Saturday, August 31, 2019

Let . . .

". . . Chiming bells ring
See this living take wing. . .
How is where we go . . .
Where is how we go. . . "


How Is Where We Go

OHO Live in Bethany Beach, August 2019




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Friday, August 30, 2019

Read . . .

. . . and learn . . . 


". . . Here’s a description from the Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center, an independent group that models the effects of tax legislation. . . A tariff is a tax on imported goods. Despite what the President says, it is almost always paid directly by the importer (usually a domestic firm), and never by the exporting country. Thus, if the US imposes a tariff on Chinese televisions, the duty is paid to the US Customs and Border Protection Service at the border by a US broker representing a US importer, say, Costco. The Chinese government pays nothing, just as the US government pays no tax to Canada for that nation’s tariffs on imported dairy products. Rather, an importer or supplier for a Canadian supermarket pays the duty on Wisconsin cheese that lands in the grocer’s dairy counter.. . . That explanation, written in September 2018, noted that Trump has a "troubling lack of understanding about how the levies work.". . ."




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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Parades . . .

. . . I've known and loved . . .It’s a parade


A satire for oppression
Provocateur
To oversee dissection
Notoriety; a craving
Never ending ’til it’s quenched
But no sooner than accomplished
Viciously starting all over again

Just what we need
More hatred for a weapon
Follow the lead
Against your own discretion
Try offending this offender
At each opportune moment
Though there’s little chance of succeeding
Save who you can but survivors are scant

Sure of your place
Certain of you own infamy
Confident of the position you have
Should you expand
Magnanimity to fellow man
Loss of some acolytes
Is a price you suspect
You’re simply not
Able to pay

Then through it all
In disrepute emerging
You took the fall
Sacramental; a purging
Now the party days are over
You don’t have to check IDs
Hubris took you down with much ease


Parade

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

More . . .

. . . drama . . .
Caught in the the crosshairs
Of my poison-dart, marauding rifle
But then what can a body do?
‘You’re not the man you used to be’
You say with certain relish
But then again you’re here with me
And though you surely cannot hide
You’ll try to run for certain
And I will follow where you go
As we perpetuate the dance
We’ve done through all the ages
Ours is much more than just a show

Bought my ticket
Took time off for
The drama of life
Front row orchestra
Tux, tails just for
The drama of life

Some choose their circumstances
With a dearth of careful thinking
Some can’t make any choice at all
But all the options must be weighed
Outcomes evaluated
And for some flavor add some salt

Take an intermission
Look at what you’re missing

It’s not a natural
Or a simple kind of undertaking
Half-heartedness won’t make it so
To rise above self-serving vanities
Makes all the difference
Sometimes that’s all you need to know



Drama
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

In A Nutshell . . .

. . . one of the major problems (in the U.S.) today . . .


". . . arguing over the size of an inauguration crowd may seem trivial. But (former Trump Press Secretary Shean) Spicer’s very bold, very public and very disprovable lie arguably set the tone for the entire Trump presidency. This White House, Spicer implied, would not be concerned with facts and accuracy. No longer would administration officials allow the truth to prevent them from spreading their own narratives. They would just say what they wanted, and when challenged with the facts, label the questioner as biased and declare the media outlets to be “fake news.”. . . "






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Monday, August 26, 2019

Dear . . .

. . . representatives . . .
. . . Please do not allow this to happen as is violates the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) . . .


(from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-says-next-g-7-be-hosted-miami-possibly-his-n1046246?icid=recommended)
". . . Aug. 26, 2019, 6:38 AM EDT
By Linda Givetash
Trump says his Miami resort would be 'great location' for next year's G-7
"We haven’t found anything that’s even close to competing with it," the president said of the Trump National Doral resort. . ."




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Sunday, August 25, 2019

One . . .

. . . Voice . . .
. . . gets the song started . . . 


“To condemn a racist President is not enough, we must impeach him,” (Rep. Al) Green said in a statement . . . about his decision to introduce articles of impeachment against Trump. “This will be a defining vote. The world is watching, and history will judge us all.”

". . . Efforts to impeach Donald Trump have been proposed by various people and groups who assert that President Donald Trump has engaged in impeachable activity during his presidency. Talk of impeachment began before Trump took office. Formal efforts were initiated by representatives Al Green and Brad Sherman, both Democrats, in 2017, the first year of his presidency. Grounds asserted for potential impeachment have included possible violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign dignitaries; alleged collusion with Russia during the campaign for the 2016 United States presidential election; alleged obstruction of justice with respect to investigation of the collusion claim; and accusations of "Associating the Presidency with White Nationalism, Neo-Nazism and Hatred", which formed the basis of a resolution for impeachment brought on December 6, 2017. . ."


Your Voice

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Friday, August 23, 2019

C'mon! . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/faithless-elector-court-ruling-just-changed-how-we-pick-our-n1044961)
". . . A federal appeals court ruled late Tuesday that presidential electors who cast the actual ballots for president and vice president are free to vote as they wish and cannot be required to follow the results of the popular vote in their states. . . The decision could give a single elector the power to decide the outcome of a presidential election — if the popular vote results in an apparent Electoral College tie. . ."




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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Sham. . .

. . . "support" required HERE. . .


(from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/us/politics/trump-shell-workers.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=aut&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&bicmp=AD&fbclid=IwAR20kEv6gF_w0JjRu4KnyAIbbT1wivce6kgmE6tx4MWZoi65UCA9C1pO5aI)
". . . Thousands of union workers at a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant being built outside Pittsburgh were given the choice of attending a speech by President Trump on Tuesday or staying away — and losing some of their pay for the week. . . Ray Fisher, a spokesman for Shell, said in an email to The Times that workers who didn’t show up for the speech would still have gotten paid for their workweek, but not as much as those who scanned in and stayed on site all day. . ."




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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Articulate. . .

. . . reasonable and well-informed . . . 
. . . (as a brick) . . .



(from https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-recession-denial-panic-conspiracy-873239/?fbclid=IwAR3vNmQfrevFdGnY01fchBMWtqOhTihSzj2gaMCimtKB6BEcNXx_HMZuVoI)
". . . President Trump: "I don't think we're having a recession. We're doing tremendously well. Our consumers are rich. I gave a tremendous tax cut and they're loaded up with money.". . ."





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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

And . . .

. . . mirrors

Can you hear all that I way
Beneath all clever wordplay?
Don’t think that I’m insulting you
That I don’t want your point of view
Working from limited base
So Easily losing your place
Why feign a blatant expertise
With no obvious philosophies?

Do you know
What you want
To accomplish here?
Will you go
To the length you say you will
Or is this just all
Smoke and mirrors?


Smoke
©2019 Raymond M. Jozwiak



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Monday, August 19, 2019

Should We . . .

. . . STOP . . .
. . . the hate?


I spotted a family, consisting of a man, woman and two young boys (8 - 10 years of age) in the neighborhood the other day.  The man was wearing a t-shirt bearing the following note:
"Hit the road Amigo".

While it was tempting to tell him that I had considered wearing my "Elect A Clown Expect A Circus" shirt that day, I instead considered that not only do such antics only serve to exacerbate the current political polarization, but that anyone who considered that clothing item appropriate would most likely not consider physical violence an inappropriate reaction to such a remark.





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Sunday, August 18, 2019

Fakes . . .

. . . and facts . . .



(from One Nation After Trump by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Norman J. Ornstein & Thomas E. Mann)
". . . The road to "fake news" was paved by the disdain in a large part of the conservative movement for real news. The trail to "alternative facts" was blazed by a mistrust of those whose jobs and professional ethics required them to report and rely on real facts. . .  the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan's coinage: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts". . . "




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Saturday, August 17, 2019

Sing . . .

. . along.  . . 

. . . with OHO . . .


Heard somebody say
They overheard you
Just the other day
A simple word
About the way we get along
If only I were sure
Of the semantics
Having doubts 'cause I'm
One hopeless romantic
Could it be
You're slipping away from me

What will I do
If what I'm thinking is true
And you want to be
Really free of me
I won't last very long
Very far from your heart
And this third-hand intelligence
Might be the way that it starts.

Heard somebody say
They thought they saw you
Walking in their way
You were not alone
They said he didn't look like
Thinking to myself
Must be mistaken
Try not to believe
but still badly shaken
Why would you
Deceive me in things you do

So many years
Sharing our laughter and tears
Lasted very long
Maybe I was wrong
Not to ask you
Why you feel
We've drifted apart
And this third-hand intelligence
Might be the way that it starts

Are my sources reliable
Wait and see
Wait and see
Is my psyche too pliable
It could be
It could be

If somebody said
The sky was falling
Would you believe it's true
And change your direction
From spinning round
When it hits the ground
That's just not true
Any believers are few
When you've seen it all
It could never fall

Any more than
I think you could
Tear us apart
And this third-hand intelligence
Might be the way that it starts


Third-Hand Intelligence
OHO Live at Bethany Beach, DE (August 2019)



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Friday, August 16, 2019

Check . . .

. . . it out . . . 







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Thursday, August 15, 2019

Confusing. . .

. . . or illogical? . . .


(from The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis)
". . . The Department of Agriculture is responsible for the safety of all meat. The FDA handles all other food. An American killed by his spinach can justifiably blame the FDA, but an an American killed by his steak is the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture. Cheese pizzas are the FDA's problem; pepperoni pizzas are supervised by the USDA. . . "





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