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Easter Sunday I was hopping I could write a piece about piece but it’s turning into a bloody Sunday with the attack on churches and hotels in Sari Lanka. It would seem that after a period of somewhat stability the world is once again traveling the road of self destruction. In years passed the world looked to America for words of wisdom. Now it seems that once again we are supporting oppressive regimes for what they can give us and deserting the people. The voices of reason are not ours they are the French, German and Canadian. But that could change in the next elections in those countries. It would now appear that hopefully there is hidden a voice of reason and not racism or bigotry. It need not come from religion but rather a non religious source. Someone who can gather the people to bring about a peace so that reasonable men can sit with out fear and attempt to bring reason to the for front at this chaotic time. This is Founder and Fats saying Ciao from Medellin, Colombia. PS HAPPY EASTER.

We all know the Trumpster has problems with the truth but is he the only one. FDR lied to the country when trying to get elected to a third term when ie said “Your president says the country is not going to war”. We know how that worked out don’t we. We got JFK in one of his many lies saying “There will be no military intervention in Cuba”Five days later the Bay of pigs started. Nixon would have you believe “I’m not a crook” It was said about LBJ “How do you know he’s telling the truth, when he pulls his ear lobe or scratches his chin, he’s telling the truth, when he begins to move his lips, you know he’s lying. We had Bill Clinton saying “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”.Obama said “if you like you health care plan, you can keep it”. Now there are just a few to many to mention with the Trumpster. All this raises the question: If lying isn’t something the nation thinks is Presidential material, why do we keep on electing people who lie.

You guys know I can’t stand the Trumpster and this isn’t something decided once he became president. I’ve hated this guy for years. Now I could spend the rest of the day getting into specifics but I won’t. What I will do however is express my feelings about all the hateful remarks people make about him. I think that your doing yourselves a huge disservice when everything that come out of your mouths is dripping with venom. If you read articles written about him people are usually attacking his policy. They’re not using curse words to describe him they’re using facts. While we on the other hand let our hatred get in the way. An example of this was the recent article about his older sister the judge and how the NY Time article had in some way forced her retirement. One of the comments referred to her being a Regan appointee. That is true for her first judgeship for the US District Court of NJ. Then she got appointed to the US court Of Appeals For the Third Circuit by Bill Clinton. Now everybody I know seemed to forget she had been appointed by Clinton and just wrote about Regan. I met her a long time ago and considered her to a decent person. She was being investigated for tax evasion because of members of her family. I seem to be getting a little off target right now, but the pint I’m trying to make is we’re focusing all our anger on one man rather than on the issues. If you want this man out of office your going to have to take it to the streets with peaceful protests and you might even have to risk being arrested. We did during the Viet Nam war and we got it stopped. Sitting at you computer writing hateful stuff is not going to get rid of him and friends or his hateful policies. So think about it you still have time but if all you do is make comments you’ll have him for another 4 years and then we’ll really be screwed. This Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

Hi guys sorry for being late but me and the wife took a little vacation. It was on this vacation that I began to realize how horrible all native peoples are treated. You remember how Europeans invaded most of the rest of the world and either enslaved or killed the natives. We really shouldn’t call them natives we should call them the First People. You remember South Africa, the Belgium Congo, French Equatorial Africa. In the US we had mostly Europeans land and decide that the First People had to go and began to systematically kill them off. The last battle in the US wasn’t in the 1800s but rather on January 9, 1918. as for the rest of the world they’re still trying to kill each other. But the hypocrisy is in the US where go around chastising other nations for their human rights violations. Meant time we treat the Native American tribes like shit we’re still taking things from them like land and mineral rights so that they can’t really get ahead. You say what about all those Casinos well the trick there is you only have be 20 Indian to get a license. That make me eligible since I’ve always been told I’m 20% American Indian. When we talk about exploited people in this country even the most Liberal never bring up the Native American, it’s always the African American or the Latino or the Asian but never the Apache or Lakota. Now that you know this you can see how stupid we look when we talk to other countries about human rights. Maybe we should really take a look around. I know theres a lot of bad stuff happening everywhere but we need to be sure are own house is in order before we go yelling at other people. This is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

Sorry this post is a day late but I suffered a bad reaction to a new medication I was taking, but everything is OK now.
Did you know that the average starting salary for teachers in the US is around 57,000 dollars and that the starting salary for a NFL rookie is 645,000 dollars. Most of the NFL players don’t finish college and only play I think the average is 6 years but I could be wrong. I hear a lot about the inequality of salaries between men and women but I think this one is a graver issue. A teacher has to graduate college and continue their education after if the ever even want the chance at a better salary. A football prospect can get into college with bad grades and really doesn’t have to attend classes. If the prospect is really good they don’t even have to go to college. There was a player drafted 119 in the 1981 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins out of Oklahoma. After his NFL career it was found that he as functionally illiterate, but he was an outstanding player. If you watch interviews with professional athletes you have to ask yourself this is a college grad. Baseball, Basketball, and Soccer will take kids still in high school or if your talking about international soccer as young as 8 yrs old. Now tell me you wonder when after getting paid millions of dollars they end up broke. We worship athletes all over the world . We but them on pedestals, but when it come to teachers, the ones responsible for preparing 90% of our youth to go out into the world. We will deny them the tools, the salary, and even the thank you. The question now becomes WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE HUMAN RACE. Now there are a lot more qualified people out there to talk about this then me and if you have a brain in your head you should listen to them. Either that or buy your kid a hammer and a shovel. This Is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

Interesting week! The Muller report was was handed to the AG no real specifics have been released yet and we don’t know how much will be made public. But it seems obvious all those that want the Trumpster indicted are going to be disappointed. This really shouldn’t surprise anyone who has studied him at all. He is famous for letting other people take the blame, sort of like a Mafia Don. He’s an expert at not accepting blame for his actions. The worst nightmare for his opponents is he will probably win reelection. I don’t see any minorities getting elected since his supporters are all pretty much racist’s and the Democrats, at least at this time, seem to fractured to be able to present a real challenge to him. I put out a blurb the other day where I said he wins reelection then quits after a year or to and gets pardoned by Pence. Nixon should of gone to jail but he got a pardon. So people say goodbye to Social Security, the environment, great education for every one and peace in our time. Say hello to segregation. Higher taxes, no social help programs and a world the will resemble Orwell’s 1984. The Trumpster’s reelection will bring with it the potential for Civil unrest like never before. So unless some way, some how people wake up to the dangers he brings it might be time to either wake up or get out. This is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

This creep will probably win reelection then quit after the first year so Pence can pardon him and become president.

Yup old fats got another book out there in ebook and paperback so what say you all pick up a copy to day. do it for me Flounder so the old guy will leave me alone. CIAO from Medellin, Colombia

First just let me say HAPPY SAINT PATS day to everyone on national drink to you drop day. Now lets get down to business. The topic this week seems to be White Nationalism especially after the massacre at a mosque in New Zealand. It has always been my opinion that all people must get along equally or we increase the chance of extinction of the human race. It now appears that the Trumpster and some Democrats would love to see some sort of Apartheid although much more subtlety then that which had been in South Africa. In today world, at least so far, South Africa is a example of a multi cultured nation where for the most part everyone gets along. It the Trumpster’s world white is good everything else is secondary. You see it in his Golf resorts, a sport that has been dominated by white people. Their Major tournament the Masters was held at a club, which for years did not allow Black members. The best player over the last few years was Tiger Woods a man of mixed Blood that that has never admitted to being a man of color. Supporting a white supremacy policy has never succeeded anywhere it has only resulted in war and heartache. The same can be said when on religion tries to be dominate in the world. I guess it would be wishful thinking of me to Can’t We All Just Get Along. Even the Hippie culture of the 60’s did not always live up to that motto. I honestly don’t know whats going to happen but if the world continues along its present path I for one do not see a bright future. If the Trumpster’s make America Great again policy continues by only befitting the rich and powerful and if the rest of the world follows his example this planet will be a dark and forbidding place to live. This is Flounder and Fats saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.

Well we’ve come to another Sunday so what shall we talk about today. Lets try human stupidity. If you live down here in Colombia you know that both Bogotá and Medellin have been alerting the public to the horrible air quality lately. It reminds me of NY, LA. And Denver of the 60s,70s and early 80’s where you took you life in your hands going out and breathing the air. It was so bad out there that I remember landing in LA and looking out the window and looking down at green clouds. Here you look up at the mountains and it looks hazy like rain only it isn’t. Now they’ve posted all kinds of alerts sent testers out to check cars and trucks. The only problem if you live down here you know slip the the inspector 20,000 pesos and you pass. Thats part of the stupidity thing. The rest is look around you in America as well as down here countries are running out of room for their trash. Wait! You say what about all the recycling plants around. Well there is so much plastic that they’ve become overwhelmed and are starting to turn people away or charging to accept the junk. Now we’re a lot worse than the US down here we have a river that i’m not sure where it begins or ends but it runs through Medellin and Bello you travel along the shore line when you take the train between the cities. The shore line is covered in trash it gathers around the bridge piers and on rocks etc. You would have a better chance of catching a body than you would edible fish from it. Yet it doesn’t bother people. Out my window across the street there’s a small stream that the people love to throw their trash. In one area they actually bring dump trucks and dump construction trash. Now you’ve all seen people throwing trash out car windows despite the treat of fines. The real stupidity comes when we over crowd a city and don’t know what to do with the trash or human waste. I know there is a lot we can do with solid waste and air pollution. One thing we need to understand about both is that the planet will handle a lot but it can’t handle population explosions. Trees. Plant and grass supply the planet with breathable air something you should remember from our basic science class’s in school. But we don’t seem to care we want to live in the country but don’t want trees we want chemically treat lawns instead. I don’t think we have to worry about climate change I think we might all be extinct before then. So the is Fats and Flounder saying CIAO and good luck to us all from Medellin, Colombia.