SHOOT, YOU IDIOT!

There are all of those twits abounding out there who insist that I am a right-wing extremist who wants to murder, rob, plunder and steal.  You see, I am a gun owner. 

Not only am I a gun owner, but I own several.  I own a Weatherby Athena 12 gauge shotgun, a Springfield 22/17 target rifle, a Colt Pony 25 caliber semi-automatic pistol and a Glock 23 .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol pistol.  I do not own an AK-47, but I do own a slingshot.  Now, let’s just stop there, with my obvious and blatant crackpot ownership of weapons of mass destruction. 

Well, I'm going to have to admit that I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon in 34 states.  And, I should add, I have owned guns since I was 12 years old.  Does that get me into the category of being dangerous to society yet? 

Yes, I did have great apprehension about sashaying into the local gun store and plunking down $1,000 for another semi-automatic pistol and trimmings.  I did have to ask myself what my neighbors might think.  I am known in the area as being a nice, quiet and unobtrusive hermit, you understand.   But, with all of these guns…?  My God, if the word got out, I could be run out of town on the no-longer-existing rail!

Would the American Legion drop my membership?  Would Prince William not invite me to his wedding?  Would Barack Hussein Obama admit that his new birth certificate was a fake?  Who knows, I reasoned with myself, what this latest action on my part might bring?  Will the price of gas go up?  Will K-Mart quit its blue light specials? 

Well, I went ahead and bought it. 

Now, mind you, I have purchased previous guns in this state, have owned guns since I was 12 and never shot anyone, and can carry concealed weapons in all of these 34 states and… California wants to make me wait ten days to pick up my new treasure.  I guess they’re afraid I might take this new gun and go shoot somebody, leaving all of my other horde of weapons behind. 

“Well, just what does anyone need with more than one gun, for God’s sake?” my liberal friends might ask.  Did it ever occur to you that, when I go around the bend and hole up inside my palace and start shooting at butterflies that I might want to be able to shoot more than 10 rounds?  Hell, you idiots, I have more than 2,000 rounds of ammo in various sizes stored here.  Yeah, I could take out 2,000 of you blooming idiots! 

Hmmmm.  That thought makes me want to go down to the store and buy another 12,000 rounds, if you ask me.  Now that I think more about it, why not?  If I got rid of 14,000 of you anti-gun freaks, I’d be hailed forever as a national hero. They’d build statues in my honor and throw dandelions on my tomb! 

I’m really dangerous, you know.  Really.  Don't mess with me, now. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BIRTH CERTIFICATE: I AM NOT A RACIST

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The Obama camp is saying that those who question, or have questioned, Obama's citizenship are racists.  

You know, Obama stated before he got the nomination that he didn't want to talk about racism and that he didn't want it to be an American issue; let's get past it.  Since he moved into the White House, he and his cronies cry "racism" at the drop of a hat.  I'm sick and tired of it.  

The fact is that our Constitution requires that the President be a natural born citizen of the United States.  Because of Obama's Kenyan and Indonesian background, the question legitimately arose as to where he was born.  Now, I did not refuse to produce a birth certificate, he did.  And that drug on for several months before he finally was pushed into a corner and came up with the Certificate of Live Birth.  When it was revealed that the certificate provided did not necessarily prove that he was born in Hawaii, and given his obstinance in providing what he finally did provide, it is again only natural to ask for the real thing.  

I didn't refuse to comply, he did.  When several parties decided to sue him to obtain the real thing, he still didn't cough it up; instead, he hired lawyers and spent several millions of dollars fighting his right not to produce it.  I didn't do that, he did.  

The only racist in this picture lives in the White House.  If you want a racist as your President, that's your business, but I will never vote for the bigot.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA WAS BORN!

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President Barack Hussein Obama came forth to the White House Press Corps and coughed up a birth certificate this morning to prove that, indeed, he was not only born... but he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. So sayeth the Messiah, the omnipotent one. 

His would-be pretender, Donald Trump, was elated and proud.  The press attending Trump's announcement minutes before Obama spoke was enthralled as "The Donald" spoke about the White House miracle and asked, "Why didn't he do this before?"  

Indeed, why didn't he?  One's initial reaction is to ask if the ink is yet dry on this birth certificate.  Was Obama really born?  If he was really born, was it in Honolulu or is this birth certificate simply another Tony Rezko-Bill Ayers-Jeremiah Wright minuet? 

Only time will tell, of course.  The experts will now examine the certificate and all will weigh in on its purported authenticity.  Even the royal wedding has been upstaged by this turn of events, but we don't yet know if Obama's moment of tribulation will end the storm of controversy, or not.  

Please pass the popcorn.   

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

IS THE WORLD COMING TO AN END?

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Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, floods, tsunamis, hunger, war, pestilence and economic collapse; all of these ominous signs touted in The Bible as being signs of the end exist today, more than ever before.   And here we are, just about nineteen months before the Mayans and many other old religions predict the end will, in fact, occur, December 21, 2012. 

Perhaps, just perhaps, we should all pause for a moment, head for the bar and get a good, stiff drink because, if it is true, our I-Pods and androids will soon quit working.  Good God, man, do you realize that your laptop and TV could go on the fritz, too? 

One can conjure up scenarios likely to be the prelude to the actual final days, and we would be within the realm of possibility.  Suppose, for example, if that mealy mouthed Ahmadinejad decided to lob off a nuke missile or two toward Israel.  Or, maybe, one of the North Korean midgets fires one off at South Korea.  Either one of these possibilities could immediately touch off reactions by the United States, China, Russia… even that tin-horn from Venezuela could get his bowels in an uproar. 

Those scripts are all war routines, of course, but with things going the way they are in the Middle East, with the players behind the players, that tinder box could ignite into World War III in a heartbeat.  I think war is the biggest of possibilities to bring about the end of ends by December of next year.  I don’t see climate change affecting things that badly in that short a period of time, (sorry for the bad news, Al Gore).  A shortage of food? No.  Some plague?  Possibly: I hear of a dangerous flesh eating bacteria that no one is talking about. The bird flu might make an untimely comeback. What would happen right here in the U.S. if there was a big Al Gore - George Bush type election problem in November 2012: cries of racism, left-wing nuts, union thugs, radical Muslims rising up; Nancy Pelosi having a really queen-sized snit? 

The big question of the day is, “How do we prepare for December 21^st while avoiding the danger of looking like a fool on December 22^nd?”   

We could quietly start stockpiling food.  We could purchase an electrical standby generator.  We could buy some more guns and ammo.  We can do all of these things and more without tipping off our neighbors that we are preparing for the end.  The problem is, if we don’t encourage the neighbors to prepare as well, when the last day comes, we may have all of our neighbors parked in our yards looking for us to bail them out of their collective miseries. 

We can’t just bury our heads in the sand and assert that all of those ancient civilizations were full of el toro poopoo when they independently came up with December 21^st as being the end of days, as we now know them, for mankind.  We simply have to do something. 

As for me, "Better make that a double, Bart, straight up, no ice."  

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

HAVE SCIENTISTS FOUND GOD?

We can all remember “The Force” as described in the Star Wars episodes, a mysterious power permeating the universe that, once harnessed, could be used for good or evil.  Darth Vader, of course, used it for “The Dark Side.”  There have been those amateur and professional “theologians” who profess that such a force exists, that there is an unseen and untapped energy that is universal and that emanates directly from God. 

Perhaps that is true.  There is a multitude of events that have occurred throughout history that could be best explained by the existence of something beyond our scope of imagination.  But, if so, what is it really? Can it be defined in terms of physical evidence?  That is, is it some particle of matter that we could identify as such if we had the proper tools?  Or, is it more nebulous, perhaps energy in the form of something akin to brain waves, or gravity or light? 

A rumor is floating around the physics community that the world's largest atom smasher may have detected a long-sought subatomic particle called the known as the "God particle."  The particle is predicted to exist by prevailing particle-physics theory, which is known as the Standard Model. Physicists think this particle bestows mass on all the other particles — but they supposedly have yet to confirm its existence. 

In the search for such sub-atomic particles, huge atom smashers are being used and one detection experiment may have picked up a signature of the elusive particle. The signal is consistent, in mass and other characteristics, with what this particle is expected to produce.  Researchers are urging patience and caution before we all head to church to repent our sins.  So far, they say, it is only speculation, based upon theory, based upon an experiment, based upon an idea that might possibly be true. 

The fact that “The God Particle” may have been discovered is causing a buzz in the scientific community.  However, they are all being tight lipped about the potential discovery; when asked about the experiment, they just smile demurely and hum with a buzz. 

That science is in fact looking for such evidence suggests to me that science is accepting the possibility that God does exist.  One could even argue that the news is propitious, having been leaked to the press on the very eve of Easter. 

Whatever it is all about, whatever comes of this discovery, one thing is certain: atheists and naysayers would be well advised to start shaking in their boots. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

OBAMA'S ANIMAL TENDENCIES

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Obama has come out and said that you and I are trying to make the poor pay and go without assistance or charity because we want a balance budget and $6 trillion in deficit reductions over ten years.  He says we don't give enough to the poor and we don't care about them.  According to him, the deficit should be damned and let the country go over the cliff.  And we... you and I, will be the bad guys if we don't let that happen.  

This is just more condescending and insulting talk down.  You know, the guy has had his niceties.  He's gotten away with one helluva lot, including saddling this country with a health care plan it does not want.  He's the President who jacked up our national debt more in a year that all previous Presidents combined. 

Well, it's time the gloves come off; he's asked for it.   I don't care what color the guy is, he has no business calling ME a racist who doesn't give a damn about the poor.  I don't have to be politically correct with him anymore just because he is black; I can call a spade a spade, and pardon the play on words.  

Here's the President who said he had never heard of Tony Rezko; when proven otherwise, he said Rezko was just a casual acquaintance, but the hood Rezko helped him get into his house?  Here's the President who said he'd never heard of Bill Ayers, but Bill Ayers hosted his Senatorial election kickoff in his house, and Michelle had a relationship with Bernadette Dorn and Ayers.  Here's the flagrant liar who expects us to believe that he had his ears closed in Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.

And finally, here is the guy who claims he is a citizen of the United States and has at the same time spent millions of dollars in legal fees trying to prevent anyone from verifying that fact.  He won't even let a bi-partisan committee go down to Honolulu to verify his birth certificate and report back to the nation without producing the birth certificate.  What does that tell you?  Rezko, Ayers, Wright and birth certificate.... It all adds up to the same thing.  

So, while this guy cannot and will not prove to this nation that he is a citizen and entitled to be President under our Constitution, he has the gall  to run around pointing a finger of blame at me for wanting to resolve our debt crisis.  

I think not, Mr. President.  You, sir, are a jackass.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OFFICE DEPOT SHOULD CLOSE DOWN

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It's not very often... I can't even remember doing it... that I would take up valuable blog space to go after a merchant.  But, this is an exception. 

I had been an Office Depot customer for many, many years.  In 2009, I did well over $10,000 in business with them and last year did over $6,000.  I had an item of printing that I needed done, a business plan for a client.  I took it to Office Dept and asked them to print me six copies off of my flash drive, which they did;  this was a 7o page document.  I went back a few days later with the same flash drive and the same file and asked for 25 copies bound with a nice cover and they told me that they could not print off of my file; it was the wrong format?  Well, I objected and the gal basically told me to take a hike.  I got it done at Fed-Ex. 

I fired off a complaint to Office Depot by email and they never responded, but they did send me an email asking me how I liked their service on the first transaction.  So, I responded with another email, and never got a response.  

That was last year and that's why I spent $4,000 less with them last year than the year before.  

I just needed a heavy duty stapler. I live in the sticks, 60 miles from the nearest store of any significance.  Reluctantly, I ordered it through Office Depot on line because they guarantee overnight service.  After thinking about it, I also ordered two packets of binder clips because I was running a bit low.   The next day, the binder clips arrived in a big box with nothing else.  So, I called them and got an apology and they said that I would definitely have the stapler the next day, a Friday.  

Well, no stapler, so I called them again and they told me that they had shipped the day before as promised, but they were too late to get it here overnight, so it would be here Monday.  Monday came and no stapler arrived.  I called again.  This time, the girl told me that the previous reps had lied to me and that she was guaranteeing delivery Tuesday.  I asked her why the problem and she told me, believe it or not, that UPS has actually returned the first stapler because it was wrong, and a new one was on its way.  Well, the shipping slip said three items all in one carton.  Is UPS going to open the carton and check the contents?  I think not; they never have.  

Tuesday comes and no stapler, so I called again and asked for a supervisor.  The agent would not let me speak to a supervisor until she had taken my name, order number, customer number, phone number and blah, blah blah.  Then, she proceeded to start to tell her own version of what was going on and I had to make it clear that I wanted to speak with a supervisor.  When I got this guy on the phone, he proceeded to tell me that it was on the UPS truck and would be delivered today, (Tuesday).  I told him the UPS truck had long since come and gone and he assured me that it would be here... "it was shipped yesterday" in plenty of time.  

He then had the audacity to suggest that, if I was having a big problem with this, why don't I just go to the store and buy one?  That really ticked me off, like he is so great at customer service he's chastising me for using his internet store?  Well, I finally came unglued and he told me to hang on while he called UPS.  Now, either he hung up, or the call got dropped, but he never called back.  He did have my number, you know.  

About an hour later, UPS called and said they had my package and that it had been shipped late the day before and had come in too late to be delivered today.  When I told him my story, he said, "They lied."  

Yes, they lied.  One person on Thursday, two on Friday, two on Monday and this supervisor all lied.  That tells me that they now have lousy service and so many complaints that they have developed a culture of lying to people just to get them off the phone.  That kind of a culture goes all of the way to the top echelon of a company.  And, maybe that explains why the last time I was in an Office Depot, it was deserted.  

They need to pack their bags and go out of business.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

 

PELOSI THROWS SNIT

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In an under-reported story of great interest to the populace, the illustrious Capitol has-been Fancy Nancy Pelosi got her nose bent out of joint when His Holiness, The Oligarch of the White House, didn't consult her on the recent budget negotiations.  She is said to have been stomping around the halls of Congress, bad mouthing the President and his kennel of Czars.  

One thing is for certain: She threatened in outright retaliation to vote "No" on the "compromise" deal brokered by The Oligarch.  She evidently had been stung by the uncaring, self-absorbed attitude of the President who obviously recognizes that she can no longer do anything for him.  Gosh, gee whillickers: impotency has stricken the broom lady. 

And, by the way, she did vote "No."

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

U.S. DEBT RATING PLUNGES INTO TOILET

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Standard & Poors, (S&P) has downgraded the U.S. debt risk from "Standard" to "Negative"  and the stock markets have taken an instant dive:

• The economy of the U.S. is flexible and highly diversified, the country's effective monetary policies have supported output growth while containing inflationary pressures, and a consistent global preference for the U.S. dollar over all other currencies gives the country unique external liquidity.
• Because the U.S. has, relative to its 'AAA' peers, what we consider to be very large budget deficits and rising government indebtedness and the path to addressing these is not clear to us, we have revised our outlook on the long-term rating to negative from stable.
• We believe there is a material risk that U.S. policymakers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013; if an agreement is not reached and meaningful implementation does not begin by then, this would in our view render the U.S. fiscal profile meaningfully weaker than that of peer 'AAA' sovereigns.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sp-revises-us-debt-outlook-to-negative-2011-4#ixzz1JstHiXW6

This action affirms Americans' fears that our Congress has not taken the bull by the horns in addressing our national financial condition.  We're in trouble.  We need to take action.  This is serious stuff, and the damned politics need to get tossed out the window or we need to toss the politicians out of the Capitol. 

We cannot wait or dawdle any longer.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA’S BUDGET ALIENATES SENIOR CITIZENS

Obama’s plan calls for Medicare and Medicaid cuts against seniors and a Federal Government board to require justification for medical treatments for seniors.  This is another attempt like the one he tried to hide in his health care bill and reminiscent of the “death squads.”  In his repeated attempts to deny or curtail senior medical care, he is making it abundantly clear that he wants those of us who still remember who is really in charge of this government to dry up and blow away… the sooner the better.    

But, it only gets worse. 


Thursday, Obama delivered some of his harshest criticism yet about his recent battle with Republicans to fund the government in FY2011.  It appears that he did not intend for everybody to hear him.  While listening to an audio feed from a Chicago fundraiser Thursday night, CBS News reporter Mark Knoller heard Obama speaking with donors after other reporters had left the room. The president really opened up about his disdain for the recent GOP pushback:

• "I said, 'You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We'll have that debate. You're not going to be able to do that by nickel-and-diming me in the budget. You think we're stupid?'" Obama reportedly said.  He also complained about GOP attempts to attach a bill to the resolution to fund the government that would defund Planned Parenthood.

• "Put it in a separate bill," the president said he told House Speaker John Boehner and his staff. "We'll call it up. And if you think you can overturn my veto, try it. But don't try to sneak this through."  

• The president also made it clear he is no fan of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the GOP's Budget Committee chairman.  "When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, he's just being America's accountant ... This is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill--but wasn't paid for," Obama reportedly said. 

Obama’s contemptuous stances on this and many other issues are wearing thin with most Americans; it shows in the public opinion polls.  His continuous lies, spins, fabrications and manipulations are being noted by more and more of us every day.  The time is fast approaching when we will have our vengeance, and the $1 billion that George Soros and his buddies have put together to buy the 2012 election are likely to go down the toilet.  

In the meantime, America’s seniors are madder than hell. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA'S LIBYA BECOMES REALLY BAD NEWS

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Radiation levels in the west are back to normal, except for southern California where they are about twice the normal levels.  In the Northwestern U.S., they are also elevated.  

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There is now word coming out of Washington that the Libyan situation, as ugly as it has been, in about to turn nasty.  Al Queda is calling on Muslims from all nearby nations to join in a Jihad against Gadhafi... and the United Nations and United States.  In other words, they plan to take over the country and they plan on taking on both sides in the current war in order to do so.  

France is saying the United States is not doing its job; they need more air support and weapons from us, and they need them now.  


Well, my illustrious Barack Hussein Obama, this is your war; what's your next move?  American boots on the ground?  And, why are we hearing that you knew this might happen when you decided to get us into this bottomless quicksand? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

DIS

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When the budget cuts dropped from $100 billion to $61 billion, I was disappointed.  When they then dropped more to $38 billion, I was disconcerted.  When I heard that $19 billion of that was already being saved anyway, I was disenchanted.  And then, when they came out and said that only $359 million of that was actually going to be saved, I was severely dissatisfied.  

To see how this government actually works is disgusting.  No wonder I distrust our Congress.  Dat's all I have to say about dis. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

$38 BILLION? THE $19 BILLION LIE

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Now that the so-called $38 billion budget deal has been "approved," but not passed, the inevitable fact that the figures are wrong is leaking out.   As it turns out, they are counting money that was being saved, anyway.  Here's how it works.

Let's suppose that there was an earmark a few years ago for $50 million to build a monument to Loretta Lynn in Nashville, and the townspeople decided not to build the monument after all.  So, the money has been sitting there n a special account, waiting for something to happen; it will never be spent and should be released back into Federal coffers.  Well, the spin doctors just found it and took it back and claimed that as part of the $38 billion in budget savings.  It's no savings at all.

There were about $19 billion in "budget savings" that were simply such an accounting gimmick.  Whether or not Boehner knew about it is not known at this point, but the Democrats certainly did. 

I'm madder than a wet hen.  I suspected this would be the case, or some similar scenario, because when Obama and his Democrat thugs are involved, you can never trust a thing they say and figures always lie.  

Once again, we Americans have been snookered and the budget deficit is really no closer to getting fixed today than it was last November when we raised holy hell. 

So, what are we going to do about it?  Are you getting really angry yet? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: TRUMP OR BECK?

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Almost before the November elections were over with, speculation began about who the next Republican Presidential nominee would be.  It’s obvious that this will be a very protracted and probably ugly Presidential season, so before I get started on this post, let me be clear that I, for one, am more than sick and tired of negative campaigning.  I’m sick and tired of the name calling, denigration, talk-downs, lies, sneers, dirt throwing and outright hostilities of elections past. 

This is the way I see things on the Republican political landscape at the moment:

I like Mike Huckabee.  I did not have a favorable opinion of him in the last election.  He was unknown, he was from Arkansas, and he was referred to as “The Huckster.”  In watching his FOX show, I have definitely gained a more favorable opinion of him.  The think he would be a good President.  The only thing that is really lacking in him, I think, is fire in the belly.  He’s not an ardent, spirited, blazing-soul personality; he is very passionate in his beliefs and what he wants done for the country, but he doesn’t emanate that feeling from every pore in his body. 

I like Newt Gingrich.  He has that fiery passion.  He knows his politics.  He has the right vision for the country.  I think he’d make a damned good President.  I’m sorry about his baggage and wish we could find a way to get over it.  But, it’s there and the Democrats won’t ignore it. 

I like Sarah Palin.  She certainly is passionate and outspoken about her beliefs.  She is so very refreshing, a departure from the ugliness that Washington is mired in.  She has grown strong and is much more confident that what she says is correct.  Maybe she needs a little more seasoning, like a term as Vice President, but she is ready and would be a good President. On the other hand, the Democrats will certainly demonize her. 

A Gingrich – Palin team would be a dream ticket in my book, but I don't know that it's in the cards. 

I despise Romney.  I look at him as being a Socialist in Republican clothing.  He loves his Massachusetts Health Plan and, regardless of what he now says, he’s also in love with ObamaCare.  He is a good businessman and, in that sense may be good for the country, but overall I think a Romney Presidency would be another Obama national tragedy.  He will not get my vote; I’d vote for Obama first, and Obama is very definitely also on my despise list. 

There are some other mentionables, but I don’t see any of them as being serious candidates at this point. 

So, what about “The Donald?”  This guy knows business inside and out.  He’s an American, through and through.  He’s been on top, on the bottom and back to the top again.  He has a good, strong vision for America and is a no nonsense leader.  He’s well spoken and fiery.  The only drawback I see with Trump is his lack of insider political savvy, but that in and of itself is also refreshing.  I think he’d be a terrific President. 

Did I mention Glenn Beck?  Could it be that his decision to close down his FOX TV show at the end of the year is positioning him for a run for the Presidency?  He has said, from time to time, that maybe he should get involved in public office.  He has a huge following, is well spoken, is passionate about his beliefs, and is an American through and through.  His life experiences contribute significantly to his qualifications for the office and I think he’d be a good President as well. 

Maybe Donald and Glenn could be on the same ticket?  If they win, Donald could Trump dumb legislation and Glenn would be at our Beck and call.  Yeah, I like that. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.