TheWorx

MARGARET BRENNAN asked Smiley Uncle Joe, "Bernie Sanders. Can you stop him, in terms of the momentum he has?" I give her kudos for journalistic integrity by not smiling back at Smiley but with this question I've read between the lines. I read this as coming from a host who is in consternation over Bernie's success. I read, "CAN YOU STOP HIM" (before anyone of us contribute another cent to your campaign?) and I read, "Because, Mr. Vice President, there is a distinct need to stop this damn socialist." And, not stop him because your policies are so much better than his but stop his damn momentum which was not anticipated and which will destroy all the dough I and my husband have managed to accumulate over the months that Trump has been in office--oh, that rich man's saviour, if he hadn't been so blatantly corrupt and wall-loving, he might have been the second coming of Reagan. Now, how would I have phrased the question? I think I would hav...

I had heard that Mayor Bloomberg had admitted to pot smoking and to enjoying it. So it was that I breathed a sigh of relief for the pot users of New York that had put up with the likes of that "Roman" Giuliani and his draconian drug policies. Now, I hear that the hypocrite Bloomberg has jailed more marijuana users than the skull-headed Giuliani and he's got two more years to go! You never know a good thing till something worse comes along! What's odd to me is that the Blacks and Latinos have the leadership to end their harassment by the police but their leadership is a no-show when it comes to the lowly pot smoker. They only get involved with the high profile media cases where the cops shoot first. I can understand why they don't want to give the impression to White America that their people are--God forbid--users of a stigmatized recreational drug like pot which robs them of their "get up and go," their "rise to the American dream, thou sluggard...