a case of popcorn to watch him suffer, because there's a reason for it, and he richly deserves all the pain he's suffering. The bottom line is, if you don't deal with poverty properly it can stunt your growth. The same is truth of wealth. Some people deal with wealth well, and live long and happy lives, but Trump has used his wealth to step on others and try to squeak through life without having to pay any dues. Now he's paying the price.

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Donnie’s father, Fred, paved the way for him all of his life. As a result, unlike most of us, Donnie didn’t have to develop the intellect and character to get by in the world. Everything was bought and paid for on his behalf. According to his niece, Mary Trump, author of the tell-all book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created The Most Dangerous Man In The World", instead of studying for the SAT to earn his way into college, for example, Donnie simply paid someone else to take the test for him, and instead of developing the character to make and develop friendships, he simply used his money to buy superficial friendships. As a result, he’s left today with an underdeveloped intellect, and he lacks the character to be a good person and loyal friend. Thus, all he is today is an empty shell of a man completely motivated by the need get whatever it is he wants through hook or crook, and to hide his many flaws and weaknesses at any and all costs - and often, at the expense of others.

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That’s why he’s such a profuse liar. He has such a flawed and weak personality that he has to bend reality to accommodate all of his shortcomings to maintain his self-esteem. Donald Trump is much like Mr. Wizard, a little midget of a man hiding behind a huge fake image. His entire persona is fake. That’s why he's so enamored with the word – everything  he doesn't like is “fake”, according to Trump. That’s because he uses himself as a standard by which to judge the rest of the world, and he's a fake human being.

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BECOMING PRESIDENT

When Hillary lost the 2016 election and Donnie found himself standing in the wings, he didn’t know what to do with himself, because, yet again, he hadn't earned what had been dropped in his lap. He didn't win the presidency, Hillary lost it, and Putin saw to it that Trump got it - and Putin had a good reason for wanting Trump to win; he had two reasons, actually. First, he had Trump in his pocket; and secondly,  because Trump is so flawed as n individual, his success became a liability for America and a win for Russia. And just as Putin had anticipated, Trump was completely unprepared to be President, or anything else other than an incompetent blowhard. So on the one hand, while his dream of finally getting the recognition and respect that he's always sought had finally come true, on the other, now he'd have to actually perform. But in his arrogance, and his inability to think beyond the moment he's living in, he thought, "Now I’ll show em!"

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What Donnie failed to recognize was, becoming president was the worst thing that could have ever happened to him, because now he could no longer posture and contort reality to make himself look good, and being President would bring the kind of scrutiny into his abilities that he's never had to deal with before. So now he would have to actually perform and demonstrate his competence, instead of just brag bout it. That was an immediate problem for a man who'd gone bankrupt 6 (SIX!) times, had been propped up by his father’s wealth all his life, and had failed at everything he'd ever attempted other than selling his father's name. In addition, it would also bring along with it a close examination of his level of competence and his personal life.

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Any other man, who had even a smidgeon of intelligence, could have worked around that. He would simply surround himself with the nation's most brilliant minds to help him run the government. But due to Trump’s flawed character, that was out of the question. First, he’s so insecure that having people around him who could actually think was a direct threat to the image he’d spent his life trying to forge, since it would be far too easy for them to figure out that he was an idiot and a fraud. And secondly, he resented having to share the spotlight with anyone else. As a result, he’s built an administration made up of fellow idiots and some of the biggest frauds in the country. That’s why his administration is a revolving door.  After all,  any  person who could be loyal to Trump and not feel a responsibility to warn the nation of what a danger he is to society would, by definition, have to be either an idiot him or herself, or completely corrupt and self-serving. Bill Barr is a perfect case in point.

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So what we now have, is not a president who tries to live up to, and build upon the accomplishments of previous administrations, but one who slanders and tries to sabotage the accomplishments of previous administrations so he can either bring attention to himself, or distract from his other acts of stupidity that betray his incompetence. His gutting of the Iran nuclear agreement is a perfect example of that.

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It is for precisely that reason that we must rid ourselves of this man. America simply cannot afford to place our future in the hands of a self-serving lunatic. Let me explain why:

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It has been reported that Black conservative, Herman Cain, has recently died of the Coronavirus a mere few weeks after attending one of Trump’s rallies. While it’s always sad to hear about anyone’s death, the needless death of many conservatives is an act of God and a perfect metaphor for life under Donald Trump – or, make that, death under Donald Trump.

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Nature sees to it that excellence is always given the best chance to survive and reproduce. It’s called survival of the fittest. That’s how nature continues to improve itself. But many of Trump’s conservative supporters are proving that they lack the common sense necessary to contribute to the betterment of humanity, so nature is using their poor judgment regarding the Coronavirus (among other things) to weed them out. So what we’re witnessing under Trump is, essentially, the final gasp of the Neanderthals. So it is essential that we utilize every bit of our common sense so we won't perish along with them – and they’re trying mightily to take us along for the ride.

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As a direct result of Trump’s fixation on placing his personal interest over and above what’s in the best interest of the nation, the United States has not only lost 150,000 citizens, but has also lost much of our standing in the world among friends and foes alike. In the three and a half years that Trump has been in office we’ve gone from one crisis or food fight after another on nearly a daily basis.  And what has he accomplished? He’s only succeeded in making the United States the laughingstock of the world, and making himself look like the complete idiot and incompetent fool that indeed he is.

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But in spite of his glaring idiocy, now he wants us to completely ignore one of the worst pandemics the world has ever experienced, and put our children's lives in danger by sending them back to school where they can become infected by this deadly disease, and in many cases die, or in other cases continue to spread it throughout the nation. And why is he asking us to make this horrific sacrifice? - for no other reason than to hide his incompetent and improve his chances of being re-elected. The man is completely mindless. But just as horrifying as he is, is the number of people who can’t see through his mindless idiocy. Look at the fix that Florida and the state of Texas are in by trying to follow his dysfunctional lead.

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So, no, it’s not surprising that Trump won’t be paying his respect to Rep. John Lewis. It’s far too humiliating for him. This entire episode started with one deluded dream of Trump's incompetent mind.  If Donald Trump - with all his money, bigotry, and GOP support - could be granted his most passionate desire, it would be to get the kind of admiration and respect that seems to be the exclusive domain of just one man - a Black man -  Barack Hussein Obama. Due to Donnie's irrational need to feel superior President Obama has become the object of Donnie's obsession, and the bane of his existence. So, no, it is not the least bit surprising that Donald wouldn't want to honor another Black man as he lies in state. The symbolism is far too painful for a small, envious, and bigoted mind to endure. 

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Eric L. Wattree

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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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A TRAITOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

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A TRAITOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE

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AFTER DODGING THE DRAFT, COMPLETELY IGNORING THE RUSSIANS PUTTING A BOUNTY ON THE LIVES OF AMERICAN TROOPS, AND ALLOWING OVER 140,000 AMERICANS TO NEEDLESSLY DIE OF THE CORONAVIRUS, WE GET THIS AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS. IT'S DISGUSTING, AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIVE TO SEE THIS IN AMERICA.
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A FORMER MARINE

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ATTACK ON PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS IN PORTLAND.
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WHAT MORE DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO PROVE YOUR DISDAIN FOR AMERICA?

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MARY TRUMP TELLS IT ALL - EVEN DONALD’S DEGREE IS A FRAUD

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MARY TRUMP TELLS IT ALL - EVEN DONALD’S  DEGREE IS A  FRAUD

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THE CONGNIVIST

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THE CONGNIVIST

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I’M A DEVOUT COGNIVIST. I DON’T BELIEVE IN WALKING DEAD MEN, TALKING SNAKES, OR HUMAN MESSENGERS FROM GOD - GOD DOESN'T NEED A MESSENGER.  I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY POWER OF COMMON SENSE. THAT IS OUR ONE, AND ONLY, CONNECTION TO THE CREATOR.

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TRUMP SLOWING CORONAVIRUS TESTING IN AN ATTEMPT TO HIDE INCOMPETENCE

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TRUMP SLOWING CORONAVIRUS TESTING IN AN ATTEMPT TO HIDE INCOMPETENCE

This is my opus to Donald Trump. It pretty much says it all about this man. It addresses his incompetent response to the pandemic, his failure to protect the lives of our troops from the Russians, his shady to outright criminal character, and how it negatively impacts the nation.  

We’ve never seen a President like this one before, and hopefully, we’ll never see one like him again. He’s selfish, incompetent, and completely willing to conspire with the Russians – or any other country - to promote his own interests. With Trump, America doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters for Trump, is Donald J. Trump himself.

I didn’t write this piece for any personal benefit or recognition; I wrote it to plant a seed, and in the hope that other writers will find something of value in it to build upon. So if you’re a writer, don’t worry about attribution, just take whatever you find of value and forge it into your own. There are some issues important enough to put our self-interests aside and work on as a group. I think this is one of them. So let’s make this a group effort, authored by us all. As writers, we have a responsibility to help the American people understand what we’re dealing with here. Let us do that, for the sake of the country, and for the sake of all those who died to preserve this great experiment. Let us spread the word, and educate the people.

I’ve always said that Donald Trump was a completely self-absorbed lunatic, and now he’s laid absolute proof of that fact at our feet. He recently said the following:

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"I think we put ourselves at a disadvantage. I told my people. I said we've gotten so good at testing - number one we have the best tests, number two we have the most tests - we catch much more than any other nation. So you hear about all these cases. So instead of doing 25 million cases, let's say we did 10 million tests we'd look like we're doing much better, cuz we'd have far fewer cases."
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Yeah, and it would also coverup the piss-poor and incompetent job you're doing in managing the crisis. Trump is known for avoiding responsibility. Now he's casually asking us to sacrifice our lives to help him cover up his own incompetence, and in spite of the fact that he's clearly stating - out in the open! - that optics is more important than American lives, a few idiots are showing up at his rallies to do just that.
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This is not just your garden variety ignorance we're talking about here - this is world-class stupidity. We're in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, and instead of being solely focused on saving lives, the President of the United States is focused on how finding out who has the disease, and how it's being spread, is making him  look bad. 
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With over 120,000 Americans dead, and the rate of deaths still climbing, no other politician would even think of slowing down the rate of testing, and even if they were so mindlessly self-absorbed that they did think about it, they certainly wouldn’t say it out loud on national television. But that’s one of Trump’s shortcomings, he can’t think without moving his lips. That’s why he can’t carryout a plan of any kind, because he can’t prevent himself from going on Twitter and telling the world about it. That's just his nature. He's so insecure, and so desperately in need of admiration that he wants the world to know that every thought that comes out of the administration comes from him. But unfortunately, most of them are stupid and have to be walked back immediately thereafter.
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In addition, every time he finds someone in his administration who is actually competent, he's so insecure that he fires them immediately, because he can't afford to have their excellence stand in contrast to his stupidity. Trump's gross insecurity causes him to see mere competence as an affront to him, because he sees it as an attempt to overshadow him. He considers simple competence in others as an attempt to mock him. Trump is a man who is in a constant struggle to hide his inadequacies. As a result, he has an administration full of idiots, and the only people who can possibly support such a man, or administration, are other idiots.
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Trump is also transparent. Whatever he accuses his opponent of doing, or whenever something is weighing heavily on his mind, you can bet your home on the fact that he's going to find away of spewing it all over Twitter. That allows us to always know exactly what he's thinking. That’s how we should have known that his health was deteriorating. When he accused Joe Biden of becoming old and feeble, that should have immediately told us that Trump was having some sort of health issue, long before it became clear that he couldn’t lift a glass of water or walk down a ramp.
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Any close observer of Trump knows that when Trump becomes fixated on an issue, he’s much too much of an idiot to prevent himself from telegraphing what’s weighing on his mind to the world. That's why when he started calling Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary", that should have alerted us that he was engaged in some kind of nefarious activity, and now that he's started accusing Barack Obama of treason, that tells us that he's worried about the revelations in John Bolton's book or something much more serious. So all we have to do is listen to Trump, and he'll tell us everything we need to know about he's up to.

Michael McFaul, a former ambassador to Russia and a professor of political science at Stanford University, said, “I hope the American people will be as outraged as I am over Trump’s complacency. After he knew about these Putin-ordered contracts to kill US soldiers, Trump invited Putin to the G7.”

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And John Weaver, a Republican political consultant who helped found the anti-Trump Lincoln Project group, also expressed outrage, tweeting, “Trump knew Russia was paying bounties on the lives of American servicemen in Afghanistan. He took no action against Putin. Instead, @realDonaldTrump REWARDED Putin by trying to insert Russia back into the G-7. And, [if that was] not enough, withdrawing 25,000 American troops from Germany.” 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/27/russia-offered-bounties-afghanistan-militants-killing-us-soldiers-report-outrage
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In response to the accusation, Trump tweeted, "Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians, as reported through an 'anonymous source' by the Fake News @nytimes. Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us....."
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In response to Trump's tweet, the mere fact that he claims not to have been aware of something as threatening to our troops, and the nation, as that, is clear evidence of gross incompetence in itself. What else is going on in the world while he's playing golf that he doesn't know about?  On the other hand, if he did know about it and still cuddled up to Putin, it's treason, so either way, it's unacceptable. So there's no plausible way to lie his way out of this one.

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SO WHY WOULD TRUMP DO THESE THINGS?

The answer as to why Trump would be so forgiving of Russian aggression is quite simple –

after going into bankruptcy 6 times, the Russians came to Trump's rescue when American banks wouldn't touch him, and chances are, even now he's only keeping his head above water because Russian oligarchs are using his name and businesses to launder stolen money. That explains why he's so desperate to keep his finances hidden.
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Foreign Policy Magazine (fp.com) reported, “Rep. Adam Schiff indicated that ‘We’re going to be looking at the issue of possible money laundering by the Trump Organization, and Deutsche Bank is one obvious place to start,’ he said. A 2017 report by Reuters, citing public documents, interviews and corporate records, also found that at least 63 Russians or people with Russian addresses bought nearly $100 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded Florida luxury buildings.”

In addition, Trump repeatedly lied to the American people all through the 2016 election campaign. He repeatedly claimed that, "I have no business dealings in Russia." But we now know that all while he was making that claim to the American people, he was in deep negotiations with the Russians to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. He even offered Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse apartment in the tower. But there was a problem - the Russian bank, VTB, that was lined up to finance the deal was under U.S. sanctions, which blocked them from taking part in the deal. Could that be why Trump has gone out of his way to remove Russian sanctions? 

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It is now clear that everything Trump does or says is designed to promote his own private interests and provide comfort to Vladimir Putin and the Russians, and Rudy Giuliani, his own attorney, knows it. That’s why when Trump’s own staff and American foreign service professionals started spilling the beans in the Congressional Impeachment Hearings, Giuliani said, “If I disappear I have an insurance policy. All of the documents on the Bidens are going to be released”. That seems to indicate that Giuliani is not only in fear of legal exposure, but for his very life, and he has good reason to be concerned.

TRUMP KNEW PUTIN PLACED BOUNTY ON THE  HEADS OF UNITED STATES TROOPS AND INVITED PUTIN TO G7

Michael McFaul, a former ambassador to Russia and a professor of political science at Stanford University, said: “I hope the American people will be as outraged as I am over Trump’s complacency. After he knew about these Putin-ordered contracts to kill US soldiers, Trump invited Putin to the G7.” 

John Weaver, a Republican political consultant who helped found the anti-Trump Lincoln Project group, also expressed outrage, tweeting, “Trump knew Russia was paying bounties on the lives of American servicemen in Afghanistan. He took no action against Putin. Instead, @realDonaldTrump REWARDED Putin by trying to insert Russia back into the G-7. And, not enough, withdrawing 25,000 American troops from Germany.” Donald Trump doesn't care anything about our troops. He's just using our troops as props just like he used the Bible in front of the church. If Trump cared anything about either our troops, or the military, he wouldn't have dodged the draft when he had a chance to serve. Dodging the military is a Trump family tradition. 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/27/russia-offered-bounties-afghanistan-militants-killing-us-soldiers-report-outrage

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Donald's problem dates back to the way he was raised. As the son of a multi-millionaire he was always given everything, and he never had to struggle to maintain his place in line. As a result, it was never necessary for Donald to have to develop any character or intellect like most of us. In order for the average person to survive they have to cultivate their character which enables them to get along with others, and also develop their intellectual resources which allows them to survive in a competitive world. But not Trump. Since Donald was given everything, he never had to develop those resources, and as a result, he’s become a geriatric child with the inner resources of an 8-year-old.
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So the knowledge that most of us take for granted - or what most of us refer to as common sense - is completely foreign to Trump. That’s why we don’t understand him. Many of us  assume that he’s different due to some esoteric billionaire's knowledge that he possesses that the rest of us are not privy to. But that’s not it at all. He’s just stupid, and he's very easy to understand. All you have to do to understand Donald's behavior is to assess his actions like you would the behavior of an 8-year-old. If you do that, his motivations become crystal clear.

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Vox.com reported Yuval Levin, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, as saying of Donald Trump that “Governing has been so little on the mind of this administration from the very beginning that it’s created a bizarre, extraordinary situation. The president thinks so much about what he’s doing in terms of the show he’s putting on that there’s been very little attention paid to how the government is functioning.”
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And Vox goes on to point out that "Trump has spent the past three years and 158 days playing president on TV and social media. But he has not spent that time doing the job of the president. A strong economy that carried over from Barack Obama’s presidency hid Trump’s dereliction of duties. But then a crisis came, and presidential leadership was needed, and the American people saw there was no plan, and functionally no president."

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Take the comment Trump made concerning the Coronavirus testing, for example. Based on his thinking, if we stop testing for the virus we won’t have as many cases – thus, out of sight, out of mind. That’s the simplistic thinking of a child. He’s not considering the consequences of allowing the virus to roar through the population unchecked, all he’s thinking about is the solution that suits his purpose for the moment – and Trump only lives from moment to moment, so he never considers consequences. It is exactly ignorance, cluelessness, and his total irresponsibility that makes Trump the most dangerous man who has ever stepped into the White House.

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And further, Trump doesn’t give a damn about either America, democracy, or the American people, as he’s clearly demonstrating by placing his re-election above thousands of American lives. In fact, he’s placing his bet on the fact that his base is more bigoted than they are patriotic. The fact is, it's only their bigotry and hatred that makes them of value to him. That's why he's constantly stirring them up. But with the exception of their bigotry, trump doesn't share any of their political ideals. The fact is, he detests his undereducated base. He thinks of them as the great unwashed, as ignorant trailer trash - it's just that they're useful trailer trash.
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Trump’s only political philosophy is helping Trump. He cares more about Russia than he does his supporters, because Russia can do more for him. He’s just using his supporters to give himself a political power base, because that's what he does, use people. That's what allows him to turn on his former allies on a dime the minute they're no longer useful to him.
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 According to Wikipedia, “Trump registered as a Republican in Manhattan in 1987 and since that time has changed his party affiliation five times. In 1999, Trump changed his party affiliation to the Independence Party of New York. In August 2001, Trump changed his party affiliation to Democratic. In September 2009, Trump changed his party affiliation back to the Republican Party. In December 2011, Trump changed to "no party affiliation" (independent). In April 2012, Trump again returned to the Republican Party.^” So the bottom line is, Trump is willing to align himself with anyone who's of use to him, and at this point that means ANYONE, including the Russians.
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Trump is losing over a million dollars a day in his personal businesses due to the national shutdown, and the shutdown is also having a negative impact on the overall economy, which he was depending on for re-election in November. And since being President is the only thing keeping him out of prison, Trump doesn't give not one bit of a damn about America. All he’s concerned about is opening the country back up, regardless of how many people have to die.

Trump is proving with his every act that he's only concerned about one thing - what he’s always been concerned about – Donald Trump. That’s why he’s so desperate that he’s trying to get America to ingest Lysol. That alone represents the desperation of an absolute lunatic. But Trump's willingness to do ANYTHING to improve his personal situation, including killing a few thousand American citizens, makes him a very dangerous man. And clear evidence that those are the facts was made clear when - even though he was a  draft dodger - he made the disgustingly self-serving decision to place the lives of West Point graduates in needless jeopardy just so he could give a speech and get a photo op with the military. 

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But just as horrifying as the acts themselves is the fact that he seems to have lost the simple judgment to even try to hide his blatant hypocrisy and lack of concern for the American people. That speaks directly to his mental stability. What might he do in desperation if he loses the November election? I just hope our military and intelligence services have a contingency plan in place to handle such an eventuality.

AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IS AT HAND

Trump is losing it. He’s threatening to unleash violence against peaceful demonstrators. He knows that he’s losing the country, so he’s resorting to his natural tendency to be nasty, petty, and vindictive. He’s angry because he thought America belonged to him. He’s finding out the hard way that it doesn’t, and it’s humiliating his fragile and immature ego.

http://wattree.blogspot.com/2018/11/americas-constitutional-crisis-is-at.html

And just in case some of you think this is exaggeration or an exercise in hyperbole, here’s what Trump had to say in a private conference call with the nation's governors:
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Trump told the nation’s governors during a recent teleconference that they should ‘seriously consider’ reopening their schools and CONFIRM his suggestion at the evening news conference, noting the virus doesn't impact young people as badly. . . “I think it would be a good thing. Because as you see coming in terms of what this vicious virus goes after, young people seem to do very well. Young people seem to do very well. So, I know that there are some governors that aren't necessarily ready to open up states, but they may be ready to open up school systems."

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IN OTHER WORDS, HE WANTS TO USE OUR CHILDREN AS GUINEA PIGS!!!

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The bottom line is, Donald Trump is one of the gravest threats this nation has ever faced, so we need to wake up and treat him as such. He’s not just eccentric, he’s dumb, greedy, and a raving lunatic.

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Eric L. Wattree

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