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Noodle and crew

Sunday Selfie...

  When the world seems really screwy sometimes it just makes more sense to look at it upside down...








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Wordless Wednesday...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Getting to know the candidates...

Last week we took a look into the Republican Party.
As we are not one to play favorites, this week we take on the candidates, one each week;

So;
He doesn't have as many delegates even though he has won so many state primaries.
He feels this is unfair.
He hasn't taken money from corporations or super packs.
You think I'm talking about Donald Trump right?
Guess again...

When Bernie Sanders first entered the race about a year ago, I thought hum-m-m this could be interesting.
As time went on I became concerned at what started looking more and more like a one issue campaign.
Even more disturbing were the escalating attacks toward his opponent which seemed to be more in line with the Republican side of the race.
Then there was the question of why with all the money he has raised he was not contributing to down ticket Democrats as all former candidates have and Hillary Clinton has been doing for quite some time. This being essential to winning the house and senate and implementing any type of change once in office.
Each of these things on there own could be chalked up to slip ups or ignorance due to not having run in a presidential campaign before.
But added up they have begun to worry me as to the candidates values and agenda.

I also worry that what worries me about the whole Trump fans thing applies in a lot of ways to Bernie too. http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/why-bernie-sanders-is-staying-in-the-race

What happens if Bernie wins?
How will his supporters  react when he can't break up the big banks?
You need congress and the Senate and compromise. Raise your hand if you think the next president will not be in the same boat as his predecessor. One is left to think that magically everyone in congress will start to work together and there will be sunshine and lollipops for all.
Perhaps it is best summed up in an article written by syndicated columnist  Leonard Pitts Jr.;
http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/would-you-watch-the-world-bern/
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article74777987.html



Don't get me wrong, I like Bernie and a lot of what he professes to stand for.
It's just that whether it's Bernie, Hillary or Donald if you only have promises with no explanation of how you are going to implement your plans...then they are just empty promises no matter how great they sound.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/why-bernie-sanders-still-in-race

Come on people lets demand some specifics!



Have a wonderful weekend...


Noodle and crew

Wordless Wednesday...

Have a wonderful Wednesday!


Noodle and crew

It's My Party (and I'll cry if I want too)...

So I guess it's pretty much official...after a surprising day of both Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropping out of the race, Donald Trump appears to be the Republican nominee for president.

For quite some time now I have been trying to figure out the whole Trump phenomenon.

I went through lots of variations of why those who stood by Donald were so adamant 

in their dedication to him no matter what he said or did.

Honestly, it kind of reminded me of the way a battered woman talks about the person who beats her.

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It appears that his supporters feel they are some how sharing his glory,

standing in his spotlight, a part of his fame.

That they see themselves by supporting him as something akin to being on Dancing With The Stars.

It's their moment. They are a part of something.

They stand by him even though he has no experience in running a country and running a company is NOT the same as running a country, not even a little bit!

Contrary to what president Obama said yesterday;

now this IS reality TV! http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/obama-trump-not-reality-tv-222899

So here's my question,,, what happens if Trump wins?

What happens when he now starts accepting loads of cash for his champagne from the very people and entities  he has condemned and repays himself for the money he has loaned his primary champagne? Will he still demand he's self funded? Will people actually believe him? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/us/politics/donald-trump-campaign.html

What happens when he can't bring back the coal mining jobs he has promised because it's not the government that made those jobs disappear in the first place it's the coal companies themselves who cut jobs to make more profit because of the ever growing decline in coal use do to the advent of cheaper fuel. http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/05/05/like-manufacturing-jobs-to-china-whatever-trump-says-mining-jobs-are-not-returning-to-w-virginia/#4387bc9d6f48

And what about all those high paying manufacturing jobs he's promised to bring back,,, how exactly is that going to work?

If Mexico doesn't pay for the wall...

What do his fans do then? How will they react? And, who will they blame?

Will they take a look in the mirror or just blame it on Mexico and Muslims?

And what about the party itself?

Yesterday Paul Ryan, the Speaker Of The House said that at this time he would not support Donald Trump,

granted that may change but come on... http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-gop-nominee/

Lindsey Graham and other long time what used to be respected Republicans are lining up to make it clear Donald Trump does not represent their republican party. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-not-vote/

So what happens to the party now?

In January we posted a link to an old political ad that could have easily been written today;
http://herecomesnoodle.blogspot.com/2016/01/power-of-good-ad.html

Well we have an update on that ad which is pretty darn remarkable!
Rachel Maddow of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
tracked down the man in the ad and spoke with him about the current race all these 52 years later;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IryOBn4Bbc4


Have a wonderful weekend!

Noodle and crew

Wordless Wednesday...

 

 

 

 

How cute am I?

 

 

 

 

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

 

Noodle and crew