Anthony Scaramucci - how dangerous is he?

Just how dangerous is Anthony Scaramucci, President Trump's new White House Communications Director?

In my book, he is damned dangerous.

Did Trump hire him as a hatchet man?

It'll be a good idea for Scaramucci to stay out of my face, because he doesn't scare me for a minute!

Trump - out of control

What a sleaze Donald Trump is for converting a speech before the Boy Scout Jamboree into a political speech about Obamacare and Tom Price's need to get the votes (or get fired).

Trump is out of control.

And the more he protests the whole Russia thing, the more I think he is culpable and that his buddies, including family, are guilty of misdeeds. He instantly defends them with personal outrage and attempts to deflect national attention by still pointing the finger at Hillary.

Jared Kushner smells, because he has only slowly admitted his participation in meeting with Russians. The problem seems to be more that he didn't admit to these meetings and their content than his actually being in the meetings.

I've written before that I voted for Trump and that I wouldn't have voted for Hillary for any office, even dogcatcher.

But Donald J. Trump is an embarrassment to the U.S.A. (except in his own mind).

For Trump to malign and sandbag AG Jeff Sessions is wrong. If he doesn't want him in the position, call him in and dismiss him. That's what an honest, ethical boss would do. But those are two traits missing from this president's description.

Get National Parks Senior Pass before 8/28/17

If you are 62 and don't yet have a U.S. National Parks lifetime pass, you'll want to get it before August 28, 2017. On that date the cost of a lifetime pass increases from $10.00 to $80.00.  Yes, you read that correctly. The new fee for a lifetime pass will be $80.00.

You can buy your lifetime pass for $10.00 in-person, by mail or online. There is a $10.00 surcharge for online orders.

For information, visit www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm and scroll down to Senior Pass.

If you have the Golden Age Passport, see information on the NPS website about its continued validity.

Sheriff Speaks Out

How would you like to be represented by this sheriff?

Sheriff Jim Matthews of Kershaw County, South Carolina (northeast of Columbia) tore a new one for Circuit Judge Alison R. Lee (South Carolina 5th Judicial District, Columbia) this week, after she got played by a defense attorney representing a criminal in her court.

Sheriff Matthews labeled the judge as a "bleeding heart judge".

You can read the story here:
http://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article161388708.html

The prosecution and defense attorneys had agreed to a deal of 4-8 years in prison for the defendant. But in court the defense attorney pulled out his violin and played a tune for the judge that made her cry, and she sentenced the defendant to three years' probation. The punk walked out of court. Read the story for a history of his crimes.

I wasn't in the courtroom, but it appears that the Assistant Prosecutor got sandbagged when the defense attorney flipflopped. The prosecutor should have done his homework on that attorney. I'll bet it's not the first time that defense attorney has done that.

What do you notice about the physical appearance of this sheriff? And if you saw a photo of the Richland County Sheriff, Leon Lott, you'd notice that he too is professional appearing and slim. As is Milwaukee County's David Clarke.

Then recall McHenry County's good ol' boy former sheriff. I hear he is headed back to McHenry County. Guess the Florida heat did not agree with him. Will he stay retired? Or will his cronies ante up and find a job for him near Krispy Kreme? Or maybe Bill Prim will hire him for security at the courthouse?

Customer (Dis)service at Sears

NOTE (7/7/17): The cover of this book has been changed and the text has been re-formatted. What can I say? Lesson learned.

When I worked at the Sears, Roebuck and Co. headquarters in Hoffman Estates, one of my favorite jobs was handling complaints. Actually, I wasn't supposed to handle them personally; I was supposed to farm them out to one of the four call centers. But some of the senior executives found out that I liked handling complaints. If a complaint got through all the filters and was headed to B-6, I got it - with directions not to pass it on.

I was lucky. I didn't have a supervisor standing behind me with a clipboard and a stopwatch. When the complaint got to me, I called the customer right away.

Read about the woman who was sold a used wedding band. The store wouldn't take it back or exchange it.

Read about the man who was a customer for 48 years and whose drill bit broke the first time he used it. He got roughed up so badly that he custom-made a wooden casket for that broken drill bit and sent it back to the home office.

And then there was the customer who bought $6,000 worth of home appliances and had them shipped to his home in the Bahamas. He couldn't get them out of Customs, and the store in Miami wouldn't return his phone calls or fax him the right paperwork, because calls to him were international calls!

You'll find this book (Kindle version) on Amazon.com for $1.99. I hope you'll pick up a copy for yourself and also gift copies to anyone you know who worked at Sears or who has their own Sears customer service story.

After you read it, please leave reviews on www.Amazon.com and www.Goodreads.com

Thanks!!!

OK, I'm heading out to my mailbox now to wait for the royalties to roll in!

Freedom's Safety Place - NRA ad

This is last year's NRA Freedom's Safest Place. Gabby Franco from Venezuela speaks about the importance of guns in a free society.

The NRA has released a new Freedom's Safest Place one-minute ad featuring Dana Loesch. As soon as it's up on YouTube, I'll provide it here.

In the meantime, listen to what Gabby has to say.

There are numerous similar videos on YouTube. Just go there and search for Freedom's Safest Place. I spotted one by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and I'll listen to it today.

Fake news - trust it?

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