Trump; Winter in America.

We have been freezing ourselves to death and it's been damp and miserable too.

In the end, I lit a fire.

We have loads of waste wood -which I've cut off the trees and bushes. For a brief moment it was dry too, so I cut some up into logs and we luxuriated in front of a real, live fire.

That involved cleaning out the fireplace which hasn't been touched in 6 years, cutting up wood and dragging it in and keeping a constant watch that nothing is burning.

It was a struggle but it was OK, although quite quickly my neat logs ended up about 5 feet long and balanced precariously on the fireplace to avoid any more sawing.

It was well worth it.

Lots of memories coming back.

And nice and warm.

And then we settled back to watch the U.S. Presidential election results, which turned out to be a long, hard night.

I staggered off to bed at about 3-30 in the morning, leaving Robyn to stick it out. When I gave up, Ohio had gone and Florida was going to follow soon.

I have no time for Hilary Clinton, a warmongering Imperialist.

But Trump and his supporters are a bunch of racist and sexist knuckleheads and that's dangerous.

Decades of reforms are in danger, millions of people are in danger.

So it turned out to be a long night in a very hard winter.

"Winter In America"
Gil Scott Heron

From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims
And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains
Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds
Looking for the rain
Looking for the rain

Just like the cities staggered on the coastline
Living in a nation that just can't stand much more
Like the forest buried beneath the highway
Never had a chance to grow
Never had a chance to grow

And now it's winter
Winter in America
Yes and all of the healers have been killed
Or sent away, yeah
But the people know, the people know
It's winter
Winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting
'Cause nobody knows what to save
Save your soul, Lord knows
From Winter in America

The Constitution
A noble piece of paper
With free society
Struggled but it died in vain
And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner
Hoping for some rain
Looks like it's hoping
Hoping for some rain

And I see the robins
Perched in barren treetops
Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor
But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams
Never had a chance to grow
Never had a chance to grow

And now it's winter
It's winter in America
And all of the healers have been killed
Or been betrayed
Yeah, but the people know, people know
It's winter, Lord knows
It's winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting
Cause nobody knows what to save
Save your souls
From Winter in America

 

 

 

 

Neil Harris

(a don't stop till you drop production)

Home: helpmesortoutstpeters.blogspot.com

Contact me: neilwithpromisestokeep@gmail.com

 

Donald Trump.

Tom Lehrer, the Harvard Professor who had a sideline in performing amusing satirical songs in the 1960's, famously said that satire had become obsolete when the warmonger Henry Kissinger was awarded The Nobel Peace prize.

I realized exactly how he felt today.

I'd intended to do one of my satirical pictures of Donald Trump - what I had in mind was superimposing a picture of him onto a background of missiles, primed and ready to fire. I was having problems finding the right shot and decided to do  something similar but with a backdrop of some giant guns from a battleship.

When I hit Google search I was both amazed and horrified to find that Trump had got there first - of course he had.

You actually can't make fun of the man; his supporters wouldn't get it, he wouldn't get it. He thinks it's OK.

Don't get me wrong, I don't like Hilary Clinton and if I was American I'd be voting for her grudgingly. She isn't going to help working people, she won't stand up for minorities, she will go to war on third world countries and she's the voice of Wall Street.

The problem is Trump - he really is dangerous. He actually means what he says.

If he becomes President he will hurt the poor, benefit the rich.

He will attack Unions, he will put back minorities 50 years to the days of segregation.

I don't think he's really going to build an effective wall between the U.S.A and Mexico but he will encourage prejudice and discrimination against Hispanics and that's even worse.  

He will chose Supreme Court judges who will turn back time.

Where Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama failed to do enough to extend healthcare to the poor, Trump will wipe it out completely.

He is a racist, sexist, bragging, whining, bullying excuse of a man.

He actually has to defend a civil suit alleging statutory rape with a pre-trial review coming up in December.

He is facing allegations of fraud and improper business practise.

He inherited vast wealth and has still been through bankruptcy proceedings. 

I am convinced that one of the reasons he is standing for President is to gain immunity from prosecution.

Above all, as an outsider looking in to America; he is really, really dangerous. He will go to war on a whim.

Most importantly of all, whenever Trump is rude or bullying or disparaging of Clinton, remember this; he doesn't have any problem getting his supporters out to vote they are voting for him anyway, whatever he does. 

His only hope is to persuade his opponents that there is no point in turning out to vote for Clinton.

That's his game plan.

So, to anyone in America who is reading this I'm asking you to hold your nose and vote for Hilary.

Don't let him get away with it.

Neil Harris
(a don't stop till you drop production)
Home: helpmesortoutstpeters.blogspot.com
Contact me: neilwithpromisestokeep@gmail.com