Tim Ryan - Opinion

The New Donald Trump Campaign Songbook

Published by admin on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 4:30pm

I think it’s safe to say this has not been a good week for Donald Trump.

The week started with two Supreme Court decisions that went against him and ended with a rally in Oklahoma with a turnout that – compared to what his campaign promised – was frankly embarrassing.

In between that were double-digit losses in the polls to Joe Biden and, even worse, a statement from the family of Tom Petty that they did not want his music used at Trump rallies.

The Trump campaign played Petty’s 1989 hit “Won’t Back Down” at Trump’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally Saturday.

Even for die-hard Fox supporters, Trump might have finally crossed the line

Published by admin on Tue, 06/02/2020 - 10:42am

Did Tucker Carlson just have a Walter Cronkite moment?

For those of you too young to remember, Walter Cronkite was once the most trusted name in news. Back when there was still such a thing as news; before 24/7 cable networks, social media and infotainment.

From 1962 to 1981, Cronkite hosted the CBS Evening News, covering everything from the Kennedy assassination through the Iran hostage crisis.

How America would have lost World War II

Published by admin on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 3:58pm

The president’s daily press briefing on developments in World War II. June 7, 1944.

REPORTER: Mr. President, now that we’ve landed at Normandy, is there a timeline for how much longer this war will go on?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: It’s over. It’s over now. We just had the greatest invasion in history at Burgundy. Which, by the way, was my idea. So I think we can start winding down now. It’s over. We won.

REPORTER: But, Mr. President, the Germans still occupy France and are still bombing London. Don’t we need to continue fighting?

Coronavirus creating new business opportunities

Published by admin on Wed, 03/18/2020 - 12:02am

THE SCENE: A dark alley somewhere in the city just after midnight. A car is parked, its lights off. A man sits inside in the driver’s seat, waiting. Another vehicle slowly pulls into the alley and parks behind him. The headlights are switched off. After a moment the driver of the car that just pulled up gets out of his vehicle and walks over to the other car. He knocks on the driver’s side window. The driver rolls down his window.

“Yeah?”

“You got the stuff?”

“Maybe. You got the money?”

“Not till I see the stuff.”

Conspiracy theories another virus we need to beware

Published by admin on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 12:06am

BREAKING NEWS: The coronavirus was masterminded and spread by Budweiser to get people to stop drinking Corona beer.

Well, OK, not really. That’s not true, but it’s as good a conspiracy theory as anything else floating around these days.

I don’t mean to make light of the virus. It’s a serious matter, but so are conspiracy theories.

At a time when we need facts to deal with a public health crisis, the last thing we need is viral misinformation.

Conspiracy theories are dangerous.

If you don’t believe me, just ask “Mad” Mike Hughes.

What we have is failure to communicate, but thanks

Published by admin on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 10:47pm

This might come as a surprise to Mark Zuckerberg and the rest of Silicon Valley, but I’d just like to go on the record and point out that I am not a drone.

At least I don’t think I am. In this day and age of technological slavery, we all have to wonder. Do we even have free will anymore? (Give me a minute, I’ll ask Alexa and get back to you.)

I’m also thankfully not a Facebot, one of those people whose lives are determined by their Facebook pages.