THE TRUMP SEX TAPE
The hypocrisy and insanity during this
election is ridiculous. Let’s get
involved in politics, but let’s us not lose perspective of reality.
Reality
#1:
Politicians and those
running to represent us in government are not saints. They are flawed people just like you and me
who are running for their own personal purposes. The idea is to see if your views or needs
align with what they are promising. You aren't even guaranteed that it will be accomplished.
Reality
#2
In our open society
couples get married and cheat, both heterosexual, and homosexual, people have
one night stands and all kinds of sex. Drugs and crime are glorified. Traitors
are seen as heroes, and treating women like sex objects is glorified, sometimes
by the women themselves. This is all
evident online, on Netflix, in books, in music videos, in the news and on
social media.
Where
we stand.
With the amount of issues
that this country has to deal with that will undoubtedly affect us all on a
personal level, it is amazing to me to see how focused we are on every sexual
comment that Trump makes or has made in the past 40 years of his public life
which are now surfacing. Whether he called someone fat, flat-chested, ugly or
whatever, we are all guilty of the same behavior. We all criticize other people
for whatever reasons, yet we expect others not to do this. I would be a bit weary of someone who had
never said anything mean, nasty or rude to anyone else. We all say things, it is human nature.
We expect Trump to be
magical. We expect more of him than we
do of Hillary, but the truth is that there have been several U.S. Presidents to
have affairs while in the White House.
However, most of these men were able to accomplish their jobs as
President in some capacity. Everyone
claims that Bill Clinton was a good President, yet he had his sexual escapades during his Presidency.
For those who aren’t
aware, Warren Harding had a couple of affairs, and possibly fathered a child
outside of his marriage. Franklin D.
Roosevelt had an affair with his wife’s secretary. Lyndon B. Johnson had an
affair with a married woman who was the wife of one of his financial backers. Dwight
Eisenhower had an affair. James Buchanan was in a gay relationship when it wasn’t
acceptable. John F. Kennedy and Gerald
Ford both had affairs. Thomas Jefferson had a relationship with his slave, and
fathered her children. George H.W. Bush was rumored to have had an affair with
one of his assistants, and obviously the aforementioned Bill Clinton.
Now, do we think that
these men were all so incredibly attractive that they did not have to use their
power or position or anything else to seduce these women? Let’s be real. If they were broke, or working
at McDonald’s or Target they couldn’t have gotten away with what they did. So we’ve had several scoundrels in the White
House both Democrats and Republicans.
Does that mean that they can’t be an effective leader?
While we are here debating
Trump’s morality and/or his lack of social filter, the reality remains that if
he would have walked on the political stage without these issues, the liberal
media, and the Washington establishment would have still not approved of him
because he is an outsider.
Government is complicated
but it’s not rocket science. A desire to
effectuate change can go a long way.
While we sit here arguing, and throwing memes around for and against the
contenders, what we should be concentrating on are the issues. Rome is burning and we need to start trying
to put out the fires in a focused manner, not feed into the media hype on either side about their personal lives. There are issues
that will destroy this country from within if not taken seriously quickly.
Our Constitution is in
danger on many levels. That is the
foundation of our government. It was the first stone. If we keep dissecting it, it will crumble, and so will we.
Some of the things we
really need to be focused on during this election are:
Domestic terrorism: We have had too many domestic terror attacks
by radicalized US citizens. While we do
have freedoms afforded to us we also have to realize that if the police is
looking for someone who is tall and blond, they are going to have to pull over,
detain, and/or question everyone who is tall and blond. There is no point in
questioning red-heads or dark haired people.
This is profiling. You fit a
profile, you have to be questioned. Profiling
is used in many ways. There is behavioral profiling, DNA profiling, and racial
profiling just to name a few. It is our responsibility to cooperate and be vigil, not crazy, just vigil because our lives, and the lives of our neighbors depends on it. The politicians are all surrounded by Secret Service agents, they and their families are relatively safer than the average citizen. We have more at stake than they do.
Education: Our
education system is rampant with wasteful spending, and common core is
detrimental. The United States continues
to score low in comparison with other countries on education, yet we spend more
per child than most countries. Our children are not receiving the quality education that they deserve. This
is an issue that affects us now, and will affect future generations because
children are our future resources.
Healthcare: Obamacare has been a
disaster and the only people who benefit from it are those who have low incomes
or are at the poverty level. Middle class Americans have been the ones most
adversely affected by this mandatory imposition. This plan has to be repealed or repaired but
it cannot continue this way. A single payer plan is not a bad idea, Medicare is a single payer plan, and it works fairly well.
Job creation: Like
my father used to say “we cannot all be doctors, and lawyers, we need all kinds
of people so that things work”. Right now, things are not working. Our manufacturing, and telephone service jobs
are going overseas. Jobs that would
benefit millions of Americans. What is
being done by Washington? Nothing. They
just sit idly by because their jobs are guaranteed, and so is their retirement pension and healthcare. They are making their money
from their donors, from and some from foreign countries. They are so far removed from the situation
that it is not on the top of their agenda.
They are probably counting on food stamps, unemployment and Medicaid to
take care of the citizens if things get really bad.
Military force & Issues: For
us to have a respected government in the world we need to be prepared for
anything. A state of the art military is
important. We also need to make sure
that those people who we send to do our bidding are given the proper medical
care and assistance when they return since they gave up what they had of a life
to serve. There are many benefits to joining the military, but those who do serve in war should be treated with
dignity and provided with whatever services they need to be able to rejoin
mainstream America. No matter how long it takes. A pat on the back, a medal
and a couple of interviews doesn’t cut it.
Cleaning up inner cities: This is one of the biggest
problems that affects most of our major cities and many other areas. While it
is impossible to be rid of people who commit crimes because they are actually
necessary to a degree, we can try to clean up those areas that are being
severely affected by drugs and violence.
Everyone knows that many of those areas are run by gangs or thugs not
even the police dare to enter. This is a
situation that needs to be resolved.
This goes back to the lack of proper education in these
neighborhoods. It also goes back to the
lack of gainful employment available to people who don’t have an education.
These issues all feed off each other to create a huge problem in our inner
cities.
Police, crime, punishment and systemic
racism: Do
we still have issues with certain aspects of racism? Yes. It is evident in our prison system, and it is
evident in our inner city schools.
Cleaning up the inner cities, education, job creation and crime all go
hand in hand. When you don’t have a
proper education, no job availability, and live in a neighborhood overrun with
drugs, it is very difficult to do anything but engage in criminal
behavior. Black men are sent to jail
more often than white men, usually because they lack the means to hire a good
lawyer to represent them, so they take a plea or fall into the lap of a public
defender who is overwhelmed with work, and has no time or funds to prepare a
solid defense. This is why there is an
imbalance. Justice is only as good as
the money that you have to spend on it.
It’s not because they are black, it’s because they are broke. A prime
example is OJ Simpson. We also know
through research and statistics that nations that have high levels of prison
populations also have high levels of homicide.
ILLEGAL Immigration.
Despite our desire to help others, we must be a law abiding nation. When it comes to immigration, laws are not being upheld. We do need secure borders, not only for illegal immigration reasons, but also for drugs that are coming in through the border. This is a fact, not conjecture. People in other countries are waiting for years to enter this country legally and going through the process. Is it fair to them to have to wait, when we just let people slip through, and then provide them with social services once they have a child here, or offer amnesty? What message does that continue to send to people in other countries? This is clearly an issue that needs to be resolved once and for all.
One
of the most detrimental things we have in this country which has been brought to light
during this election is the media and their flagrant disregard for the truth. Given the state of general ignorance as to
any particular subject in this country it is easy for the media to control the
masses. One meme, which is the attention
span of the average person, can accomplish major things. One edited clip can change
many people’s perspective on anything.
No research needs to be done. This is what the politicians count on.
This goes back to education as well. We have been taught, trained or
brainwashed to no longer think for ourselves.
Why spend time doing research when we have either one side of the media
or the other to listen to that can fill us in?
Unfortunately, journalism is dying.
It is rare, and you won’t find it on CNN or Fox.
Historically,
very few civilizations have lasted for a very long time. It is only a matter of time before ours
changes drastically. It may be through a
civil war if this divisiveness continues, or it may be through the move towards globalization, but it will
change. Our job as citizens of this
country is to inform ourselves of the issues that we are facing, and watch out
for each other, because we fully know that Washington rarely has our back.