Did Rod Rosenstein Recommend That Trump Fire Jim Comey?

When President Trump fired FBI Director Comey, everyone in the press read Rosenstein's memo as a recommendation to fire Comey. They were wrong.

Here is what I wrote at the time: "According to the Washington Post, Trump had decided to fire Comey ahead of time and then called Sessions and Rosenstein to the White House on Monday May 8th and directed them to put in writing the reasons for firing Comey. They complied.

"But Rosenstein, an experienced Justice Department official, DID NOT INCLUDE IN HIS MEMO A RECOMMENDATION TO FIRE COMEY!

"So Rosenstein had every right to object when Trump claimed in writing that he was only following Rosenstein's recommendation. He had carefully followed the president's direction and put in writing some reasons to fire Comey but he did not make the recommendation to do so.

"My reading is that Trump, unfamiliar and contemptuous of the ways of career government officials, totally missed the subtlety of Rosenstein's memo. Apparently Trump was in such a big hurry that he did not ask anyone familiar with government to review Rosenstein's memo.

"Anyone with experience in government would have spotted what Rosenstein did. More evidence that Trump is not competent to govern. But we already knew that.

What I fail to understand is how experienced national level journalists can have missed this. It isn't rocket science.

Quisling Is An Ugly Word

You may have to be of a certain age to know what "Quisling" means. It truly refers to a turncoat, a prominent person who is disloyal to his own country and works to undermine the interests of his own people. Vidkun Quisling was such a person. He was Norwegian.

I know Norwegians and admire the ones I know. Vidkun Quisling, though, aspired to be the dictator or at least puppet leader of Norway's Nazi government during the German occupation.

Quisling was not loyal to his own people.

He came to a bad end in 1945. You can look it up.

He may have genuinely admired Adolf Hitler - I don't know. But he bet on the wrong horse.

In most cases, betting against your own people turns out badly in the end.

Words to remember from the WWII era:

1. Fifth Column;

2. Quisling;

3. Collaborator.

Trump Fears Toddlers and Babies

So how come our great leader is so afraid of toddlers and babies that he has to throw them in jail? Is this the mark of a leader who is so weak he has to surround himself with yes men in order to control these toddlers?

What gives?

Actually, I have known for most of my life that bullies are fearful and weak. I won't say exactly how I know, but I do.

And I know that is what we have in charge: A weak bully, surrounded by yes men.

We can do better, and we had better start on it right now.

Save So Much Money By Cancelling "War Games" - Trump

First off, military exercises are not games of any kind.

By the same rationale, our hospitals and medical personnel could save a lot of money by cancelling mass casualty exercises. Mass casualties, after all, are very rare. Therefore there is no need to practice.

And there are other ways to save money. Calvin Coolidge, for example, was alarmed at the bill for US Army plans to purchase military aircraft.

"Just buy one airplane," he suggested, "and let the pilots take turns flying it."