A day after Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, criticized the United States government’s inadequate response to hurricane disaster relief in Puerto Rico, the president turned the matter into a personal one, lashing out via Twitter as probably
Author: larryshockey
Why Is Puerto Rican Disaster Relief Such a Disaster?
Immediately following the aftermath wrought by hurricane Harvey in Texas and Irma in Florida, the Trump administration raced to provide disaster relief to the afflicted areas. So why has it taken 9 days to a) appoint a 3 star general
Who is Joe Arpaio?
The August 16, 2012, issue of Rolling Stone Magazine contained an article written by staff writer Joe Hagan entitled, “The Long, Lawless Ride of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.” The full text of that article can be read here. This blog post
Trump is a Racist. He Proved That Unequivocally Last Night With the Pardon of Joe Arpaio. (He’s also and a Bigot and a Misogynist.)
Edited August 26, 2017. Remember the “birtherism movement” going back many years? Claiming that Obama, a black man of mixed heritage whose mother was born in Kenya, was not entitled to be president because he could not prove that he
My Day as a Lab Rat. Getting Tested for Penicillin Allergy.
As a wee lad of 18 years of age, some 46 years ago, during my freshman year at Oklahoma State University, I came down with some malady, the name of which I cannot now remember, but substantial enough to cause
How to Depose a President: Let Me Count the Ways.
Impeachment: In a previous blog post, I posted a video by Robert Reich on the 10 steps necessary to impeach a president. Watch that video here. And let’s just remember for a moment that voting for articles of impeachment is
“No one will be better for the LGBT community than me.” Who’s Next? Are You? Are You Sure?
When the Raven King ran for office last year, he spoke loudly from the pulpit declaring that no one would be better for the LGBT community than him, not even “crooked Hillary Clinton.” Well let’s just see about that. Yesterday,
Me, OKC, Lyft and Google
Going to Oklahoma to visit mom is always an adventure. My last trip was last week and I am still recovering. Every day I was there it was over 100°. But, as they say, it is a dry heat, except
What has the Democratic Party Learned Since the 2016 Election?
After losing the majority of Governorships, the majority of state legislatures, the House of Representatives, the US Senate and the White House, here is a list of the lessons the Democratic Party has learned following the 2016 election: / /
Drawbridge, CA: Ghost Town in the Middle of San Francisco Bay.
The San Francisco Bay Area has been my home for the past 34 years. One of the things I love best is that there is always some new-to-me history to be learned. Today, I learned about Drawbridge. I’ve been driving