March 6, 2025

The missus and I are enjoying a bright and sunny day at the beach house so I thought I would ramble a little before we go out for a walk. It sounds like we’ll have a couple more days of this great weather before the rains return. We got down here on Tuesday and settled in with a martini to watch PINO’s address to Congress. I didn’t really need to watch it, as I already knew there would be boasting about how much he has got done in such a short time; Joe Biden was the worst president ever; tariff’s are the most beautiful word in the dictionary; and we would hear a number of untruths scattered throughout the speech.  I expected to see the Republican side of the aisle jump and cheer every 15 seconds and the Vice President and Speaker of the House perform like the rally squad at a high school basketball game.  What I didn’t predict or expect, however, was the outright name-calling by our president. Democrats were called the “radical left lunatics” and he, once again, referred to Senator Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahantas” while the Republicans sat and cackled. I didn’t like seeing Texas Representative Al Green shouting and waving his cane in a Marjorie Taylor Greene like demonstration during the presentation. Yes, I know the Republican side of the aisle booed and acted similarly toward Obama and Biden, but this isn’t a school recess, so just because ‘they” did it doesn’t mean the other side can’t show some decorum. The pink clad Democrat’s silent auction paddle bit was kind of whacky and impotent, also. I thought the Democratic Party’s rebuttal response from freshman Senator Elissa Slotkin was excellent and I see her beliefs as an example of where the Democratic party needs to be headed. Her formula for success in winning campaigns in the House three times and now in the Senate has been based on one theme: the middle class and making the economic security of everyday Americans felt. Donald Trump won the election by making the lower and middle class think that he was “the man” that would take care of them. Unfortunately, they believed him and are now beginning to experience ‘buyer’s remorse.’ The Dem’s better listen to Senator Slotkin and figure out that being seen as a party of elite’s rather than a party for the working class is not working and will not win them elections come mid-term 2026. Trump is a showman and as such is good at reading his audience and knows how to say what the audience wants to hear. To actually do it is another matter. Rather than shouting about how awful DJT is and waving a cane around, the Dem’s should be planning their attack for the time the major screw up happens, and I can feel it coming soon. This tariff nonsense, Ukraine, DOGE, Social Security, Medicare, you name it – each have a high probability of creating an explosion that the GOP will look back and wish they had had the cojones to quit Trump before being blamed for the damage done to the American people. As they get shouted down by working class Americans at their town halls, switchboard breaking phone calls, and threatening emails, the Trump sycophants are going to begin to crumble. Two memorable quotes from Tuesday night: “Look, the president talked a big game on the economy, but it’s always important to read the fine print. So, do his plans actually help Americans get ahead? Not even close.” Senator Slotkin. “I believe that my life was saved that day in Butler for a very good reason,I was saved by God to Make America Great Again—I believe that.” Donald Trump.

Wow! I’m amazed. The Supreme Court ruled against Trump by reinstating a lower court order requiring his administration to release foreign aid funds that had been frozen by an Executive Order from his first day in office. It was a 5-4 decision with Justice’s Roberts and Barrett siding with the three liberal judges. MAGA folks are not happy and Justice Amy Coney Barrett is getting their wrath, calling her a DEI hire, weak and timid, and a rattled law professor with her head up her a**. Judge Alito is staying loyal to Don, however, saying he is stunned that the Court ruled against Trump. How could they have done that to our Godfather, he wonders? One other notable observation from Tuesday night’s ‘show’ was Trump vigorously shaking Chief Justice Roberts hand and thanking him very much and telling him he won’t forget it, for I guess granting him absolute immunity. Again, Wow!!

Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1,447 points from Inauguration through today. Tesla stock down $161.00 since Inauguration. Egg prices have reached an all time high this March according to the USDA. Meanwhile, The Secretary of the Treasury defends Trump’s tariffs and once again says to prepare for some distractions as the tariffs are implemented (on again, off again, on again, off again), meaning get ready for higher prices at the grocery store, the auto dealership, and just about everything you spend your hard earned cash for. I just read an article that the GOP budget goals cannot be reached without cutting into Medicaid and Medicare. Social Security is being wrecked by Musk and Trump in a plan to privatize the program. All this winning is just making my head swim. Thank you Donald and your MAGA voters. I’m going to end today’s ramble with a ramble from JoJo From Jerz as she so eloquently describes Ma and Pa MAGA’s: “Now listen up you Cousin-Loving Clodhoppers, because the cold, hard truth is this: none of this is about making your life better. It never fucking was. It’s about keeping you distracted while they rob you blind, gut your communities, and sell this country off to the highest foreign bidder. You think he gives a shit about you? You think he even knows you exist? Newsflash, you Yankee Doodle dipshits: he wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire unless he could charge you for it. You’re not his base—you’re his marks. His useful fucking idiots. His willing accomplices in the slow, painful destruction of everything that once made this country halfway decent.”

With that I’m going to prepare a martini and watch the 5:00 News. Didn’t get my walk in because I was too busy rambling. Oh, I did take a break and go buy some lumber for a project. Have a great evening! Ziggyman