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Great Book: "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama. Insight into the problems of Black people in Chicago...

Autobiography... He was born and raised in Hawaii then spent three years living in Indonesia with his stepfather. Went to college in LA and NYC and then became a "Community Organizer" in Chicago. It's difficult for me to grasp that such a career exists... Yet, he did that and it paid him enough to buy Rent and food, a car etc etc etc...

Amazing... His main concern was how to get Black people jobs in a rust belt city. A generation before, they worked in factories and steel mills but by the time Obama got there all those jobs had gone to China. He did not succeed.

I admire his efforts to try and solve a problem that seems impossible to solve. To this day, Chicago has terrible troubles in the Black neighborhoods. Murder, gang violence etc etc etc

California was part of Mexico from 1760 to 1849 when gold was discovered and we became part of the USA. Texas was part of Mexico too. Florida Means Flowery Place in Spanish...

So when Trump wanted to build a wall to keep the Mexicans out, he is 250 years too late...

Most of the cities of California were founded by a Catholic Priest called Junipero Serra. That's why we have Spanish Names... San Jose was named for Saint Joseph... San Francisco was named for Saint Francis of Assisi... The Ciudad de Los Angeles=The City of the Angels... He rode north from Mexico on El Camino Real(the Royal Road) and built a Mission one days ride apart going up the coast... San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterrey all were Mexican towns originally.

In Texas, El Paso(The pass), Amarillo(yellow) and the Rio Grande(big river) have Spanish names.

It makes a lot more sense to be friends with Mexicans than to build a wall to keep them out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_California

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Trump caused my friend's Health Insurance payments to TRIPLE! A Real person harmed by Trumpcare.

She says she really hates Trump for what he's done.
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Trump fails to declare the Opioid Crisis a National Emergency therefore preventing FEMA money being spent to help with treatment. Instead his budget cuts funds for Medicare and Medicaid so there will be less money for treatment. His plan is to release TV advertisements saying drugs are bad. Similar to the "Jest say Know" campaign of Nancy Reagan. A spectacular failure.
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Trump fails to release JFK Assassination documents. What are they hiding? He actually released 54 out of 3,000 documents... Why?
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Why did that man throw Russian Flags at Trump and Shout "Trump is Treason"? That's a phrase that a non English speaker would say. It's not a sentence in English... "Trump has committed Treason" or "Trump is Treasonous" are sentences in English. OR... just shouting Treason! would make sense... and where do you get a Russian flag anyway? Are they for sale at Map and Flag shops in Washington DC? Maybe the man who was shouting is a Russian Himself and an Anti-Putin Activist.
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Why is the USA at War in Niger? Who could possibly care what the people of Niger do there? Is this all a tragic error? a Mistake? We have learned that the US soldiers were tricked into going into an ambush... There were about 50 people from Niger just waiting to kill our soldiers...
The Tribal Elders that our soldiers were going to visit set them up... Whee!
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Sign the Petition

Donald Trump has brought us to the brink of nuclear war, obstructed justice, and taken money from foreign governments. We need to impeach this dangerous president. Sign on now.

https://action.needtoimpeach.com

General John Kelly: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire. It's good to see General Kelly getting caught lying at the White House press briefing...

He totally fabricated a story about a soldier who was killed in Niger and how the Congresswoman Wilson took credit for getting a FBI building funded. Then NBC news played the tape and it proved that the General was lying... Remember, Sarah Huckabee Sanders says it's It's Totally Appropriate for us to debate a Four Star General... Just like General Flynn was caught lying, now White House Chief of Staff Kelly has been like... totally CAUGHT!

We still don't know why we have soldiers in Niger... That's a total mystery... I guess it's part of our "Team America, World Police" foreign policy.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/20/john-kelly/fact-checking-john-kelly-frederica-wilsons-2015-sp/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_America:_World_Police

Stock Market Crash coming soon says Munchkin... Unless congress passes the Tax Cut for the Rich Bill.

Since Congress has a History of not being able to pass anything, It's unlikely that Trump's Tax Cut for the Rich Law will happen anytime soon. Wall Street has had rising value due to the belief that a Corporate Tax Rate decrease will make them richer... If That law doesn't happen, the Legendary "Trump Bubble" will burst and another Crash Like 2009 or 1987 or 1929 will happen...

Gee... Maybe Munchkin is right!

Headline:Steve Mnuchin Threatens Stock Market Crash If Tax Reform Doesn’t Pass
http://fortune.com/2017/10/18/stock-market-tax-reform-steve-mnuchin/

Actually, Congress HAS passed Two laws during the Trump Era. One makes it easier for Mentally Ill people to buy guns and the other imposes Sanctions on Russia for hacking the 2016 election.

Trump Signed both Laws but has failed to actually impose any sanctions on Russia. I guess that he dares not anger his Boss, Vladimir Putin...

If Trump ACTUALLY enforces the law and Sanctions Russia, Vladimir would probably have Trump assassinated... That's the Russian way...

"Dare to Think for Yourself" - The Motto of The Age of Enlightenment in Europe.

For about a hundred years prior to the French Revolution there was an era called "The Age of Enlightenment". It featured thinkers that started using the scientific method instead of Faith. John Locke had ideas that challenged Monarchy and The Catholic Church. He thought, maybe there could be a better way! So they invented democracy and freedom of Religion. Up until that time there were Kings that ruled the countries of Europe and peasants that supported them.

Many of the concepts that American Founding Fathers used to write The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution were created during the Age of Enlightenment.

Freedom of Religion allowed people to question the Catholic Church without being burned at the stake for being a witch...

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This is a different Enlightenment than the goal of Buddhist meditation... That's called Nirvana... Believe it or not Nirvana is more than just a Grunge Band from Seattle... Indians from India use that term to describe a mental state close to what The Buddha felt when he invented Buddhism, a Religion. Buddha himself was a Hindu. They believe in reincarnation... after you die you are born again into another body. Not a very likely scenario but that's what they believe. Really!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke

Is Trump the Anti-Christ? as prophesised in the Book of Revelations... Seems Likely!

I read the books called "Left Behind" that are a fictional tale loosely based on the Bible. Interesting series... I wonder if we are currently in the last days... Note that Global Warming has changed the climate so that we have an increase of Hurricanes and Forest Fires... AND during these times of Biblical Catastrophes... a leader emerges... The Anti-Christ... Does Not Donald (nuke 'em) Trump fit the description?

Are you ready for Trump's World War III? Are you comfortable with the extinction of Humans?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Behind

Trump is encouraging racism and trying to divide us. Resist the propaganda that fosters hate. Happy Holidays to You!

The common feelings of hate for others is being promoted by both The Russians on Facebook, Twitter and Google AND the Trump Administration...

For example: Trump promotes a new law that would cut immigration in half and require that immigrants speak English. This law builds on the common fear of strangers... The feeling that "those people over there" are weird... and dangerous...

Trump proclaims that we will be able to say Merry Christmas Again... That's because HIS religion is supposedly the only true Religion... All those Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Atheists are not very interested in saying Merry Christmas... Happy Holidays is fine for us...

Occupy. com ACT OUT! a news TV show written from the OCCUPY viewpoint... Anti-COAL - global warming

Act Out! [129] - Faking Green Energy + Blocking Coal Mines

Wed, 9/20/2017 - by Eleanor Goldfield

Looking at Germany's COAL fired power plants... pollution... global warming

http://www.occupy.com/article/act-out-129-faking-green-energy-blocking-coal-mines#sthash.DoKtTH3v.dpbs

http://www.occupy.com/

I believe that emailing Senators and Congress is a way to inform them that we have had enough of Trump. Make sure you use a valid zip code when filling out the forms online so you will appear to be a US Voter. For Example: 95501 is good to use when Emailing California's Senators. You may live in Europe or Australia but they will believe you are a USA voter. Use Google maps to research valid street addresses. https://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ Use this link to find out how to email the House of Representatives... They are the body that calls for IMPEACHMENT. https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/ Use this link to email Senators...

Let's build cities using Disney's original EPCOT Design. Concentric circles connected by monorails.

Workplaces in the center surrounded by home/shopping then parks and farms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Prototype_Community_of_Tomorrow_(concept)

That way people would not waste so much time commuting to work. Less money spent on gas for cars, less air pollution, less global warming and fewer hurricanes. For example consider San Jose California. There is a lot of work available at computer companies. However there are not enough
homes for the people that work there. Many people commute over an hour from the bedroom communities of Santa Cruz or Tracy. If we moved the jobs closer to where the people live, the workers would be happier since they would not be spending an hour stuck in a traffic jam every morning before work. Also the employees would not be spending so much money on housing and automobile fuel. We could move offices by creating a database of where the employees live and
building new work locations near those locations. Under the current system, zoning laws seperate factories from homes. That made sense when factories caused air and water pollution and people did not want to live near that pollution. However, many jobs today are office work where people sit at desks and work on computers all day. No pollution at office jobs. We could have these employers move to the suburbs. Maybe they could use the abandoned shopping malls. Amazon's business model has caused traditional retail businesses to go bankrupt. It is simply more efficient to shop online and have the USPS deliver the products than for the shoppers dive to the shopping mall and buy the products there. I see that Amazon is planning to build a second headquarters where they will be hiring 50,000 people. A better plan would be to create 10 mini headquarters employing 5,000 people each. Each of these mini headquarters could use the EPCOT model. Experimental Planned City of Tomorrow. It's simply better.

Trump intentionally breaks the Healthcare System. Now he owns it. Higher prices, worse service...

By executive action Trump causes problems in Obamacare because he is having a temper tantrum.
Real people will die due to this action. Why does he hate American People so much?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/trump-obamacare-subsidies/index.html

A Blow to Working Class Coverage
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-10-12/trump-health-care-executive-order-will-harm-the-working-class

Trump may have just made healthcare more expensive for millions

https://news.vice.com/story/trump-just-made-healthcare-more-expensive-for-millions-of-people

Trump fails to implement Russian Sanctions. They were supposed to be done by October 1st.

It seems as if The Bill that was overwhelmingly passed by congress and then signed by Trump to impose sanctions on Russia for interfering with the US Elections is being ignored. The LAW says we are to impose sanctions, but Trump is simply ignoring the LAW.

McCain, Cardin scold Trump for missing Russian sanctions deadline
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/355000-sens-mccain-cardin-scold-trump-for-missing-russian-sanctions-deadline
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Rep. Al Green introduced Impeachment in the House of Representatives but then withdrew the motion. He says it was a way to get the voters to demand Impeachment. A groundswell from below. OR... maybe someone "got" to him and he crumbled due to pressure...
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Eminem rap music song "Diss" Trump. Disrespects Trump.
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The head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, asked for regulations about burning coal in power plants be lifted allowing even more air pollution.
Burning coal causes global warming.
Global warming causes hurricanes and wildfires...
Fortunately New York State has filed a lawsuit to block Pruitt's air pollution plan.
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Is Trump a Moron? Really... Is Rex Tillerson correct?
Trump asked his generals to increase our nuclear arsenal to make it TEN TIMES bigger...
And that's what made the Secretary of State call Trump a moron.
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Great TV Show: "The Brainwashing of my Father" explores Right wing news and propaganda. Rush and Fox.
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Great Book: Horsemen of the Trumpocapalypse. Cabinet members exposed.
Treasury Secretary promotes bank deregulation so that we can have another financial meltdown like we did at he end of the Bush Administration. That's when the Bank of America lost every penny it ever had. Gambling on derivatives cost wall street to self destruct.
Secretary of Education has spent her entire life trying to wreck public schools and promote private schools.
EPA head is a lobbyist who frequently sued the EPA so that his clients could pollute.
Justice... Jeff Sessions...
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Great TV Show: "The Vietnam War" a Documentary by Ken Burns. American history.

I just saw what happened between 1850 and 1963... The French invaded and made Indo-China a colony.
During WW2 the French left to go home and fight the Germans and the Japanese invaded. When WW2 was over the Japanese left and Vietnam was governed briefly by the
Vietnamese people. Then the French invaded again and Ho Chi Minh fought them until the late 1950s when the French surrendered and left. At that time the USA was
helping the French. The country split into the North [Communist] and the South [Capitalist] in 1954. In many ways Vietnam War was a replay of the Korean
War. However, the USA foreign policy that had worked in Korea failed to work in Vietnam.
In the early 1960s Vice President Nixon went on TV and explained to the American People "The Domino Principle"... how the Red Chinese were supporting the Viet Minh in
North Vietnam just like they had supported the North Koreans... He explained that if we did not stop the Red Chinese in Vietnam they would continue to make many other
Asian countries Communist. Eventually the whole world would turn Communist and we would be fighting them at our border with Mexico. Watching Nixon on TV his concept
seemed reasonable... The people of the USA were busy raising children and were not very interested in the events half way around the world in Vietnam.
President Eisenhower sent more American troops as advisors to the South Vietnamese army. President Kennedy continued and so did President Johnson...
Eventually, President Nixon ended the war by making the Vietnamese fight their own civil war. It's interesting to see Nixon at the Start and the End. I see that the main
problem in Vietnam was the French. They had a colony there and treated the natives like inferior people. Ho Chi Minh was a great hero to his people and fought for
freedom from Foreign invaders just like Mao Tse Tung did in China. True Freedom Fighters.
During the last years of the French occupation the Commanding General said that French victory was near and that "he could see victory like the light at the end of a
tunnel." A famous quote... Echoed by American Generals.
After we lost the Vietnam War the USA was at Peace with the world for about a decade. Then we invaded Nicaragua and chose sides in another civil war during
the term of President Reagan. He failed to learn the lessons of Vietnam even though as Governor of California he was in an excellent position to observe the Anti-War
movement. Berkley was a center of demonstrations and Governor Reagan did call in National Guard troops to stifle dissent. So he had to have considered the questions
raised by the people protesting. Eventually President Bush invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. The USA spent about 6 trillion dollars and thousands of lives blowing up
those two countries. Sadly, all that effort did not make America safer nor did it improve the quality of life in those countries. Bush also failed to grasp the
concepts learned during the Vietnam War. So here it is: Let those people over there solve their own problems. It's their country and they should run it however
they want... DUH!
While it now seems absurd for anyone to actually believe the War in Vietnam was a good idea, at the time it was popular. During the 1950s and early 1960s the people of
the USA were rather obedient. As My Uncle said: "If the Government said go to war in Korea, you just went." It wasn't until the late 1960s that people started to think
for themselves and question authority. Corporations promoted the War as a way to increase profits. For example: Hughes Aircraft sold a lot of Helicopters.
Dow chemical sold a lot of Agent Orange and Napalm. Corporations sold airplanes, boats, uniforms, medical supplies, meals ready to eat, rifles bullets and coffins.
President Eisenhower warned us about the Military Industrial Complex and he was right. During the 1950s the USA also had a Panic Attack about Communists...
Senator Joe McCarthy had investigations of Commies in the entertainment industry. He felt that Hollywood had great power of persuasion by creating propaganda.
He wanted to make sure that the propaganda promoted Capitalism and The American Way of Life. Many people could still remember the 1930s and the Great Depression
when Capitalism self destructed. We were fighting the Reds world wide... It's funny that later Nixon opened up trade with China, the largest Communist Country.
Another often forgotten part of American History is when President Reagan provided weapons and advisors to the "Freedom Fighters" in Afghanistan. They were
the Mugahaddin and they were fighting the invading army of the Russians. The children of those freedom fighters were called The Taliban and are classified as
"Terrorists" for fighting the invading army of The Americans. Ironic? Yes... The only difference between a "Freedom Fighter" and a "Terrorist" is who they
are trying to throw out of their country...
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I remember protesting against the war in Vietnam. I'm glad that I did. History has shown that the war was a terrible mistake. The government was lying to the American
people and it took a long time for us to realize that they were lying. Eventually, the American People forced the government to stop killing.
After the war was over we enjoyed peace for about ten years. Then the government invaded Nicaragua and Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria. Each invasion was wrong.
We are still stuck in an endless war in Afghanistan with no possible hope of ending. Those people will defend their country against foreign invaders forever.
Every war has made the USA less safe. When we blow up a country the survivors plan revenge against us. Some times we supply the weapons like we did with ISIS.

A better plan is for the USA to simply stop invading countries. War Does Not Work.

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