The American Creed

I am an American.

I have the right
to indulge my every whim at the expense of all other living things on the earth,
to accumulate wealth by any means because the end justifies those means,
to pay as little as possible for my food regardless of the impact on the rest of the world,
to consume the earth’s resources without regard for the welfare of other societies and
to waste fossil fuel and foul the atmosphere with my SUVs, ATVs and snowmobiles.

I believe
American lives are more valuable than the lives of citizens from any other country,
the welfare of Americans is more important than the welfare of other people,
the education of my children takes precedence over the education of other children,
my country should never apologize for anything it has ever done
and military might makes America right.

I am an American.

The Bully

Donald Trump is a liar and a bully.
His style of “deal making”
is meeting every confrontation
with an overblown threat
and the promise of escalation.

That’s not deal making.
It’s being a bully.
The problem with that tactic
is there is always the chance
of confronting another
more narcisstic bully.