Veto override

So why was the POTUS so adamant about blocking the bill that would allow 9/11 families to sue foreign governments for state sponsored terrorism that kills or injures American citizens ? .....and no....it's not because he fears it puts our troops in jeopardy like he says.....that's downright laughable to suggest he has sleepless nights worrying about our troops.......my guess is that the President who has used 10 times as many drone strikes as any other President..... Drone strikes that have killed many innocent bystanders.... drone strikes that have killed even U.S. citizens that were fighting with ISIS...... maybe POTUS is worrying about his legacy if lawsuits start rolling in for the next 10 years as the families of the people his drone strikes killed start suing the U.S. Government........that could put a damper on his Nobel Peace prize.

Off topic part 2

Knapsacks or backpacks depending on where your from....they are okay.... BUT.....you must carry by the top handle OR at the very least with just one strap over the shoulder.....under no circumstance whatsofuckinever should a grown man put both arms through the straps .......who do you think you are nerd ? James friggin panos ? ......what are meeting your Sherpa guide to go climb Mt Everest ? Stop it immediately........that is all.

The devil's in the women,

And they never can be easy....that's an olde Irish saying...it surely applies to Hillary rotten...... I know I have blogged about this before, but it warrants repeating...ever notice how when she walks onto the stage at a rally or a debate she immediately makes eye contact with an imaginary person in the audience and smiles and waves like she just saw her long lost best friend holding a puppy....it's hard to miss....watch for it next time....it's staged and rehearsed to make her look human , but to anyone paying attention it's more robotic and fake.....watch her point to the crowd and give a wave or a thumbs up.

For every action.....a reaction

Not that I expect the media to ever talk about this , but I wonder just the same. How many people do you think will be shot by police as a indirect result of the Dallas Sniper ? ...........Scott Pelley will never talk about it, but if I were a Police Officer......and society can exhale that I am not.....but if I were....would I approach every traffic stop.....every call for domestic abuse....every 911 response as a possible setup....and that I could be lured I to a trap to be executed by black olives matter ?.....you better believe I would....and I am fairly certain that every cop on the beat in every city has the Dallas and Baton Rouge executions of their brethren in the back of their minds.....

Can't seem to face up to the facts....

I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax ( David Byrne-psycho killer).... Kidding of course.... I am fine....but it's obvious what's happening.....the arabs, those slimy sand Jiggs that have been trying to kill me for the past 30 some odd years.....they must be pissed when they heard the news that I flew home from the coast and they missed their chance to kill me.....and so they really stepped up their game and made it personal......first they bomb a 5k down the shore ( a race I very well could have been running) and now they bomb my train line.....wtf......if O'Hara's on Marin Blvd or Branigans in Red Bank should explode....well you know.......for the record.....in case they hacked into this blog.....I'll be spending my free time as usual in the library or at the orphanage teaching lefties how to throw, write and succeed with their right hands...... Slainte.... .. writing this from the coastline train....takes more than a pipe bomb to stop NJT......only an inch of rain or slippery leaves can grind this machine to a halt.

Lowest level of pond scum

So....it's now clear....that these low life's will attack a small town 5k race that honors the U.S. Marine corps......if you didn't see it....a series of pipe bombs were planted along the route in seaside NJ at the semper Fi run.....I wish these sand Jiggs would just show up once without assault weapons or leaving backpacks and running for their mommies.....be men.... challenge the people that you obviously hate...prove to us how tough you are instead of hiding behind your bombs..... dirtbag coward's....that's all they are.....I wonder if this was a test run before the Tunnel to Towers....let's hope NYC sets attendance records for that race to show we'll never be intimidated.

a-c-t-.....i-o-n.......action, action, ACTION

horrific story out of brentwood long island......two 15 year old girls beaten to death.....apparent gang related incident.....the black lives matter movement immediately mobilized and called for action.....massive demonstrations and a historic march.....they are focusing their anger on two white male police officers in Peoria Illinois who were apparently on a coffee break in dunkin donuts at the time of the attack........film at eleven.

russia revisit

as jim Morrison used to say.....weird scenes inside the gold mine......the curious case of the soviet union.....friend or foe ? well that depends on which way the wind is blowing if you are president spoonjiah, aka barry Hussein & friends....... let's go back to circa 2010 when barry was caught on a hot microphone telling Vladimir putin " I will have greater flexibility in my 2nd term"......I guess Putin was his pal and he was telling me once I no longer have any elections to win, my true colors will shine and I can do whatever I want buddy.........Russia = friend................................................................ During the Presidential debates in 2012.....when Mitt Romney said the greatest threat/concern to U.S. foreign policy was Russia...Obama chuckled and reverted to sophomoric humor and replied (in a televised debate no less) "The 1980's called and they want their foreign policy back" and all the frat boys and teenage girls giggled......the media loved it........Russia = good friend............................................. june 2014.....Russia invades the Ukraine, blocks the shipping lanes and shoots down 2 aircraft.........white house says that's unacceptable behavior and will not be tolerated..........Russia = bad.......................................................... August 2014......when Obama and Kerry declared that Assad must go for crossing the line in the sand and gassing his own people......Obama and Kerry both said they would take assad out with or without a coalition and Russia better not intervene to save their puppet regime........Russia = bad............................................................... summer 2015........Russia starts bombing isis in Syria.....Russia = good. uh-oh wait....Russia is bombing the rebels that we trained in Syria......Russia = not so good................................... Trump praises putin........Russia = evil......................................................................... DNC computers hacked by someone....DNC blames Russia........Russia = evil times 2........................................... DNC & Hillary say Russia is hacking computers to uncover real emails to help trump....Russia = Lucifer....Dwight Gooden says no...Darryl Strawberry is Lucifer.............................................. yesterday.....Kerry and Obama reach a deal with Russia for a ceasefire in Syria ....Russia = BFF.....yaaa Russia. give it a month , the pendelum will swing back. it was heartwarming to see barry in philly yesterday .back on the campaign trail stumping for hillary...sleeves rolled up.....talking like a street hood to his peeps......he's black again and loving it.........

Comey should resign

Breitbart news is reporting that James comey sits on the board of HSBC bank, a huge contributor to the Clinton foundation.....in a world where nothing surprises anymore....this to me is unbelievable....can this be true ? ......they go on to say he earned 6 million in one year at Lockheed Martin..... The same year they began contributing to ? You guessed it....the Clinton foundation.....they then pointed out that James comeys' brother peter is a lawyer.....and his law firm files the taxes for ? Yep.... The Clinton foundation...... anybody still think the Clinton foundation is under a real investigation ? If the top cop in the land is dirty , there is no hope for justice......James comey won't....but he should.....resign.

15 years

so....here we are again....15 years later.....I had a very emotional last 30 days....I got on a plane, I was forced to examine my life and ponder what my impact had been if I were to die on my way home from California...I put the first 36 years of my life under one microscope and the last 15 under a very different lens......because I have lived 2 lives....just like everyone else I suppose....I knew in the first 24 hours that I would never get the old me back, that I would never be allowed to look at life the way I had before....for better or worse, the first 36 years were history and I was on a much different path....despite a quicker temper, less tolerance, heightened feelings of abandonment or betrayal ( real or imaginary doesn't matter in the moment)....despite all that , I think ive done okay......I manage to put on a smile and go about my business most days.....I find amusement in everything to maintain my sanity and I manage to hide my breakdowns/meltdowns etc etc from the general public, my dog Gravey was the only one who saw me at my lowest points, and she helped me smile and laugh again.........I manage to detach myself when talking about that day....I can tell a brief story without really going there in my head....and that's key....because sometimes when I least expect it, someone will want to talk about it and that's never easy.......and sometimes......very rarely.....when I least expect it.....something comes back and I want to talk about it.......so I sit here this morning.......very close to 8:44......and the reading of the names....i'll mute the TV soon......but I think the hardest thing after all these years is guilt......guilt that I was so excited and relieved to escape what felt like certain death.....guilt to feel such an inner happiness as I walked in the door that night despite not knowing how many thousands of people and friends were dead.......it's normal, but it aint fun........for an irish storyteller like myself , this should be my greatest tale.....it should be my go to cocktail hour story...embellishing the details with each telling, but for this greates story ever told , there is no happy ending, no punchline,and I can't tell it..... I am eternally grateful to have survived, but am still haunted by the guilt........if you are reading this....God Bless, stay well.

Deplorable

So.....madam Secretary, hellary rotten Clinton says that half of the Trump supporters belong in the deplorable bucket....you do the math....they are in a dead heat....50/50....so she is saying that 25℅ of the United States citizenry is deplorable....hmm......but like Barry Hussein she says she is a unifier...she wants to be the president for all the people.....but she Finds approximately 80 MILLION of us deplorable.....so we're racist islamaphobes because we are leery , suspicious and fearful of the religion of peace that continues to kill innocent people around the globe.....but she's a progressive because she Finds us deplorable ? Wow.... must be the new math....I wish the liberals would just admit that they hate conservative America and her values, and like their muslin friends, wish to exterminate us.....maybe hellary can be a trend setter........................p.s. the vacation is over.....back to the business of exposing the world to my loyal readers.

Off topic

But I fuckin hate these young fucking dudes who wear grey ,black or whatever colored socks with shorts and sneakers...... I want to kill them , just like 5th grade gym class.....white six or no socks ( if your really stoned) but never ever black or grey.

The long and winding road

Thus begins the Bataan death March across the country on Amtrak..... through the desert we go..... won't be as many pictures and posts on this ride home....I'm exhausted.

All the years combine

And they melt into a dream.(Garcia/hunter)….....today , after all these years; my oldest brother Jay's beautiful daughter Arielle is getting married....I know he'll be looking down at all of us , but I sure wish he could be here in person....we will have laughs , and fun and drinks.....but it would have been twofold if he was here....but that's life , you never know when your time is up , it sounds cliché....but live each day as though it were your last.....the last time I saw him was at my brother Brian's wedding on October 24th 1986....I was home on leave..... I went back to the Navy and did not return until I came back for his funeral....so today we celebrate a beginning for Arielle & Daniel.....with one eye on the future and one on the past.

Rehearsal dinner

Not that I need to rehearse when it comes to drinking.....but I follow the rules..... beautiful restaurant... literally on Zuma Beach.

You can take us out of Brooklyn

But you can't teach a man to fish....or lead a horse to water.....or drink like a fish....yes I'll have another....2 birds are worth more than a few stones...ah...you can never take Brooklyn out of US.

What a beautiful morning.

think I'll go outside a while, and jus smile ( Felix cavaliere )......up at 5:00.....1 mile walk along ocean to diner , nice breakfast..chorizo & avocado w mozzarella omelette..... another walk along pier.....dip in the hotel pool and a few beers before 9:00...ah vacation.... sweet California.

Santa Monica

The Promised Land

I feel like Chuck Berry...who left his home in Norfolk Virginia on a jet to the promised land....and now I'm here..... CALIFORNIA.....the end of the continent....no more land to traverse....the great Pacific Ocean....I walked down the Santa Monica incline and thought of Spencer Tracy and it's a mad mad world....but I didn't find the BIG W.....I sat on the pier and sipped GOLDEN ROAD IPA and looked up the coast to Malibu.... reunited with my darling wife who just flew in from Newark ( and yes , her arms are tired).....had lunch with my Godson and his lovely wife , walked the beach took it all in...my journey is already a success....I remember my niece worrying that I might not make it to the wedding if it was in California, but it was never in doubt.... that's what family is all about.....no hill too high to climb.....no bridge too far....big day tomorrow....The Coliseum, Griffiths Observation, Santa Anita and los dodgers estadium...

Raton

I accidentally deleted the Raton pics FM yesterday.