TRUMP’S TANTRUM
AND COALITION OF CRAZIES
His comments really was the beginning of the end for whatever hope there was for an effective Trump Presidency. He has alienated CEOs (which we will get to) members of his own party, the military and even his own staff.
Think of this, Trump stood with two of his economic advisers who are Jewish and a minority woman and embraced people who only want a “white America”. They yammer and say, “I want to take my country back!” Silly cowards who ran like rats when the police came.
Still though Trump has his defenders. Eileen Chou was foolishly one of them saying “She was standing by her men”. (Meaning her husband Mitch McConnell and Trump).
Pundits on FB and Twitter are trying to tell us how Black Lives Matter advocated for killing of police. And then compared BLM to the white supremacy advocates. Big difference there fellas, BLM were defending themselves from some, not all, police who were wrong in some cases. The mob at Charlottesville was hell bent on terror.
There should be no mistake about the difference. Black Lives Matters members wear hoodies and you can see their faces….the White Power guys wear hoods and hide.
Trump’s collation is crumbling. There are the talk radio crazies saying they agree with his statements. They were out in full force yesterday locally. There are the Facebook people who put stuff up and get very little support. They get hell because more are taking them to task. There are either no responses to their memes or very little agreement.
Pretty soon it’ll be just Trump and the crazies.
In a reality show that would be fun. In a country, that is downright dangerous.
SOME EVEN GOT FIRED
How about the dumbasses that were seen on TV, Social Media and Twitter at the rally spouting hate? Then there were shocked that they got canned from their jobs.
Well boo hoo.
THERE THERE WAS THIS BIG MAN MARCHER CRYING LIKE A BABY WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED
Talk about justification. Since my conservatives friends are comparing Black Lives Matters to the marchers in Charlottesville, I'll go them one better. Martin Luther King never cried when he got arrested. Maybe because he was truly a man and his cause was........wait for it...was just.
CEOS BAIL ON TRUMP
The illusion of Donald Trump is that he was a successful businessman. He constantly craved for the approval of major company CEOs but in truth Trump was nowhere near their peer. He loved to remind audiences of his business success. But in truth he made his money by borrowing, putting his name on things other people built, and running a mom and pop shop. He got lucky but he was no genius. Just a great self promoter.
One of the reasons why Trump founded this economic council was to bolster his own image. Well that house of cards started to fall when three CEOs departed Monday night. Kenneth Frazier, the chief executive officer of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich also resigned from the manufacturing council on Monday..
They were followed today by Denise Morrison of Campbell's and AFL-CIO Labor Head Ruchard Trumka.
Here's what Morrison said, “Racism and murder are unequivocally reprehensible and are not morally equivalent to anything else that happened in Charlottesville. I believe the President should have been – and still needs to be – unambiguous on that point.
Following yesterday’s remarks from the President, I cannot remain on the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative. I will continue to support all efforts to spur economic growth and advocate for the values that have always made America great.”
Trumka even went further.
We cannot sit on a council for a president who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism. President Donald Trump’s statements were shocking. When I heard them, I thought to myself, “I'll pray for you because you really need to be prayed for when you make those kind of statements.” It’s never acceptable to tolerate racism and bigotry, let alone defend it. We resigned on behalf of America’s working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups.
We joined President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council with the intent to be a voice for working people and with the real hope that it would result in positive economic policy, but it’s clear the council would never be an effective means for delivering real policy that lifts working families—and his remarks were the last straw. It has become yet another broken promise on the president’s record.
From hollow councils to bad policy and embracing bigotry, the actions of the Trump administration have consistently failed working people. As a labor movement, we stand united against hate.
Trumka…..I just can’t understand how such a smart guy bought Trump’s line of shit last year. Any hope that Trumka had for jobs in a labor force……..out the window.
Trump canceled the Council that people were jumping off from. “You ain’t gonna quit me” he thought.
But they beat him to it. I guess they know a loser when they see one.
CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES $221,091 IN DHS GRANTS FOR COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)
U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company with an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). The funds will be distributed via the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).The Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company received a $221,091 Operations and Safety grant. The funds will allow the fire company to purchase 38 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units. Each unit will include: harness/backpack, face piece, and two cylinders. This type of equipment is worn by rescue workers, firefighters, and others to provide breathable air in an immediate dangerous-to-life or health atmosphere.
“I am thankful the Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company will be able to purchase the needed SCBA units; it is of vital importance to have high quality equipment,” Rep. Cartwright said, a member of the Congressional Fire Service Caucus. “I will continue to strongly support this federal program which helps to ensure the safety of our firefighters and communities.”
The purpose of the AFG is to award competitive grants directly to fire departments to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public, as well as that of first-responder personnel. Since 2001, the AFG program has provided approximately $6.7 billion in grants to first-responder organizations to obtain much-needed emergency response equipment, personal protective equipment, firefighting and emergency vehicles, and training.
During the current funding cycle, the AFG program will award another $310.5 million to first-responder organizations that need support to improve their capability to respond to fires and emergencies of all types.
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Elvis Presley, the "king of rock and roll", is mourned at his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans line the streets of Memphis for his funeral, which occurred on August 18.....Supertanker Pierre Guillaumat is launched at Saint-Nazaire; she is the all-time world's largest ship (by deadweight tonnage and length overall) at launch.The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole...
Groucho Marx, comedic legend, star of stage and screen, dies of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, at the age of 86.... Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft……in Pennsylvania Mayor Frank Rizzo says that the city needs a big time convention center…..in Wilkes Barre Elvis Presley is remembered with special music programming on almost every radio station in the region…and forty years ago this week the number one song in Lulac land and America was “Barracuda” by Heart,