The Chaos of 2025

It is the Holiday Season once again. Does it seem like it? I can't remember last year and what the feeling was at Christmas Time. From the last year's election and to now, it seems like one continuous blur of Trump-ism. And what exactly is that feeling? It's hard to define, except that my sense is one of continuing stress and heartache.

This feeling of stressful anxiety is like a blanket of wet dripping wool covering my mind. The one question that is now unanswerable is, What will this man do in the next three years? He is sowing the seeds of his own Manifest Destiny to remain in the Oval for the rest of his life. This is beyond my imagination, but, that is exactly what he is doing.

When I try to summon a word that defines this man, I can only think of the word Destruction. He has in this one year built an administration built on lies and fear, that in turn has destroyed; truth, trust, alliances, due process, the 14^th amendment, the EPA, USAID, our Health institutions and protocols, and most of all, challenging our first amendment rights giving us a sense of safety.

His gifts to us, Loss of Affordability, Loss of pride in the stature and integrity of what we should have in a President, loss of Integrity and loss of Honor in our Congress, Loss of our National Laws derived from the Constitution, and English common law, Loss of truth from our Supreme Court, and the Loss of American Leadership on the World stage.

My heart sinks when I hear from this man words of hate, piggy, garbage, losers, suckers, describing people that he can't hope to understand or control. This President is the embodiment of a crude, incompetent, egomaniac driven person. The Seeds of a Whirlwind are his, and sadly and will descend upon Americans and the World writ large...

Yesterday was the anniversary of the "Day living in Infamy", the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I published the picture for this blog. The Whirlwind of Trump-ism is strengthening, and will come to fruition unless our Congress, as Madeleine Albright said, does not grow some cajones. 

 

THE FOUNDATION OF TRUTH

Our Constitution does not have the word “truth” in the text within the document. The word “truths” does appear in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence...

“We hold these Truths to be self-eventide, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”.

When leaders do not believe in the concept of Truth, how can the foundation of our Constitution and the laws that bind our Country be served? The foundation is the construction of strength for a building, and without a strong concrete reinforced foundation the structure will not stand. So it is with our Government.

My Father was a building contractor of fine homes and projects to serve people to live in safe dwellings. His truth was in the finding the “good” wood, using the blueline of a snapped string to find the absolute level for the foundation pour, so the concrete structure would be solid and true.

It was understood by our Framers of the Constitution that the concept of truth was inherently understood and was with this understanding that the Rules and Laws of our Constitution would be carried out.

I remember well when the erosion of truth went missing with our current occupant of the oval office, when he came down the golden escalator. One of his first edits was that the “Press is the enemy of the People”. Close behind this, was the announcement of “ Alternate Facts”. These two pronouncements became normalized with the countless repetition by talking heads of some news outlets which catered to a population of discontent.

It is strange is not , that the word Truth is missing from our Constitution. We take oaths when we are in court. It seems that this word is in our legal system, but not in the most basic pronouncement of our being as a Nation. Truth has gone missing from Congress, from the Supreme Court and from the Occupant of the Oval.

Our blue line of Truth should be the most revered word and concept for our Nation. Instead, it hides behind the fear of revenge, and death threats. Mark Kelly and five other leaders in our Congress spoke truth in a video, and the Oval Office Occupant said they should be put to death.

This consequence for the denial of truth is lost of Trust. Could our Constitution have been written based on lies? The Framers were individuals who had the understanding of concepts for truth and trust. The notion that a President has no need to tell the truth and lied for the destruction of the Constitution was beyond their belief awareness.

The lies of our Government today steal away our desire to believe our leaders. The lies of the current oval office occupier will ultimately not stand, for the people will finally understand the wisdom of recognizing that the Emperor does not have any clothes on, and find truth in their own abilities to See.

If we don't rescue Truth , and put it forth as our most basic structural concept of the Constitution, then the foundation is not solid. Trust is built on Truth, and without trust, our Great American experiment stands on a Precipice...”Death to All”... the order of the present Director of Defense.

I will not shut up, I will not let a bully with the ability of a 12 year old tell me, us, what we can say.

 

Two Men Two Speeches

Which of these two men would you have chaperon your Daughter's prom night?

 

MARK KELLY

American Hero

I'm wondering if the American President could have me arrested for writing this blog post. Would my first Amendment Rights protect me from his rants of having me arrested and hanged? I'm just an old artist who feels so very strongly that I should stand up and do SOMTHING! 

I have gone to two protests in downtown Oceanside, but my body parts are not having it. As my time is limited on this daily toil, my delights are my art work, and writing this post. I can only hope that the protests which were huge last weekend in DC will continue and have consequences of enlightenment to the people who put this evil man in our Oval Office. 

When Biden finally decided not to run for President last year, my thoughts turned instantly to Mark Kelly. He is one of the most qualified men in our Country to be President of America. He has fought, gone into space, and has served in the Senate. His credentials are platinum! His integrity to duty is there for all to see. The unqualified Director of Defense is by this standard minus 1000 percent!. By contrast, the President is a tarnished gold plated lump. 

When bullies are in power, they seek to destroy those who are men of great accomplishment. They have others take orders to do the deeds they themselves will not take, for they know that will never have to serve on the front line, and they will always take the illegal path of the mob boss, and have others do the deed. 

My moment of Glory 

I have sat in the space shuttle Captain's chair, and though it was only a full sized mock up, the size, the power, and thrill was inherent and sustained. My imagination was in the stars, and they swirled my small self into infinity. The thought of being in space where everything wants to kill you and be there in a small metal space station for weeks was what this American Hero has done.

I will continue to post my thoughts and stand for the Constitution, and free speech. I honor the pledge, and when the flyovers happen at the ball games, my soul soars with pride and I sing my allegiance... Mark Kelly, I honor You, and I can smile when looking at your picture, knowing that you are here, and not backing down to threats from the Oval Occupant.                                         THANK YOU !  

 

Don't throw Me into the Briar Patch

This Strategy  is exactly what Trump used to fool the Democratic Party Leaders. This gave the Trumpers time to do redact, Photoshop, AI to distort, what ever it took to curate the thousands of documents, photos, and videos of the Epstein Files...It took years to accomplish this, he campaigned on this, but when done, the Oval Office Occupant took a 180 turn, and said, Yes, I will sign the release of the files.

The streaming talking head pundits who would have you believe that this man is sick and will not last to the end of his term, are playing us for their own money game. He is in full mental capacity to keep on doing harmful policies to our Country like the one he just completed with the Saudi Crown Prince. His appetite for creating an opportunity for his own real estate Development is on going and giving away American Technologies for his own personal gain is there for all to see.

His foreign polices are all transactional and our Country is the loser. His domestic policies are the same. The worker bees in his administration and in congress have to be completely loyal or they will be fired, prosecuted, primaried and threatened. His power depends on this strategy. 

The Oval Occupant, put in place the army of complaint worker bees to take this strategy to a new level. The Governmental agencies of the DOJ, DHS and the Secrete Service are now under his complete control. We will never know what could be in these files which could implicate Trump. The new investigations, will have the ability to move and obstruct, are the tools to block the release of the Files to the American People. These abilities are his gift from the Supreme Court for him to have Absolute Power as President.

Why else would He take a complete 180 turn when his administration took months trying to keep the Files from being released? Now for the next three and ½ years, we will hear that the investigations of his enemies which will be ongoing keeps the Justice Agency from releasing any of the Epstein Files. Absolute Power gives the ability to one person for Absolute Obstruction.

I keep wondering why these Women who were abused have not created a class action suit to sue the men in involved, like other women did in the Harvey Weinstein case. They have collaborating witness among them and their voices could be heard in an open Court of Law. The Epstein Files would not be the only entity to challenge the lying voices of the Trump Administration and Men of other powerful designations, the files already released would be a corroborating element.

A Thousand Voices who experienced abuse from these men, each telling the same story, in open Court would be Absolute Corroboration. They would become Legion...

 A Day of Remembrance 

On this beautiful fall day, the glorious air flowing from the Pacific is filling the air with joy. The magic of oxygenated molecules gives me, when I breathe, youth and power. I will paint today. And, I give you the exhibition at our Art Museum here in Oceanside CA, about surfing. I hope that this post will bring you a respite from the chaos of our political world and that the world of the Blue Pacific will bring you peace...

Ken Goldman

The Magical calling of the Sea. It fills us with the oneness of our greatest longing, melding with the greatest creative force, the Sea. Our cells, our viral connections, our very brain waves are in concert with the rhythms of the Sea. It calls, it dances in our minds eye with the remembrances of our childhood when we were all dancers in the waves of our Oceans with our very soul.

Cheryl Tall

Oceanside is the magical place for all who love the Sea. It shines, sparkles with the blueness of happiness and it calls us to Be with it. It is a place for the arts of the Sea. It has the artists who live on it, play with it, and use it as our muse. It is deep within our hearts and is the crucible of our creativity. As I write this post, I am listening to Debussy's La Mer. Emotions run high with the pulsing sounds of the stormy Sea. The Sea inspires all who has ever stepped foot in this liquid birthing place of life on planet Earth. 

And So It Is...the Oceanside Museum of Art presents it's newest exhibition, of the Sea, and those who love it best. The Surfers. 

Thomas Rogo

A dual exhibition CaliforniaSurf Museum and the Oceanside Museum ofArt (OMA), this exhibition will explore art that has emerged from the surf lifestyle and surfing’s influence on artists. 

“Surfing is part of a defining identity of California’s image and has had an indelible effect on global society,” says Jim Kempton, Executive Director of The California Surf Museum and co-curator of the exhibition. “Everyone who has experienced the feeling of riding a wave understands just how hard it is to describe that incredible sensation, referred to as ‘stoke.’ 

Sandow Birk

The Oceans have inspired artists from the beginning of time to create our homage to the Sea. To capture, and record the linkage of this blueness of happiness, this compelling force, which pulls us in, saturates our vision, and orchestrates our heart beat with the endless waves of forever....

 

The President's Eyes

A Person's eyes are the windows to the Soul.

Official Presidential Portrait of Donald Trump 2025-2029

When your child is fibbing to you, there is a “look” that is a tell. When your boss won't look you in the eye, you know that something is not right, When the President stares locked, off to the side, his eyes dilated black, with no light reflected, you know that something is very wrong. That happened yesterday in the Oval.

This is enlarged image is from original with Photoshop. No other filters used.

A man fainted behind the President. The President turned and watched him go down, leaned in a little, then turning around he stood at his desk staring straight ahead arms limp beside him, and froze. Chaos erupted behind him, folks rushing to help the person on the floor, the staff rushing round to chase reporters out of the room.

The President did not move. Is this a small preview of how he might react if the emergency was a national crisis ? He might have tried to help, he might have picked up his phone and dialed 911, he could have done something to calm people down. Nothing. The Video Tapes are not showing what really happened, they are all cut short, and resume when the President is seated. What else happened in the Oval, we will never know...

Normally, the Presidents eyes are green as in his official portrait. Yesterday, they were black, and what are we to think of a man whose eyes are totally dilated as if he is not there, or on something? If this had been Biden, the entire universe would be howling for the 25^th  Amendment to be invoked...