People, as the venerable Art Linkletter used to say, are funny. And they are never funnier than when arguing. Consequently, few things strike me as more hilarious than politicians lying about things that are easily validated, and their followers believing those lies despite personal experience to the contrary. So here are a few essays I've written on the subject…!

George W. Bush Administration (2001-2009)

By: Paul S Cilwa			Page Views: 4,113
Hashtags: #Politics #GeorgeWBush
All the political posts I was moved to write during the bleak days of the Cheney presidency.
Estimated reading time: 1 minute(s) (153 words)

It's hard to believe now, but at the time it truly seemed as if George W. Bush was the worst president ever, and the dumbest. Not only did the worst attack on American soil ever take place during his watch, and the worst recession, not only was he not elected by the popular vote (Republican gerrymandering won the Electoral College) but he also sent us to war on a lie, and threatened the lives of every Congressperson unless they agreed to pass his "Patriot" Act. (Wellstone refused, and was killed, along with his entire family. The rest of Congress capitulated immediately.)

Barack Obama Administration (2009-2017)

By: Paul S Cilwa			Page Views: 3,058
Hashtags: #Politics #BarackObama
All the political posts I was moved to write during the happy days of the best President since Kennedy.
Estimated reading time: 1 minute(s) (120 words)

The faces on the Fox "News" anchors when they realized that the guy whose win was, they thought, in the bag, lost the election, was absolutely classic. The national nightmare was over, we thought. We finally had an honest, intelligent, educated, classy President who won by popular vote and had the majority of the American people behind him.

Donald Trump Misadministration

By: Paul S Cilwa			Page Views: 3,033
Hashtags: #Politics #Treason
Rest in peace, United States of America. You went out, not with a bang, but with a tweet.
Estimated reading time: 1 minute(s) (89 words)

King George couldn't do it. Hitler couldn't do it. Khrushchev couldn't do it. But, Thanks to treasonous plutocrats and Russian hackers, the dismantling of the United States of America finally began in 2017.

BBQ Becky

By: Paul S Cilwa	Occurred: 4/29/2018 Posted: 4/17/2024		Page Views: 489
Hashtags: #Politics #JenniferSchulte #BBQBecky #Racism #SocialMedia #Memes
Rarely has a person made such an unbelievable ass of themselves for the whole world to see.
Estimated reading time: 3 minute(s) (621 words)

The incident involving BBQ Becky, whose real name is Jennifer Schulte, took place at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, on April 29, 2018. Schulte called 911 several times over a three-hour span, to report a group of picnickers, all of whom are Black, for using a charcoal grill in an area where a sign said it wasn't allowed! This incident was captured on video and quickly went viral, sparking a national conversation about racial bias; but, more importantly, it provided an opportunity for Americans to express their antipathy towards racists by making fun of the poor creature. And I was one of them.

The Fake War Against Fake Ballots

By: Paul S Cilwa (writing as Mark Twain)	Posted: 5/6/2024		Page Views: 339
Hashtags: #Politics #ElectionLies #Disinformation
Disinformation only works with those too lazy (or scared) to find out the truth.
Estimated reading time: 2 minute(s) (409 words)

Folks, gather 'round the campfire—I've got a yarn to spin about the peculiar ways of U.S. elections. Now, I ain't no fancy politician or constitutional scholar, but I reckon this tale's worth tellin'.

The Peasants Are Revolting

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Occurred: 4/15/2026		Page Views: 271
Hashtags: #Politics #Revolution #History #Urukagina #Lugalanda #Lagash #FrenchRevolution #KingLouisXVI #LuigiMangione #Sumer #KingLi #RomanRevolution #LuciusTarquiniusSuperbus #TarquintheProud
You can ignore the people's hunger, but not its heat.
Estimated reading time: 10 minute(s) (2248 words)

People had grown used to the small fees at first—charges for processing a permit, for certifying a transaction, for moving goods from one place to another. But over time, those fees multiplied, and each new regulation seemed designed less for public order than for funneling money upward. Ordinary families found themselves paying for things that had once been simple courtesies: a signature, a blessing, a burial. The officials administering these services, on the other hand, lived very comfortably, insulated from the consequences of their own policies.