Standing tiptoe, a man loses balance,

Walking a stride, he has no pace,

Kindling himself he fails to light,

Acquiring himself forfeits his hearers,

Admiring himself, he does so alone.

Pride has never bought a man greatness

But, according to the way of life,

Brings the ills that make him unfit,

Make him unclean in the eyes of his neighbor,

And a same man will have none of them.

   The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu

   Translated by Witter Bynner

Someone could and should make a fortune creating and selling a set of bobbleheads of Trump and his cabinet!

A leader is best

When people barely know that he exists,

Not so good when people obey and acclaim him,

Worse when they despise him.

‘Fail to honor people,

They failed to honor you;’

But a good leader, who talks little,

When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,

They will all say, ‘We did this ourselves.‘

   The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu

   Translated by Witter Bynner

Donald Trump has achieved what seemed impossible: You can get bullshit from a horse’s ass!

Two-thirds of Americans, and everyone else on Earth, despise Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is the greatest catastrophe ever visited upon the United States of America.

In the broad picture, his dearth of compassion and moral constraint place Donald Trump shoulder-to-shoulder with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

The MAGA Creed as articulated by M*A*S*H’s Major Frank Burns:

“The way I see it, if we don’t all march in step, it we don’t do as were told, if we don’t follow our leaders blindly, there’s no hope of saving our freedom.”

America needs Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Anyone who is not native-born, naturalized, or here without “permission” breaks the law and should be sent home.

Individuals who illegally remain in our country represent a slap-in-the-face of the millions, passed in present, who applied for citizenship, respected the protocols, waited—often for years—raised a hand and swore allegiance to the flag and Republic of the United States of America.

This said, Americans are incensed when masked thugs, in the middle of the night, kick in doors, kidnap children, and breaking up families.  After witnessing Donald Trump’s Gestapo execute Renee Good and Alex Pretti, rational caring Americans are stunned, appalled, and outraged!  

The goons and gunsels masquerading as ICE agents are Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as much as Donald Trump is a Republican.

In “Trumpism” I quoted Saul Bellow: “A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is great.”

I was mistaken.  In Trumpism, “intelligence” should be replaced with “effort.”