Dear President Trump, I read a reference yesterday to your statement from January 2016 that you could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose any votes. Sadly, I think you were right. It is absolutely heartbreaking that someone aspiring to be president of the US would think such a thing, let … Continue reading We are in so much trouble
Fear and LKM
Have you no sense of decency?
Dear President Trump, This afternoon I got a garbled call from Laura just a few minutes after she left for the gym. She said there was a bad accident two blocks from our house and could I come down there. There were already two fire engines and four police cars when I got there and … Continue reading Have you no sense of decency?
Coal and tobacco are peas in a pod
Dear President Trump, You sure seem to be a vacationing kind of guy and given your previous ragging on President Obama for his vacations, you are probably accruing quite a bit of negative karma. Actually, you having fussed about him taking vacations and then turning around and taking something like three times as many vacation … Continue reading Coal and tobacco are peas in a pod
Pure as the driven (Siberian) snow
Dear President Trump, It's been tempting from day one of your presidency to not address you as "President Trump" and every day I write you, I consider the salutation carefully. I've stuck with "President Trump" out of respect for the office and because I don't want to skirt the reality that you are president; I … Continue reading Pure as the driven (Siberian) snow
If possums are sentient beings….
Dear President Trump, Off and on all day I've been gingerly checking in with myself as to whether I am writing to you every day in good faith. I started out with the intention of sending you loving-kindness blessings so I could soften towards you and not become embittered and hateful. If I'm honest with … Continue reading If possums are sentient beings….
“Positivity” spell-check fail
Dear President Trump, Of course I realize that you personally have nothing to do with the set up of this contact page or with the underlying support systems, but it is deeply ironic that the spell check here doesn't know the word "positivity." When I noticed this last night I didn't check, but will now, … Continue reading “Positivity” spell-check fail
Our tax dollars are supporting you screwing us over
Dear President Trump, So let's just imagine for a few minutes what it would have been like had Hillary Clinton won the election and how questions about ethics violations and conflicts of interest would have been handled if she were president with a Republican majority House and Senate. Hmm. Do you think they would, for … Continue reading Our tax dollars are supporting you screwing us over
Tolerance was starting to get traction
Dear President Trump, I wonder if you know the myth of Cronus, the Father of Time who upon learning in a prophecy that his children were destined to overthrow him someday, just went ahead and ate them. It might be too arcane for you, but it got me thinking how time really eats all children … Continue reading Tolerance was starting to get traction
Ordinary is inordinately confusing
Good morning President Trump, Just over 20 years ago when we drove home from the hospital without our son, I was ill and devastated, and struck by the ordinariness I was seeing. The sun was shining, traffic was moving, people were going about their business. The juxtaposition was confusing and felt insanely unfair and wrong. … Continue reading Ordinary is inordinately confusing
It was a sensible choice until it wasn’t
Later.... Dear President Trump, I’ve been thinking more about out of work coal miners and other blue collar workers in their 50’s, and 60’s who voted for you. My sense is that most of them took jobs after graduating high school and started earning good wages and benefits right away while their cousin or neighbor … Continue reading It was a sensible choice until it wasn’t
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