Friday, April 28, 2017

Sooner, Rather Than Later

 Yes, I concede with the fact that #45 is our president, but I have chosen not to speak his name. I have aired my grievance about his acts during his first 100 days, and I have been told that he can only be impeached if he violates the constitution. This is untrue; impeachment is: the act of charging a government official with serious wrongdoing, which in some cases may lead to the removal of that official from office. Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, in 1999 faced impeachment when he lied about sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. His actions did not lead to impeachment, but he still had to answer for his actions or, “wrongdoing.” Impeachment does not mean that #45 would be removed from office, but it would start the process.

So, what has #45 done to be removed from office? Well, first issue that comes to mind is his conflicts of interest. Not only the possibility of him receiving money from Russia, which would violate the emoluments clause if found to be true, but his unethical spending of tax payers’ money at his own golf resort in Florida called Mar-a-Lago; so not only is he spending a lot of time golfing and spending a lot of tax payers’ money; he is profiting from the trips. The tax payers pay for him, his securities, and his visitor’s room and board, their meals, and the cost of travel. He is close to spending more in his first 100 days on golfing than Obama spent in his 8 year of service. He also, promoted his daughter, Ivanka Trump’s brand, and shamed Nordstrom for dropping her brand. When Kellyanne Conway plugged Ivanka’s brand she was reprimanded, the same should be done for #45. Ivanka’s brand’s profits increased after receiving this free publicity. He is recorded stating it is okay to sexually assault women, and that he has sexually assaulted women in the past. There are allegations of him sexually assaulting women and minors; of course, nothing can be done about the allegations unless these accusations like the accusations about his relations with the Russians are proven.  #45 attacks the first amendment and our democracy with his invention of alternative facts. If the media does not agree with what he says, he calls it fake news, and those that are uneducated and gullible believe that the free press is against them; when, in fact, it is #45 that is against them.


Thankfully both of #45’s travel bands, also known as the Muslim bands, have been denied. Now, it would be ideal, if we can get him out of office before he starts another world war. He is creating tension with our neighbors, Canada and Mexico, many other of our allies, and he is poking at the North Koreans. The faster he can be removed from office the better; so, let’s get the process started with impeachment. 

Friday, April 14, 2017

More money for education

In Kelli Roger’s blog, “The Financial Factor in the Public Education System,”  she discusses concerns about Betsy DeVos School Choice program possibly being adopted. The School choice plan includes taking funds from an already tight budget for public education and use the funds to assist private and charter schools.  Kelli has a strong argument as to why she believes that the School Choice Program could be problematic under DeVos, and her numbers regarding attendance was confirmed on the National Center for Education Statistics  (NCES) website. It stated that about 50.4 million students started public elementary and only 5.2 were expected to start private school in the fall of 2016. So, after Trump cut the education budget from 68 billion to 59 billion, the School Choice program could take funding away from continued education for the teachers, the teachers’ salaries, and assistance for special ed, students with disabilities, and low-income students.


I share Kelli’s concerns with Betsy DeVos as our Secretary of Education, and I think Randi Weingarten is right when he said that Trump’s choice of Secretary of education, “makes it loud and clear that his education policy will focus on privatizing, defunding, and destroying public education in America.” I can see why Kelli quoted him in her blog, and I think our children’s education is very important, and needs serious budget increases, not decreases.