Donald Trump took his Presidency to a new low wallowing in the gutter when he called former FBI director James Comey a "slime ball" in his latest on going personal attacks. Trump's rage was in response to Comey's new book concerning the former director's tenure. And once again the trumpet man demonstrated his unstable mentality that disregards any sense of moral and civil discourse.
The President is determined to undermine the very office he holds because his corrupted attitude has to destroy every thing good about the Presidency, our institutions and the morality that made our country great and our past Presidents who could articulate with the public and others without personal attacks. Almost 15 months in office and Trump's gutter grows deeper and deeper.
And now, Trump's white house press secretary has entered the gutter with her own personal attacks on Comey. Trump's ditto head republicans have done the same and have started a campaign to try and discredit Comey in order to try and derail the special investigation of President Trump and his collusion with Russia. They too are part of Trump's gutter gang.
How low can President Trump wallow in the gutter with personal attacks and unnecessary words like "slime ball." No one really knows. But we do know leaders are judged on their record of accomplishments and how they treat people. Trump will be judged on his ongoing lies, personal attacks and a corrupted life style. America still has a President who respects no one and a President that deserves no respect because of his own actions.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Gun Control: The Past Had More Understanding Than The Present.
We are all familiar with the story of the "old, wild, wild west" where lawless was governed by the gun. Many movies were made about that period of time with the fast draw show downs where the quickest draw survived. Many of the old stories have proved not to be true and we know from research that many of the hand guns used in those days were not so accurate and ammunition was unreliable.
But we do know because of lawlessness, guns were available and carried every where. But even so, that time long ago, morals had a meaning and people understood the violence had to be checked. So there were cities and town that forbid the carry of guns in town and the weapons had to be checked at the sheriff's office or some other place for security and could not be carried while in town. In other words weapons were banned in certain places. There was no NRA or gun lobby to complain that guns do not kill people. Law enforcement knew it was the people behind the gun so the guns were banned in certain towns.
The people also had another moral code they lived by. If one killed another who was not armed or was shot in the back, the shooter was presumed guilty. It was another way to deal with gun violence and those who use guns to harm others. Weapons used today in gun violence are of course more lethal and can inflict more damage in a shorter period of time than in the old west days but old west morals concerning gun violence is in short supply today.
Western movies are popular because there is always a hero who takes down the bad guy. But real life has a shortage of good guys who are willing to stand up, be counted and insist on banning the weapons of war that do not belong on the streets of America. We, in the present age, could learn a little bit from our past.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
But we do know because of lawlessness, guns were available and carried every where. But even so, that time long ago, morals had a meaning and people understood the violence had to be checked. So there were cities and town that forbid the carry of guns in town and the weapons had to be checked at the sheriff's office or some other place for security and could not be carried while in town. In other words weapons were banned in certain places. There was no NRA or gun lobby to complain that guns do not kill people. Law enforcement knew it was the people behind the gun so the guns were banned in certain towns.
The people also had another moral code they lived by. If one killed another who was not armed or was shot in the back, the shooter was presumed guilty. It was another way to deal with gun violence and those who use guns to harm others. Weapons used today in gun violence are of course more lethal and can inflict more damage in a shorter period of time than in the old west days but old west morals concerning gun violence is in short supply today.
Western movies are popular because there is always a hero who takes down the bad guy. But real life has a shortage of good guys who are willing to stand up, be counted and insist on banning the weapons of war that do not belong on the streets of America. We, in the present age, could learn a little bit from our past.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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