When are “we the people” going to get it? When are republicans going to get it? How many disasters have to happen before republicans quit referring to “Climate Change” as a “hoax?” Led, of course, by possibly the STUPIDEST president to ever occupy the “Oval Office.” And, when are republicans going to pull themselves from the “clutches” of Donald Trump – realizing they’re in a “cult of personality.” Of course, there’s the hard core white nationalists/supremacists who consider Trump their “vehicle into the mainstream of American politics.” That won’t change anytime soon.

I wrote that paragraph a few days ago as I was watching an emerging “disturbance” in the Gulf of Mexico which appeared to be the makings of another HURRICANE just a couple weeks after HELENE wreaked havoc on six states in the Southeast of the United States. Well, a couple days later this disturbance was named “Milton” as a “Tropical Storm.” Now, after another couple days it’s a category FIVE hurricane headed for a “direct hit” on Florida around the Tampa Bay area – the first significant storm to directly have Tampa in its “sights” in a century – and the people affected still haven’t cleaned up the mess from Helene – and, they were just on the periphery of Helene. The one due to “hit” Thursday morning will be the “big one” if you believe the meteorologist’s predictions.

I say that because if a retired sixth grade (language arts, mostly) teacher could see this coming, what is WRONG with politicians like Trump and the sycophants who worship him – still calling the Climate Crisis a “hoax.” A couple days after Helene left much of the Southeast in ruins Trump said of Climate Change, “It’s one of the greatest scams of all time… people aren’t buying it any more. I don’t want to use bad language, my wife said, ‘Please don’t use bad language.’” At the time he said this there were 116 KNOWN deaths from the storm and, as I’m writing this (about a week later), the death toll has reached 235 with STILL hundreds missing. The devastation was such that getting relief to the survivors is a MAJOR challenge. (Although FEMA, along with state and local heroes – in some cases willing to risk their own lives in order to save others – are doing an incredible job)

Trump, and some of his most deranged supporters, was/were actually suggesting the storm was caused by – OK, you know what’s coming next – DEMOCRATS. He pointed out many of the counties hit the hardest were “MAGA” counties (so, must have been caused by democrats) and the survivors will crawl to the polls to vote for him and his “weird” running mate J.D. Vance. His idea of supporting those affected by Helene was to start a “Go Fund me” – without putting anything in it himself. Keep in mind, as of this writing the estimated damage is $250 BILLION. The man is a nincompoop! (Along with several likely personality disorders including severe narcissism and pathological LYING)

Trump showed where his sick mind resides when he suggested if the level of the ocean raised one eighth of an inch it would create “more ocean front property.” (?) Aside from the fact that statement made no sense to me, it showed, once again, Trump proving he’s an ignoramus. Just like his ridiculous statements about windmills:

“We’ll have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. I’ve studied it [sic] better than anybody I know. It’s [sic] very expensive. They’re made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost none. But they’re manufactured — tremendous, if you’re into this, tremendous fumes, gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So [a] tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything — you talk about the “carbon footprint” — fumes are spewing into the air, right? Spewing. Whether it’s in China, Germany, it’s going into the air. It’s our air, their air, everything, right?

So they make these things, and then they put them up, and if you own a house within vision of some of these monsters, your house is worth 50 percent of the price. They’re noisy, they kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard? You just go, take a look, a bird graveyard? Go under a windmill some day. You’ll see more birds than you’ve ever seen ever in your life” (Dan MacGuill, Snopes – December 2019) Trump will continue to push his “climate denial” ad nauseam – until he’s voted into the history books. (Right next to Benedict Arnold)

That said, as Hurricane Milton bores down on Western Florida, Trump will be finding ways to blame Kamala Harris right up to the election – because, the work of cleaning up the mess will go well past November 5th – making up stories along the way. He will blame Ms. Harris, he’ll be blaming immigrants, he’ll be blaming President Biden, what he won’t be doing is making ANY suggestions about what should be done to put America a bit farther down the path needed to address the Climate Crisis. In fact, he’ll probably find a way to criticize the legislation passed by the Biden/Harris administration already as a first step in an attempt to address the problem. I believe Trump has promised oil executives he’ll repeal Biden’s Climate agenda in return for a measly ONE BILLION dollar campaign donation.

If you’re a young voter and you happen across this site – I believe the Climate Crisis SHOULD be number one on your list of important issues. It is the Climate Crisis which could/will have the MOST influence on your life going forward. I have children and grandchildren and I shudder at the ADDITIONAL damage Trump will cause should “we the people” somehow choose another four (or more – read Project 2025) additional years of Trump savaging our constitutional republic.

Not only should you cast a vote for Kamala Harris, I believe you should attempt to get someone else to do so as well. While I consider this the most important election of my lifetime (Yes, I’ve said that for every election since 2018) I believe that will be the case for the next four or five elections because the only way to get rid of this version of the republican party is vote them into – well, history. They won’t go away easily. They have MONEY and they’ve been pushing a corporatocracy for MOST (if not all) of my lifetime (I’m 77). Stay Tuned……

Final Thought: So, today it was reported Trump has spoken to Vladimir Putin at least seven times since he left Washington D.C. with “his tail between his legs.” This would include at least ONE phone call while Trump has been a candidate for president once again. What do you think they discussed? But, from my vantage point, there’s likely MUCH more. I will remind you when the FBI exercised the search warrant on Mar a Lago where HUNDREDS of top secret classified documents were found. The focus of reporting back then was how many of them were likely exposed to “who knows who” while they were cavalierly stored in various places at Trump’s resort available to people who simply needed to use the rest room.

Here’s what is rarely mentioned. There were SEVERAL folders labeled “TOP SECRET” which were EMPTY. I believe something like a two to three DOZEN. I have no idea if those MISSING files have ever been accounted for – at least not publicly. You probably know where my thoughts are going – although, I’ve brought this up before. Do you really believe Trump wouldn’t share those files with Putin? (or another world dictator who might give something in return) To me, all of this demands answers! What were Trump and Putin discussing on their phone calls? Why hasn’t Trump explained where the missing files are? Why haven’t members of the press pressured him on this? Yikes!!