I think I made a mistake.

Sometime, a year or two ago, I determined that Hilary Clinton was the best choice for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.

Later, everyone and their brother or sister decided they should run for the Republican presidential nominee. The good money seemed to say that Jeb Bush was likely the nominee.

The news media found a comical presidential candidate in Donald Trump.

Oh, he is just a fool. We will give him some air time and will have a little fun at his expense.

“Wrong!” as Trump says in his hourly tweets.

The news media were the ones who were fooled. I, a mere mortal, likewise were fooled and I was foolish. Donald J. Trump, the 70-year-old real estate magnate courtesy of his inheritance and a public blowhard, will be sworn in on Friday as the 45th U.S. president.

I think that all the free publicity Trump was given during his daily call-ins to CNN and MSNBC and Fox got Trump nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. Big money and Big Brother, the Russian president and Wikileaks were also successful in electing Trump.

Trump won the electoral college. Clinton won the popular vote by almost 3 million. Yet Trump won, and became the elephant in the room.

The outgoing President Barack Obama had his legitimacy challenged by so-called “birthers” who questioned the president’s birth site. Heading that call of those conspiracy freaks — who believed Obama was born in Kenya as his father was — was the “Head Birther” Donald J. Trump. About eight-plus-years later, as Republican nominee, Trump finally and curtly admitted that Obama was, as reality shows, indeed was born in the United States.

Trump has refused belief that Russia and his bromancee, Vladimir Putin is behind the efforts by Russia to influence the U.S. presidential election for Trump. The new president does not appear as if he wants to ruffle any of Putin’s feathers. And it makes me wonder, (music from Stairway To Heaven,) does Trump really feel that people are out to call his presidency “illegitimate.” It is not surprising, as Trump feels everyone is out to get him, at least those who oppose him.

The next four years, more or less, should be an exciting time for some. For others, it will just be a crying shame.

Like the A-team star from the 1980s known as Mr. T would say: “I pity the fool.” And I guess I was the fool during the past election. We will see how many millions of fools who supported Trump will join me.

 

One sentence said again and again by the supporters of our new co-presidency of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin really chaps my hind quarters. You guess it, it is that damned “get over it.”

I still say there is something wrong in our country when the losing presidential candidate garners something close to 3 million votes ahead of Trump. Just “joking”” about the co-presidency. Sorta kinda.

This country already had one election in recent times stolen by the Republicans and the Supreme Court.

Make no mistake about it, the Hillary Clinton team appeared clueless when the results came pouring in for that Super Comb-over Orangutan.

The Clinton campaign could never win over the barrage from the Republicans and the media in what former Democratic primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called “those damned e-mails.”

Trump was able to fly into cities and fill up an arena so the angry white voters could be led into a frenzy by Trump and his continual lies.

But while the Clinton team have themselves to blame, that blame can be passed around as well to FBI Director James Comey, Julian Assange and Wiki Leaks, and Vladimir Putin.

So for you people who say the Democrats should stop whining about the election, the Republicans need to stop their whining about the Democrats. All the noble GOP-ers have called for unity now that Trump  has  finally secured the votes by the Electoral College.

Trump is a classless swine who is being played by Vladimir Putin and is being looked upon by our nation’s enemies as their gift from wherever.

I was not very prescient concerning my presidential predictions. Hell, I was way, way out there. I never expected that ass to win the presidency. I don’t think, however, that Trump will have an easy ride. We really should worry about what Trump tweets or what happens when is awakened at, whatever time he sleeps. I am sure no one will mind if he snorts some coke to help him make it through the day. Of course, if you are black and are caught with a tiny amount of any drug their asses will go straight to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

I think Trump and his group of millionaires and generals will turn out immaculately attired, but when it comes to running a nation they have a lot to prove.

I don’t believe that if Trump fails, America fails. It all depends on context. I hope for the sake of our nation that he doesn’t fail at something which is a life or death decision. I hope he doesn’t screw up our economy. Of course, he is inheriting a great economic situation despite what Trump or his minions, and those who are under the Trump spell, say.

But should this fruit cake mess up royalty, to the point of impeachment, or worse. Please my Republican friends, don’t whine about the Trumpster. It would just be too much fun to say “I told you so.”

Donald Trump is puzzling those in the news media over his refusing to consider that his Russkie pals may have tried to tilt the U.S. elections toward the president-to-be.

China called Trump a child for other reasons. But Trump is certainly acting like a kid who covers his hands with both of his ears and repeats a mantra of “no no no no no … ” The real estate mogul and reality TV star seems to be building his future presidency over whether  he can sit at the cool lunchroom table with Vladimir Putin. I bet Barron Trump, the 10-year-old son of The Donald, has more sense than his old man.

One minute Trump is saying the talk about the Russians hacking activities is all a figment of the Democratic Party because they lost by the biggest sizeable amount in history. That isn’t true, by the way. The next minute he says that if all this hacking was being done by Russia, why weren’t people told about it during the election. Uh, look at this big guy:

Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security

There is no need mentioning that I have been quite lax in writing in (or is it on?) my blog.

Part of the reason is that I have been busier than a bong on Willie Nelson’s bus. Part of it is work. My office is down to just me after as many as three people had been staffed out of it. It’s a long story. There is nothing to get upset about. You do all of the work you can do until you can’t do any more.

The medical side of my life has also been busy. I’ve had trouble sleeping. My neck hurts more than it has. My lower back pain has increased in pain by twos. To top all of this off, I have cataracts. My sight hasn’t been too hot, it is horrible at night. I see “starburst” halos on all lights that make it difficult to see where you are going. After finally getting to see an optometrist who seems to know what she is doing as well as consulting with an ophthalmologist, I have been scheduled to have cataract surgery almost three weeks from now. My left eye will go first. I haven’t heard about the right eye yet. I’m hoping it will be done fairly soon to have some stable eyesight. We’ll see how it goes.

I am also enrolling in a VA weight and wellness program. I need it. I have been successful with diets in the past. But chronic pain cut the walking I did every day with an occasional hike. I really miss that. I doubt I can get back to what I consider as “normal” weight. That is about 190-195 lbs. That is about 90-95 lbs. away.

In past times, when I was younger, I lost weight primarily to feel better and to look better. I would like to look better, although that is not a primary concern at 61. I definitely would like to feel better.

So, there is an update of my life. We shall see what happens. I have never been good at New Year’s resolution, maybe I will make one this year. If not, it is a personal resolution, to write more. Get a book done. Find a place to live. Get a dog. Maybe a cat.

That all sounds reasonable, right?B

Hello ladies, gentlemen and otherwise. I plead guilty to my lack of posting lately. My attentiveness to EFD is so much worse since the last month or so, and much less so than a couple of years and much, much less than 10 years ago when I first started this endeavor.

I could go on and on explaining why I haven’t posted much. I use work as an excuse. Or perhaps I might try to use my health card. The truth is that both of those reasons make sense. The reason is probably more of a combination the aforementioned causes and maybe more than just one or two.

Lately, within the most recent few weeks to be exact, I have experienced very debilitating pain from my lower back. My cervical spine problems have also increased. These are just spinal conditions. Today, I visited VA ophthalmologists in Houston. These doctors and technicians went through a bunch of veterans who look much more bad off than I.

The truth is, there are many vets who are worse off than I am. But I have also found the potential for some serious quality of life issues that can only prove worse if they aren’t tackled as soon as possible.

Today, the residents and their head honchos, were in agreement with an optometrist visit I had at my local clinic a week or so ago. The O.D. said I had cataracts that needed surgery. Today, the medical doctors who deal with eye surgery, or ophthalmologists, confirmed the earlier diagnosis. That is, my left eye has some pretty bad cataracts and we scheduled surgery a month from today. My right eye will also need surgery but not until my left eye gets the repair it needs.

The resident with whom I talked and who ran a couple of eye tests, took me aside and told me that they had found another problem with my left eye. I am not certain as to its particulars. The doc did say this condition, which is a problem in the back of my left eye, could be acerbated by surgery on that eye for cataracts. From what the doctor said, the condition could be easily fixed with surgery, it is just a pain in the e*e,

I just felt the need to talk with my friends from this site, however few they might be these days.

If any of you folks who read this or have seen it before, I would appreciate a message from those of you all who so desire.

Be cool, all!

Mr. EFD