The Trump Crime Family!

The Mueller Report is out. Yep, he's a fucking criminal. There was that disgraceful press conference in which Fred Fuckstone William Barr, with a hostage named Rod Rosenstein behind him kept in line by a bearded thug I assume, played mob lawyer and defended a mob boss. But the report came out soon after. Those of us who can read, are capable of linear thinking and have a double digit IQ can see through the sycophantic Barr and come to the conclusion that Donald Trump is truly the Russian Puppet In Chief.

In normal times, the Attorney General of the United States would be run out of town on a rail by sundown. This stooge, this principle lacking lackey, this sausage fingered liar, this lapdog of a right wing movement that cares not of anything but power and the establishment of an autocracy in which the white man is king again, should not only be removed from office, he ought to be fucking disbarred. Barr is a disgrace. Rosenstein, obviously threatened and standing there like some sort of beaten down scarecrow is a disgrace. This entire DOJ is a joke like every other department in this thuggish administration.

The Mueller Report also informed us of more obvious facts. Sarah Sanders is an admitted liar. Making shit up by pulling it out of her hillbilly ass and once under oath admitting it. How can this cockeyed hilljack ever be taken seriously again? The first question out of any legitimate reporters mouth after anything this Arkansas rube says should be "Say are you lying now or what?". Much like her brother murders dogs and her father murders Big Macs this melting faced mouthpiece of a crime family murders the truth.

The Mueller Report also made mincemeat of the son of the Colluder In Chief. Donnie Junior met with Russian spies to get dirt on Hillary Clinton at the Trump Tower before the 2016 election. Junior lied about the meeting's subject by claiming it was about adoption, then allowed his stupid father to lie more, until eventually everyone knew what everyone knew. It was about collusion with a foreign enemy to take power. Period. However, because Mueller came to the conclusion that Junior is so fucking dumb, he may lack the mental capacity to actually understand that collusion is illegal. Thus, because Junior is such a half wit, charging him with any crime might result in him being declared mentally incompetent. Winning!

"Oh my God. This is terrible. This will end my Presidency. I'm fucked" The words of an innocent man? When the Traitor in Chief found out that a special investigator was appointed, his first thoughts were of who else, Donald F Trump. This resulted in half baked attempts to fire Robert Mueller, obstruct justice, cover shit up, and do it right out in the open. Trump ordered his White House Counsel, Don McGahn. to fire Mueller. McGahn, perhaps the only no sleazy person in this administration, refused and attempted to resign calling what Trump was doing as "crazy shit". Its hard to call anyone who helped elect the Thug in Chief a hero, so I wont, but McGahn is the only one so far capable of cleaning the scum off himself.

All of this scummy behavior, the Russian gloating, the ham handed attempts by Trump to commit crimes only to be stopped by a staff who just ignored him, the collusion with Wikileaks and its shit smearing rapist blabbermouth, the probable existence of the infamous pee tape. or some tape that frightens the Porn Star Payoff in Chief, the ordering of Generals to stifle the press, the incredible out in the open begging for Russian hackers to attack the Democrats, the 10 attempts to obstruct justice, all of this third world dictatorship shit that went on, is nothing more than criminal. This motherfucker should not only be impeached, but his entire crooked family should be in federal prison.

Hey Democrats. Grow a pair. The cannon has been loaded. Fucking fire it!!

2019 Road Trip! Menu Pictures Rule!

Road Trip 2019 headed west through Ohio and Indiana to place drivable back home in one day. South Bend, Indiana. I was in South Bend back in 1975 to visit a buddy at Notre Dame. Then 43 years passed. Now Ive been there two times in the last 6 months. Not by choice, just by chance.

First of all I hate Notre Dame. I despise everything it stands for. The arrogance, the Catholicism, the in your face superiority of its alumni, the criminality, Prince Shembo and Lizzy Seeburg. Back in May of 1975, a tornado ravaged Omaha. That fall , while at Notre Dame, I was told the tornado probably improved Omaha. I was asked if we had "trouble with the Indians". The ignorance of a student body of rich privileged Catholics (Brett Kavanaugh anyone) brought back high school PTSD. I KNEW these assholes. And asshole they were, and probably still are.

Onward. Into South Bend to a hotel literally on the other side of a fence where the Notre Dame campus lay. It was a fine hotel as hotels go. I entered to check in and an older couple was sitting at a card table. This couple screamed Indiana. They were nice looking older folks who looked like they'd do anything for you, give you the shirt off their back, bring you a pie, and then put a Trump sign up in their yard. They were the check in people for a Marriage Seminar going on at the hotel that weekend. They said hi to the old hippie who walked in with two young women who had gotten there just as we did. I stood by them and came very close to winking at Ma and Pa. Oh by the way, the two young backpacked women reeked of pot. I mean Ive smelled a lot of pot in my life but this smell took me back. The smell made me wonder if they went upstairs to separate the stems and seeds . Skunky. The hotel clerk said to his fellow white male "man they are gonna be trouble". I didnt know if he meant because of the skunk smell or the fact they were black. So I said 'did you put them on my floor?" "Yes sir" "Its cool". Then I left to get the luggage.

All over the hotel were hand written hearts on doors. "Debbie and John" " Jane and Robert" "Donald and Stormy". The joke was stay the hell away from these rooms. Who knows what kind of "seminar" this was?

Off to the Steak N Shake. The finest dining only for The Max's Dad family. Steak N Shake is one of the most overrated chains in the country. Its ok, but doesnt live up to the hype. And apparently they employ lousy male waiters. Oh let me tell you about the town hipster at the Steak N Shake in Goodland, Kansas. No not really. Why am I talking about Steak N Shake? Because one of the strangest restaurant sights Ive ever seen occurred there. Across from us sat a young family. A mom, and little kid and a backwards hat wearing douchebag. When their food came, somehow before ours, the waiter was summoned. "This hamburger doesnt look like the picture" Mom said. "See it doesnt look the same" "Shouldnt this cheese be white?" The waiter pushed back a bit, which pissed off the douchebag. They ate it. Then the douchebag threw a tantrum at the pay counter, throwing the door open and LOUDLY announcing they were never coming back. I doubt anyone cared. Jesus, if the food you get was supposed to look like the picture on the menu you'd never eat. I am still mystified by it.

Finally a quick trip around the Notre Dame campus as Max's Mom had never seen it. Unfortunately a NCAA basketball tournament was going on and the place was jammed so we took the quickie tour. The Golden Dome, check, TD Jesus, check, the football stadium, check, the dorms where all the rapes take place, check, the library, check, the exit gate, check.

Out of South Bend, thru Chicago, thru Illinois, Iowa and finally back home.

Day 8 and its over.

PS :

Now about South Bend one more time. The people of South Bend elected as a Mayor a gay man who quite frankly should be President by default. Pete Butigieg (Boot edge edge) was the the Mayor of Where is running for what guy just a few months ago. Now he's a guy with a lot of money and the biggest brain in the field. FFS, the Iraq war veteran learned Norwegian just to speak with a Norwegian author. Trump cant even speak English. Pete Butigieg (Boot Edge Edge) is the anti Trump for if the nation goes against type in 2020, who else is there? Trump is a stupid, lazy, thrice married, dishonest, traitorous moron while Butigieg is an intelligent, energetic, once married, honest, war veteran. When we talked about Bill Clinton being the First Man if Hillary won (which she did) how about a First Man AND a POTUS 46 who is also a man. I can see conservative heads explode and I love seeing that.

Now I hear that Pete Butigieg (Boot edge edge) in 2015 uttered the phrase "All Lives Matter". Quick get me a fainting couch. Jesus H Christ, lets just swear that fucking Trump in again. The circular firing squad needs to end. Kamala Harris put people in jail, oh the horrors. Joe Biden is a touchy feely guy, what a monster. Amy Klobuchar is mean to her staff, get out the guillotine. Liz Warren fudged her ancestry a bit too much for the ancestors of an orangutan, the Trumps. Cory Booker took Big Pharma money, oh lethally inject him then. Beto O'Rourke is really a Robert Francis, stone him with potatoes. Kirsten Gillibrand is a pro-gun opportunist who railroaded Al Franken out of the Senate. Yeah ok fuck her. Tulsi Gabbard is a pro Russian stooge. Sorry we already have one of those in the Oval Office. And Bernie Sanders? Love ya Bern but get lost and take your nutty cultists with you.

Come on Democrats. Get it together..

Road Trip 2019! Halls Of Fame Day!

Three Halls of Fame in one day? Why not?

Canton, Ohio was the resting spot on Day 7. Canton is a perfectly fine city, much bigger than I thought, and it has a hood. I know because I had to find a Church's Chicken in Canton because the Chik Fil A was closed/ I know, boo on Chik Fil A , I dont eat there but Max, the civil libertarian, cant free himself from the addiction that started in his youth. Chik Fil A is run by terrible people, bigots to be exact, but man I gotta tell you, the people that work there are hard to dislike. But alas, The Canton Chik Fil A was a no go, so we had to find a Church's Chicken. Why didnt we go to the Raising Canes next door to the CFA? Its a long story. The Church's Chicken is a 15 minute drive. And its in Canton's hood. I dont give a damn about being in the hood anyplace. Let me tell you about walking around the Southside of Chicago someday. Didnt bother me a bit. What bothers me is being lost in places I dont know. Ask the family about that. Those times are not my finest moments.

Is the Waffle House a Hall of Fame? Well it could be if you wish to hasten your demise by eating the absolute worst thing you can ever put in your body. And dammit its wonderful. i couldnt get Max to go into a Waffle House the first 18 years of his life. I dont know why but it had something to do with the clientele or so he thought. Now I cant keep him out of them and we dont even have any around these parts. We are stuck with IHOP and Dennys.

From the Breakfast Hall of Fame to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame right there off the Interstate in Canton featuring big football stadium they probably use once a year. Warning- you may think its free parking but they gonna get you for $10 on top of your admission. You can purchase admission to both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame up in Cleveland at the same time and save $4. Now of the four major sports, football falls somewhere between hockey and soccer and maybe behind both as I get older and see young men destroy their lives for peoples amusement. If it doesn't involve the Huskers or the Chicago Bears I really dont care. But like all museums, errrr Halls of Fame, it had some interesting stuff in it. Lots of old jerseys and helmets and tapes of old games and players and a room full of busts of all the inductees. Beyond Joe Namath, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, and OJ I was flying thru the room. Theres lots of old white guys there overly willing to tell you stories and it got to the point I was purposely avoiding them. If you love football, you' ll love this place. I'm glad we went but Cooperstown is my dream. Baseball is my passion.

Up thru Akron to Cleveland we roll. The home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jann Wenner's little clubhouse where he decides whether to let you in or keep you out. We pulled into Cleveland past Progressive Park, home to the Indians and where the week after we are there thousands of asshole Indians fans will wear the no longer relevant Chief Wahoo gear just to show that racist Indian logos arent racist at all but they are.

But the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lies on the lake. Christ theres docks right outside.Now Ive never been to Cleveland so my 60s mentality was to see the Cayahoga River on fire, something the Orange Traitor is trying to re-fire. But Cleveland was another nice town full of cool things to do. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tour starts with the old blues guys. The Robert Johnsons, the Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolfs. It progresses from there thru the Bill Haleys, the Elvis section, the Little Richards, the Chick Berrys. This is great stuff for us old rockers. You turn the corner at one point and see the Beatles section. Oh lordy, its heaven. Johns glasses, Pauls bass, Georges guitar, Ringo's drumsticks. Peter Ashers basement piano where Paul wrote songs. You can hear all about it every Labor Day weekend on the Beatles channel on Sirius XM. We have heard all about Peter Ashers piano many times, It was like the Holy Grail. I'm only half kidding.

The Beatles, the Airplane, the Doors, The Stones, Metallica, Roy Orbison, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Nirvana (including Kurt Cobains death certificate) and section dedicated to rap, soul and the well known kiddie diddler, Michael Jackson.

Upstairs the plaques of the hall inductees. You can vote for who you think should be next. Of course its the Monkees. Panic at the Disco was leading the votes. Huh??? You can make a video prompted by Alice Cooper about your first rock concert.The video is emailed to you where in my case it looks like an old white man being held hostage as his eyes dart all over looking for an escape.

The Rock HOF is a must. I mean if you are a music lover like me. Damn, I saw Robert Trujillo's bass, Tom Petty's top hat, Ann Wilsons 1976 dress, Rob Halford's leather studded jacket, Mike McCready's guitar, The Supreme's dresses, Gregg Allman's organ, Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal suits, James Brown's suit, Jimi's guitars, The Edge's axe, Jim Morrisons bomber jacket. It was great stuff to see.

When we came out of the Museum, Cleveland was in the middle of a fucking blizzard. In March. Where yer global warming now? Wonderful.

Hit the road dodging snow and ice for more toll roads in Ohio and Indiana. Yes, its coming to an end. Its back to floody Nebraska to see the havoc. But first one last stop. South Bend, Indiana.

Day 7 in the books.

Road Trip 2019! Take That Bane! The Bridges Are Back!

Pittsburgh was not even on the original itinerary. Cleveland and Detroit were. But Pittsburgh was the first civilization to be had after the trip thru hillbilly country. Getting to Pittsburgh was certainly different. You come up on bumper to bumper traffic at a tunnel called Fort Pitt. You eventually get into the tunnel and go thru yet another mountain I presume and emerge seeing a burgeoning city. I was blown away. Im not sure what I expected. Steel mills spouting smoke? I am so old and stuck in the 60's. All the bridges! I thought Bane blew them all up.

Staying in the Shadyside neighborhood or maybe Squirrel Hill I dont remember. All I know is it was a vibrant neighborhood full of young people. The Get Off My Lawn Guy is here. We walked the neighborhood, ate at a local bar, and went back to the hotel to watch Nebraska basketball, Man, we are rubes from the sticks. Maybe the hillbillies are us.

Pittsburgh was a delight. The trip to where Forbes Field stood. The place where Bill Mazeroski won the 1960 World Series over the fuckin Yankees by knocking a walk off home run out of the park They left the left field brick wall intact just for baseball geeks like me. It doesnt take much to thrill me but seeing that brick wall with the numbers still on it was fabulous. It was better than coming across the 145th Street Bridge in New York and asking the guide where the Polo Grounds was. Ah you had to be there. It reminded me of Dad sitting in the Polo Grounds while at Fordham.

The Heinz Museum was next. That place was fascinating. For the love of God, it has Mister Rogers original studio there. Damn how little it was for producing so much joy. There is an entire floor dedicated to Pittsburgh sports. The Pirates, The Homestead Greys, the Penguins, The Pittsburgh Crawfords. Anybody I forget? Uhhhhh. Nope. (Of course the Steelers are there and I hate them so there !!)

Off to see some giant stadium where some football team plays. No idea who. It was big.

PNC Park is a cool looking stadium where the Pirates play. It made me want to go to a game there. It faces the Allegheny River and I suppose you could hit a home run into that river. Walking down by the river and circling the park you come upon statues of Pirate greats. Honus Wagner. Bill Mazeroski. Willie Stargell and the greatest Pirate of them all, Roberto Clemente. Hell theres a bridge right there named after him.

And finally to put a bit of a downer on Pittsburgh we drove by the Tree of Life synagogue where a few months back some Trumper murdered 11 innocents for simply being born Jewish. Theres a giant chain link fence around most of the Tree of Life synagogue but when you get to the front you see that the tributes, the flowers, the bouquets, the signs supporting the folks are still there. All over the neighborhood are front yard signs rejecting hatred. It was almost inspiring that this nameless murderous piece of shit could not stop the goodness of this neighborhood. It was very moving.

We left Pittsburgh and moved onward to the next stage of Road Trip 2019. Back thru the Fort Pitt Tunnel and off towards Ohio. Canton Ohio to be specific.

Day 6 in the bag.

Road Trip Day 5! Who Won The War Again?

The road from Hershey to Gettysburg is about 30 minutes. But as far as time goes, it seemed to be about 160 years.

Much like last years trip to Vicksburg, the place freaked me out. The ghosts, the history, the signs warning "relic hunters". Gettysburg begins with a movie. Jammed into a theater with the normal childrens tour groups, most of whom have no idea what they are seeing, the movie sets the scene. The planning, Lee's hope to break the Union, the blood and guts, the turning point.

Onto the Gettysburg cyclorama. A 360 degree painting of the battle scene that really is quite remarkable. No matter where you stare, you swear you can see them moving.It's really hard to stop looking and move on to the normal museum stuff. The history of the Civil War, the posters, the stories. And the gift shop. Oh the gift shop.

The gift shop is full of teens. Teens hanging with friends grabbing fake guns and hats and posing for selfies. It's jammed. Now I hate to sound like the Get Off My Lawn guy here, but the teens dont move, dont say excuse me, push their way past you and in one unfortunate case, wear red hats with Make America Great Again on them. This kid began a downward spiral of Gettysburg that I may never forget.

The drive thru tour is very moving, Its creepy. It has lots of statues. Lots of monuments. Lots of signs describing where you are and what happened here. But no relic hunting. It has lots of buses of kids stopping where you happen to be and them piling out and climbing onto the statues in my Get Off My Lawn head is pretty goddamned disrespectful. Your job is stay one step ahead of the buses. As soon as they showed we moved on to the next stop. It kind of worked.

The town of Gettysburg is a different story. It may be in the North, but it has a Southern vibe. A sign in the front yard of a house. The head of the Democrat Party is the Anti-Christ Be Warned. And then there's General Pickett's Buffet on the way out of town. General Pickett is a Confederate General who said fuck it and charged his men in a sort of suicide mission that failed and ended the Battle of Gettysburg. They named a buffet after a Traitor? Ok then. The buffet itself was mediocre at best. The gift shop therein is a wonder. Perhaps an abomination is a better word.

General Pickett's Buffet Gift Shop contains more crap celebrating right wing America than anything we saw in the South. Hats with Rebel flags. Hats with Rebel flags with "Heritage Not Hate" as the message. Gun propaganda. Signs touting how the owner of the property will gladly kill you if you trespass. Mouse pads with the face of another traitor. Donald J Trump. T shirts of Confederate Generals. Ya know what the gift shop lacked? Lincoln stuff. Union stuff. Anything celebrating the winner of the war.

Who won the Civil War again???

A map of avoiding that expensive ass Turnpike was made. Out of Pennsylvania through rural Maryland, rural West Virginia, rural Pennsylvania again and into Pittsburgh. Oh thank gawd for a city again.

Being from a state that is 90% rural I get rural. What I dont get is really rural. The "rural" around here is sophisticated compared to what we saw there. As we drove thru the dying towns, the trailer parks, the backwoods places of America nobody sees I understood how this Orange Traitor won. He is such a con artist and scammer and somehow understood that these people are the way to victory. Yeah they are economically anxious, but they are also willing to fall for the con because they know nothing will ever change no matter who they vote for. So they go with the flim flam guy. Yeah they are racists and xenophobes and homophobes and not all that bright, but this grifter spoke to them about making America white again. Lets face it. To them, equal rights equals losing rights. Ok enough about the politics of driving.

Because Pittsburgh was great.

Day 5 Over.