I wrote a story on the Church and why basically I don’t attend one and never will again, I don’t see the point of attending one. I know it sounds crazy to some who are die hard Catholic religious fanatics or attendees but for me, it is how I feel.

I remember when I was a child forced to go to church by my mother and how I hated it. The standing, kneeling and never understanding what was being said. The inability as a child to follow what was being said or what was going on drove me crazy. Then as I grew older I found, I couldn’t understand why we had to go to a church to pray, when the bible itself says, God is everywhere and hears all. So I drifted out of the church, for not one but many reasons, as time went on I made my Communion and Confirmation because my mother demanded it, but once that was done I was out of there and never returned. why, is probably the question you have for me, right? Well, I will tell you here, if you will read and listen.

The Church is hypocritical, two-faced and filled with lies in my book. Its Priests are limited to males when women can preach just as well.  IT’s Priest are Pedophiles wearing robes who molest children and get away with it for years and years, The Church hides these pedophiles and moves them from location to location to protect them and the church itself, it is sad to watch. I have so many objections to the church that you couldn’t pay me to enter one these days.

I wrote new story folks, about a church, a priest and children and a Detective and more. I called it The Fall of Saint Ann’s: Father Baldwin no more! I hope some will read it and tell me what they think on the amazon page; here is the link:

I have been alive since 1956, the first President I remember is John F. Kennedy since then I have now been thru them all up to the current one Trump. Sadly, I can honestly say, none of the prior Presidents, I have lived thru in my life, have been so selfish, and ignorant as Donald J. Trump, nor were they ever so foolish as to want to mess with Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security or Veteran’s Disabilities. Currently, I pray Mr. Trump will not mess with these areas either unless he will give increases to us Veterans in our Disability payments. To dock us or lower or payments, would hurt the Veterans so much, we would not be able to survive and would need to go to food stamps and help with living places and so much more. The Price of staying alive in America raises each day it seems, gas, oil, food, clothing, medical expenses and more, what are we to do to survive, after we have given our time to our country and our health too? I guess what I am saying, the Veterans of America served our country well and came out with Honorable Discharges, injuries nor disabled or not, we did our jobs for our country. don’t we deserve to be cared for and watched out for and provided for? I believe we do, and I am not begging for it, but I am suggesting, if you want take from someone Mr. Trump take from those who are rich like yourself, not the poor like we are, please!

The missile attack on Syria is a concern of mine as a Disabled veteran also. You, Mr. Trump, attacked Syria with missiles, to stop the use of chemical warfare by their own government. I agree with the attack and the reasons for doing so for humanitarian reasons. The requiem in Syria has no right to use chemical weapons period I agree fully,  so if you do so again please explain it to Congress first and get their ok too.  While the attack may slow down the dispersion of chemical attacks in Syria will it stop the current leader from killing his own people? I doubt it, Mr. President, so if you do it again, how about finding Assad and dropping missiles on his head to end the mess in Syria and start the rebuilding and recovery? I don’t have your advisors Mr. President and I do not know all that you do, but I do know this, Assad has been killing his own for over 6 years I think it is the time he stopped, even if force if the only way to end it! That said Mr. President, you still face the crisis in North Korea, that needs to be settled. I have an idea Mr. President, a Naval Blockade of North Korea’s coast for starters, followed by maxed out sanctions and if a launch occurs we knock them out of the sky and then launch out own missiles at the location theirs were launched from, taking out the silos and missiles left, destroying their nuke building program on their land. We can’t allow the North Koreans to threaten Japan and other countries in the region or the USA. It’s your decision Mr. President not mine.

Last but not least Mr. President, just because your half-assed try at Health Care failed, does not mean you just stop and let Obama care blow up! You are now the President you have the responsibility to fix it or replace it with something that really works for all Americans, period. Abandoning, health care because you failed once is bullshit and denying you will fix it is bullshit, get a bipartisan panel together let them work it out and hand you a package to review and make sure your instruction to them is affordable for all, and available for all, with cost controls on everything, including prescriptions. No messing with Social Security, or Medicare or Medicaid allowed, period. Americans deserve a better effort out of all of Congress and you Mr. President lets see you prove you’re a great negotiator! Get it done!

 

 

 

 

 

President Trump launched an attack on Syria using tomahawks to take out the airport used to dispense the gas attacks killing thousands. In doing so, he sent a warning to not only Syria’s President but also to Russia and Putin. It was more or less a double warning against using the chemicals attacks and telling Russia we shall do as we have to stop it all. Whether the Russians and Putin understand it fully or not, it has been done and Trump is firm in his stance on this, use chemical weapons and we will attack again.

From the day President Trump took office, I knew he was going to take us into some military operation in either Syria or North Korea. He chooses Syria, but he may have no choice in North Korea, in the end. For the; North Koreans continue to test the making of nukes and launching them into the Japanese ocean space. I believe if they continue they are threatening all around them and the United States. I suggest Trump do a coastal blockade of North Korea and raise all sanctions to maximum, then place three or four missile destroyers off their coast in free waters and if the missile launches continue, launch on the sites they come from and take them out period.  Someone must stop the North Koreans from attaining nuke status, if we don’t, with or without China’s help, they will launch on someone commit mass murder without reason. Sad isn’t it? 

es We should also pull the hell out of Iraq, Afganistan and other mid-east countries that don’t really need or appreciate our presence there. We have done all we really can in these countries and it is time for us to leave them to clean up the rest on their own. As we now know, America can not protect and help the whole damn world, we only have so many resources, let’s use them where we can really help and stop using them on people who don’t give one damn bit about us. I hope President Trump is now learning that being President means making decisions and backing them and doing so in the right way.

Do Americans now have enough balls to stand up and admit they made the wrong choice in the 2016 Presidential Election, or are they still in denial or disbelief? After almost 80 days of a Trump administration and no real progress made on Healthcare, the Border Wall and other promises like tax reform and all the lies we have gotten out of Trump and his people, isn’t it time to admit the truth America?

You can’t run a nation as big and powerful as the United States of America on Presidential Directives! You need also to learn compromise, how to write bills and present them so they are acceptable not only to your own party but all parties.You need to learn hot air talk against nations doing things to kill children and creating nukes and firing them, does not work! On the other hand, America doesn’t need a new war either so how about embargos against North Korea and increased Sanctions and then bomb runs against Syria’s President himself, targeting where ever he is until we get his ass. If we take him out all of the chemical war stops as does the persecution of the Syrian People by him.

I have watched Trump since his raising of his hand to get into office, and he has completed absolutely nothing worthwhile or passed one bill to Congress and it is almost 80 days into his administrations, why is that? I will tell you why he has no-one capable of writing a bill in his administration and no one smart enough to create a full health care program either. The smartest thing Trump has done so far is removing Steve Bannon from the National Security Council. He never belonged there and he is a destructive personality period, his idea is to tear down the government and rebuild it from scratch, well that is bullshit.

The last word for me today, Stop tweeting bullshit Trump, you have better things to do than looking at your God Damn Cell PHONE all day and tweeting lies to the American Media. And why the hell would you protect and defend Bill O’Rielly, who is a sexist and woman hater, maybe because you are close to the same? I don’t know for sure, but I do know this, O’Rielly should be removed from Television and FOX Network period. While FOX Network has a right to back any party they wish, politically, they should not back a sexist and leave him on air, making bucks off of his ass.

Grow up Mr. Trump, face reality, you were elected with help of the Russian people and Putin, but, you are now the American President and belong to the American People, not the Russians. It’s time to act like it, and prosecute all who had any contact with the Russians during the election and if you had contact admit it and step down and resign.Sadly, we are about to face, a second Nixon watergate type affair that can destroy the country and Democracy as a whole, don’t make it happen, avoid it. stop blaming Clinton, Obama or anyone else, you’re in the Oval Office, take charge damn it and make it work.

 

April 2017 is now underway and it seems to me, the weather changes around us all proved Climate Change is real. That said and done, let’s move on to what I am seeing from the Trump Administration and President Trump as moves toward war in two areas.

First and foremost  Trump refuses to come out right and say anything about Syria, where millions die, under the rule of Assad. So, here is what I say to President Trump, either shit or get the hell off the pot! The Syrian people are going through genocide at a great rate and slowly dying off as their President remains in power and happy sitting on his throne so to say. If you can’t help the Syrian People Mr. Trump than shut the hell up about them and send financial and medical aid the best you can.

President Trump you talk a good war and you give many warnings, but, North Korea is laughing at you and daring you to do something about their march to nuclear missiles and power, will you do anything and if so what? As japan and it’s neighbors watch North Korea continues to test and launch their missiles into the sea just outside Japans coast and is causing fear and disruption in the whole region and world. So, what can be done in North Korea and to them to stop it all?  Embargoes and sanctions don’t seem to work, talking to their dictator leader is making no progress, asking the Russians and Chinese for help is going nowhere! So, what is next, I remind you, Mr. Trump, we have already had a war in Korea and we left it behind never settling it or winning it! If you enter a war with Nort Korea, Mr. Trump will it be the same quagmire we had before or do you have a new plan, that will end it quickly and fully and make peace there? If not Mr. Trump as a Disable American Veteran, Honorably Discharged after 16 years service, I respectfully tell you now, don’t go there. My Father served in the Korean War last time and believe me, he is not here to say this, he lived with no thanks from America for fighting it and PTSD and more. Don’t make American Military personnel fight a war they can’t win, and come home not to be welcomed home and thanked again. It was sad for our involvement in Korea and Vietnam both, so please if you go in or take military action, make sure you know what the fuck your doing? We the American people do not want to fight wars, we can’t win, nor do we wish to be in a battle that is endless. Wake the hell up now Mr. Trump and know this, the Military has to follow orders, unless it is an unlawful order, and you better know what you’re  doing. The American people are already upset over the Russian connections to your party and your team.

Your’re failed attempt to repeal Obama Care was funny to watch, knowing you and the Republican Party never even took a shot at actually writing a bill for it. All you did was strip some things from it that were expensive and that you didn’t want to have paid for from it and repackage it. Tell us, Mr. Trump, can you write a real law or bill that can become law, saving the elderly costs, protecting all Americans and providing coverage for all, at affordable prices under real price controls for prescriptions and everything else? I think not, for it seems all you wish to do is attack the previous President and his administration instead of concentrating on doing something yourself, other than Presidental directives! And the Directives to control immigration by way of bans of certain countries and races is always illegal and will always be illegal unless it is done correctly, and worded correctly, to be protecting the American people from danger and attack.

I want you and the World and the American people to know I am not doing Trump bashing on my blog, not really, but I am showing concerns about actions, reactions, lies and illegal actions by Mr. Trump and his Administration so far, for his time in office.

One last comment here before I end. it is directed at Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who is now the talking head of Trumps administration. Mr. Spicer, when you started ou were so secure and sure of yourself and seemed to know what you were saying and believing, now you are like a shakey leaf in the autumn breeze, shaking, stumbling, and unsure of yourself or your answers to the world and news. I have a little advice Mr. Spicer, I know you believe you hold the most coveted position as the Press Secretary of the President, but you are destroying your own reputation in the media world and the public period. If I were you, to preserve your own reputation and your own sanity, you should resign and let Trump find a new talking monkey, to make a fool out of. Thank You, An American Disabled Veteran!

 

 

Novel writing is different than short story writing of which I have done plenty. Once I made a decision to write a novel and came up with an idea for the plot and characters, it is never easy to know where to take the story, until you arrive at the junction, so to say. I once saw a photo of Ernst Hemingway, sitting at his desk and running his fingers thru his beard and staring out a window as his pages sat on his desk, he had a look of being lost in deep thought and rapture all at once. I thought wow, what was he writing at that time, and what was he concentrating on so hard? It. left an impression on me as a kid, because I had heard and read some of his works. So, I looked him up and found his vices, his problems and all he worked thru to be known as a writer. Amazingly, I think he never fully found his happiness in life, just a little content in his writings, he never fully loved it all.Maybe that is why he died the way he did and why we lost a great storyteller the way we did.  Peace for writers like Hemingway did not come easy and he definitely was a tortured soul in his own right. Yet, his descriptions and characters and stories live on well after he is gone, why because he bled his soul and heart onto each page and sentence he wrote and rewrote. No writer is perfect folks, and I have many favorites over my lifetime, Hemingway. Ludlum, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Dan Brown, and yes even Stephen King. Each one bleeds when they write in their own way and their own subjects come alive when they do. Amazing isn’t it?

I would never, compare myself to such greats for my use of the English language and my skills as a storyteller do not match any of the above-mentioned people. I just admire the hell out of each of them, for they had the patience, to stick to it. I only hope to get at least one novel written in my lifetime and sold. I know it may all be a pipe dream of mine, but, I would like to be known as an Author who at leat made one piece of work, that sold, enough copies for me to be remembered, is that too much to dream of?

As I grow older, I go back thru memories of my lifetime, the things I have lived thru, personally and in the world, the history, the life moments of personal abuse, and torture I felt growing up. The Loves I have lost or that didn’t work out, and the friends I have now and had back then. I stop and think of running the streets as a teen, walking to and from school with girls I believed were queens, the friend I drank with, and those I hunted and fished with, the adventure I had, and I wonder, which is the best to tell the world? But, lately, I am living with a nightmare of a dying wife, who is terminally ill with breast cancer that became bone cancer. Her pain, her suffering I watch each day as I hang on to her, not wanting her to die on me, I know it sounds selfish folks, but it’s now going on a quarter of a century since I found her and fell in love with her. She will always be the love of my life, who had the patience to put up with me, to teach me, make me go back to school and love me for me, not asking me to change at all. If you find a person like her, either male or female grab them, hold them and never let them go, for they love you for you and nothing else, even with all your faults.

I will say this to any child, or adult who lives and I attribute it to my step-father: “You can do anything in life you want to, as long as you put your mind to it and stick with it!” God Bless you Dad, you were right! So I stick with my writing as I did in serving my country for 16 years until injured on duty. And I worry not about my injuries, my pain, I push thru them, to stay with and care for the woman I love and believe in, my wife!.

 

 

Many Americans are now sitting home going, How the Hell did Trump get elected President?

I think Congress, the FBI, NSA. DNI, CIA or any other intelligence agency in America should be looking into his business ties, that set him up for running for office. I think if they do, they will find Russian and others who helped him along and consulted with him. Has to be something along these lines that got him elected and running for President, for this man is totally inept for the office he is in and doesn’t understand the facts about it all. The answers to Trump’s election is in his business contacts prior to his campaign and the money and Russians who connect them all.

So, Mr. Trump for your Education I recommend you read, the Constitution, about the three branches of power and why it was setup so. Next, you need to familiarize yourself with The Bill Of Rights in all ways. Before you conduct any more official business of the nation, you should study the actions, reactions, and plans of your predecessors before you make another stupid move and look like an ass in office. Though if I were you, Mr. Trump, after you did all of the above as I have recommended, I would not cover-up or avoid any controversy or problems in your administrations or in your past. Congress loves liars Sir, and I promise you they will tear down your Presidency and Administration if they find proof of connections to Russians of any kind, especially Mr. Putin. If you don’t think so Sir please look back atRichard Nixon, Watergate, the cover-ups and results it’s all there. Congress hates liars and cover-ups, and dictators or tyrants too, so be very careful in how you conduct yourself. The Batteries of cannons and rifles and political guns are lining up to shoot you down and out of office Sir, in a blaze of glory if they can. Wake the hell up soon! America needs a leader, not a buff boon!

America faces a big day today, in its history. If Trump care passes it raises prices for the poor and needy and gives the rich more money in profits and tax cuts. I pray that it will not pass, this country is better off with Obamacare and just making adjustments in it, than ever accepting a hack job in healthcare. Sadly, instead of repealing all of Obamacare and coming up with their own plan the Republicans decided to nit pick the Obamacare package and try to make it their own in name, it fails. It’s called half-assed throwing together something because your too lazy to do it right and Americans shouldn’t have to accept such a mess. If it should get through the House and to The Senate, I pray that the Senate has brains enough to either fix the entire thing properly or thrash the whole damn bill, it sucks.

In the meantime, Congress has to finish the Gorsuch Nomination Panel or board and approve or disapprove him for the Supreme Court. He is a likable enough man, but some of his views and past actions may not help him in his attempt to pass muster so to say. Time shall tell, but I see it as a close vote and a close chance of him making the Court.

Finally, we come to the Trump Administrations supposed ties to the Russian Government and numerous Russians. There is very little doubt in my mind that Paul Manafort did work for the Russians, proof is in the 32 million dollars he collected from them. Roger Stone  I believe is associated so close with Wiki Pedia and Assange that I believe he knew what the hell was happening too and should answer for it all too. The rest I can’t be sure, but it sure is fun watching Sean Spicer get all tongue tied trying to protect Trump and his Administration from it all and any crimes that might have been committed.  He is having to bend his tongue in such ways that he chokes at times on his own spoken words. Quite a show to watch daily, five days a week, with his press conferences. A Little advice Sean Spicer, do you realize as Trump’s credibility is dying so is yours, you are killing your own credibility and reputation in news circles and across the world? You should resign as Press Secretary and move on now before you are utterly destroyed trying to protect a liar.

President Trump as a candidate let his mouth over- run his ass so to say, making far too many promises and having no idea what he was getting himself into with HealthCare.He promised the world so many things and depended on Speaker Paul Ryan to get it all through the House and let Ryan run the show, it failed and so did Ryan. Now as they close in today on the vote for Trump/Ryan Health Care and face failure, he will have to admit he failed.

As Congress keeps digging deeper and deeper into Russian connections to the Trump Campaign, and connections are being found, how many will be running from it all. Sooner or later, Manafort, Stone, Paul, or any of them will under pressure break down and the connections will become open to all in the world and in America. When that happens, they will follow the trail right up the chain of command to the White House and President Trump himself. It will be like Nixon’s Watergate trail and trials in Congress that forced his resignation and will more than likely force Trumps too. But we will see is all anyone can say at this point, right?

Let me say this to the American People, 2018 is coming fast, we should vote out all the dead weight we can in congress and both houses. Cleaning up Congress was another promise, President Trump made, but the truth is he can’t do a damn thing about it, we the American People have the vote to do that, as much as possible in 2018, let’s do it!

 

The F.B.I now has data that shows collusion between Trump team and Russians. That is a headline that should be shouted country wide by all newspapers, radio shows, and tv stations. Sad is this day in America when an American President and his Administration is tied to a foreign power used political tricks and more to elect our President. Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Carter and more, would all be so angry over all of this.  The Founding Fathers would be marching on Washington, DC, to string up Trump as a traitor to his country if they were alive today. It is a sad day in American History for sure, and now the question is what will our elected officials from each state in our union do about it? Will they respond by compiling all info and impeaching President Trump and his team or let it be and slowly slip through four years of American History this way? How many of Trump’s Campaign team were in contact with the Russians and to what end? Page, Stone, Manafort all known to associate now with Russians, sad indeed. How much did they influence our Election and how, and what was their purpose other than getting elected Trump?  Why was Putin so afraid of Hillary Clinton that he backed Trump? So many questions will now arise from this Russian/ Trump connection and we may never get the answers, sad huh? Let’s hope James Comey the Director of the F.B.I. has the balls and guts to find all the links, connect the dots and then informs all so we can react within the laws of our land.

I pray that the Trump Administration fails to pass this new Republican Healthcare Bill, so 24 million people won’t be dumped off coverage and lose. I hope Trump doesn’t touch Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security or Veterans Benefits.Don’t let him do to the poor, the injured and the weak any more injuries then they already have. Veterans served and fought for their benefits, the poor should be helped and fed and provided for and all Americans deserve health care coverage that is great and affordable, period. He is not thinking of the Veterans who are Disabled like me, nor does he care if the poor get poorer, he only wants the rich to get richer. Stop them now people for if they get all of this done, it will kill off millions of people and destroy our country.

 

Dreams die hard America, but the past stays the same frozen in time, whether it was good or bad, it freezes right where we leave it.  The same can be said of the actions and reactions of the American people to its political ways. The Politicians we overlooked or moved away from because we were told they were dangerous and the ones we didn’t when we should have. Such is now the case for all Americans, for we now have a lying, deceiving,  President and Administration, in panic mode trying to cover the price they had to pay to win the White House, very sad indeed. As the snow falls once more on the East Coast of ou country and I sit here and write this blog, I wonder how many Americans, who voted for Trump, now are beginning to understand just what they really did. BY voting Trump in as President you have voted Putin and Russia into the decision making of the greatest Republic on the face of the planet. How bad it will get before our laws will allow us to change it, well that is a good question now, Mr. Trump is now entrenched in the office. How did he get there is the real question, how much did Rex Tillerson, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and General Kelly and others with connections to Russia have to do with it? And will the America Government be able to dreg up the truth and reveal it to us all? You Tell us America!

I served my country for 16 years in three different branches of the military, U.S. Army, U.S.  Army national Guard and U.S. Navy. I gave my life and body to protect the ideals of this country and republic, to protect the ones I loved most and still do today, and I was born in 1956, and since the First President I can remember John F. Kennedy, till Trump I have never seen a President so embroiled in such a mess so early in his term. Every President had the balls to admit when they were wrong, and changed directions when they were proven wrong except Trump, why?   Sadly, Trump and Mr. Putin of Russia have their own plan for America and we the American people were blinded by foolish mistakes of our own media and government. Who knows how far, the Russia interference has dug in and what it really means? How much influence does Mr. Putin have over our President and country now and what does he have on Trump that he will probably use to blackmail him into doing what he wants? We may never know folks, because, I don’t believe Congress has the balls to stand up to him and investigate it till the truth is released to all of us. Sad isn’t it, I mean I served to protect this country, it’s constitution, it’s people my family and friends, and now, we the American People find ourselves, influenced by Russians. what the hell is coming next for us?

I may be old now and not as healthy as I once was, but I still believe in America and it’s Constitution, it’s Bill of Rights and all Amendments attached to it. And I know today, that if an invasion of America by the ZRussians or any other country were to happen I would be the first to step up and grab a damn M-16A1 or any other weapon they would hand to defend it. It is sad to see a man who never served one day in the Military running it and being it’s Commander in Cheif.  This man who so many put in Office, dodged the draft three times due to foot problems, come on now. He has no idea what the military is capable of or how to use it either.

Does he even understand how stupid and dumbfounded he looks to the leaders of the world with the stupid shit he says and does? They are laughing at him and he doesn’t even realize it, does he? Sad!  Doesn’t he understand that he is undercutting his own trust and the peoples too, with his lies, how the hell can anyone believe him when he says something? Outright lying to the people you are sworn to represent and protect is definitely a problem Mr. Trump and you should know that by now. I also have a few questions for this President of ours.

Lets start with the easier ones, like What the hell is KellyAnn Conway doing in the White House? What the hell is Steve Bannon there for? Or your Daughter Ivanka and her husband doing there? Why do these people have access to State and Country Secrets, please explain? So many faults can be found with each of these individuals being in the White House, what the hell does you daughter get security clearance for and an office in the West Wing, if she is not an official advisor being paid? Explain Mr. Trump!

The above are just a few of the easier questions, regarding your Presidency and administration, how about who the hell told you-you were wiretapped by the former President and where did you get that bullshit from and why state it and be found to be out right lying? You had to know it would be disproved, so what was the purpose of this mess? How far does Russian Influence go into your administration? We are going to find out Mr. Trump and you will end up paying for any crimes against the country, it will happen, just as it did to Richard M. Nixon, there is no corner of the White House or country you can hide in, once  the America People decide they want the truth and the bullshit to stop! Americans will get to the Truth Mr. Trump whether you want us to or not, you can’t hide any of it, believe me!