The entire interview with the constitutional lawyer involved in the "Impeach
Trump" campaign is posted on the Democracy Now website and came to me as a
podcast today. There are two movements: this one and the one headed by Tom
Stayer, a billionaire who has run some very effective TV ads. The basis for the
impeachment has to do with Trump's unconstitutional behavior, starting with the
domestic and foreign emoluments clauses of the constitution, and including
giving aid and comfort to neo Fascists and white supremacists, threatening
nuclear war without congressional approval, interference with legal decisions,
e.g. the pardoning of Joe Arpio, and attempted interference with the FBI
investigation of Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Interestingly, only
6 congressmen have initiated impeachment proceedings while Nancy Pelosi and
the Democratic Party establishment doesn't want to impeach him but rather, to
wait until the 2018 elections to see if they can win more seats because of the
backlash against him. But he was breaking the law on the day that he took
office. So always, political gain trumps ethics.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2017 11:59 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: book
Like so many others before him, Donald Trump is living in a House of Cards.
Dyslexia or not, the writing on the wall spells a total collapse of his
contrived Trump Empire.
Like the Court Jester that he is, Donald Trump is juggling more and more, to
the point that we can only hold our breath and cover our eyes and ears as the
mighty crash comes down around his ears.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/2/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I suspect that Trump's public disdain for reading or anything related
to intellectual pursuits may not only have to do with his own
incapacities, but also a way for him to seduce uneducated, anti-intellectual
voters.
Miriam
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Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2017 10:45 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: book
Dyslexic, huh? That would explain the mechanical oddities, but I have
worked with many dyslexics and the condition does not account for the
behavior issues exhibited by Donald Trump. I have known people who
covered their inability to read because they have been teased or
ridiculed to the point of having to deny it, but few of them display
the contempt that Donald Trump uses to cover his failings.
My first full time job after graduating from dear old Ballard High,
was for a man who read out loud, word by painful word. He read the
comics and headlines. He was a shrewd businessman, but his grasp on
world events and his understanding of our history came from headlines,
the Lone Ranger and Dick Tracy.
When I taught Food Service Management to blind students in the BEP,
one fellow, a partially sighted man, was told by his eye doctor that
he had
20/200 vision. This meant he was legally blind and eligible to work
in the program. After operating a vending facility for several years,
he applied to the agency for additional services. He was required to
have a physical and an eye examination. This doctor found that the
fellow had something closer to 20/80 vision, and it was correctable to
about 20/40. He had become so clever at hiding his dyslexia that he had
fooled the first exam.
He could see well enough that he identified items by their shape and color.
Ask him for a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes and he reached for the red pack.
Sad to say, his "improved vision" forced him to quit the BEP, since
the vendors had to be at least legally blind.
Since I'm into the story this far, the ending was not so bad. The
fello's VRC enrolled him in a remedial reading course. He not only
learned to read...well enough to make sense out of print, but he
developed Macular Degeneration and reentered the BEP, running his own
snack bar for many years.
But speaking of training and placement of blind people, I can't think
of a single job I would feel comfortable referring Donald Trump for,
if he were blind...well, maybe a job with Money Tree or selling used
cars for Honest John.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/2/17, Bonnie L. Sherrell <blslarner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In answer to your curiosity about Trump's reading history, Carl,
wonder no more.
The man is apparently dyslexic and is functionally illiterate, which
helps explain his erratic spelling and disdain for education. His
classmates at Wharton saw little of him on weekends, when he
retreated to NYC to work in the family real estate business, and
state that when he did come to study groups he was consistently ill
prepared.
Whenever he's asked what he's reading, he's said for years it is "All
Quiet on the Western Front." In videos of the depositions made back
when he was sued by the government for refusal to follow fair housing
guidelines, you can tell he's not reading the contract his
interrogator is asking him to review. He claims that the lettering
is too small, but refuses to have them blown up so he can "read them
without his glasses," which he supposedly failed to bring with him.
He admits that he's never read a single contract he's ever signed,
but boasts he's signed thousands of them.
By the way, no one I've ever talked to has ever indicated he has any
glasses, reading or otherwise.
He can decipher short communications, which is why he loved Twitter
so much.
But he has insisted he not be bothered by being given written briefs,
particularly if they're likely to be long. He claims they're too
long to bother with when in reality he'd never be able to get through
them easily. He's good at hiding his illiteracy, but believe me,
it's there.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even
the very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!