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According to the Jewish Virtual Library (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-on-the-quot-big-lie-quot), Joseph Goebbels said:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it… “
 Perhaps we can call the words and actions of the current administration the ” GOEBBELS Syndrome”, or the “Goebbels Effect”. In any case there appears to be no end  to the river of lies from the White House and Congress. We have had alternative facts, expensive plane trips, expensive security among many egregious actions. This administration with the assistance of our neer do well Congress has built its house on lies. Every press conference is a litany of lies. Even when the lies are exposed the beat f goes on. Our TOTUS (Liar In Chief) is a consummate liar and has raised several liars for the future. Our Congress (bless their hearts) have their own agenda and it does not include the often cited “American People”. Given this administration’s penchant for hyperbole and shortsightedness, it should be no surprise that the so called tax code reform proposed looks at the citizenry being on the short end of the stick id this tax reform goes through. It is my opinion that this Leader(?) did not really want the job and it shows in his actions. His actions are more like many Americans who see only the tip of the iceberg and do not understand what the rest of it looks like. It is quite easy to take sides however four sides make a whole so it stands to reason that all sides need to be visible and open. we the voters are the only means to fix government, not Congress as we have seen them fail for the past 15 plus years. The time is now to fix Government. The fix is simple: pay careful attention to your representative says and votes on. Remember the healthcare fight that is still going on and what Congress was prepared to pass and tried to convince you that less was better while you paid more for it.

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Totus is going to Puerto Rico after a tweet argument with the Mayor of a major Puerto Rican city and after making statement seeming to indicate the population was doing nothing to help themselves and were waiting for assistance. Is it possible that TOTUS really does not understand that what he says matters? This administration appears to be making America Great Again by disparaging all non white Americans (sounds like the civil war era). It is not possible to run the country by “tweet”! While the Commander in Tweet is working? (tweeting) his cabinet is spending taxpayer money in any way they choose. This mindless spending apparently is going unfettered or noticed by our 535 neer do wells. What will it take short of impeachment to get us back on track? In an attempt to keep this real, I try to not comment on everything the TOTUS does but he is so needy that it is difficult. That being said, as voters we need to turn our attention to the upcoming 2018 elections and begin to change Washington by removing long serving legislators. There in no guarantee that we will get anyone better but we have to be willing to change as often as we need to get a better set of folks representing us. We have seen over the past 16 or so years that our Congress has deteriorated into a group of seat fillers with the occasional statesman or stateswoman. We can decry the radicals of Congress however consider that they are ones who are standing up for us no matter what you think your party loyalty is. Your loyalty to a party or political group is greater than the political group or party’s loyalty to you! To get to the title of this piece. T.I.C. went to Puerto Rico after a flurry of tweets disparaging the island and it’s residents, he went there with no shame and disparaged them more by citing how much money it costs to assist them, how much dent they are in and then tossing paper towels into a crowd as if they were souvenir T shirts. This visit was more like a circus parade than a state visit and TOTUS was OK with that since he was the clown in the center ring. All apologies to the Circus industry and the Clowns as they are entertainers and TOTUS is not.

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This ongoing controversy over firearms has yet to see a reasonable discussion as to what needs to be done or what should be done. Most reactions are knee jerk and further jerked about by the NRA. The lobbyists of this group are so powerful (rich) that they scare the crap out of many politicians. If the politicians are that afraid of this group then we need to replace them. This is not about taking firearms away from folks. this is about stopping unstable people from obtaining firearms or perhaps other weaponry. The debate will go on for a long time fueled by what ifs, perhaps and maybes. It is apparent that some folks should not own firearms but since there is no competent legislation available to accomplish this we are stuck with an olio of laws  across the country that allow or disallow firearm ownership and use. Most States now have a concealed carry law and that in its self provides for licensing and competency tests in the law and use of forearms (coincidentally adds to the States treasury). This does not test the mental competency of the applicant or firearms owner. We are at the point where there are no laws that cover things like the shooters who have committed attacks en masse. It always appears that the shooter who survive seem to have mental issues ranging from perceived (by the shooter) issues to full blown psychosis. These are things that come to light well after the event but were sometimes noticed and ignored earlier on. There is no way to legislate the mental state of anyone until an event of some sort occurs if the perpetrator survives. That legislation (by a court)  is usually incarceration with the possibility of release at some future date. Where we are now is that no legislation can stop or even slow down a determined person with a mental bent towards this type of action. Firearms in the classroom, concealed carry by the public or open carry are not likely to stop these events but could possibly shorten the length of the event, so where are we as far as a solution? The solution is simply stop trying to solve a problem that may be medical with laws that waste money and time while using firearm ownership as a political “buzz word” to inflame the voters.