Is There Something In The Water?

Here's some stuff that concerns me. From people behaving badly to America's growing negativity and greed.


New York Post (11/26/2017)
South Carolina fans turn field into trash can"From before the matchup began to after the 34-10 Clemson rout in Columbia was completed, fans hurled bottles and trash on the field, having to be repeatedly instructed by the PA announcer to quit it. They never relented."


Slate.com (11/26/2017)
How Late You Can Show up to 'Coco'..."On Friday, I attended a 6:15 p.m. screening of Coco at the Regal Cinemas outpost in my local Brooklyn neighborhood.... the lights partially dimmed and several obligatory targeted ads for various products rolled one by one, followed by about five or six trailers... Then, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure played, complete with credits, for 21 minutes... As the credits rolled, I looked at my phone to see that it was now 6:51 p.m. But wait, there was still yet more: An approximately minute-long clip in which co-directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina gushed about how proud they were of Coco. Only then—finally—at around 6:52 p.m., did"


Daily Beast (11/26/2017)
How Trump Will Turn America’s Open Internet Into an Ugly Version of China’s"Here’s some background: when we go online, we expect to be able to access any websites that we wish to reach. We don’t expect our internet service providers to manipulate the speed at which we can view this information, or even block content outright."

CNN Money (11/25/2017)
Why Wall Street and Republicans hate the CFPB"Critics say the CFPB, which has forced misbehaving banks to return more than $12 billion to consumers, is the epitome of government overreach and wields too much unchecked power. Warren and other proponents argue it's a key watchdog agency working for American consumers."



COMMENTARY
All Trump needs for a reason to hate the CFPB is the two names associated with it. Obama and (Pocahontas) Warren. Bet he doesn't even understand why it was created.

Wikipedia-- The CFPB's creation was authorized by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, whose passage in 2010 was a legislative response to the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession..

So what the hell, why not return to those good ole days. Let's try tax cuts a third time. Get rid of net neutrality, deregulate oversight of financial institutions and see if we can finally collapse the American economy for once and for all. After Reagan and Bush tax cuts failed to wreck the economy sufficiently you know what they say--maybe the third time will be the charm.

Screw it up bad enough even a future Bill Clinton nor Barack Obama would be able to fix it no matter how hard some may wish it to be so once again. Alas “If wishes were fishes we'd all swim in riches."


Promises, Promises, Promises
Here's a little something for people who have no regrets voting for Trump to ponder....










That was then...



Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders Break Down the GOP Tax Plan


Where I Stand
People can believe want they want but these issues aren't about partisan politics for me. If Trump would have said the things I support I'd be giving him a pat on the back. Here we have a president who values nothing or anyone more then himself A person who will say and do anything without self reflection on how it affects others or the country.

So much negativity. That's why I'm in a bit of a funk. I feel like I'm living inside a mirror of the world in which so much is in the opposite to where things ought to be. Perhaps I'm concentrating to too much on the negative. Then on the other hand I find these knuckleheads hard to ignore. Why is that?