Between the Climate Crisis, the pollution of the air we breath, the pollution of the waters we drink and massive garbage dumps into our oceans, mankind is killing the planet we live on and the only atmosphere, mankind has to live in! I remind all that mankind will have to travel over 300 billion miles to even find the nearest planet that can support human life and even that is not confirmed as of yet. So what the hell are we doing to our planet as we strip it or all resources and pollute it’s air we breath and the waters we drink, and as we watch it burn the only real suppliers of the oxygen we breath the trees and forests of the world? If mankind as a species wishes to carry on and survive, we the human race must make immediate changes in how we do things! We have stripped our lands of minerals and ores, and polluted our rivers, streams and oceans, plus used radiation weapons on the surface of the world we need to survive on, what is wrong with humanity?

Now, I think I have made my point on the Climate Crisis on Planet Earth. As Hurricane Dorian devastates lands and islands this week, we must wonder why the weather is changing so rapidly and dangerously. We must face the truth, that we are attributing to the changes and making matters worse as we keep destroying, polluting the planet that keeps us alive, are we suicidal? Answer that one mankind if you dare or can?

Subjects for upcoming Debates. 1) Gun Control in the United States. It has to be addressed and it has to happen now the death numbers are growing and gun sellers know it also. The Gun Manufacturers know the problem, the NRA knows the Problem and The Gun lobbyist do too. The Democrats know the problems and so do the Republicans folks, so why is no one moving to stop it all?

Let me answer the question on guns of the military type this way for all of America; The Second Amendment of The constitution does not cover this day and age. It was written in an era of American fear,America needed it to make sure Britain or any other country would not come to our shores and steal our land or try to make us a part of their kingdoms. Those days are long gone folks. Let’s make that clear.

I understand the Constitution well and the Amendment also, I want Americans to reread it again and remember theera it was written in. Here is the key phrase from it quoted for all to see: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

The era was different when it was written as were the circumstances. That’s the first thing to establish here and agree on. The Second thing is clearly written in the statement:” A Well Regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free state”

That was and is established by the United States Military, period, already. The Armed Forces of America are the greatest in the world period and they have access to all weapons for military purposes and to keep the United state and each state in it free.

As to part three of the same statement,: The Right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. This was not written so Americans can buy military weapons on the streets, it was intended for personal protect of family and home and hunting of game and food in the era it was written in. They did not deal with military type weapons of today and they had no idea the power or danger of such weapons would bring to the streets of a modern day America. They were speaking of handguns, pistols or shotguns and muskets folks. not weapons that can fire multiple rounds at high rates of speed and with the kill power to take down elephants or more. No one is saying a gun owner can not own a shotgun or rifle designed for hunting game or a pistol for personal protection of family and home. These were the weapons the amendment was written for, and all weapons can be used on gun ranges for practice or spot, we all know that.

Nowhere in the Second Amendment does it say the Gun Manufacturers and the Gun Lobbyist and The NRA, can sell military weapons to citizens without Background checks, without Mental Health Checks or Red Laws! It does not saw Gun Shows can sell military weapons to anyone who wants them, without checks nor does it say military weapons should be owned by civilians. Does it?

The problem here is this simple and clear now, The NRA, The Gun Lobbyists and the Gun Manufacturers have money, that money is being funneled into political campaigns of individuals who are running for public office like President Donald Trump. As long as These organizations named above are allowed to continue this practice of funneling their money into these campaigns, guns laws will be put aside. In the meantime Americans will lose family members to people who have no business handling or owning military weapons on our streets mre will die. The politicians like Trump will continue to stay on the Gun Manufacturers, lobbyist and gun sales side as long as we the people allow them to put money in campaign coffers. It has to stop now!

Let me say one thing here, if one of the victims of Sandy Hook, El Paso, Dayton, or Odessa, or any other mass killing would have been a Trump family member or a Pence family member or a McConnell’s family member or any other politician’s family member, do you think, they would not be passing Gun BackGround Checks, or Red Laws or Mental Health Checks? Do you think they would still be allowing gun show sales then? You can bet your ass, if one victim was a Trump, a McConnell, a Graham or any other Republican in Congress, the gun laws would be flying through Congress both Houses and becoming laws!. And they would all be firmly and forcefully enforced also. The killing of people on American streets by military weapons is just morally, ethically wrong in all ways. he only way to make it happen America, is for all Americans to call their Congressperson, their Senators and keep the pressure up to get the laws passed and the weapons removed from the streets. Pressure, call them, push them and dont let up, for the next child, or person shot to death by a AR-15 or another military weapon could be your relative or friend or even you!

September 1st, 2019, has arrived, and once again America faces another disastrous and deadly mass shooting, in Texas, five people dead and at least twenty one injured by a man with a gun he should never have had. AK-47 type rifles do not belong on the streets of America, they and all military type weapons, should be removed from the streets and should be stopped from being sold in gun stores, gun shows period.

Death has become a common problem now, in America and on it’s streets. People are being killed and injured, left and right because we don’t have a President with any guts and balls to stand up to the NRA and put in place Red Laws, put in place Mental and BackGround checks that are needed to prevent senseless deaths of innocents across America.

Yes, I said across America, the deaths from these senseless and horrific shootings now go coast to coast across our country. What will it take for President Trump and Congress to react and put the brakes on Gun Show Sales, put in place Mental and Background checks to own a gun, and stop gun shows and gun shops from selling military weapons on our streets? We are in a crisis here, where innocent people of all colors, all races, all nationalities in America from young to old are dying, because the NRA and Gun Owners think they have a right to own whatever gun they wish and do as they wish it is wrong, and it is senseless and sad and it is destroying America.

I wonder, just wonder what would happen to Gun Laws, Red Laws and background checks and mental health checks, if just one Congressperson , Representative or Senator or the President lost a child or family member to these guns? I bet they would change their minds then, wouldn’t they folks? Yes it is easy to stand above the fray and the deaths and fight about gun control, when the NRA is lining the coffers for your re election isn’t it President Trump and Republican Congress Members of both Houses.

In the meantime, now hundreds of lives are being lost, people live in fear of sending their children to school, or going to stores. They live in fear of going to parks, or beaches or taking their family out and having fun outings, because they do not know if someone on the streets is carrying a gun and waiting for a target to shoot and kill!

I find so many senseless deaths a sad thing to be discussing and facing for all these families out there who are losing members and loved ones like this, suddenly, because a person is mentally ill, or mad or angry and got their hands on military type weapons that don’t even belong being sold on the streets of America. So why are these weapons being sold, why are they not taken off the streets, right now?

What is stopping realistic and legal gun laws from being put forth and passed to stop this innocent bloodshed and loss of life in America?

What it is is very simple, money, greed and a blind belief these gun owners have of their right to bear arms. So lets start at the very beginning here.

The Second Amendment states:  “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  While at the time this was written into law, we had been in a Revolutionary stage and becoming a country and it was to prevent take over by the British whom we were fighting for Independence from. Even when written it was looked upon by many Americans both famous and not so famous as a dangerous law and what is happening in America today is why it was looked at in such a way.

We have a well regulated Militia already folks, it is called the United States Military forces that include all the branches, Army, Army National Guard, Marines, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. They have access to all firearms necessary to maintain a free country and each state has it’s own National Guard Units also.

I am not saying here, that people can not own guns, I am saying here, people should not be able to own and buy military type weapons used in war zones across the globe on american streets and have them in their homes and have access to the ammunition for them either. They should not be allowed to own bump stocks, and massive magazines either. This is just wrong and not what the Second Amendment was written for.

You want to own a pistol, a shotgun or a rifle for hunting purposes or target practice, I have no problem as long as it is registered and you carry a license for it.

My problem is the lack of background checks, no red laws and mental health checks, and the availability of military type, grade weapons on American streets to just anyone who wants them! It’s sad, it’s destructive, it’s killing innocent people and children and no one is stopping this madness.

We need to shut down the Gun Lobbyist in Washington, , we need to stop gun show sales, we need to put in place background checks, red laws, mental health checks and legal checks. We need to stop bump stocks, large magazines and ammo from being available to just anyone who can buy it. We are letting unstable people get their hands on military type weapons and kill children and other innocents on our streets.

So, gun owners and The NRA and Gun Show runners and sellers, listen to me. The Second Amendment does not cover you selling, or owning military type weapons in modern day America, it does cover Americans owning a weapon in their home for self protection of family and home, not a military type weapon carrying dozens or hundreds of rounds. We the American people have already formed a militia, it is our Armed Forces of The United States of America, we don’t need individual citizens carrying military weapons there is no invasion of America or anyone trying to take over the country. Read the damn Amendment correctly, and you will understand what the Forefathers were saying and why and apply the damn time period. be realistic and let’s save lives and put in place Background checks, Red Laws, Mental Health checks! Let’s stop these senseless massacres now!

Cancer a word that haunts me, haunts my family, haunts my wife, haunts my history and which is unrelenting and deadly! It never gives up, it never stops taking and killing people, in all ways it can.

Cancer comes in many forms and science has made some advances in fighting it in the recent years. Although in most cases the battle is lost by the victims of cancer, a few are saved and have their lives prolonged to almost a full life span.

Valerie Harper died recently of brain cancer what kind exactly is between her and her doctors and her family. She gave us plenty of laughs and tears over the years of her acting career. She brought to the screen Rhoda a as character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a show that had a cast of great actors and actresses beyond measure. Harper’s Rhoda brought many women and men laughter and tears and surprises at many turns with her interpretation of Rhoda. She will be remembered in many fond ways by those of us who are her fans and will be for our lifetimes.

Cancer is a word I wish was never invented or spoken by the human race, and I wish God would find a way or show us a way to eliminate and kill it, instead of it killing those we love and respect and care about.

I can say this for I have lived with Cancer in my life since 1971, when my Grandfather , my mother’s father was struck with it and died, from pancreatic cancer. He died at 71 years old and, he was a man who loved children of all ages. He would come see us and bring a pocket of coins he would jiggle and hand out so we could get ice cream from the Good Humor man. Always a smile and laughter and though he spoke very little english, always there and fun.

1971 is a long time ago now, and I have watched cancer take many famous people and not so famous people also. Famous people are memories for acting, singing and other areas of life. But it is the close personal ones that affect me most.

My next bout with someone with cancer would occur in my high school years as a female friend I knew, came down with ovarian cancer. She would survive till 62 years old, and the cancer would kill her, by taking her kidneys first, before she gave out. She died a few years back, 2010 I believe.

But, before she would die, I lost more to cancer, my real father would die of cancer in 1984 in New Jersey when I was still a sailor in the Navy. Then cancer would disappear for a while from my life.

In 1990 I came home from the Navy and was awaiting a divorce, when I found out, my step-father was dying of cancer also. He was diagnosed with it in February of 1990, he would die of lung cancer in October of 1990. During his bout with cancer, his wife, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer also, . We would bury dad as I called him and one year and one day later mom would follow him in October of 91, we put them together for eternity, shortly after she died.

Cancer does not give up, it does not disappear it remains in my life. I met a woman in 1993 and we lived together for 7 years before we got married. In 2005, cancer raised it’s ugly head once more in my life, my wife came down with breast cancer, treatments of radiation, and chemo would go on for over a year, until it went into remission for her. Cancer doesn’t quit folks it keeps coming

.In 2013, my phone rang, I had gone to my primary physician at a Veteran’s Hospital for a check up. When I went The Veteran’s Hospital was doing a survey on Veterans who had a family history of cancer. I told my doctor of it in my family and was immediately scheduled for a pet scan, to check me.

On August 4th, 2013 my phone rang, it was my doctor at the Veterans hospital, I was told to get down to the hospital as soon as possible I needed to see a Doctor, I had lung cancer.

September 4th,2013, I had surgery and one lobe and one third of my right lung removed. Five holes were put in me to get the cancer out, and it took them 16 hours to do it, due to complications with veins in my lungs. I survived it folks, and recovered. Twelve days after my surgery, my sister and her boyfriend took themselves and myself and my wife to Fenway park to see the Red Sox and Yankees play. It was my sister said, a reward for my surviving the operation and recovering.

Nine years after my wife went into remission from breast cancer it came back again for her. Now we have been through targeted radiation for her lymph nodes under her left arm of which 29 were removed by operation. Then radiation was needed for where the cancer has spread now into her bones, and certain areas.

Since 2016 we have fought her breast cancer continuously, between radiation treatments, chemo treatment and shots. Recently about two months ago, the chemo treatments of taxol has failed and stopped working. She was switched now to Immunotherapy and a new one that is for her triple negative hr factors. Since then she is holding steady, the cancer is holding it seems, but it can only stop it for so long we are told. Nothing lasts forever in her case.

Soon within the next two weeks, it is time for her scans again, they will tell us if the cancer is spreading or stopped and holding where it is or not. It will tell us if the Immunotherapy is working or not period. we can only wait and see and hope.

Each day is one day at a time now!. Cancer will not leave us be, so whats next, time will tell !.

The September Democratic Debate is now set and will have ten main candidates on the stage.

As it nears and August of 2019 ends, we must now look at what is happening, on the Republican side of the table here.

We all know the Republican Party will probably back Donald Trump for a second term. Though I must say, it is brave and the right things to do, that William Weld and others are now stepping up to primary Trump for the Republican Nomination.

William Weld, Joe Walsh, and more will contend and contrast with Trump for the Republican Party’s nomination. Also possible entrants include Mark Sanford and John Kasich if they decide to get in. In my opinion the best thing for the Republicans to do, is nominate someone other than the current sitting President Donald J. Trump. Why, simply Trump’s record as President sucks and people know it.

Trump is racist, he’s a bigot, he’s a narcissist, he lies to the American People on the average of 24 times per day. He has zero real accomplishments to his name, and he has failed at everything he has touched.

Trump’s avid supporters all point at the economy and tell you how great he made it. Fact one he inherited it from Obama. That’s right folks, Trump’s so called great economy is not his and never was, but what is his, his destruction of said economy by tariffs and tax breaks for the rich and above. That’s Trump’s legacy folks.

Trump has failed with Russia and Putin and the connections between Trump and Putin and Russia are becoming clearer everyday in the news.

Trump failed in North Korea, He failed in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Trump is not building a wall between the USA and Mexico folks, he is fixing what exists and painting them to look pretty and calling it all his wall. Why, because Fox New’s, Ann Coulter told him,” Mr. President if you don’t build your wall you won’t have a legacy” So he is attempting to say he is keeping his promise to build the wall, but he is failing and he already has a plaque hung, saying Trump’s Wall on it.

Look, I am not a Republican and I admit it and in fact the only Republican I really liked in my lifetime was John McCain, he stood tall, he stood proud, he did what was right in all cases and he died honorably. I really liked John McCain, and he is sorely missed in Washington and the world today.

Yet, we need a Republican or two or even three or four if we can get them to oppose Trump in the 2020 Presidential Primary for the Republican Nomination. The more that run, the more that will pull support from Trump period. We can’t afford a second Trump Term.

Trump has failed on the world stage, he has failed domestically also, as America now borders on a recession due to his tariffs and his tax breaks for his rich buddies.

Trump is getting more erratic, he is getting more unstable, what President sits in the White House and tells his people, ” Build my wall, by November 2020, I need it and I don’t care if you break laws to do it, just do it and I will pardon you if you break the laws” What kind of a President is this?

He looks to the skies on the White House Lawns and calls himself “The Chosen One!” Everytime he says something stupid, ridiculous or outrageous his staff tries to cover it up by saying, he was only joking, bullshit!

This man Donald J. Trump is unstable, he is dangerous and he is losing it at a faster pace than most would. He can’t handle the fact he could lose the 2020 election and not be President again. The closer the election cycle gets the more unstable, unreliable and dangerous he gets for all of America and the World as a whole.

The proof is simple, you can see it in his speeches, his attending the G-7 Summit was a joke, the other world leaders worked around him and let him go his own way, ignoring his calls to get Russia back in. Sadly, he still is calling for Russia to get back in and the other G-7 members are loudly saying, no thank you. Why, is Trump, backing Putin and Russia so hard and pushing for them to be accepted into the G-7 to make it a G-8 again? What’s he doing and why?

Anyway, as the year moves on and we close in on the final quarter of 2019, we must all remember, 2020 will be upon us in a little over 120 days. As times flies that is a very short time, the Stock Markets are affected by Trump’s Tariffs and his war with China big time. They plunge every time Trump says he will up his tariffs and China responds in kind. It’s bad for the world, it’s bad for China and the markets , but it is worse for the American Investors in the Stock Market, the average American who can invest, is losing money due to Trump.

Now, all of the above said, I firmly believe, Trump must not get a Second Term Period. If a Democrat, one of the ten left, in the September debate can knock him off, and be President so be it, or if a Republican can take his Nomination away from him, even better.

One way or another America needs a better President one who is stable, one who has compassion, kindness and is not a discriminating person, one who is not a racist, one who is not a sexual harasser, one who won’t lie to the people daily, and one who is stable for real, not just in his own mind but in all minds.

Trump lives in a place I call Trump World, it’s an Amusement Park he has built in his own mind, he is lost in it and that folks is dangerous. Imaginary Friends and fun times are great for pretending when your a child, but when your an adult reality must come into play and as President you must deal with real facts, real people, real problems and solve them, because if your President you must be The President for all the people, no matter color, no matter race, no matter location in America, no matter disabilities, no matter mental illnesses, or other problems. The President of the United States represents all of America on the World Stage and at Home too and must be an example for all people world wide too.

Trump World Amusement Park, must be shut down!. We can’t live in Trump’s imaginary world in his mind where he doesn’t care or think about what he is doing, that is affecting the old, the young and all in between, the white, the black, the asian and indians and more of America! All Americans must be given equal treatment, equal rights and get healthcare coverage, all must be allowed to live a comfortable live and have a fifteen dollar minimum wage too. All must have the planet we live on saved from climate change and the pollution of it stopped. All farmers need markets to sell their goods and to make a profit to live again.

Trump World Amusement Park, in Trump’s mind that lives in his head, and is spreading across America and the world must be shutdown and put out of business period. We need the real world, not Trump World, Vote Trump Out Come 2020!

As the Amazon burns, so does mankind’s oxygen supply, does anyone else understand this? Listen a fact of our climate and world we live in is the give and take between mankind and plants on earth.

Mankind expels carbon dioxide, and the trees and plants of the world feed on it, as mankind feeds and breathes on the oxygen the trees put out. The more the plants are burned away, especially the trees, the less oxygen mankind has to survive on the planet. Simple science folks, so why is everyone not fighting the fires in the Amazon and ending them as quickly as possible, are people that idiotic or ignorant not to understand, the basics of human life?

Mankind as a whole is pretty ignorant about many things, we pollute the waters, we pollute the land, we strip the planet of minerals and more and then, we look for more damage to do, everyday. Why? Greed!

Let me remind the world of humanity of something vital, we are on the only planet that sustains human life, for at least 300 billion light years. Do you understand what I am saying here, if we keep stripping the planet of trees, and plants and then stripping it of minerals we can’t replace, the planet can not renew itself again, if that happens, mankind will have no food to eat, no air to breath, no water to drink and in the end a hollow sphere of planet to live on, that can not sustain itself, never mind humanity.

Every nation in the world should be sending people to put the damn fires out in the Amazon now! Each nation should donate money, and people to fight these fires as much as possible, till they are, finally out.

Every nation should be planting trees, and should stop clearing jungles and the planet of them. What is wrong here is, people do not understand the delicate balance of life on earth. Are you all blind, or stupid or just ignorant, what is it?

We can’t make fresh water at the rate nature does, it takes rain to make fresh water and it takes lakes and rivers to purify it so we can drink it, putting your old appliances and cars and oils and waste products into it, pollutes it all, making it non consumable by humanity.

The Oceans are now so polluted fish are dying from poison released by mankind, plastic bags float in the ocean, fish get trapped in them and die and never have a chance to reach adulthood and multiply.

Polar Bears are dying at the poles of the planet, why because of climate changes and temperatures rising, As Greenland, The Artic and Antartic melts, oceans levels rise, if the levels rise folks, the land masses recede into the oceans and mankind has less land mass to live on. Do you all understand what is happening yet?

We can’t all be like Trump and say, well I am environmentally friendly and a supporter of the environment, then pollute waters, hunt down animals and support burning coal and polluting the air left and right! If we all do that and follow Trump’s example, within three generation there will not be another generation of mankind on earth or any animals that are mammals, do you understand that people?

Whole species are disappearing, yes whole species, what makes you think, if animals that are mammals, are dying off, mankind won’t be next. Whole food sources are disappearing, fresh water is being polluted at a great rate and mankind keeps polluting, and not paying attention and then we reproduce and make more children that will need all the resources we are using up and destroying, without thinking what will happen to the future generations of mankind.

Don’t you think it is time, to think not of what will happen in our lifetimes, but, will happen to mankind, and our future generations, due to what we are doing?

Trees need planting, forests need saved, the oceans need cleaned and the air does too. mankind must stop having children at an ungodly rate of production that is happening. We can’t afford to have ten children per couple anymore, this is not the sixties folks or the 1950s. The resources we have will not support mankind’s reproduction at such a rate, at some point mankind must realize, any more then two children per couple, is crazy and using up the planet too fast, for us all, to survive.

We need to plant trees not watch them burn, we need to stop the fires, we need to clean the waters, we need to have a world economy and we need the farmers to flourish, for they provide the food, we need. The Oceans need cleaning folks, we can’t keep polluting them and then hope to fish them. The species are disappearing because they are polluted and over fished and farmed. Wake up World!

Too many human beings are not realizing what is happening on the planet that keeps us alive, we are being overly selfish, and we get greedy and careless, and destroy ourselves and the planet we need to survive, thus in the end mankind will destroy itself, unless, we wake up, realize what is happening and reverse all of these trends.

I am not Bill Nye The Science Guy, of television fame, but I do understand basic scientific facts, anyone who had elementary school science knows them too. We need to heed the facts, we need to listen to scientist and maybe, just maybe then, we can save Mother Earth and ourselves from extinction.

Let’s talk writing, and Authoring books!

There are many of us who dream of writing stories, poems and some who dream of writing songs also. many do it, but, never expose what they write to the public, and many if they do expose them can not sell them and people do not believe what they wrote was any good. I am one of the later in this case, I write for fun, and to tell stories or poems, that pop up in my head and then in a feeble attempt to sell them I place them for sale on Amazon. I may have sold less then 20 copies of all of the works I have written period, why, no one sees my works or reads them because reviews say I am not good enough. So, I keep writing and hope I can sell a few here and there just to say I am an Author and did my thing.

Is there any pattern to writing, no, is there any way to guarantee what you write will sell, no. So, what do you do?

First before you write anything that looks like a book, or is a manuscript, you have to round out what you will write, give it direction, so outlining the story and where you want it to start and end and each step in it counts.

Once it is outlined review what you did in an outline and if you don’t like what you outlined in anyway correct it so it tells the story the way you really want it sold.

Next step now you have an outline, what do you do? Start at the first step and write the first opening line and then the chapter one, of your story. To make any story,/ book/ poem or otherwise one must have a great grabbing opening for it. People scan books when they buy them, the same opening will probably be on the back cover of your book and when your done, it will be what they check first. Spell checks, punctuation, and formatting are all important also.

Remember no matter what you write, each character you invent or put in top your story or book, must remain in character throughout the story. They have to speak in the same way always , their reactions must match who they are in the story. Right down to their tears or cheers or anything else they do. Losing the character mid-way and not keeping it together can wreck it all.

What I am telling you applies to each character you invent or use in your story, each should be unique individuals, because we all are, aren’t we and what makes it work in a story, is the interaction between each one.

Once you establish each character and write each chapter, stop. Go back, reread what you have written, edit it, correct all misspellings and punctuation and make sure all characters fit what you started with. So before you begin Chapter two, make sure chapter one does not need revising or rewriting, because you will not wish to go backwards to do it all again, especially if you are writing a book of any length or a novel. It’s just a basic fact!

If you accomplish the above and stay in your outline for you story and do all I have said so far, in each step and chapter, one chapter must flow in the story line into the next and be inter- connected well. The flow must continue, in such a way as the reader will not lose track of the story line/ plot, and it must be logical progression that keeps them interested. Remember you have a plot/ story, your trying to tell, and make known, and make a reader like. If the reader can not follow the plot/story line then they will put it down and not read further or recommend it to anyone else.

So as you tell your story, line by line, chapter by chapter, you have to link it all together and make it flow to whatever ending you are going for, and that includes whether it is a fictional or non-fictional story. You really have to stop and make sure you are bringing the reader along with you, toa conclusion they will get and understand, whether it ends in a happy moment, sad moment or a life or death moment, they have to know why it comes out that way. In the end let me say this to anyone attempting to write a decent story or book, or poem, or song, or even a blog or article in a paper or magazine, if ypu don’t link it all together make it flow properly and keep the reader, interested, well, you have lost your reason for writing, for the purpose is to make people like the story, read the story, and to tell others about it, so it will get around and sell some.

All of the above said, I find fault in myself for not being able to finish a novel, I usually end up with short stories, and then try to make my own covers online, and then try to sell them on Amazon’s ebooks. I am still attempting today after I don’t know how many attempts to sell some and make a mark in the writing world and Author world out here. I wish I could do better, even after taking a course on writing, I falter and fail to sell books or make people like what I write. The fact is, not all of us can master the english language or the story telling techniques of the great Authors who come, before us all.

My stories and little books are on Amazon’s Ebooks and a few other sites. I hope one day some will read them and get to know why they were written and what I was trying to say and do. Only time will tell, I more then likely will never be a Best Selling Author, but at least I gave it a shot, a fair one and what happens will happen, I can’t change it all.

I don’t have money to Advertise left and right, or to be at book fairs or do tours or even get mentioned on radio or tv shows. All I have is my written words, in little books and stories and poems and then or course I also do a blog.

My Blog is at: www,macattack56. wordpress.com

My Ebooks are at: https://www.amazon.com/William-McCurrach/e/B00CQMGTSM/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

If you get a chance or feel you want to look and see for yourself please do!

I know I am not the greatest and my stories are not what all like, but any help or reviews would be nice. Thanks for reading my Blog also.

The National football League is a great entertainment to many in the world. It brings great plays and more to television and it brings competition also, between the world’s best players and teams.

Yet I find it highly disappointing and sad, the the Fan’s of the Colts, booed Andrew Luck when he announced his retirement from football.

Andrew Luck played great when he was healthy, his numbers speak for themselves and he gave his all when he was in shape to do so. The fact he has retired at twenty nine years old, is a sad fact of the injury prone league he brings forth by doing so.

I actually agree with Andrew Luck’s decision to retire from the NFL at this stage of his life. At twenty nine years old, the man has enough of life left to consider whether he will live in pain for all he has left or be able to raise a family and enjoy life at all. He did the right thing for himself, his family and his health, any further damage to him physically and he would never fully heal and then what?

Sports are to be fun, competitive and entertaining I agree, and as a fan of the NFL, I hate when a player gets hit illegally, or injured and is carried off on a stretcher. The dangers of full grown men, flying at each other, at full speed and head-on collisions is immense. It happens every time two teams step on a field and play a game in the National Football League, why do you think they get paid so much to play?

That being said, salaries are high in the NFL, and so are skills, but brute strength and size matter also. Some human bodies can take and tolerate hits and banging around and some can tolerate pain better than others, Let’s face a fact here, do the Colts fans or the NFL Fans or any sport fan, know exactly how much pain and suffering Andrew Luck really is going through and has been going through, for the last 4 years? No, for no one lives in his body, no one sleeps in his body and no one feels the pain he feels, and yet you want to boo him for retiring, that’s bullshit Colts. fans!

As Andrew Luck has said his goodbye to the NFL and the sport he truly loves, we all should stop and say thank you for the effort and plays and entertainment he did bring to the game and his participation in it.

In my Opinion, Andrew Luck, did the right thing for himself, his health, his future, his family and he should be respected for doing so. If you can’t respect him, at least respect his numbers, his records, his play and him as a man, for doing what he thought was right for him.

Each day that goes by we are seeing increasing aspects of Trump’s mental instability come forth and show itself in public in speeches, in public forays like the G-7 Summits and meetings and in his interaction with Media Organizations.

What is causing Trump’s instability some are saying it is the pressure of the upcoming election cycle, his doubts on winning and his inability to keep the American economy stable, as the election primary battles, heat up.

But, besides re-election problems and his popularity dropping in the polls, and his chances of being re elected at stake here, what is really going on?

Trump’s instability is showing in many ways these days and it is endangering America’s standing on the world stage and his standing among Americans in general these days. His popularity rating is now in the mid thirties, his speeches get more racial and ranting like and his behavior is really outrageous if you watch him, especially when he stands on the White House Lawns and looks to the skies and calls himself “The Chosen One”.

One moment he is saying he may change his mind on tariffs against China and the next his people are saying no way. Someone needs to find out what is causing Trump’s instability and his behavior. As a concerned American Voter and Citizen, I firmly believe, the people have a right to ask for a examination of Trump’s mental health and his chemical balances in his brain and body. He is representing all Americans, or at least is supposed to be, but then he does go on attack rants against mexicans, african americans and people of color and then, he will attack women also. He also attacks the media whether it is the written press such as the Washington Post, or New York Times, or reporters on an individual basis, because he can’t handle what they say about him and what he is doing to himself and the country.

I have seen and watched every President since John F. Kennedy, each had their problems and pressures they faced, and each handled their situations in unique ways, but none conducted themselves, in such strange and unstable ways. It is quite apparent to me as it is to others now, that Trump’s instability is becoming more obvious and scarey. So, what can Americans really do about it all?

We have no way to force a mental or physical examination of the American President, but we can put pressure on to have it done, by Congress, due to Trump’s inability to manage and run his own Administration, and the dangers he is presenting to the American Economy, our standing on the world stage and how he is isolating America from the world and supporting Russia!

Let me say this here and now, Kennedy handled the Cuban Missile Crisis and Kruschev, Johnson handled the divisiveness of civil rights, Nixon handled Watergate and his own resignation, and Clinton handled his almost Impeachment, also and all ran the country, stood tall and never faltered or acted as outrageous and foolish as Trump is doing!

Trump should be evaluated for mental illness or chemical imbalances of his brain. These things would give reason to his actions, words and ideas he puts forth at times and his changing of his mind, on important matters, his so called flip-flops as the media is calling them.

As an American Voter and Citizen and a Disabled Veteran, who served his country and who has five Honorable Discharges I am a concerned citizen. I am concerned for the welfare of America, I am concerned for our position on the world stage and at home and our economy. I am concerned Trump may cause a racial war in America and I am concerned he is a danger to the Country and himself too. Based on all his actions and words, I believe he should be forced to undergo mental evaluations and chemical evaluations of his brain functions and thoughts for serious illnesses.

Congress won’t ask for it, for they fear Trump’s reactions to it being asked of him and they know he would never volunteer for such tests. Yet my question is still this, How Far Do We, The American People, Let An Unstable American President Go, Before We React?

Sundays, are fundays, as my sister would say! They are for fun times like movies, and beaches and fishing and of course coming soon to all televisions, The NFL ad football.

I relax by watching football when I can, if my wife lets me of course. She hates football or any sports and gives me a hard time so had to buy a second tv just for the game sor movies I like and of course my video games I play.

My sundays, these days are spent filling up what we need and shopping for foof and items as needed. Then I may play some video games and do other things, chores are always first folks, tell your kids work first than play.

As I age, I feel pain more, physically, my shoulders, my neck and back get worse from my service related injuries and I am not able to go to doctors at the Veteran’s Hospital due to scheduling conflicts with my wife’s appointments regarding her cancer fight for life.

I try to make do as is and I suffer at times for it, but I am a man who has to live with pain, and I think all men put up with pain better and longer than women. That’s just my opinion folks, please don’t go saying I am sexist for it, because it’s not what I am meaning, ok.

I believe pain kills and it will kill me eventually unless I get it alleviated in someway, but time will tell. After 63 years of life, I have seen the world in my Naval Service and done my duty in the Army National Guard, so I have done my thing.

I had a few favorite things in life I did and some I still do. First and foremost was always fishing, in the great freshwater lakes of Connecticut. Yet, I grew away from it after many years and moved on. I like to read and then, there is my writings which I do from poetry, to blogs, to short stories I attempt to turn into books on Amazon.

When all else fails, and i tired of the above I get on an X-Box and play video games for fun and to pass the time. Yeah I know an old man playing video games seems funny and silly and a waste of time, but I enjoy them, so I do it.

I take care of my wife daily and our two cats, I clean the house as far as I can if I can. and I get the house fixed and the car and truck too if i can afford them. I am not rich and will never be I am sure, but we get by is all. I even try to win the PCH Lotto everyday, but I am not a winner at those things at all.

What do I see my older life like if I live it, well probably, living alone in a small apartment that is rent controlled somewhere. A small one bedroom and just enough comfort and furniture so I can relax and live my life out. Do I ask for much more than that, nope why because I am a realist if nothing else and know I have to accept what life offers me at this point.

I watch the news, I watch politics too and then television shows in the evening like all other people do too. All I ever ask for in life is simple a car that is decent to get to my doctors, and the stores, food I can eat and handle as a diabetic, a place to shower and brush my teeth and a bedroom to sleep with a comfortable mattress.

As to my dying here is what I think, I have survived 16 years military life, done my duty for uncle Sam, suffered my injuries and am still kicking. Yet, when I do die, I hope Uncle Sam will see to it I am, cremated and buried next to my wife and the American Flag is presented to my eldest daughter to remind her of me. I am a simple man, an honorable man and I do not want fancy, or expensive just a decent place to rest in piece, I hope, that I die in my sleep and never feel it too. God Bless, and Happy Sunday/ Fun day to ALL!

Have you watched the Trump Circus this past week? Have you watched how he failed at halting China with his tariff war and is now hurting Americans and their companies?

Have you watched how the American Farmers have to be subsidized now to the tune of millions upon millions of dollars to stay alive and how their produce is stocking up and rotting in silos across the country?

Have you watched as Kim Jung Un, laughs at Trump and launches missiles into the oceans to test them, despite what Trump says or does?

Have you watched as Russia and Putin start building missiles of different types with nuke warheads on them and tests them in Russia and pollutes the oceans and prepares to fight us?

Have you watched as Trump, colluded with Russians and Putin to win the Presidency and he even showed us proof, standing before live television cameras and asking Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s 30,000 emails publically, and then they went and did it 5 hours later?

Have you watched as a Russian Lawyer met in Trump Tower one floor below Trump’s Office and sat with Trump Jr. and Kushner and others to help Trump get the White House and then Trump denied knowing it and claimed it was about adoptions?

Have you watched, as Trump sat on television and in the White House and lied about the size of his own Inauguration Crowd? It was nowhere near Obama’s crowd in either term!

Have you watched as Trump fired so many of his Administration members, you know the best people he hired and the revolving door of the White House was activated and still is?

Have you watched as Trump Obstructed Justice not once but at least eleven times and then is still Obstructing Justice today, as he blocks subpoena after subpoena, being served on former members and lawyers who worked in the White House, to block their testimony about him and his lies and his actions?

Have you watched as Trump pulled us from the Paris Accord on Environmental causes, and the rain forests now burn in southern nations?

Have you realized yet, that burning trees and plants mean less oxygen for mankind to breath and stay alive on, on earth?

Have you realized yet, that plastic pollutes and does not decay fast at all and it stays around as you dump it into the lakes and oceans of the world and kill sea life?

Have you watched as Trump’s so called great economy, starts to sink and the Dow Jones average goes south by 600 points or better a shot, per week?

Have you watched how China is raising tariffs on American Goods and Trump retaliates and raises more in return and it comes out of the American citizens pockets to cover it all?

Have you listened and watched how Trump as the American President, discriminates, and talks about people of color and women and causes hate and anger in America?

Have you watched how Trump, says one thing and does the exact opposite or nothing at all concerning Gun Laws and deaths on American Streets?

Have you watched as the NRA calls Trump up when he starts talking Background Checks to own guns and he changes his mind, and goes right along with the NRA saying they are not needed, so he can fill his coffers to get re elected?

Have you watched as Trump has failed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and North Korea?

Tell me, America, are you watching all of these failures of Trump’s and his inability to get along with anyone worldwide, even our allies?

Have you seen how the English don’t really want him in their country, the French avoid him, Canada is mad at him for tariffing their steel and Mexico is mad at us, for wanting them to pay for an unneeded wall? Are you watching at all America?

Have you seen Trump look to the skies on the White House lawns and calls himself “The Chosen One?”

Have you thought Americans at all about how unstable, unintelligent, how illegal a President you really have?

Have you considered Americans, how corrupt, lying, dishonest,dangerous Trump really is? How he is a narcissist, a liar, a con man, how he illegally got the Presidency, I remind al, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, by over 300 million votes.

Have you considered or thought how right Hillary Clinton was when she publicly stated to the world and Trump himself, he is Putin’s Puppet?

Have you considered now, in almost three years in office as President of The United States that Trump has no real accomplishments to proclaim or show you?

Have you considered his lies, his saying he would bring jobs back to America from overseas, none came back, or how he is gonna create jobs, but none are being created but more are being lost! Have you considered how the Farmers are storing food and grains and it is wasting away in silos and can’t be sold for profit due to Trump and his Tariffs?

One last question for all Americans, Have you stopped and thought and considered this, What would America be and look like today if we had a legitimate, legal President who knew what he or she was doing and who was really working to better America and life for all Americans period?

Have you now, reviewed Trump’s record as President, have you now begun to realize that electing Trump was wrong, it was dangerous and is still dangerous as long as he wears the title and holds the Presidency?

Have you watched and have you seen?