And there is no way I'm giving that guy whose name will not be mentioned a break. I will give him a point for being in touch with the anger of white Americans. But if those angry folks think his cabinet, made up of a bunch of gazillionaires, cares about their economic woes, they are mistaken. And don't mention the jobs saved at Carrier. The state of Indiana made some significant concessions to get Carrier to change their minds about moving to Mexico. That unnamed guy had diddly squat to do with it. Do not, furthermore, tell me this had nothing to do with the race of the existing President or the gender of the Democratic candidate. It was just too much for those folks to follow up an African American President with a female President--so they voted for an idiot who lost the popular vote.
Other post-election thoughts:
--In the 11/13 NY Times, the film maker Ethan Coen had a op ed column derisively thanking a bunch of folks for the results. Almost as sarcastic and nasty as some of my thoughts but not quite.
--A quote from a female West Virginia public sector employee: "It will be so refreshing to have a classy beautiful dignified first lady back in the White House. I'm tired of seeing an ape in heels." Serious shit there.
--The New Yorker last week had 16 brief articles by 16 different people discussing the results. So depressing. I'm not super religious but I pray about the Supreme Court daily--especially the health of the 4 liberal justices and Kennedy. I give up on Scalise's replacement.
--Jeff Sessions, that son of the Confederacy, opposes gay marriage, opposes protection of voting rights, and will be our Attorney General. The Treasury Secretary appointee is just the kind of guy all those angry folks were angry at--a Goldman Sachs Wall Street insider who I believe is a member of my tribe. The Commerce Secretary is older than me and is a legit billionaire.
--No mas.
El Oriental is the original Boston Cuban restaurant and is in my neighborhood. After Castro's death, the Globe showed the owner drinking from a bottle of Champagne to celebrate. I will never ever set foot in that rotten place again. OK, so Castro was a dictator. Was he any better or any worse than Batista who he overthrew? Who was in cahoots with the Mafia and all sorts of disreputable criminals. Batista gets forgotten and also forgotten is that the peasants in Cuba supported and fought with Fidel.
This from the mouth of a talking head on a local sports talk show: He calls a Celtic player a word that rhymes with itch and starts with a "B". He then questions a second Celtic player who chose to skip a game to be with his wife after the birth of their daughter. And, finally, he believes the man whose name will not be mentioned got elected because these are two good examples of how soft we have become. He is Mike Felger and he is a prick. I get stuck watching him when there are no good games on when i exercise--great excuse, huh?
Hope you had a good holiday.
SPORTS TALK
This just in: Gronk needs back surgery. Truth be told, I was almost relieved to know he would get a break. That hit on him in the Seattle game was brutal and clean. Parents: never let your kids play tackle football. We have two mediocre winter teams in the Celtics and the Bruins. Could be ugly by the Spring.
Adios
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