Quote of the Day -- On a President and His Legacy

From an anonymous commenter over at that Yellow Journalism but also sexist, chauvinist, misogynistic tabloid passing itself off as an important blog for local events and news, Tony's KC:

"History will remember Donald Trump for two things - being impeached and a complete failure during a national crisis."

Ever so slightly edited.

He or she is so right. He will go down for those two, nearly singularly. 

Well, that and his graft and corruption.

I wish I'd said it myself.

With many thanks and kudos to Anonymous.

You can find the comment, along with others, here:

Kansas City Blogger MO RAGE Blames Prez Trump For Coronavirus Pandemic Crisis

Do try to have a good to great day, y'all.

Keep your social distance.

Yahoo! and Yahoo! News have become solidly Right Wing

In the last few months, there have repeatedly been times when I've seen a headline on Yahoo! News that strikes me as patently biased, Right- Wing "reporting". Today is another such day as this is the headline I saw: Ron Paul Is a Dangerous Tin Man Who Has No Heart (link at bottom) Sure, it's commentary and it's even from one of their "contributors" but could they be any more biased? This isn't even reporting. This is just ugly, very-slanted opinion. Later, up poppedd these two headlines, too: . First this one: Ex-Aide: Ron Paul Foreign Policy is 'Sheer Lunacy' And then this one: Fmr staffer: Ron Paul planned ‘No’ vote for Afghanistan invasion, staff threatened mutiny It seems clear Yahoo! really doesn't want Ron Paul even remotely considered as a candidate. Don't get me wrong here, either--I'm no big Ron Paul fan or supporter. I just think there should be responsible reporting and journalism in the country for the benefit of the voting populace. This is just ugliness, opinion, again, and possibly even vitriol. It serves no good purpose. Link: http://news.yahoo.com/ron-paul-dangerous-tin-man-no-heart-053200808.html

Irresponsible ignorance at the grocery newstand

I was at the grocery store today and saw the front page of the National Enquirer today.

Usually they make me laugh.

Not so, today.

The headlines:

"Prez's Teacher Reveals:  Pres. Obama's Muslim Lies"

Immediately, I knew we were in for trouble.

There was more, naturally:

"His Koran Studies"    (Because, you know, it's important we never, ever read any information on any other religion of any kind.  Of course.   We all get that, right?  Even if you're NOT a Mormon--because that's what they believe).

Finally, the piece de' resistance:

"His Christian Mom was outraged"

So many things come to mind.

First, I know darned good and well people are going to believe this crap.  They won't even have to read the articles, either.  They'll just see the cover story and those ridiculous headlines and just reaffirm what Glenn Beck and Fox "News" told them.

And off they go, one day to vote in a booth near you.  And me.

Sick.

Uneducated, redneck, uninformed baffoons who merely see this will be off on their Right-wing, extremist, hating tangents, believing this stuff and reacting (over-reacting, more like) to this stuff.

It's one thing for the Enquirer to print the crap they do about aliens and movie stars, it's quite another to feed into ignorant--patently ignorant--views that uninformed and uneducated people believe about politics and politicians.

I have to say, I think it's dangerous for the Enquirer to have crossed this boundary.

And please, if you react to this posting, please don't tell me anyone won't react to these headlines and their perceptions, totally unaffected by race.  It's a factor, for sure.  It may not be the only one, sure, but race is a factor, certainly.  A significant and ugly one, at least for some--and for too many.

I fear for this country.