Facebook, good for something after all…

It was my birthday recently, and so I went to Facebook for the first time in a year to do my annual thanking of folks for their kind wishes…and while I was there, I of course looked around.

This was posted and since it’s been shared over 100,000 times I’m happy to do likewise here. The original author is Mark Amore, and here is the original post. I like it because it has links to so many things I want to have access to, and makes the points I wanted to make but didn’t do so as eloquently as Mr. Amore. Mostly, this is just a bookmark for me, but please enjoy as you see fit.

Listen, I’m not going to change your mind and you’re not going to change mine.

If Hillary’s emails bother you but the 22 million deleted emails during the Bush/Cheney administration – also on a private server – don’t, I can’t argue with that.

http://www.pbs.org/…/w…/web-video/missing-white-house-emails

If Benghazi bothers you, and the 13 embassy attacks during Bush (where 60 people were killed) doesn’t bother you, I have no argument for that.

http://www.politifact.com/…/prior-benghazi-were-there-13-a…/

If you think the Clinton’s running their charity (a charity with an “A” rating with CharityWatch.org, that has 88% of its contributions going out to charity and not overhead and has a higher rating than the Red Cross and United Way) is a conflict of interest, while having no desire to know where Trump’s money comes from – which is now from all foreign sources, because no US bank will loan him money anymore – AND if you had no problem with the conflict of interest with Dick Cheney running Halliburton and making BILLIONS during the war in Iraq, then I have no argument for that.

http://www.factcheck.org/…/where-does-clinton-foundation-m…/

https://www.charitywatch.org/…/bill-hillary-chelsea-cli…/478

If you have women and girls in your life who you want treated with respect and don’t have a problem with Trump’s rampant misogyny, I have no argument for that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/18-real-things-donald-trump…

If you don’t find Trump’s praising of Putin and Kim Jong-un alarming, I have no argument for that.

http://abcnews.go.com/…/controversial-dictators-lead…/story…

If you’re OK with voting for someone who is against LGBT rights and has stated that his supreme court pick(s) could overturn marriage equality, I have no argument for that.

http://www.hrc.org/…/donald-trump-opposes-nationwide-marria…

If you have no problem with someone who has gone on and on and on about Bill Clinton’s infidelity while he has cheated on his first wife with his second and his second wife with his third, then I have no argument for that. ALSO, BILL CLINTON ISN’T RUNNING FOR OFFICE, HIS WIFE IS.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/8e31fe68-834a-11e6-a3ef-f3…

If the list of proposed Supreme Court nominees that Trump put forth doesn’t scare you enough to crap your pants, I have no argument for that.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/new-trump-supreme-court-l_b…

If Trumps history of racial inequality doesn’t bother you. I have no argument for that.

http://fortune.com/2016/06/07/donald-trump-racism-quotes/

If you have no problem when you hear Trump go on about how companies are shipping their jobs overseas and how he will stop this, while his suits are made in Mexico and his ties in China, I have no argument for that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/how-many-trump-products-w…/

If Trump’s use of his charity’s funds to pay personal debts and buy paintings of himself don’t give you pause, then I have no argument for that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/adc88f9c-7d11-11e6-ac8e-cf…

I you think that Trump’s a good businessman and will be good for our county’s economics, when knowing about how many of his companies failed, I have no argument for that.

http://www.rollingstone.com/…/donald-trumps-13-biggest-busi…

If the charges of fraud on Trump University and the scandal of his “donation” of $25,000 to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, after which she stopped her investigation into Trump University don’t bother you, then I have no argument for that.

http://www.newyorker.com/…/trump-university-its-worse-than-…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/trump-pays-irs-a-penalty-…/

If you buy into the smear campaign against Hillary and don’t get that so many on the right have – and have HAD – a hardon to get Clinton for what… 30 years now? And have spent MILLIONS of tax dollars to get her on something and have gotten NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH, ZERO. 30 years of half truths, lies and some bat shit crazy lies (my favorite being the one where she has killed so many people that it would make Hannibal Lector seem lazy!) repeated incessantly until the gullible and uneducated take it as truth, then I have no argument for that.

http://www.dailykos.com/…/6/…/1541728/-The-Thirty-Year-Smear

And if you think Trump is the better candidate, I have no argument for that either.

And the reason I have no argument with that? Because as I wrote earlier… I’m not going to change your mind, and you’re not going to change mine.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CONTRARY OPINION TO ANYTHING THAT I’VE WRITTEN HERE… POST IT ON YOUR OWN DAMN WALL!

We’ll have to agree to disagree.

Trumped

Think about all the things we already knew about Donald J. Trump. Imagine, if you will, if just ONE of them was true about Hillary Clinton. Or don’t bother with that – imagine any other election of either major party candidate and how any ONE of these things would be disqualifying:

• Called for the deportation of people due to their religion, which among many other things, violates the very First Amendment in our Constitution.
• Mocked a reporter for his physical disability, then pretended he didn’t even know the reporter despite having worked with him for years.
• Pledged to deport 11,000,000 people living and working here without residency, via deportation squads, and then building a $25 BILLION wall and pretending Mexico will pay for it. (Hint: They will NOT do this.)
• Filed for bankruptcy four separate times
• Sued for fraud for the huckster scheme of Trump University
• Proclaimed the judge in the Trump U case couldn’t possibly be fair because of Trump’s stance on Mexican immigrants and the fact that even though the judge was born and raised in Indiana, since he is of Mexican heritage, he’s inherently biased against Trump.
• Picked a fight with a Gold Star family and suggested the mother wasn’t allowed to talk because of her Muslim heritage
• Suggested that Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the JFK assassination
• Repeatedly lied about Muslims celebrating in the streets of New Jersey on 9/11
• Secured a $150,000 grant from the city for 9/11 relief funds despite not having any related damage and supposedly being a billionaire
• Suggested Vladimir Putin is a great leader, done interviews on Russian TV, asked Russian hackers to hack Hillary Clinton and so. much. more.
• Said as President he might stop aiding other countries without them paying more for it, essentially turning the military into a mob protection racket.
• Suggested it would be fine if Saudi Arabia, South Korea and other countries arm themselves with nuclear weapons. Later reportedly asked in intelligence briefing three times why we have nuclear weapons if we won’t use them.
• Been married three times, and cheated on (at least) the first two wives with (at least) the women who would marry him next.
• Has the worst combover and fake tan of any sentient life force known to man.
• Stated that if his daughter wasn’t related to him, he’d probably date her because she’s so attractive.
• Blamed victims of sexual harassment at work for not being stronger or finding a new job.
• Said that former prisoner of war John McCain wasn’t a real hero, because he likes heroes who aren’t captured.

I could keep going on but I’m getting furious realizing how far this has gone with such an inept, morally bankrupt candidate for the leader of the free world.

Tonight, things got much worse. Tonight, a video was released from about 11 years ago, where Trump is bragging to Billy Bush (really? Of all people, Mr. Trump, you sought to impress Billy Fucking Bush?) about trying and failing to sleep with a married woman on the show (while Trump himself was recently married and with Melania three months pregnant with their son) – and then, stated he needed a Tic Tac because he might just have to kiss an attractive woman, stating that as a ‘star’ he could just do what he wanted. Here are some choice quotes:

• “I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married.”
• “I did try and fuck her. She was married.”
• “Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”
• “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”

If you’d like to see the whole delightful thing, it’s all over but here it is on Deadspin.

Remember, evangelical Christians have overwhelmingly decided to support this piece of shit. Tonight, many leading GOP figures are stating that this is ‘inexcusable’ and repellant, etc. A few have even withdrawn their endorsement – perhaps more will follow suit.

I doubt that this is disqualifying. Nothing seems to be. What’s more, ballots are already mailed and people are voting. Some assholes have already voted for this guy.

Look, I know a LOT of people despise Hillary Clinton. I don’t think she’s extremely likeable (though I do think President Obama and Bill Clinton and Joe Biden all are, as a guideline). And I know there are many who have been convinced that she belongs in prison, has had people killed and sprinkles crispy baby flesh over her oatmeal each morning. But for sentient human beings who avoid the more ridiculous side of things, at the very least you can’t vote for this turd.

I honestly don’t know how I could look my wife and daughter in the face and tell them that I chose to vote for THIS guy to lead the country.