BILL COSBY

Bill Cosby is, naturally, extremely disappointed by the lack of a sense of humor, in so many of his female acquaintances.  What was intended as a bit of harmless fun has been misinterpreted, by so many of them, as something sinister and evil.  Proof that it was harmless can be seen by looking at photographs of him, before all those girls started their bitching, where he looked completely unscathed, both physically and mentally, by the encounters. 

Cosby's purity of heart and purpose has been amply demonstrated by his exhortations to his fellow African-Americans to change their ways and become law abiding citizens.

THE BASIS FOR OFFICE POOLS

Readers of this blog will note that, in my personal opinion, the threat of ISIL, has been overblown.  Yes, they have staged terror attacks but so did Al Qaeda.  My belief then, as it is now, is that by trying to become an overt state, they doomed themselves to extinction given the relative military strength of their opponents.

They are, at this moment in time, being rolled back slowly but surely.  I think that ISIL, relatively early in 2016, will go the way of the Ebola virus, as a scare tactic.  The only question, in my mind, is what will replace it, in time for the elections?  I think that question could form the basis for office pools in the coming year. 

CULLING THROUGH A MOUNTAIN OF GIBBERISH

It has been said that an infinite number of monkeys, pounding away at the keyboards of an infinite number of word processors, will eventually produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare.  In a similar manner, if one culls through the mountain of gibberish that Donald Trump has produced, there may be found a philosophical gem of inordinate import.

One such gem may prove to be a blow for male liberation that could resound through the ages.  By attacking Hillary Clinton for the infidelities of her husband, Bill, Trump may have not only hit upon a sure fire thing to garner the male vote, but to exculpate  all of man-kind; it was the woman's fault!

"A TRAGEDY BUT NOT A CRIME"

I once audited a class in law where the professor made the point that "No one has the right to do wrong".  That was more than half a century ago, in another time, when privilege was not a matter of law.

A white police officer pulls up at a scene where a black child is holding a toy gun and within seconds of arrival shoots and kills the boy without exchanging a single word.  The Prosecuting Attorney, acting as if he were the Defense Attorney for the police officer calls it a "tragedy but not a crime."  I think a better description would have been: "An execution, without benefit of trial, but not a crime."

DEAR DEMOCRATS

Dear Democrats:

Unhappy about Obama's moves to deport recent migrants surging across the southern border?  He doesn't owe you Democrats anything.  Remember those off year elections that you sat out or distanced yourself from him?  Had you returned a majority to Congress, you could have passed an immigration reform bill that might have avoided the problem.  Let me repeat: "Elections have consequences"

Sincerely  

THE GREATEST DEGENERATION

Although we have, in my opinion, as good a military as this nation has ever fielded, our civilian population, as evidenced by their elected officials, is lacking in courage, big time, when compared to previous generations. 

During World War II, the United States had 500 prisoner of war camps to hold Axis P.O.W.s.  We kept hundreds of thousands of prisoners; this generation, through its elected legislators, has become panic stricken by the thought of bringing 50 prisoners from Guantanamo, into the U.S., even though it would eliminate a recruitment tool of our enemy.

The modern terror weapons, AK-47s, pale into insignificance, when compared to V-1 and V-2 rockets, but reactions of ou people, seem inversely proportionate to the threats.

IN PRAISE OF BANKRUPTCY

Anyone for whom Social Security payments are an important source of income, should be wary, indeed, of any Presidential candidate who justifies, with pride, the use of bankruptcy as a business tool.  The  actual funds in the Social Security Trust Fund have actually been transferred out, to the upper classes, for trickling down that never occurred.  It is unthinkable for a good capitalist to pay back those funds; what's a bankruptcy for?