Ouch!

We have to start calling him that.

That.

Red Tide Rick. Reminders like this of that horrid marine affliction are quite useful. Attaching something widely acknowledged as negative and/or outright noxious to someone. The concept to the person. In this case the concept being the ecological calamity that is actually, literally, genuinely, tangibly happening.

Happening right now in the real world in real time.

Further, that helps connect another dot. Attaching “Red Tide” to Rick Scott makes it clear that the dreaded “Red Tide” applies to him or is somehow connected to him. Well, he was governor in Florida. Why would one couple “Red Tide” with Rick Scott’s name? Because maybe as governor it happened on his watch?
Because maybe as governor it DEVELOPED on his watch?
Maybe as governor he had a hand in that development or enabled it with friendly executive directives or “creative” manipulations of laws or regulations?

And you can retrace the steps from here... why did he want to use his powers and authority as governor to enable conditions that eventually resulted in red tides? Why did he, how exactly did he, when did he - and for how long?

And who benefits? ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ask who benefits. And how do they benefit? And “how” leads directly to “how much”. Money is usually involved. Usually BIG money. Big money from whom? And why? For what purpose?

If we start planting this seed, seeds like this, it will begin to sow doubt as those seeds germinate. It’ll serve to remind that the red tide conditions that are proving to be literal threats to local economies as well as drastically and directly (and extremely negatively) affecting the local ecosystem. And Rick Scott’s leadership as governor has directly led to this. GOOD that the “Red Tide” label be attached to him by name. That’s GOOD. It can help wake people up. At least a few. At least for starters.

Hard to live in a bubble where you’re constantly told that everything’s fine, when you step outside your own front door and see it right there in the flesh along the nearest neighborhood shoreline or waterfront. Or you know people who attest to this happening in THEIR neighborhoods.

Seeing is believing. We can only hope that enough people start waking up, and coming to their senses NOW. And you can start that by messaging. Planting seeds in people’s minds. Perception management. Managing their perception of the world and the world around them. I just regret that too many people in this country can’t learn a lesson in any way other than the hard way. There’s a fair amount of grief and anguish ahead.

This makes me so sad.

So very sad.

The expression on her face says it all.

We'd have already saved countless billions if we hadn't "elected" YOU.

How much of our hard-earned tax money have you already wasted on your lavish trips to your golf havens every weekend (for starters)?

How much are we wasting on that stunt moving all those troops to the border - to do exactly WHAT for months?

How many millions have we spent guarding all your extended grifter family members who are also busily mooching on us taxpayers?

How many more millions have been run through because every last one of your damn resorts and lavish getaways have to be intensely guarded all the time?

How much have we spent having a so-called “pResident” whose lies and crimes and fraternizing with the enemy have led to investigations that wouldn’t have been necessary if it wasn’t YOU squatting in our White House?

And yes, I know we’d have squandered countless more millions on fly-by-night republi-CON “investigations” and multiple other phonied-up persecutions of a President Hillary Clinton that would end up finding more truckloads full of nothingburgers.

And that’s just off the top of my head.

Gee, every time she goes off on some pompous blowhard...

...I like her just a little bit MORE!

I've heard that, too.

Let them be them.

They all cling to trump. That proves their stupidity.

Fine with me.

I can never forgive him for weaseling around behind President Obama’s back, and the State Department’s back to engineer Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress.
1) Without bothering to inform the White House or arrange it with the White House, and
2) Without bothering to inform the State Department about it.

It was a total snub of the President in favor of Netanyahu and his right-wing pals in Congress. To their credit, many Democrats refused to attend. Not all of them, though.

It was a fucking STUNT. I’ve resented Netanyahu and his devious back-room rat, Ron Dermer, The Israeli Ambassador to the United States, who was the advance man in this scam. I’ve never forgotten that. So THIS is how you treat the leader of the nation known worldwide as Israel’s best friend? I can’t ever forget how they disrespected President Obama in such a shameful public slap in the face. An EPIC disgrace.

That works.

You could always substitute a knee pad to symbolize Pence.