I Speak Life!

This will be a simple but hopefully impactful blog.  Following are some terms I want you to read the definitions and descriptions of.  Racism - prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed at someone from a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Bigotry - intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself. Misogyny - dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. Narcissism - extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one's own talents and a craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type. Egotism - the practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an undue sense of self-importance. Autocracy - government in which one person is in total control. What are the signs of someone wanting to become an Autocrat? They see themselves as "very special" people They feel deserving of admiration. They have difficulty empathizing with the feelings and needs o...

This is going to be a very light hearted Blog today.  I want to start by saying Thank You to everyone who is visiting my Blog for the first time today, and everyone who has read my blog for many months now.  I appreciate all of you, and that in many cases you help me spread my voice around the globe.  I was looking at my analytics today and my Blog has now been read in the following places: Bahamas Canada France Germany Greece India Iraq Ireland Italy Peru Philippines Poland Romania Sweden Switzerland Singapore Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Vietnam Unknown Region (analytics couldn't pinpoint the location) Obviously my Blog has centered very strongly on Politics in the United States since I started Blogging at the end of April this year.  That wasn't the original intent, but I have been very passionate about following the Trump Administration over this past year-and-a-half, and with the 24-hour news cycle changing so rapidly and with so muc...

I have been thinking quite a bit lately about some requests asked of me in recent weeks.  Three people asked at different times if I was ever going to write something positive about President Trump, as most all of my Blogs are centered around negative news regarding the president and those who are within his inner circle, as well as the things he has said and done that don't live up to the standards of the office he holds, or the definition of human decency.  The more I thought about the request, the more I became upset.  You see, over the past year-and-a-half, there have been a small handful of positive things that have come out of the Trump Presidency, but to me, none of that matters because of everything else.  Doing a couple of good things doesn't absolve all of the hate, lies, rhetoric, misogyny, bigotry, racism, arrogance, egotism, and narcissism.  A person like Trump, who refuses to stop outright lying to t...