Well its midweek again and nothing feels like progress as the world spins on its axis in to another day under threat of infection and death. I just can’t find anything positive about life at the minute, not even the fact Trump in just a matter of hours will no longer be America’s President. Let’s me see what is rantable today.
Firstly congratulations America the man you call the 45th President is finally on his way out, but not before pardoning every single bad apple of a moron who stood at his side during his four years of criminality and lies. I know he only has the power to pardon or commute federal sentences, but should such an act even be allowed. Where is the justice in the pardoning of blue collar criminals while hundred or maybe thousands of innocents still have to serve out their sentence? Granted Trump and some previous Presidents have used the right to pardon as political ammunition and to serve their own interests. Pardoning all those involved in working for Trump or even his son-in-law’s father is an act of criminality in itself. The worst thing is as I write this Trump still has just over six hours to cause more damage or enact more gross abuses of power which could involve pardoning his family and himself for past crimes they have committed including the incitement of the January 6th insurrection attempt. There has to be a legal way to walk back some of these pardons Trump has performed in the Supreme Court system. Sometimes I can’t believe how unequal the rights of people are within the American way of life. A new amendment needs to be written to incorporate a clause that allows a presidential successor to overturn their predecessor’s bad decisions.
As a British citizen living thousands of miles away, it just worries me that a country which is held as the pinnacle of democracy, now sees thousands of National Guard troops encamped in the countries capital which was last seen during America’s civil war. This is what having Trump as president has brought America to, a return to armed personnel deployed against armed civil unrest. Trump’s lasting legacy will be how he turned American against American and incited the racist militia forces to take up arms just because he can’t cope with the fact that over eight million individuals chose he was not what they wanted in a president. I have said it before and I will say it again the way America votes for their president is biased against what the people want because politicians have the last say when a simple head count should be the way forward. One vote, one count, one president not the way it is done now that dictates a candidate has to secure 270 seats and then be certified by the Electoral College. In some ways here in Britain our style of democracy far out ways that chosen in America. Don’t get me wrong it is still a flawed process especially when the likes of Johnson become Primeminister, but at least it was the majority count that put him in to office instead of the biased method used in America. You tell me, if Biden hadn’t took California, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia, Trump would be starting his second term today, would that be a good outcome. Four states out of fifty have stopped the inauguration of a madman. Back in 2016 the flawed system was highlighted when Trump was declared the victor even though Hilary Clinton had 2% more people vote for her. How is this a true democratic system when the loser of the popular vote can still win just because they took more Electoral College seats? America really needs to reassess how it elects its leaders.
What really shows the hypocrisy of the American people is that such a person as Trump was ever in the Whitehouse. He has continued throughout his four years in office to hide his tax returns. Instead of stepping down from his position as CEO of the Trump organization, he has continued to have a say in how it was run. He has blatantly profiteered off the use of his facilities by charging the country for his stays in rooms he doesn’t pay for anyway. The biggest test of his character has been the way he has or should we say not accepted defeat to Joe Biden. Every day since his defeat he has lied about the validity of the election and come inauguration day 2021 he will go down in history as one of only six Presidents who have not attend an inauguration ceremony of their successor. This really does show how petty and vengeful Trump really is, even Hilary Clinton sat through Trump’s own inauguration which makes her a slightly better person than him. It is said that he will even leave Washington DC early, so he and his family can utilise Air Force One to travel to Florida just so he doesn’t have to pay for the trip himself which once again show his failed character and money grabbing persona. All I can say is good riddance and hope that the Senate does convict Trump of the heinous act of incitement, but as it will take 17 Republican Senators to make that happen I wouldn’t hold your breath. This man will leave office with America in its worst ever state which includes 400,000 dead from a virus he called a democrat hoax, an economy on its knees because he stole from the poor to give to the rich, went to war with America’s allies while embracing it enemies, laundered American taxpayers dollars in to his own pockets and committed treasonous acts while representing the Office of President, not to mention spent more days on a golf course than any other president in history, even Nixon did a better job than Trump which is saying something.
On that small list of criminality I move to dear old Blighty and see what criminal acts our own Trump clone is enacting against us. So the Conservative in fighting is ramping up as Conservative backbenches turn on Johnson. Former Primeminister Theresa May has accused Johnson of ‘abandoning Britain’s moral leadership’ with his actions during Brexit negotiations which blackened the countries moral compass in the eyes of the world. Since Johnson took up the mantle of Leader of the United Kingdom he has created a divide with other world leaders while cosying up to those leaders whom have the same mentality as himself. He has dragged the country out of Europe with lies and subterfuge, telling us how so much better we will be outside the laws and policies of Europe while trying to create an authoritarian style government right under the noses of us the voting public. He has openly condoned the release of billions of pounds in taxpayers money to Conservative party donors and friends to supply goods and services they are ill-equipped to actually provide. This as the headlines focus on the unemployed and low paid individuals within the country as the argument over £20 a week still rages on showing the Conservative party as the money hungry out of touch morons they really are.
We live in a society governed by wealth. The rich live high on the top of the pyramid where the wealth filters downwards very, very unequally. Most of the supposed leaders of this nation come from privileged lifestyles hidden away from the actual people they supposedly represent. It is we the downtrodden and impoverished forgotten that suffer due to the ineptitude and incompetence of the present Conservative government who see us as leeches. It is we who face debt, eviction, cold and starvation not the elitist cabinet ministers who get to decide what we are worth as a person just because we cannot find suitable work within this economic and medical crisis we currently find ourselves in. Some of us are at an age where we are too young for a pension, but also too old for ninety percent of employers to even consider. Yes some blame lies at our doors, but is it not reality that employers view anyone above fifty and below sixty seven as surplus to requirement because it is much easier to employ a teenager fresh out of school on half the salary they are required to pay a person of a certain age about 25, especially when they may need re-training or re-educating to for fill the position advertised.
So while the argument rages on Universal Credit payments, there is another bigger issue coming to light. The supposed miracle drugs to vaccinate you against COVID-19 may not be good enough or even be effective to fight of the infection. The government's chief scientific adviser has stated that a close eye will need to be kept on the Pfizer drugs true effectiveness after reports from Israel seem to contradict the trial results compared to the actual results on full rollout. Israel reports that one dose is more likely to be 30 to 40 percent effective against trial results which placed it at nearly 90 percent effective. This doesn’t bode well for the future if the miracle cure isn’t actually a miracle, but simply another lie. My questions are, how much profit are the suppliers of these miracle drug actually making? What is the cost of the drugs manufacture compared to its sale price to the governments of the world? A tweet outlining the cost of each vaccine was quickly removed, but not before the true value of human life was recorded for posterity. Once again it is seen that American companies are making money of death, as the price of a vaccines ranges from just under £2 to the most expensive which is just over £13. You can’t tell me there isn’t some profiteering going on by these big pharmaceutical companies especially the American based one’s who have the backing of the government to profit off American’s suffering. So I have covered the government, the miserly Universal Credit, and COVID vaccine, I think that is enough.
The last thing I want to consider is the global impact corrupt politicians in any country has on it populous. Some governments abuse verbally, some physically, but the worst type of government is the one that does it secretly by not allowing the populous to know what they are actually doing whilst in power. We as a global society require more transparency from those elected officials we place in a position of power. If anything the last four years in America and the last official year in the UK has seen what a corrupt leader can do to that country. There has to be more accountability for a leaders actions. In a less democratic country Trump and Johnson would have faced the death penalty for the criminality they have shown and would have been overthrown, so as democracies, why do we simply stand back and allow it? I am not saying we should revert to violence to get what we want, but we should move towards a more legal stance where leaders are prosecuted for their crimes under the law of the land like us simple commoners rather than just public damnation and a slap on the wrist. On that I will call it a day as my ranting is a little erratic at the moment, P.S Secret service please check the Trump families luggage as they leave the Whitehouse for any stolen items.
Rant you tomorrow!
Back Friday.
