Piss Poor Political Prognostications
A look at my predictions for the 2020 presidential campaign.
Category: Politics
Be Careful What You Wish For…
With continuing stories coming about regarding alleged malfeasance by Donald Trump, the cries for impeachment have begun. While they are currently just coming from the fringes, there’s no question that all of the political Left and some of the political Right would like to see him gone.
I really wish those doing so would think through what would happen if Trump were impeached and removed from office.
Getting rid of Trump doesn’t get rid of the Trumpists. There is a …
Trump’s Reality TV Cabinet
If we’re going to elect a president from reality television, he should fill his cabinet with appointees from that same world. Here are my suggestions for how he could do so.
State
Paris Hilton (The Simple Life)
No one books more worldwide travel than Paris, and from what I learned from Obama’s first Secretary of State, that’s the most important qualification.
Treasury
Todd Hoffman (Gold Rush)
I’m not sure if he makes more money from gold mining or being on …
Elizabeth Warren and Bank Threats
Although it’s received minimal mainstream news coverage, one of the more interesting stories of the last week or so is the Reuters report that a number of banks are threatening Democrat lawmakers, in reaction to Elizabeth Warren’s call for them to be broken up. Says the article:
…Representatives from Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, have met to discuss ways to urge Democrats, including Warren and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, to soften their party’s tone toward Wall
News of the Day: Wednesday, October 22, 2014
UNC needs to join the SEC now to avoid any possible repercussions: More than 3,100 students — nearly half of them athletes — enrolled in classes they didn’t have to show up for and received artificially inflated grades in what an investigator called a “shadow curriculum” that lasted nearly two decades at the University of North Carolina.…
The So Called Ebola Czar
So, if you’re going to appoint an Ebola Czar, don’t you think just maybe he or she should have some experience either in Ebola in particular or infectious disease control in general?
Otherwise, if just looks like you want someone to handle the political and perception issues.…
More Thoughts on the Ebola Outbreak
I was on the road last week, so I’m just now getting around to posting my thoughts on developments of the last few days.
Thomas Eric Duncan, the patent diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, passed away this week. Sad, but not surprising. There’s legitimate reasons that this disease is so scary.
The charges that he received inferior treatment because he was black are stupid, however.
The charges that Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital erred by sending Duncan home the first time …
Quote of the Day: October 5, 2014
From yesterday during the Baylor-Texas post game, actually.
“I’ll have to be honest with you, my head is still spinning trying to think about it [the Texas defense]. They threw so many looks at us, coverage wise…I couldn’t tell you what they did on consecutive plays.”
— Bryce Petty
Great game by the Longhorn defense. Fix special teams and get even a mediocre game from the offense, and we’re in it to the end.…
More Thoughts on the Ebola Patient
As always happens with major news, further details have brought clarity and inflection to the situation.
First of all, the patient allegedly lied on his exit paperwork in Liberia, claiming that he had not knowingly been exposed to Ebola. He had, in facts been helping Ebola patients.
Apparently, Liberia plans to file charges against him.
This is unfortunate, but not unexpected. Someone who’s been exposed to Ebola, will likely face any consequence to come to the United States, where his …
Quote of the Day: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
…We have some depth at the D-line but, in the secondary, I may have to put my uniform back on. But I can’t take a step without something about to break. That’s our concern right now. We don’t have the depth that we need. We’re trying to get some young guys to step up right now. I’m telling the guys ‘right now.’ I don’t need scout team defensive guys. I need guys that I can put out there and there