Debates are on the table

The California Presidential Primary is March 3 2020.  
It used to be in June
For those of you who haven't paid attention that might come as a shock......to those of you who have paid attention you are probably working on one of the campaigns.

Obviously at this stage of the game the Democratic primary is much more important than the Republican primary.  The fact that no Republican has come forth and said "enough is enough" is an entirely different story for another time.  The backbone of the GOP is made up of fish oil and jello....PERIOD.

The Iowa Caucus will take place on February 3.

The last scheduled primary takes place on June 16 in Washington DC
(Some states do not have dates at this point)

If you are interested in the entire lineup
go
to
http://frontloading.blogspot.com/p/2020-presidential-primary-calendar.html

California has 55 delegates so our primary is quite important.

The summer of 2020 will be a summer of name calling like we've never seen.  The current President's mouth will be in tip top shape and whoever is carrying the Democratic banner will either simply ignore the tactic or fire back on the same battlefield.

My expression "Fire the Liar" could be a huge part of the campaign.  With signage posted at rallies I would think if DJT sees enough of those signs his head might explode.......but with the color of his hair we might not see the flames.

THIS UPCOMING CAMPAIGN WILL BE ONE OF THE UGLIEST IN AMERICAN HISTORY and
unfortunately 
ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING.

The final face-off between President "Biff" and whoever wins on the Democratic side will be epic....and the viewing audience around the world will reach incredible numbers.

At this point in time I have no idea who the Democrats will have on that final stage.

I haven't made it a secret about who I personally want with my previous Joe Biden posts......but I haven't closed the door to any of the candidates at this point in time.  Four years ago I was pushing hard for Elizabeth Warren and I voted for Bernie in the Primary.....and then Jill Stein in the final election, which still upsets certain people in my life. (I support the entire platform of the Green Party and only 1.9 million other Americans felt the same way)

I'm looking forward to hearing all the candidates speak and the debates will be interesting just like the GOP debates in 2016 when 17 candidates stood on the stage.  At this point I think there are 19 trying for the Democratic leadership.

By the way, do you recall those GOP debates when the current guy in the White House was considered a silly publicity stunt?  

It is quite possible that one of the lesser known candidates could emerge and at the very least create a problem for the big names.

Issues that have always been important but now seem to be at the forefront of all debates:

Abortion
Gay Rights
Gun Control
Immigration
Climate Change
Opiate Addictions
Equal Rights for Woman
Civil Rights
Marijuana Decriminalization

The order of importance is entirely based on who one is talking to.

Recently the topic of trade, tariffs and WAR have entered the arena thanks to a President
who seems oblivious on so many levels and yet who continues to receive undying support from his base and FOX news.

Watching our President give a speech is simply
sad.

I don't know how else to define the experience.

SAD

The current President of the United States is so far out of his element.....that 
that fact should be
the
number
ONE topic
of any political debate in the
2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

OUT OF HIS ELEMENT
and
maybe
out of his mind.

Twitter and President Twit have a unique relationship

PRESIDENT TWIT
and now I have a new 
bumper sticker

FIRE the LIAR
and
PRESIDENT TWIT

And thus the 2020 election is under way......

Similarities and observations

There was a scene in the final episode of Game of Thrones when the "families" were deciding who should be King and how he should be chosen.  The smartest guy on the "panel" suggested that maybe EVERYONE should be involved in the selection process..........there was a long pause and then laughter started and comments were made that dogs and horses should be consulted.

I actually heard the entire 2019 Republican Party laughing and it got really loud in my head and I had to take 2 Advil.

The ladies in the show were central to the entire series and at the end the big hero just got on her horse and rode off into the sunset or wherever Mr. Martin thought she might be comfortable with her face changing abilities.  She'll probably get her own show and somehow she will team up with the dragon and train it to talk and play Pokemon.

One last question.....how did that ice wall grow back so fast?
It's resurrection was faster than people forgetting what a douche bag Trump is and getting ready to support him for another four years.

Yesterday my brother said that every economic indicator in the country was stronger than it's ever been and I mentioned the debt and he calmly said that Obama's was higher.

What show is he watching?

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

I'm really not surprised that GOP supporters are trying to build a positive case for 2020 and the reelection of the silliest President we've ever had. I'm not surprised...just baffled.

The guy's just silly.

He makes things up and he denies everything and anything that might indicate he's goofy.

The real danger is if he sees it slipping away he will instigate a war with IRAN so that people will be afraid to change leaders.

The guy's just silly......but he's also extremely dangerous for the simple reason that he thinks everything he does is the right thing for America.

I believe he believes that and as I recall history lessons on this planet I seem to recall every single dickhead tyrant and asshole leader THOUGHT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.

Narcissism is an over used word in today's society due to the fact that baby boomers use it too often to describe millennials and the x-gens.

We can't help it.

We see things that younger people can't see.....and although that's a hugely general statement it's a statement of fact.

WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET SOMEBODY CREATE A FOG AND THEN BLAME THE FOG ON THE STORM FROM LAST YEAR

IT'S ALWAYS THE OTHER GUY OR THE OTHER GAL

IT'S NEVER THE ONE WHO IS THE ONE
IT'S ALWAYS THE OTHER

There's a line in a James Lee Burke novel (The New Iberia Blues) that sums up so much of what I feel about the new understanding I have of the Republican Party.

" I wouldn't call it an epistemological breakthrough, but it is a beginning."

And since I brought him along on this ride I might as well expound a bit.

James Lee Burke writes some of the best paragraphs I have ever read....and his stories, while quite often create mental images that aren't welcomed, always entertain while at the same time reveal a truly gifted English linguist.  He reveals a subtle part of soul awareness that makes his work strangely spiritually optimistic.

Strangely spiritually optimistic

Since I just wrote those words and can't ever remember writing them before, in conjunction with each other, I'd like to think that 
I
am
strangely spiritually optimistic.

Of course Neo-Illuminations would verify that statement
but
since only 
327 people know about Neo-Illuminations 
it remains for time and history to reinforce the
truth
of
whether or not
I
am
strangely spiritually optimistic.

I highly suggest James Lee Burke for your fictional summer reading list and wish to add one last comment regarding reading books.

Have you ever noticed how snobbish people are who say they don't read fiction?

By the way did you notice how the Dragon mommy and Thanos seem to have a lot in common regarding species cleansing.......

I'm thinking  Daenerys Targaryn and Tony Stark will unite in the next level of particle reality and the Starks and Targaryn families will finally bring peace and
a
strangely spiritually optimistic
attitude
to
the
entire
UNIVERSE

But they have to somehow
stop
John Wick

Not only did John Wick kill 1000 bad guys this last weekend....he killed
the Avengers

WOW!

I'm thinking John Wick might last longer than Star Wars.

I can't wait for Chapter 24

10-4 
out for now

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Fire the Liar

I actually came up with this phrase about two months ago and gave it to our local bumper sticker iconic figure in Santa Monica, Peace activist Jerry Rubin.  So far he has not created a sticker so I've decided to spread out, so to speak, and hopefully somehow Joe Biden will hear about it and start using it.

FIRE THE LIAR

The Washington Post and New York Times (both very friendly toward DJ...snicker snicker) have a running tab on how many misspoken "things" our current President has said since his election.

Washington Post says the number is over 10,000

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/?utm_term=.87e7f45dae3b


I actually think we should go back to 2012 when he started his Obama birther bullshit and then if we really want to be historically correct we need to go back to when he published his Art of the Deal book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump:_The_Art_of_the_Deal

Now let's go back to the bankruptcies that he was involved in and simply imagine how much bullshit was displayed during those events.

https://www.thoughtco.com/donald-trump-business-bankruptcies-4152019

And then of course let's revisit for a sec the three weddings  Mr. Trump has said "I do"

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-many-times-has-donald-trump-been-married.html/

One can only imagine how many lies he told during those marriages but then again....who's perfect?

Something very important to keep in mind.

DONALD J TRUMP is 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
AND HIS LIFE 
IS 
A
TABLOID
HEADLINE
and 62 million people voted for this carny barker bullshit artist.

In my opinion I think the most fowl statement that Mr. Trump has made came out when he spoke about John McCain.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/us/politics/trump-john-mccain.html

I am a non-military conscientious objector who thinks war is an obsolete form of solving problems....BUT if someone chooses to involve themselves in the military that is their decision and no one should ridicule an individual because of a personal choice or because of something that might negatively happen during that commitment.

And at this point I would like you to listen to Joe Biden's eulogy for John McCain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjYggdO8q4

The essence of public speaking is how you explain your position and how you are able to make others understand your point of view.  Humor, facts and timing work together to create a SPECIAL moment.

PLEASE SHOW ME A SPEECH THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE WHICH INCORPORATES ANY OF THOSE ELEMENTS...

Every time President "Biff" talks it's only about himself and what great things he has done for this country....and MOST OF THE TIME he is altering the facts.

Miss-spoken is a gentle way of saying someone is a liar.

Well....I think Mr. Trump has opened the door so that gentle can get the hell out of Dodge and allow the rest of us to say what we really feel about the job he has done.

FIRE the LIAR

Please note the part in Biden's eulogy about Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich telling them not to cross the aisle during a political debate.

In my mind that set a tone for what we have today.

Compromise and civility 
are not being utilized 
IN OUR CURRENT POLITICAL ARENA
and I think Newt started it and Mr. Donald J. Trump has carried the torch admirably.....

His persona and his actions are simply bad behavior.
And it is that behavior which continually makes us an embarrassment to the rest of the world.

Joe Biden might not be the best Democrat currently seeking the Presidency but he possesses great
Civility 
AND 
an understanding of what it means to be a GOOD person.  He has overcome tremendous personal lost and he accepts the reality of compromise in a political atmosphere.

Comparing Joesph R. Biden to Donald J. Trump is like comparing
Ted Williams to Josh Hamilton
Josh had a few really good years but his personal problems kept getting in the way.

And the fact that I'm ending this with a baseball comparison is simply due to the fact that right now the Dodgers are kicking butt and they have the most exciting player in baseball.

Cody Bellinger 
and
Joe Biden
two names that should be heard a lot over the next few years......
and
in
the
meantime

FIRE the LIAR

Michael Timothy McAlevey

PART TWO

Obviously before reading Part Two you will want to scroll down and read Part One.

I've decided to list the decisions that have been made by the Trump EPA in order of their importance.
You might not agree with the order but I'm asking you to weight the entire list and then tell me that these decisions aren't decisions that go against everything that most administrations, since 1970, have attempted to achieve in order that our air, water and renewable energy needs get addressed.

The safety of the American people was the reason the EPA was formed.

When business and corporate America were allowed to do whatever they wanted without the slightest concern for environmental issues: 

* Rivers and lakes were polluted and ground water was contaminated by pesticides.  
*Air pollution levels reached numbers that were clogging great cities
* Above ground Nuclear tests were conducted long after they knew the dangers of  radioactive fall out.
* The single issue of ongoing denial of tobacco dangers by tobacco companies is one for the books.

Now let's see how Donald J. Trump has gone out of his way to once more let Big Business and Corporate America have their way.

Appointing someone who had sued the EPA 14 times on behalf of the Coal Industry as the head of the EPA is the first action in question.  Scott Pruitt proved to be not only bad at his job but he set a new bar for being weird.


In March of 2017 Mr. Trump made a big deal of having Dow Chemical leaders in his office to sign a bill allowing them to continue using CHLORPYRIFOS.  This pesticide has been scientifically linked to one of the causes, if not the main cause, of why BEES DO NOT RETURN TO THE HIVE.  
EPA scientists, under Obama, had recommended stoppage.

I put this on top because I'm partial to the BEE and Colony Collapse Disorder is a real problem for the entire planet.  Simply read about what happens if BEES were to vanish. If you aren't aware of CCD....YOU SHOULD BEEEEEE.

In May of 2017 Trump announced a 23 percent cut in the EPA's enforcement budget and a 31 percent cut in the entire agency.

Stop and consider that enforcement is the key to preventing or stopping someone from doing something illegal to the environment.  In fact there were numerous reports that enforcement was just not an important issue anymore.

DID I FAIL TO MENTION THAT MR. TRUMP REGARDS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AND GLOBAL WARMING AS A HOAX....AND THUS 60 MILLION WHO SUPPORT HIS ACTIONS ALSO MUST BELIEVE IN THAT SAME HOAX

IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION  THE EPA COLLECTED $12 MILLION IN CIVIL PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION COLLECTED $36 MILLION IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION COLLECTED $30 MILLION.


In October of 2017 the EPA announced that it would eliminate the CLEAN POWER PLAN... ...claiming that the "war on Coal was over."  In 2015 the CLEAN POWER PLAN had mandated that US power sector's carbon emissions be cut by 32 percent....(870 million tons of C02.

In February of 2018 Trump proposed large cuts to the Climate and Clean Energy programs.

In May of 2018 The Trump administration announces that it will cut the NASA Climate Monitoring Program. This 10 million dollar program was created to improve the monitoring of global carbon emissions.

In July of 2018 Scott Pruitt resigns and is best known for having a phone booth installed in his office and for being a strong advocate of the US leaving the Paris Climate Accords.  Two Harvard researchers, in a letter to the American Medical Association, claimed environmental policies championed by Pruitt could kill an additional 80,000 people per decade.

In October of 2018 the EPA said it will disband the Air Pollution Review Board.  The 20 member board consists of scientists who are experts in the health dangers of soot.

In August of 2018 Trump unveiled a plan to nullify Federal rules on coal power plans.

In August of 2018 Trump announces that he has a plan to weaken the fuel economy rules that were put in place by the Obama administration.

This just occurred to me

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE THE CLEAN POWER PLAN MEANS NOTHING....in fact everything I list means............

............NOTHING....NADA....ZIP.

PLEASE  NOTE THAT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC(WHICH KEEPS A LIST OF ALL ACTIONS BY THE EPA) HAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT......

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/how-trump-is-changing-science-environment/

"HUMANS' DRAMATIC ALTERATION OF THE GLOBAL CLIMATE IS NOT ONLY A SCIENTIFIC FACT, BUT IT ALSO POSES NUMEROUS SECURITY THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD."

AND WITH THAT STATEMENT I'VE DECIDED TO FORGO THIS SILLY EXERCISE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONVINCE SOMEONE THAT DECISIONS MADE BY THE EPA, ACTING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DONALD J. TRUMP, ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF MY CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN....AND ON AND ON AND ON.

IF YOU DON'T SEE THE DAMAGE BEING DONE THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ATTEMPTS TO HELP MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PROTECTS BUSINESS AT ALL COST.

THAT SIMPLY IS THE FACT.
And considering that Richard Nixon started the agency the current anti-environmental positions of the elephant party just don't make sense.

IF EVER THERE SHOULD BE A BI-PARTISAN ISSUE

THE ENVIRONMENT 
IS 
THAT 
ISSUE....
BUT
CURRENTLY
IT 
IS
CLEARLY
A ONE PARTY
ISSUE.
(sorry Green Party but let's face the music)

My neighbor said the other day that the Republican Party seems to think they breathe different air and drink different water than everyone else.

Guess what?

THEY DON'T.

End of Part Two and time to move on......

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Smart guy asked me to name the bad decisions EPA has made under Trump....PART ONE

So let's begin at the beginning, which is always a good place to start, unless of course you want to begin at the end and by then all hell has broken loose and nobody has time to blame anyone because everyone is simply trying to survive the chaos.

The EPA stands for Environmental Protection Agency and was established as an independent agency by Richard M. Nixon in 1970.  It is not part of the cabinet but the head of the EPA is generally given a cabinet post.

There are 14,172 people who work for the EPA and their budget is $8.1 billion.

The debate regarding the value of the EPA can be summarized with these two groups facing off.

Those who believe the EPA is helping to create a healthier and safer world
vs
Those who believe the agency commits government overreach and adds unnecessary regulations on businesses and property owners.

BEFORE READING FURTHER........WHICH SIDE DO YOU STAND ON?

IF YOU STAND WITH THE SECOND GROUP THEN I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT NOTHING I SAY IN THIS ARTICLE WILL HAVE ANY AFFECT ON YOU BECAUSE YOU SUPPORT BUSINESS OVER THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE HUMAN RACE.

Does that seem like a harsh statement?  I realize that those who stand in the second group have to protect corporate thinking and basic business fundamentals because of course that's the American way....and God knows those people are needed to protect the American way .

The problem is there isn't a problem until there's a problem.

Corporate America has proven that fixing problems, that they created, should be taken care of by the Government.....

Simply consider the Superfund sites across this great nation.

The red dots are sites that businesses have created that are waiting for someone else to clean up.
(Some of those dots are government spots created by the military but most are business ventures)

BUT LETS GET BACK TO THE BEGINNING

In the 60's there were indications that human activity could possibly cause problems to the environment that would affect the health of future generations.  Pesticides were the focus in those days and Congress responded by creating certain acts that were intended to protect the general public.

The NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 basically set the stage for the creation of the EPA and in 1970 President Nixon created the agency.

SIDEBAR/  In my humble opinion this might be Richard Nixon's greatest accomplishment.

In the beginning the agency simply helped create goals and standards for environmental issues but very quickly acts and amendments were passed by Congress and thus the EPA's regulatory
authority was established.

TO SEE HOW THE RECENT DECISIONS BY THE TRUMP EPA HAVE AFFECTED OUR FUTURE IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT EXISTED OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS.....OR LIKE I REFER TO IT AS

"TTWBWATDWTFTW"

THE TIME WHEN BUSINESS WAS ALLOWED TO DO WHATEVER THEY FUCK THEY WANTED

And which now, once more, is becoming the rally cry of the Trump administration.

(I will also list some of the important decisions made by the EPA to counterbalance the problems)

The dumping of cyanide into the Cuyahoga River in Ohio by 12 different companies was one of the first confrontations undertaken by the EPA in 1970.....as a result
In 1972 
Congress created the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which became known as the CLEAN WATER ACT.

In 1972 the EPA was required to measure every pesticide's risks against potential benefits.

In 1976 Congress passed the TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL ACT.  This act gave the EPA
authority to gather information on chemicals and require producers to test them.....with focus on PCB's.  The EPA then created the NATIONAL INVENTORY listing of chemicals.  In that same year the EPA was tasked with setting national goals for waste disposal, conserving energy and natural resources, reducing waste, and ensuring environmentally sound management of waste.

PLEASE NOTE THAT BEFORE 1972 POLLUTING THE RIVERS OF AMERICA WAS COMMON PRACTICE DUE TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT MOST INDUSTRIAL PLANTS WERE BUILT NEXT TO RIVERS SO THAT WASTE PRODUCT COULD BE EASILY DUMPED.

In 1980 Congress passed the COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION and LIABILITY ACT.....better known as
"SUPERFUND"
This act was created in order to give the EPA authority to find parties responsible for sites contaminated by previous hazardous waste disposal and establish a funding mechanism for assessment and cleanup.

In 1986 when Chernobyl imploded the EPA was responsible for identifying any potential problems for the United States. As a response that year Congress created the EMERGENCY PLANNING and COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT which authorized the EPA to gather data on toxic chemicals and SHARE the information with the public.

PLEASE NOTE ONCE MORE:
BEFORE THE EPA....BIG BUSINESS WAS ALLOWED TO DO WHATEVER THE FUCK THEY WANTED AND THE PHRASE  "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION" WAS NON-EXISTENT.

THIS ISSUE WAS NOT A DEMOCRATIC VS REPUBLICAN ISSUE as noted in 1988 when George H. Bush was extremely vocal about environmental issues....and even appointed an environmentalist, William K. Reilly as his Administrator.

ANOTHER SIDEBAR:
I believe that when Newt Gingrich introduced his CONTRACT WITH AMERICA in 1994 and the word environment was not mentioned that the issue became a non issue with the Republican party while at the same time the Democratic party became the environmentally aware party.

END OF PART ONE

The crowd is growing but still waiting for the real JOE

slightly out of picture but everything needs to click for full insertion into race.....click the image.

How opposite's don't really attract

Watching Michael Cohen at the hearing on Wednesday was extremely compelling TV.

The Republicans only echoed Trump's campaign jargon....and never asked Mr. Cohen anything important.

The Democrats voiced their own agenda's and asked every detailed question possible.

A few simple facts......

the man was Donald Trump's personal lawyer for 10 years

Donny baby is a horrible judge of character 

this guy just walked all over President Biff's legacy 

 Donald J. Trump is the ultimate con man and he made Michael Cohen into the man he is today.

A guy on his way to prison........

The one thing I didn't know is that Michael was a Democrat while working for the Republican finance committee and they asked him to switch parties because it didn't look right.

Boy, does that seem pretty small potatoes compared to the stew he's in today.

But please note.....

The biggest liar in this entire story is the guy who looks like a bad ad for Florida vacations.

The Experience might count and then again....

Wrapping up the greatest defensive Super Bowl in history.

Facing the greatest team in Super Bowl history with the most successful coach and greatest quarterback could prove worthwhile in the long run IF they (Rams) can get back to the last game once more.

That's not a given by any means.

It is not an easy task to play in the last game of the season, no matter what the sport might be.

Of course I thought that the Rams were good enough to win but that thought has nothing to do with the actual reality of how the event concluded.

It was a great season and once more Boston takes down LA.

NOW ON TO MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES...but a lot less fun.

The race for the White House in 2020 has begun.

The current resident started campaigning last week.

The Democrats are starting to line up and currently I think 5 women have announced....and 3 men.

I'm still hoping that Mr. Biden realizes how much he is needed.

Each of the women has the talent but only one really has the experience and she will have to somehow overcome an issue dealing with ancestry.....

The raised voice argument I had today with my brother on the second hole of our weekly golf outing had to do with him calling Senator Warren a liar on her application to attend a certain college.  I countered with "the guy in the White House has lied 3000 times in two years and that's not an issue for you?"  He then proceeded to bring up Clinton lying about Monica.

Each of those two people are responsible for two lies....and yet that supersedes the current President of the United States telling a lie almost every time he talks.

For eight years I had to listen to my brother call Obama an asshole because of the increased deficit and when I ask him about the current deficit numbers and how a real asshole now runs our country and damages American's reputation throughout the world AND WHY THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH HIM he answers by bringing up Clinton (Both Mr. and Mrs.)

BLINDERS ARE NECESSARY FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY.

I'm really looking forward to issues being addressed by people who know how to think and speak.

Let the games begin!

Dear St. Louis football fans

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in Los Angeles, California, which competes in the National Football League's NFC West division. The franchise has won three NFL championships, and is the only one to win championships representing three different cities (Cleveland in 1945, Los Angeles in 1951, and St. Louis in 1999). The Rams play their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

One thing always remains the same......the Ram helmet might change colors but it still is always a Ram design. 

Obviously there are very few fans left in Cleveland but imagine the old guy who was a Ram fan as a young man when they won the Championship in 1945 AND THEN MOVED TO LOS ANGELES THE NEXT YEAR.

THAT KID WAS CRUSHED......

But The Cleveland Browns were born and legends were made and the people of Cleveland never looked back.....except for that one old man who remembers when he was 8 and the Cleveland Rams were champs. Then 4 years later the Rams were champs again and that kid was now 12 and he got pumped watching the Ram helmet travel to the top of the game.  Then there was a long pause and 49 years later he was 61 and the Rams were once more the best team in football.  Now that dude is 80 years old and although he doesn't feel 80 he picks up the sports section of the Cleveland Gazette (?) and sees the Ram helmet getting ready to play in the 53 Super Bowl.

ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT GUY IS ROOTING FOR THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS?

I DON'T THINK SO

And for you....the St. Louis football fan, I simply say.....hey the Rams didn't start in St. Louis and they didn't start in Los Angeles but currently they get their mail in Los Angeles and they still wear the Ram Helmet.

GET OVER IT.

I was 5 years old when they won their last championship in LA but I loved watching them win the Super Bowl while representing your great city.  And mark my words St. Louis is one of the great sports cities in America and that is mainly due to the storied baseball franchise known as the St. Louis Cardinals.

And yes I have numerous relatives in your area and yes I am sure most of them are saying they don't care about the Rams anymore but please note that when they were the Greatest Show on Turf there were young people who were just getting interested in football.  Imagine all the St. Louis 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 year old kids who loved the Rams.  Yes they might be disappointed that the Rams left and went back to LA but there is a deep affection that remains in there hearts for that Ram helmet.

When the Rams left LA in 1994 I was not really upset. There were other factors taking place in my life that outweigh sports by about a trillion pounds.

1994 is easily the worst year of my life and it has nothing to do with the Rams or the fact that there was no World Series that year.

February 3rd 1994 is the single worst day of my life....and next Sunday the Rams will be playing in the 53rd Super Bowl on the 25th Feb 3rd since 1994.  Every year February 3 arrives and I simply try to deal with the pain and the memory.

Football means so little when weighing the negative reality events that take place in our lives.  

But it does temporarily take one's mind off of the unwanted events.....unless that event falls on the exact day of the event.....but that's my problem, not yours.

As St. Louis football fans I'm not asking you to not be upset that OUR football team came home to LA.  I'm just asking you to look at the bigger picture and keep your eyes on the helmet.

I'm asking you to think of those young people in your city that grew up loving the Rams and then think of that old dude in Cleveland that once more can see that Ram helmet in the last game of the season....knowing that any moment could be his last season.

The New England Patriots are a legendary successful football team that will never be forgotten.

The Cleveland, The Los Angeles, The St. Louis, and again the Los Angles RAMS are also a legendary football team but for other reasons...mainly having to do with movement.

All it takes is multiple highly successful seasons and the Rams can move up that ladder of greatness.

Now one last thing......in Los Angeles we have so many more people than St. Louis and that means we have so many more 7,8,9,10 and 11 year old kids that are just starting to love football and guess what?

THEY ARE LOS ANGELES RAM FANS......and of course some are Charger fans 

BUT

winning a Super Bowl increases the fan base 

by

oodles

and

oodles

and

more oodles than you can even imagine.

Please simply put your anger toward management aside and 

watch the RAM PLAYERS on Feb 3 2019 try to win another Super Bowl.....this time representing Los Angeles, California......

and

still wearing

the

helmet.

Thanks

Los Angeles Ram fan with a ton of St.Louis blood.

Question and a history comparison

I will agree with our President that we have an immigration problem.  I don't agree with his WALL solution because America is not a place that tries to solve problems by building walls.

We build POSSIBILITIES and HOPE for people throughout the world by demonstrating that we respect life, liberty and above all
freedom...even though it is not mentioned.

The pursuit of happiness is also very important because "those guys" said so in the Declaration of Independence.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." 

Pursuing happiness has probably turned out to be the most illusive quest that our forefathers (sorry foremothers) mentioned.....mainly because happiness is not only an illusive term but just when you get really happy someone,or something, drops an physical or spiritual anvil on your foot and you become instantly unhappy.   

Keep in mind that NEWS can be the heaviest anvil that any of us receive....and it doesn't always have to be news on a personal basis.  Of course when the news is personal and the information is not positive, then the possibility of finding happiness again any time soon becomes a very real challenge.

Observing our current President and his manner of behavior, both speaking and acting, is one of the major challenges many of us face at this time in American history.  

And I make no bones about it when I say this is a unique time in our 243 year history.

First off, I'M experiencing it and therefore it is extremely important.  Second off, YOU are experiencing it and therefore it becomes doubly important.  And then it goes on and on and on and on and on and 7 billion souls later we have the only time that matters in the history of OUR world.

THIS IS OUR TIME and we either let someone else determine the future for our children and their children 
or 
we make the situation 
better 
by 
doing better.

Is Donald J. Trump the best that America has to offer the world?

(flashback)
Did you think Richard M. Nixon was the best America had to offer in 1972?

If you are someone who voted in the 1972 election than you must have because that dickhead won every state except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.  I'm proud to say that he didn't win Marin County but sad to say he won 99 percent of all remaining counties in America.

If you are a younger person than you need to study that election and see what happens when the population simply refuses to pay attention.

I compare that election with the one coming in 2020 because we, as a collective, have had a prolonged opportunity to view the personality of our current elected President; similar to how long we viewed Tricky Dick.  (As Vice-President from 1952-1960 and then President from 1968. In 1962, after losing the Governor's race in California, he was completely written off and yet like the phoenix he reappeared big time)

President Trump or "President Biff" as I like to call him, has been in the public eye for multiple decades and before 2016 most of the information regarding him was from a reality (sort of) TV show. 

Previously the news about him pertained to a new marriage or a bankruptcy involving either a casino or a business venture of his doing.

I'll repeat this one more time...

Is Donald J. Trump the best that America has to offer the world?

And trust me when I say our President has a major effect on the entire world because of what America has accomplished in 243 years.

WE ARE THE BAROMETER FOR PROSPERITY AND THAT ELUSIVE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS....AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

How we handle the responsibility of being the actual leader of the free world is the real question of the day.

and yes I have to ask it one more time....

IS THAT GUY WITH THE 
FAKE HAIR COLOR 
AND 
FAKE TAN 
AND 
FAKE PERSONALITY 
THE
BEST
AMERICA HAS TO OFFER?

If you say yes then you really don't pay attention and you really don't give a shit about the future of America.

Michael Timothy McAlevey