Nor Normal

When the news about the doctored video seemingly showing a drunk Nancy Pelosi first surfaced on Thursday, I made a couple of comments about how I expected it to show up soon on a few conservative friends’ Facebook pages.  I never thought it would show up in the President’s Twitter feed.

Check that – I never considered that it would show in a normal President’s Twitter feed.

This one?  A cinch.  If there’s one continual thread that we’ve seen over the last three years, it’s that Trump attempts to destroy and demonize ANYONE who is against him.  Even previous administration officials and personal friends who Trump once spoke glowingly about are now on the Trump (s)hit list.  Rex Tillerson, Steve Bannon, Michael Cohen, Jeff Sessions, etc.  I can’t wait until one of his kids does something that causes Donnie heartburn – no doubt he’ll toss them under a bus, too (hey, Tiffany!).

So sure, Trump posting the doctored video from Fox “News” was sadly expected.  As is the [crickets] from congressional Republicans and the usual condoning (or outright praising) of his posting the vid from rabid Trump supporters.

Look – you may continue to support Trump’s policies and programs.  You can cheer his continual spending of (your) money for his golf outings at his properties.  You can keep going to the rallies and buying the hats and proudly proclaim (despite any evidence) that he’s the greatest President, ever.  But you can’t give him (or Fox News) a pass on this.

You protested Obama’s use of Dijon mustard and his wearing of a tan suit, and yet Trump’s obvious slander of the Speaker of the House goes by without ANY CRITICISM?  Shame on you.

I have come to the conclusion that there are only two types of Trump supporters who can condone his posting of this obvious fake video: Bots and assholes.

Bots are programmed to always support whatever Trump does, no matter how awful, degrading, or harmful to America.

Assholes are...pretty much the same.

Don’t be an asshole.

Lawning and Fawning

Forgive me Father, for…it’s been a month and a half since my last post.  And I really thought that once I got hooked up online at the new house that I’d actually BE online more.  It hasn’t worked out that way for a number of reasons.  First off, we’re down to one computer, so I have to share.

Secondly, there’s the lawn.

I’ve never owned anything but a manual lawnmower prior to this, because I never had much of a lawn.  Two acres required something more substantial, so I bought my first riding mower.  It’s electric, so I still avoid using fossil fuels to zip around the yard. 

Except I’m not exactly zipping around.  Like I said, this is my first riding lawn mower, and there’s a learning curve.  It’s also a helluva yard.  Big, yes, but it’s also bumpy as hell from ruts left by the construction crews and the former tenants – field mice (they left holes and tunnels everywhere).  It’s mostly field grass with some weeds, clover, and some other unidentified fibrous growth.  And it grows like crazy, so I’m going v e r y slowly over the terrain.  One charge is supposed to be good for two hours or two acres.  I get the two hours, easy, but it takes three installments to get it all done.

So there’s not been much time to be on the computer.  And when I’m online, I spend most of my time in worthwhile pursuits – there’s little time to check the news and Facebook to see what I can rant write about.

And when I do check Facebook, I still see what I saw before I dropped offline.  Fawning.

Some of my friends are Republican and conservative, and many of them think Donald Trump is the greatest thing since sliced bread.  They never have issue with anything he does.  Ever.  And some of them post every conservative meme ever created, and comment with the most glowing verbiage every time someone else makes a similar meme post, or is combative with any liberal (or factual) post shouting to the rooftops that Donald Trump is (a) the greatest President ever, (b) God-like, or (c) God.

No honest debate, no fact-slinging, just the same empty-valued praise like you’d give a silly puppy (who’s a good boy?).  It gets real goopy real quick.  Three examples:

ONE:

Guy posts a meme on his FB page about the “skyrocketing ratings” for Trump.  Since I saw the news the day before, I commented on the fact that the approval rating had actually “skyrocketed” to 45% from…44%.  All of ONE percent, and with a Margin of Error of +/- 4%, this meant that statistically there was NO MOVEMENT.  After some back and forth, he said he believed that Trump’s approval rating was probably closer to 50% or more, but it didn’t matter, because “I don’t really believe in polls.” 

Pro tip:  If you don’t believe in polls, don’t post about polls.

TWO:

Guy rants about Democrats, uses usual name calling, and ends with “Their nothing but a bunch of idiots.”

Pro tip:  When calling someone an idiot, it’s a good idea to check your spelling, else you look like an idiot.

THREE:

This –

Even more amazing were the comments made AFTER the obious was explained.  My favorite was the guy (why is it always guys?) who said, “It’s not bigotry, it’s ignorance.”

Yeah, that makes it all better.  Pro tip:  Think, people, think.

I gotta go mow the lawn.