High Ground Underground

The following is a collection in reverse chronological order of my Facebook posts and notes of primarily political nature from February to March of 2017. I'm catching up, after neglecting my blog during some personal medical issues.   This post i ncludes:  Another much-defamed but great president, the Vietnam War Memorial in Westminster, the neglected US military, the biased media, "deep state" leaks, Trump conspiracy theories, the need for American leadership, politicization of the Oscars, Trump's first address to Congress (a great speech), Presidents' Day & portraits, Trump impeachment & mental illness, the Left-Right civil war, the Flynn resignation, the 9th Circuit ruling on the immigration ban, and a North Vietnamese general's testimonial of how the biased media lost the war for the US at home -- a lesson for today. March 21 Question: Which American president is described here?: "To his detractors, ___ remained a backwo...

Presidents’ Day As has become somewhat of a personal tradition, one of my Presidents’ Day activities was patriotically working on my tax returns.  Got to keep our government solvent, at least for a while longer.  Although more and more it seems like pouring money into a black hole.  And lest anyone take that racially, I do have an astronomy blog, and know whereof I speak. While engaging in that tax-paying tradition, I look forward to being entertained by 2 radio shows that also have a Presidents’ Day tradition.  Michael Medved highlights certain presidents, and today it was the worst presidents in U.S. history – Buchanan, Johnson, Hoover , Carter.  And no doubt also soon to be welcomed into the ranks – Barack Obama.  Then Hugh Hewitt had a history expert go through all the presidents briefly, including shining stars like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Coolidge (surprisingly), Eisenhower (also surprisingly) and Reagan.  State ...