Dear President Trump, Turns out my off-the-cuff idea of picking a random object and using it to cue a person (in this case me) to orient toward kindness came in pretty handy today. I drove from Seattle to Portland and decided to go with the green car cue. When I mentioned green cars yesterday I … Continue reading Green car cues
Month: August 2017
You can’t afford to piss off the neo-Nazis
Dear President Trump, What a sad day it is for Charlottesville and our whole country. You were in one of those "between a rock and a hard places", for sure. There is no way you could not make a statement condemning the violence that erupted. I'm not surprised, though, that you chose as lukewarm sort … Continue reading You can’t afford to piss off the neo-Nazis
You can’t make yourself condemn the hate
Dear President Trump, While I doubt you could pull it off in a thoughtful, wise sounding way, you know full well what is expected of a president in response to situations like the one that took place in Charlottesville this past weekend. You would have to be a complete idiot not to understand that you … Continue reading You can’t make yourself condemn the hate
You haven’t earned the benefit of my doubt
Dear President Trump, How did it feel to read aloud the prepared statement condemning white supremacists, the KKK, and neo-Nazis with the cameras rolling? I so wish for your sake and for all of us that it was a relief to you to get to say those morally correct things even if you were worried … Continue reading You haven’t earned the benefit of my doubt
They can hang up their hoods
Dear President Trump, You know, at this point, I think you should just let it all hang out. The KKK people aren't all wearing their old hoods anymore and hundreds of formerly anonymous Internet trolls are coming out unmasked to parade around with AK-47s and tiki-torches so why shouldn't you claim your rightful place as … Continue reading They can hang up their hoods
We need to reword the Declaration of Independence
Dear President Trump, I wonder how it went in Baltimore this morning as your acolytes who just love history had to adjust to the new reality of their monuments to slavery and oppression having been removed with no fanfare in the middle of the night. In some ways it's too bad officials removed the statues … Continue reading We need to reword the Declaration of Independence
Stop the crocodile tears
Dear President Trump, The idea that we are losing our history by removing statues venerating Confederate military leaders might have some merit in another universe where there were similarly grand statues celebrating the bravery and achievements of non-military leaders and innovators and where the genders and races of those depicted were proportionate to their numbers … Continue reading Stop the crocodile tears
We can’t throw anyone under the bus
Dear President Trump, It's been a tough week all around but there was a lovely glimmer of sanity yesterday morning at work. On my way down the hall to the restroom I walked by a Red Badge writing class for Veterans that meets every Thursday. They always meet with the door open so it's possible … Continue reading We can’t throw anyone under the bus
Preserve that quirky zero
Dear President Trump, Since you don't read my letters to you I'm sure you don't remember me writing several months ago about the numbered white stripes marking the drains on the barriers lining the freeway, but I have an update on them for you nonetheless. A couple of weeks ago I noticed they'd all been … Continue reading Preserve that quirky zero
Tiny bits of grace
Dear President Trump, Yesterday I wrote to you about how some anonymous (to me) department of transportation person painted around the zero on the very first white stripe marking a drain on the section of freeway near my house and today I want to tell you about another anonymous (to me) person who is leaving … Continue reading Tiny bits of grace
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