So America, The GOP is the party that just keeps on giving! They give to the wealthy, they give to the corrupt, they give to big business, they have given Trump two get out of jail free cards and they have given the finger to the American public who put them where they are. Yes the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump ended in acquittal because GOP Senators didn’t have the back bone to once and for all tell Trump how they really felt. On national television Senator Graham praised the former president while the minority leader of the Senate Mitch McConnell made excuses for 43 Republicans who voted against conviction stating the flimsy argument of the constitution, McConnell stood in front of the world and condemned Trump’s actions on January 6th, but in the same breath stated the constitution says he couldn’t vote to convict or impeach a former President who has left office. This is the man who whilst serving as the majority leader refused to recall the senate before Trump left office to hold the impeachment trial which gave the GOP senators that margin of respectability which meant they could condemn Trump, yet not appear to be preserving their own political futures when they voted against conviction. This even came after a vote which made it constitutional to impeach Trump.
McConnell even went as far as to advise authorities to start criminal and civil proceedings against Trump without openly telling them to. There is a faction of GOP members who want away from the stench left behind by Trump’s actions, yet are too worried about the political fallout to stand up for what is right and democratically needed to give America an air of respectability once again. They want their cake and to eat it also! Unfortunately, the party still has it radical right wing fascists who want to follow Trumpism and condone White Supremacy as the way forward. Hawley, Cruz and Graham need to be threatened with expulsion for their views and their abhorrent behaviour since the 2020 November 3rd election.
Luckily there are still ways and means to get the right result for American democracy and that is the law. As McConnell said the Senate is not a criminal institution who could legally hold Trump, Cruz, Hawley and Graham accountable, but the law authorities of the land can now start criminal proceedings against Trump as he is a private citizen. There can now be investigations in to the conduct of certain Senate and house representatives as well as Trump’s campaign team over the co-ordinated attack of the Capitol by insurrectionists while Trump is investigated for his part in the coup plot as well as his unpresidential efforts to threaten certain parties involved in the certification of the election results. With several cases been considered to prosecute Trump for his past indiscretions such as election tampering, fraud, tax evasion and business irregularities as well as sexual harassment cases been held over from trial due to Trump’s position as president. These cases can now proceed as the former president is a private citizen. All in all Trump keeps flying close to the sun and getting singed, the question is can anything burn him enough to cripple his attempts at further political desires in the future as the GOP refused to ban him even though a percentage of the members regard Trump as toxic.
As an outsider looking in at the way America is run it still dumbfounds me that over seventy million morons voted for Trump in the 2020 election and that so many members of the Republican Party still fall at Trump’s feet as if he was the messiah instead of just a corrupt MAN. There is clearly something wrong with a country that condones such actions by a man who is clearly mentally delusional with thoughts of grandeur. The politicians who preserve his image as godlike need to be checked for neurological damage because it is not right for them to be so blinkered that his wrong doing appears as a blur while millions suffer and die from his mismanagement of the countries affairs just so the rich can become richer and a far right ideology can take a disastrous hold on the minds of the populous giving rise to a new fascist movement making Trump the reincarnation of Hitler.
On that note I will head back across the pond to check out the shitstorm still rolling through dear old Blighty. So as the death toll in the UK nears ‘One Hundred and Twenty Thousand’ dead, Johnson takes to air to outline, his outline to ease us out of lockdown which he is expected to give on February 22nd. The question I have is, were we ever in or out of lockdown? As a single person with no family I feel like I have been in lockdown since this time last year even before lockdown became official. I have spent the last year at home with no visitors or outside contact except for the monthly food delivery or the once or twice a week I venture to the corner shop. I am neither a key worker or in the age bracket to warrant a vaccination immediately, so hiding myself away is the logical answer as no one would care if I was sick or not. I hear and read the news headlines about what is going on, but have not seen it first hand, so can’t speak to what is going on beyond my own doorstep. The government to me just seems to be going through the motions without making any progression other than lining the pockets of their bestie’s. The vaccination process rolls forward, yet to date there has been a further 258 deaths which is unforgivable especially since a third of social care staff are still to be vaccinated.
One story I read which makes me laugh is that British and Irish citizens and UK residents who arrive in England after being in a high-risk COVID country now have to self-isolate in hotels. The reason it made me laugh is because these people who probably have a home to go to have to pre-book a stay at a government sanctioned hotel to stay in for ten days, but also have to pay for the privilege of been isolated. As well as the hotel fees [which rise if children are involved] there is a further charge incurred for an NHS test.
If any of the above is not done the person is liable for a fine, so either way they are screwed. How can the government say they are working on the best interests of the public when they are finding ways to overcharge UK citizens? They are simply using the public to prop up the failing economy their poor decision making has created. We are becoming a fascist state under the leadership of Boris Johnson which is exactly what he wants. Johnson wants to be Trump without the political fallout, but that will come to him sooner or later. The country is suffering, but the government just keeps heaping more despair on top of what we have already. The cabinet ministers tasked with the role of governing our fair isle just keep making mistake after mistake and have no answers to the correct path out of the current predicament we and the world find ourselves in. We need a leadership we can believe in and the Tory leadership currently in charge has lost all credibility. I keep saying it and will continue saying it. We need a coalition government that has the countries interest at heart, not themselves.
It has been seen both here and abroad that certain nation’s leadership are ill-equipped to take on the mammoth task of eradicating this pandemic especially when there is so much infighting going on. America has spent the last year more concerned about a presidential election while the UK government spent most of the last year more concerned over our exit from the European common market. What the world needs and I am unsure if it has even been talked about, is a global conference on how the planet moves forward to eradicate COVID-19 because until every country of the world is on the same page there will be no end to the current health crisis that is effecting every single country. Countries working alone will suffer alone in both health and finance. Until all countries are vaccinated there will always be a threat to life from COVID-19 or any other type of virus easily transmitted. The World Health Organisation (WHO) can monitor and give aid, but there should also be an international group made up of diplomats and health experts to work closely with the world health organisation to create a global team whose goal is the eradication and prevention of pandemics with a set protocol which overrides individual governments when it comes to the world’s health. I know I talk a lot of ‘BS’ sometimes, but I can only speak about what I see or feel. On that note I will call it a day,
Rant you tomorrow!
McConnell even went as far as to advise authorities to start criminal and civil proceedings against Trump without openly telling them to. There is a faction of GOP members who want away from the stench left behind by Trump’s actions, yet are too worried about the political fallout to stand up for what is right and democratically needed to give America an air of respectability once again. They want their cake and to eat it also! Unfortunately, the party still has it radical right wing fascists who want to follow Trumpism and condone White Supremacy as the way forward. Hawley, Cruz and Graham need to be threatened with expulsion for their views and their abhorrent behaviour since the 2020 November 3rd election.
Luckily there are still ways and means to get the right result for American democracy and that is the law. As McConnell said the Senate is not a criminal institution who could legally hold Trump, Cruz, Hawley and Graham accountable, but the law authorities of the land can now start criminal proceedings against Trump as he is a private citizen. There can now be investigations in to the conduct of certain Senate and house representatives as well as Trump’s campaign team over the co-ordinated attack of the Capitol by insurrectionists while Trump is investigated for his part in the coup plot as well as his unpresidential efforts to threaten certain parties involved in the certification of the election results. With several cases been considered to prosecute Trump for his past indiscretions such as election tampering, fraud, tax evasion and business irregularities as well as sexual harassment cases been held over from trial due to Trump’s position as president. These cases can now proceed as the former president is a private citizen. All in all Trump keeps flying close to the sun and getting singed, the question is can anything burn him enough to cripple his attempts at further political desires in the future as the GOP refused to ban him even though a percentage of the members regard Trump as toxic.
As an outsider looking in at the way America is run it still dumbfounds me that over seventy million morons voted for Trump in the 2020 election and that so many members of the Republican Party still fall at Trump’s feet as if he was the messiah instead of just a corrupt MAN. There is clearly something wrong with a country that condones such actions by a man who is clearly mentally delusional with thoughts of grandeur. The politicians who preserve his image as godlike need to be checked for neurological damage because it is not right for them to be so blinkered that his wrong doing appears as a blur while millions suffer and die from his mismanagement of the countries affairs just so the rich can become richer and a far right ideology can take a disastrous hold on the minds of the populous giving rise to a new fascist movement making Trump the reincarnation of Hitler.
On that note I will head back across the pond to check out the shitstorm still rolling through dear old Blighty. So as the death toll in the UK nears ‘One Hundred and Twenty Thousand’ dead, Johnson takes to air to outline, his outline to ease us out of lockdown which he is expected to give on February 22nd. The question I have is, were we ever in or out of lockdown? As a single person with no family I feel like I have been in lockdown since this time last year even before lockdown became official. I have spent the last year at home with no visitors or outside contact except for the monthly food delivery or the once or twice a week I venture to the corner shop. I am neither a key worker or in the age bracket to warrant a vaccination immediately, so hiding myself away is the logical answer as no one would care if I was sick or not. I hear and read the news headlines about what is going on, but have not seen it first hand, so can’t speak to what is going on beyond my own doorstep. The government to me just seems to be going through the motions without making any progression other than lining the pockets of their bestie’s. The vaccination process rolls forward, yet to date there has been a further 258 deaths which is unforgivable especially since a third of social care staff are still to be vaccinated.
One story I read which makes me laugh is that British and Irish citizens and UK residents who arrive in England after being in a high-risk COVID country now have to self-isolate in hotels. The reason it made me laugh is because these people who probably have a home to go to have to pre-book a stay at a government sanctioned hotel to stay in for ten days, but also have to pay for the privilege of been isolated. As well as the hotel fees [which rise if children are involved] there is a further charge incurred for an NHS test.
If any of the above is not done the person is liable for a fine, so either way they are screwed. How can the government say they are working on the best interests of the public when they are finding ways to overcharge UK citizens? They are simply using the public to prop up the failing economy their poor decision making has created. We are becoming a fascist state under the leadership of Boris Johnson which is exactly what he wants. Johnson wants to be Trump without the political fallout, but that will come to him sooner or later. The country is suffering, but the government just keeps heaping more despair on top of what we have already. The cabinet ministers tasked with the role of governing our fair isle just keep making mistake after mistake and have no answers to the correct path out of the current predicament we and the world find ourselves in. We need a leadership we can believe in and the Tory leadership currently in charge has lost all credibility. I keep saying it and will continue saying it. We need a coalition government that has the countries interest at heart, not themselves.
It has been seen both here and abroad that certain nation’s leadership are ill-equipped to take on the mammoth task of eradicating this pandemic especially when there is so much infighting going on. America has spent the last year more concerned about a presidential election while the UK government spent most of the last year more concerned over our exit from the European common market. What the world needs and I am unsure if it has even been talked about, is a global conference on how the planet moves forward to eradicate COVID-19 because until every country of the world is on the same page there will be no end to the current health crisis that is effecting every single country. Countries working alone will suffer alone in both health and finance. Until all countries are vaccinated there will always be a threat to life from COVID-19 or any other type of virus easily transmitted. The World Health Organisation (WHO) can monitor and give aid, but there should also be an international group made up of diplomats and health experts to work closely with the world health organisation to create a global team whose goal is the eradication and prevention of pandemics with a set protocol which overrides individual governments when it comes to the world’s health. I know I talk a lot of ‘BS’ sometimes, but I can only speak about what I see or feel. On that note I will call it a day,
Rant you tomorrow!
