Ann Cronin is a retired educator, now consultant, in Connecticut. This post appeared on her blog.
You are familiar, perhaps, with the Ten Commandments in the Bible. If not, refer to Ann Cronin’s post, where she repeats them. She has revised them especially for Donald Trump.
Here’s those The Ten Commandments tailor-made for Donald Trump:
You shall not make of yourself a god, a center of the world, a perfect being.
You shall not make an idol of money by worshipping an arms deal more than a human life and by giving tax breaks to the ultra-rich while denying hourly workers a living wage.
You shall know that words matter and use them judiciously not stirring up mobs by insulting those you present to them as enemies.
You shall honor what is holy. You shall reach out to those who have been targets of homemade bombs. You shall welcome those seeking asylum from violence and death. You shall not separate little children from their parents. You shall try in some small way to remind us of the sanctity of human life, “that reservoir of goodness”, as President Barak Obama did when he sang “Amazing Grace” in Charleston after the shooting deaths of parishioners.
You shall give credit to those who went before you who brought us out of a recession, extended our civil liberties, and enhanced our position in the world because they are upon whose shoulders you stand.
You shall honor innocent life, whether they be hurricane victims in Puerto Rico, children in our public schools, or a college professor from California who comes forward to tell her truth because she sees it as her civic responsibility.
You, who are comfortable with your own adultery and boast of your own sexual assault, shall not demean the pain of those who have suffered sexual assault and shall not publicly humiliate one of the women with whom you committed adultery.
You shall not use the office of the President of the United States to make money for yourself.
You shall not lie further to the American people even though, in your first 20 months in office, you made more than 5,000 false or misleading claims.
You shall control your envy of world leaders who are autocrats, who are not limited by the rule of law, who engage in barbarism, who deny a free press, and who exercise absolute power because, if your envy wins out, our democracy will spiral down into fascism.
An excellent message. Tragic that the person to whom it is directed does not read, will not listen, and does not really care.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching Obama’s rally for Florida Democrats in Miami. While I was very frustrated and disappointed by Obama’s off target education policy, it was such a welcome change to hear a coherent, fact based speech supporting Florida’s Democratic candidates, Even his criticisms were factual, not vile, and Obama made perfect sense. Even his tone and message while criticizing Republicans on health care, the budget and immigration were reasoned and civil. After his rousing address, he went to Georgia to hold a rally for Stacey Abrams. The man has stamina.
I am not going to waste anymore time listening to #45’s nasty, demeaning lies!
Retired teacher…
I totally agree. Thanks for putting those great thoughts out here.
retired teacher : “I am not going to waste anymore time listening to #45’s nasty, demeaning lies!”
Wish I knew how. The only way to avoid his lies, which come regularly throughout the day, is to avoid the news completely. I’m not quite ready for that but I am sick of this fat, ignorant, lying POS. [I normally don’t talk like.] How many people are and have been hurt by this con man who won’t shut up?
Amen
I think the US just flunked the Ralph Waldo Emerson test.
“The truest test of civilization is not the
census, size of cities, or crops; but the kind
of man the country turns out.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reblogged this on David R. Taylor-Thoughts on Education.
Wonderful. and some links to our comedians take on Trump and this moment.
Trump’s Closing Message for the Midterms: A Closer Look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGP0cuilgWE
New Rule: Win or Go Home | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Randy Rainbow Interviews Donald Trump: PART THREE – YouTube
I wish Trump would go to one of his resorts, lock the door and order room service for the next 25 years or until we can celebrate his passing onward. He is a disgusting person with no morals and no compassion. How many people are going to suffer because of his bigotry and ignorance? [He also needs to get rid of his iPhone so we don’t have to suffer from his stupid Tweets.]
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The Washington Post
Democracy Dies in Darkness
News Alert Nov 8, 4:40 PM
Trump administration tightens immigration asylum rules as caravans approach
The new measures, which deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, invoke emergency national security powers to suspend long-standing humanitarian protections for foreigners who arrive on American soil. They rely on the same provisions Trump used to implement his “travel ban” in early 2017.
Legal challenges seeking to delay or block the asylum restrictions are expected, and immigration advocacy groups insist U.S. laws clearly extend the humanitarian protections to anyone who reaches the United States, no matter how they enter the country.