Beware: Day 4 of the Month of Tater is a political post. Proceed with caution. We are in a sad state of affairs here in the United States of America. We have a president who: at the very least filled his campaign staff with criminals and traitors very possibly is one himelf wishes he could…
Everyone is talking about Flake’s speech about Trump. Flake even wrote an op-ed against Trump for the Washington Post. While I’m happy whenever someone speaks out against Trump, I’m not impressed with Flake for couple of reasons. Flake has voted with Trump 90% of the time. He’s not against Trump policies or political stances. He’s only…
I will admit that I stole the idea for this from an article I read in the Washington Post recently. The writer talked about how we’ve reached the point that after an event like the shooting in Vegas everyone waits for the report on the shooter hoping they are on “their side” not ours. One…
I keep trying to decide what to write about, but there’s just too much going on right now to settle on a topic. Do I write an angry post about Trump? His attack on the first amendment and freedom of press? His threats to pull FEMA out of Puerto Rico? The fact that he is,…
So many things have happened since I left and returned from Manila. The week I was away started with Trump calling for the NFL to fire players who kneel during the anthem. The NFL responded with many more people kneeling. Right after I returned, 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured in the shooting…
I’m sure everyone has heard by now that Sean Spicer appeared on the Emmy’s this week. He’s also appeared on several late night shows in an obvious attempt to rehabilitate his image. People are furious about this. People are so mad, I almost didn’t write this post. I’m one of the people who thought his appearance…
Given recent events, I’ve decided the poem at the Statue of Liberty needed an update Like the yuge orange guy of Apprentice fame, With tiny hands grabbing from bleep to bleep; Here at our (giant wall coming soon) shall stand A vetting process, whose clipboard Is the imprisoned red tape , and his…
I decided that I needed to write something this morning. I had a thought about what I wanted to write. I sat down with coffee and the laptop and got started. I typed a sentence. I deleted the sentence and typed another. I deleted that one and typed two this time. I've now deleted those…
In an effort to avoid doing something productive on my day off , but with no one topic I want to address, I bring you another random collection of Tater Thoughts. I know you are excited. Powerball: Unfortunately, I did not win the Powerball this week. This means I have to continue trying to be…
There are a lot of troubling news items coming out of DC recently. So many that a lot get lost in the shuffle.Someone created a website to help people keep track of the happenings. https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/ I know some will be offended by the profanity in the title, but it isn’t any more obscene than some…
