Editorial Musings from the Heart(land)

This current batch of political leaders are most disingenuous ... thus, disgracing their elevated leadership status. Perhaps, referring to them as such is a little strong .... nevertheless, it may NOT be too far off the mark. If any of our elected leaders truly cared about a solution to the immigration problem, then at this very moment we would be talking about workable solutions instead of blaming each other for the lack thereof. The images we are being presented with regarding detention of children are simply put forth to elicit emotional outbursts as opposed to serving as a basis for generating solutions to the overall problem of illegal immigration and border security. Once again, the defenseless  (in this case the most helpless of all ... children) are getting hurt and are no more than political pawns. Hey!!! Washington ... these defenseless folks have families, breath, blood and emotions. Management types in business, will tell the minions ... that if we are not part of

Pretty scary stuff ..... and I'm also a little shocked by the rousing applause to go along with it. The icing on the cake came with a comment by the playwright, "Tony Kushner" (backstage supporting and listening to Mr. De Niro) denouncing the Trump presidency by referring to it as "the Hitler mistake." Normally, the safest course of action when threatening behavior rears its ugly head is to move as far away as one can possibly get. At times it has been necessary for me to run in the opposite direction when faced with .... 1. Individuals in a state of rage (angry). 2. Those that exhibit racial hatred and/or hatred of any kind. 3. Unsavory locker room talk, and .... 4. Physical violence. In a free society, Mr De Niro has the right to express himself politically as he wishes. Perhaps that is the underlying message regarding the standing "O" ... not necessarily standing to support his opinion, but his right to have one and openly express it. LOL

I am not altogether displeased with the way President Trump handled himself during this weekend's Economic Summit in Quebec, Canada. And on top of all that, I am impressed with the ongoing Twitter dialogue (if that is what one would call it) with the Canadian Prime Minister, Trudeau. Due to the way in which the opposition here in the United States treats the President, it's not too much of a surprise that the rest of the world thinks they can do the same. The members of the G7 are also politicians playing to their home crowd and they shouldn't expect the US to be any different in protecting the best interests of our country. President Trump  being the street fighter (from, New York) that he is certainly never misses the opportunity to respond in kind. As to tariffs .... it would seem each country has their own set of tariffs to protect their industries. Screaming out loud in economic pain over our need to do the same is disingenuous at best. I am intrigued by the po

join me as I walk down fantasy lane .... Donald and Kim .... back to back .... each armed with their agreed upon single shot weapons .... They start ... Step 1, Step 2 .... Step 15 & they both turn ... a visible flash, a powerful and loud shock wave .... the winner still standing ... takes all. end of walk .... World leaders who have a beef with each other and of course on behalf of their respective countries .... simply should consider duking it out between themselves ... therefore excluding us little people from being sent to die for only God knows what. Subsequent to a Congress and President declaring war ... These leaders themselves should head out to the battlefield instead of sending young people with so much life ahead of them into harm's way. The fantasy above crosses my mind as I play with the possibility of something similar happening in Singapore, just a few short days from now ... It seems possible (not probable) that one of the two world leaders might decid

Friends and loved ones are asking themselves .... How could this have happened to this wonderfully gifted individual? What did we do wrong and how did we miss the signs of her pending suicide? Is there something we did that triggered such an outcome??? Her loved ones are saying ..... We loved her so deeply and cared for her at every turn.  We helped her when she needed help.  We covered for her when she was unable to cover for herself.  We heard her pleas for help and assisted by escorting her to therapy. We helped her keep track of the medications she was prescribed.  And ... we watched her at every turn, looking for signs that she might be at risk and do something like this. If she even hinted at such an occurrence ... we watched even closer.  Any variation in her behavior immediately set off alarms which caused us to attend to her that much more closely ..... We made every effort to let her know we needed her and the deepness of our love for her.  We emphasized just how importan

Monsanto, the company made famous by its development of DDT and Agent Orange is now going to get bigger and more invasive with a Bayer buyout. The US and the EU have given their blessings, consequently the two companies will end up in wedded bliss on June 7, 2018. At which time, the Monsanto brand will vanish. Both of these companies are global giants in the agricultural business.  Monsanto (as well as Bayer) use and develop genetically modified organisms (GMO) in order to enhance the production of our raw food supplies. Monsanto, specifically ...  is responsible for developing genetically modified soybeans which are resistant to a well known herbicide called "Roundup" (developed by Monsanto). Thus, production farmers can use the herbicide on their soybean crops (a huge US crop) increasing yields without damaging the soybean. The kicker is that these genetically modified seeds are now patented products, owned by Monsanto who aggressively protects its patent restricting