Nothing has changed, only the facades of the buildings.  Terrorism is not new. People are just too lazy to see it has always existed.  People are selfish and believe the ‘now’ is more important than any other era.  A typical comment from those who fail to see history; “I don’t believe this is happening now. Why us?” Well, it has happened in the past. A teacher set a bomb in Washington for protest. Please don’t be shocked by today’s actions as they have existed hundreds and thousands of years ago. The only flaw is the human and it will never change until it consumes itself. 

|Gianni Franco|

|Gianni Franco|

Let us arrive into the New Year thanking Donald Trump for the desecration of the Republican Party. Even I was once conservative but will no longer support any Republican in the future. 2017 will be the last year that the Republican Party will ever have a majority in the House and Senate. Trump has single-handedly brought down the legitimacy of the party worldwide due to his delusions and unbridled tweets. Your 30% base, who are just as delusional as you, are not enough to support your future success.

Thank you Trump for reducing the tax rates for the one percent and creating a deficit so large that you will have to destroy Medicare and Medicaid for your personal gain.

Thank you Trump for your fear mongering and unrelenting propaganda that has swayed a minor sect of the population whose feeblemindedness swallowed your cocktail of false promises to make America Great Again. America was never bad unless you include the World Wars, the destruction of Indian lives, the pollution of greed that destroyed the planet, and the thousands of nuclear bomb tests that occurred over the course of fifty years.

Thank you Trump for siding with Nazis and ignoring every other race and culture that developed this country. The Nazis did not bring America forward. It was the Italians, the Irish, the Indians, the French, the Spanish, the Africans, and all the immigrants that brought the United States of America forward. It was and will never be the Nazis. Every race and culture will thank you at the polling stations when they vote against you and your Republican party.

Thank you Trump for using the Jewish community to create a war within the Middle East. We all know that you and Bannon hate the Jewish community but will use them at any given opportunity to create a war that will destroy them. Any good Nazi such as yourself or Bannon will use any race against each other to forward your agenda.

Thank you Trump for consistently lying every day, during every speech, interview, and tweet. Thank you for convincing your small base to follow you, as the Germans followed Hitler under false pretense. Those small minded followers you have will never succeed and have complained about their misfortunes without accepting their personal shortcomings. Unfortunately for you, Mr Trump, it is 2018 and the world will never tolerate another Hitler and will bring you and your Republican party down to your knees.

Thank you Trump for labeling any news outlet who speaks the truth about you as fake news. The American people as well as the world population see you as the fake news and the liar. You, Mr Trump, will not succeed.

Thank you Trump for laundering money for the Russian oligarchs. If it was not for you, all those funds would have had to go through other avenues in the world. Russia thanked you with your election.

Thank you Trump for not releasing your tax returns to prove you did not launder money for the Russian companies and oligarchs.

Thank you Trump for not releasing your tax returns to prove you are not as wealthy as you project to the world population.

Thank you Trump for being intellectually retarded and blind, so much so that Americans and the world population has seen how you will sacrifice everything and anything for your personal gain. The downfall is that you will never succeed and your party will be forevermore mean nothing to the global population. If you thought it was bad before, well you should wait for the repercussions when logic whiplashes the spectrum.

Thank you Trump for being a sodomizer just like your counterparts, Weinstein. With all due respects, although I do not respect you, you can run but you cannot hide for it will all catch up to you and you will be held accountable.

Thank you Trump for instigating WWIII by tweet. Are you really that dumb? The question is rhetorical.

Thank you Trump for evading service in the military and calling McCain a loser POW. McCain is more of a man in one finger than you in a complete body.

Thank you Trump for poking fun at and retaliating against of all your associates and opponents. You have shown the world that your mommy did not pay enough attention to you as a child and every time she said no to you, you would throw a temper tantrum curled up in the corner of your bedroom.

Thank you Trump for losing all of your inheritance to bad business deals and filing bankruptcy more than once. Those actions show that you are and always have been a failure. Oddly enough people bought your book on the premise of a lie.

Thank you Trump for scorning the gay community. They will pay you back with Democratic votes to shut your party down.

Thank you Trump for starving and killing the citizens of Puerto Rico. They will pay you back with Democratic votes when they arrive on US soil.

Thank you Trump for introducing us to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Her new name, under your administration, should be Cuckabee Slanders.

Thank you Trump for alienating all of Europe. If war time ever arrives, we will need them, and they will be nowhere to be found. The world will be against the US and innocent American lives will be lost due to your greed and ignorance.

Thank you Trump for using the NFL protests to your emotional gain. It is now evident that because they rejected your bid for a team that you must tell them how bad they are at business. The truth is you failed in business and cannot accept rejection. The truth is that the NFL has been down in rating for over five years because the game is slow and ridden with commercials. The ratings decline never had anything to with one protest from one NFL player.

Thank you for segregating the African race from your base. Considering your base is only 30% of the US voting population, the Africans will thank you at the polls in 2018 and 2020 to make sure you and your Republican party never survive.

Thank you Trump for the booming economy. The truth is the upward swing has nothing to do with you since Obama and Yellen created the current the monetary swing. Your fiscal year has not yet occurred so you cannot take credit for any of the gains. Additionally, any of your recent executive actions will not affect the market for 2 to 4 years, positively or negatively. The economists will assure you that the market is not up because of you. They are not following you since you are one of the most unintelligent human beings on this planet. I suppose a tax cut for the rich will make them richer but they still view you as the NY village idiot.

Thank you Trump for marrying Melania for your third marriage. It must not be difficult for you to lie to her and the US population every day that you are photographed together. You admitted on Howard Stern that you bought her and she was very expensive. Those recordings are public knowledge and available on YouTube and Google.

Thank you Trump for colluding with Russia. The world now understands how manipulative you are and how much hatred you have for the American Constitution, democracy, and its citizens. Your name will live in infamy and you will be labelled the worst President in history, paralleled to Hitler.

Thank you Trump for stating you will create a border wall with Mexico. The truth behind the wall had all to do with El Chapo. Per documented interviews the money from his capture, which was about $14 billion, was supposed to be used for the wall. That is, how in your words, Mexico will pay for the wall. Ironically in those same documented interviews El Chapo was asked if he ever heard of you and his response was that he knew you. The interview date escapes me. Feel free to check the Netflix doc, The Day I met El Chapo, or Google YouTube video clips.

Thank you Trump for lying to your base about the Mexican border wall. A wall already exists which is 653 miles long and 18 feet high with multiple cameras and sensors spread throughout the terrain. Perhaps when you rethink your border wall you will build it 50 feet deep so no tunnels will be created, but then again the cartels will be upset with you and the money laundering you may provide them.

Thank you Trump for creating your downfall and may your consequences justify your actions with unbridled severity.

|Gianni Franco|

Christmas: Red, White, Green

Gifts, you will always receive,

If you are not mean

 

|Gianni Franco|

See below for more

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We are witnessing the start of the potential demise of American freedom that has been defended by millions of American citizens, either during war or during the construction of the country. This is the fall of American freedom and democracy. Part I the desecration of the first amendment.

You may perceive the prior statement as outlandish but the future only turns into the present when the past is reviewed. By the time an individual reviews the past the wheels are set in motion and cannot be derailed. A prime example of that scenario occurred with Hitler and the Nazi’s rise to power. The Nazis gained electoral power during the 1920s, which culminated with Hitler’s complete control in 1933. Take note; if Steve Bannon gains control of the House of Representatives then we will have an almost identical situation to Hitler regime of the 1920s. We will delve into those possibilities in a different article, for now we will focus on freedom of speech. Let’s review some quotes.

The Desecration of the First Amendment by the current Administration. We will look at factual statements delivered by different people within the Administration that threaten our freedom of speech and democracy. Note: Since we have multiple sources corroborating, we can confirm that this is the focused path of the Administration.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders quote from October 20^th 2017 paraphrased. Sanders stated that the Press should not question or debate General Kelly’s responses because he is a Four Star General. This implies that even if the General lies to the American people he cannot be questioned or held liable for his discourse. This type of rhetoric from the President’s spokesperson suggests that when the military controls the Press and America’s citizens there will be no questioning allowed. You either accept what you are being told or face the consequences. History tells us that this occurred with Putin, Stalin, Hitler, Castro, and many other dictators around the world.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions said on two different occasions that he does not care about freedom of speech. On Aug 4 2017 he told a room full of reporters that he may make it easier to jail them if they do not reveal their sources. During a Senate hearing he was asked by Amy Klobochar if he would commit to not putting reporters behind bars for doing their job. Sessions response, “Well, I don’t know that I can make a blanket commitment to that effect. I will say this: We have not taken any aggressive action against the media at this point.”

The statements are very concerning and each word he used is heavily weighted. He has warned the Press on two separate occasions that his goal is to arrest reporters if they do not print news stories that are supportive of the President. The prior statement is deduced because the President consistently utters and tweets the words fake news. The President has associated anything that is contrary to him as fake news, which allows Sessions to go after reporters based on that premise alone. This is reminiscent of Hitler’s decree to jail all journalists after the fire at Reichstag in 1933.

The Nazis in 1933 controlled only 3% of Germany’s 4700 newspapers. They stoked fear and anxiety into the German population by running ads that stated a Communist uprising was imminent and going to destroy Germany. None of that was true but it allowed the Nazis to gather support. The Nazis annexed the other political parties as well as their printing presses and journalists.

In the present day, those that want to take complete control of America own 20+% of the media; Breitbart, Drudge, Fox, Info Wars, and smaller Alt Right media houses. The prior stated media houses lie consistently and create conspiracy theories. These stories bring down the value of freedom of speech and place distrust into the minds of some citizens that are too weak to decide what is real and false. No one arrests them but Sessions wants to jail reporters who are monitored by the FCC and are not reporting lies.

Trump propaganda and fake news. If you combine Trump’s statements with those of Sessions, Kelly, and Huckabee then we have a serious problem. Everything that is contrary to Trump’s views is labeled as fake news even if it is actually the truth. The ‘fake news’ lingo is not something new. Trump and Bannon have taken the fake news angle right out of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Here are some quotes from Mein Kampf that have been implemented by Trump and Bannon in their quest for the Fourth Reich Republic of America. One important item to note is that Trump rarely references the United States of America. He only references America as a separate entity from the United States. A tactic utilized to divide citizens, as Hitler did with Germany.

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

“When diplomacy ends, War begins.”

“The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”

“Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.”

“Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.”

“It is the press, above all, which wages a positively fanatical and slanderous struggle, tearing down everything which can be regarded as a support of national independence, cultural elevation, and the economic independence of the nation.”

Six months, one year, two years, or three years from now when America turns into the Fourth Reich will you look back and say, “Oh yes it was inevitable. I do not believe I did not see the writing on the wall.” The world said the same of the Nazi regime at the end of WWII, after existing for 20 years.

***Please vote carefully before it is too late. Spread the word about what can happen to America. Do not let our freedom be taken by Trump and Bannon. Do not let the minority of Americans who want a Republic take control. Do not let a misanthropic, asocial, antihuman narcissist destroy our freedoms as Hitler did across all of Europe. It is imperative that you vote against German Nazi sympathizers, Bannon and Trump, during the 2018 elections.

|Gianni Franco|

We hear about Millennials everywhere and see the derogatory comments towards them online. The Millennials are fine and they should not be ridiculed just yet. They are the future and could be more important than any other generation, including mine.

I am a Generation X’er and have the utmost respect for Millennials if they can move America and the World forward. Do not bring America or the World backwards in time. The past has been riddled with errors and only the present can fix the future. Bring inclusion, equality, and innovation to the forefront. Do not listen to the goals and values of Generation X, the Baby Boomers, or the Traditionalists. Those generations have failed and should not be followed. Those generations want to keep looking backwards to keep their fading youth relative. They will always misinform you and give you a jaded spiel, followed by their typical statement that says they are wiser. I can assure they are not.

Millennials, you are the generation that can bring change to every aspect of society. You can glean information from thousands of years of history and apply the correct and just logic for all the upcoming generations to follow. Do not hate each other as the prior generations have done. Do not alienate races, religions, sexuality, and cultures. Do bring people together from all walks of life no matter how they look, act, or talk. Do not judge them by how much money they have. Just because someone has money does not make them intelligent. In most cases people with money are dumber than you. I have met many of those people.

You are more intelligent than all of the preceding generations and need to teach the upcoming generations, especially iGen, on how to act to make society one. Do not listen to those that pose as authority because they do not have your best interests in mind. People in power or authority do not care about you, me, or the future. Do not follow Presidents, Congressmen, or Leaders of Nations. They have desecrated the world and killed millions of innocent people for their personal gains.

Listen to yourself and make your decisions based on logic. Logic will save you from making any errors in judgement. Remember to use logic and not emotion. You have the ability to search and research anything in the world with a touch or swipe from a computer or phone. No other generation has had that ability and they scorn all of you because they are all envious of your capabilities.

Study history. Study the leaders. Study the drug war. Study the world wars. Once you find the truth you will understand everything they have told you and taught you is a lie. Do not be a pawn in the game of world chess. Be a leader. Be a generation that will respected by the future. Do not be a generation that is hated by the future. Do not forget that old people are too lazy or ignorant to evolve with the future and learn, which makes them dumb.

Evolution is the process of advancement that includes one race, the human race, to work together to succeed. There are no colors or genders in the human race since we all started as one asexual being. Please Millennials, for the love of the universe, do not fail its humans or the entity itself. Follow Science and Logic, Logic and Science. If you fail to understand this then you will be viewed as the worst generation that ever existed.                                               Gianni Franco

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If you are reading this you may ask yourself, “Does Gianni Franco think about things like this on a daily basis?” The answer is yes, since my mind rarely rests.

Finally you can put this stupid question that you hear all the time to rest by following the simple process of logic. The answer is simple because the chicken came first. The egg is an inherent byproduct of the reproductive cycle of the chicken due to evolution. The egg cannot reproduce on its own without the chicken to produce it.

Analogy – Did the baby come first or the human? The human of course. The baby is the inherent function of the reproductive cycle of the human due to evolution. Without the reproductive cycle of the human, the baby cannot be formed and eventually be born. As such, the egg of the chicken cannot come to exist without the chicken.

The eggshell is the byproduct of reproduction and excessive calcium in the chicken. The baby chicken/yolk encapsulates itself with the eggshell as does the placenta in the human.

Please do not use the argument that the egg mysteriously appeared to form a chicken because that does follow the process of logic. Some of you may use that theory and you have a right to believe it to be true, but it is not. Thank you for reading and hope that you can appreciate that I have cleared up the chicken and egg question in one page. If you would like additional information on human birth or eggs please feel free to use Google. – Gianni Franco

|A Mother’s Dying Breath| |Micro Fiction| by Gianni Franco

It was a cold September day in Upstate NY. The leaves on the trees had already begun to surrender their jovial green to autumn’s overbearing orange. The large living room window overlooking the lush green lawn remained closed due to the cold bustling wind.

The living room in the one story home was decorated with white tile floors that blended into white walls. It no longer felt like a home, more like a hospital. The incessant smell of vinyl, latex, and urine lingered throughout. The only two sounds in the room came from the oscillating fan and the ventilator; the latter clicked every thirty seconds followed by a steady hum refilling the canister; the former had a constant buzzing that alternated left and right clearing the smell from the living room that always returned.

Anne lay motionless in a morphine trance on the cold gray vinyl mattress that sat atop the portable hospital bedframe. The bulky contraption resembled a large crib with the bed rails raised. A crib that once prevented her from leaving her bed as a child had grown much larger but had the same effect. Anne’s appearance was much different now as a frail senior but just as helpless as when she once a child.

Death was imminent and no medical miracles could be performed. Only one short month ago the scenario was much different. Anne was walking, talking, and able to feed herself adequately. The visiting nurse, whose bright blue name tag read Raquel, came during the week to offer her assistance and check Anne’s vitals. Twice a week Raquel would say the numbers out loud without emotion and then scribble them onto her notepad.

“120 over 80 – Check. Temperature – 98 – Check. Pulse – 65 – Check. Glucose – 80 – Check. All looks good.”

“That’s good to hear. Thank you Raquel. How long before things change or do you think she will get better?” I hesitantly asked.

“That is difficult to say. Everyone is different. She could be good today but tomorrow could be a completely different scenario. Typically health will decrease gradually like a downward slope rather than all at once. To be honest with you, I don’t think she will ever be ok. You have to be ready for the change. One thing that’s certain is you can never predict the change.”

“Thank you for the advice and information. I’ll monitor her health as best as I can. I really wish I was a nurse. If I was a nurse I could predict the change and help her.”

“There’s nothing you can do. She’s on her own now. I’ve seen all types of sick people and they are all different. I can assure you that when things start to change with Anne you will know.”

Raquel paused for a moment and looked out the large window. Her fixed trance led me to believe she was in deep thought. I hoped that her next words for me would be positive but they were not.

“I have some bad news for you. I will no longer be coming to check Anne’s vitals. Home hospice has been cancelled and will no longer pay for services. The services are now to be rendered by the caretaker in the home and that is you.”

“Why? I don’t understand. I need you here to help me,” I pleaded.

“Unfortunately, Anne’s vitals no longer need to be documented. Anne has reached the point of no return. You will be fine. Just make her comfortable and keep her hospital bed facing the window for sunlight. Stay strong and don’t be afraid to give her more morphine. You can adjust the amount higher as the need arises.”

I started shaking my head and sarcastically shouted, “Is that your last piece of advice for me? Morphine and stay strong?”

Raquel looked at me with no emotion and said only one word before she left. “Yes.”

I slammed the door shut and sat back down next to Anne with my hands cupped over my face. I could not be upset with Raquel. She was just a nurse doing her job, which she had done for hundreds of deaths before Anne. I was weak and bestowed upon myself a false sense of friendship with the nurse. I envied her strength and knew she could help me but that was not her job. Raquel was my only outlet to the outside world beyond these white walls because I had no friends.

I looked at Anne’s glossy eyes and asked, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you do this now?” I hoped for a response that obviously never arrived as I hung my head low and closed my eyes.

Each day that passed was harder than the previous one. The downward slope of health that the nurse suggested had begun in full force. An urban myth said that if you add more morphine to a patient they will suffer less and die quicker, so I dabbed heavy amounts into her mouth. That myth was later debunked by the family physician.

I ran back and forth from the bathroom to the living room to grab cold compresses for her forehead. That action turned out to be another pathetic attempt by me to comfort her. I created a myth that cold water would bring her back but in reality she could no longer feel. That became evident as I held her ice cold hand for a brief moment.

Anne’s ability to breathe drastically changed for the worse as well. Each completed breath had a one minute interval. I tried to move her in hopes of bringing up her breathing rate and as I lifted her torso I heard and felt multiple ribs crack in my hand. At that very moment her breathing turned into a gurgling suffocation that echoed loudly within the room for the next twelve hours. Anne’s last breath arrived and departed as I held her cold lifeless hand at 2:30 pm that day.

Gianni Franco

|Our Last Conversation| |Micro Fiction| |The Story of Two Lovers|

It was mid-July and an unbearably humid evening. The Gulf of Mexico too warm for a refreshing swim. The waves barely touched the talcum powder beach as dusk arrived and low tide began to set. We sat beside each other silently staring into the dark black horizon. Every few minutes we would point at shooting stars and blinking red beacons.

The silence broken by the loud snap of two cans of beer opening.

“Baby, I’m so glad we were able to make it to the beach tonight,” Chrissy said smiling.

“Yeah, me too. It’s relaxing and this beer tastes great,” I said with a hint of sarcasm.

“Well, don’t be negative baby. The beer is not that bad and it’s cold.”

“Yeah. I guess you’re right. It’s going down like water,” I replied with a smile.

“Try and take it easy tonight and please don’t get drunk again,” Chrissy pleaded.

“Stop Chrissy! Just stop! Don’t tell me what to do!”

I became more and more irritated as I finished my sixth beer within an hour. I was getting drunk and nothing was going to stop me. I reached deep into my cargo shorts and pulled out a flask filled with whiskey. The drinking was the only way I could cope with my depression, which had become deep in the last few days.

“Ahh. That hit the spot! I needed some of the strong stuff,” I said as I drank half the flask in one gulp.

“Why did you do that baby? You have to take it easy John. I’m worried about you.”

“I’m fine and I can do what I want. Stop telling me what to do! Stop!” I demanded.

“Your words are starting to slur John. You know I care about you. I miss our old times when we were happy together and you didn’t drink as much. I don’t want anything to happen to you.”

“If something happens to me then don’t worry. I really don’t care. I am over all of this. All this life. All this crap. I don’t fucking care anymore! Fuck it all!”

“Don’t say that baby. Let me give you a hug John.” Chrissy said as she moved closer.

“I don’t want your hug. You have cheated and lied to me too many times. I am done!” I yelled as I drank my ninth beer.

“I’ve made mistakes but I didn’t mean to hurt you. You have done worse to me,” Chrissy said in retaliation.

“What do you mean I have done worse? Nothing can compare to you cheating on me” I said as I grabbed the flask and another beer.

“John! You are an asshole and a drunk. How do you not remember what you did to me? You ruined my life.”

“I did nothing to you Chrissy.”

“I can’t deal with you anymore John. I can’t deal with all the pain anymore.”

“You have no pain Chrissy. I do,” I said as swigged from flask.

“You are drunk and as always you never remember anything.”

“Fuck you Chrissy!”

“No fuck you John. You raped me and I cannot deal with you or this life any longer.”

“What? I did not rape you.”

“Yes you did. It’s time for me to leave John. I need peace. I need to be alone. I needed to be loved. Goodbye.”

Chrissy got up from her seated position and began to slowly walk towards the Gulf. She passed the first sandbar and then continued past the second.

I repeatedly call to her, “Come back Chrissy! Where are you going? Come back. Don’t do this Chrissy.”

She continued to walk. Each step she took submerged another portion of her body. Her calves, then her thighs, then her chest, and then nothing.

“Chrissy! Chrissy! I love you Chrissy!” I continued to call out as I sprinted into the water.

I reached the location where I saw her last but could not find her. I called out her name relentlessly and received no response. I looked up and all I could see was darkness for miles. There was no horizon, the water infinite, and no Chrissy. I turned and walked back to the beach, sat in the sand, and continued to stare at the abyss until sunrise. I hoped she would come up from the water when the sunlight shined but she did not.  This would be our last conversation and her final day became my first day of sobriety.

Saudi Arabia. Trump ran on the platform about banning Muslims and making America great again. Although I do not agree with the ban, Trump is actually making Muslims great again and not America. No single payer healthcare for the American people or tax reform but Saudi Arabia gets a weapons deal.

Oh look the Trump supporters have been duped again but none of the alt-right news stations report it as such nor do his Facebook supporters mention it. You are all delusional just as you were when you voted for him. He played on your every conspiracy theory and you fell for it. You never voted for a Conservative or a Republican. You voted for a landlord that got a TV show called The Apprentice. Trump is the furthest thing from Ronald Reagan and insulted Reagan by stealing a line that Reagan frequently used, ‘Make America Great Again.’

During the Memorial Day weekend when Veterans were being honored Trump signed a $350 billion deal with Saudi Arabia. The same Saudi Arabia that partially sponsored and funded the 9/11 attacks. Of that $350 billion, $110 billion is immediately available to Saudi Arabia as a weapons deal. If you thought this President couldn’t make any more mistakes he trumps himself. Let’s sell more weapons to the Muslims and then they can use those weapons against the US.

I am certain that when the shipment is delivered to Saudi Arabia a good percentage of those weapons will be delivered to the hands of the terrorists. If Saudi Arabia helped fund 9/11 I am also certain they currently fund ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and other Islamic terrorist factions. Don’t send a comedic reality television star to do a President’s job. Why didn’t America just vote for Kim Kardashian?

Germany. You would think it couldn’t get any worse but it did. Trump arrived in Germany and told them that they need to pay more to NATO in order to have NATO’s protection. He also stated that the German cars will need to be taxed more as an import to the United States. If Germany decides not to pay the tax then all imports should be halted. In great linguistic fashion of a six year old Trump called Germany, ‘bad, very bad’. What’s more ironic is he told the Germans no deal but most of his votes came from the alt-right which includes the KKK and Nazi Reform Party based on old German ideals.

Trump destroyed the alliance that Germany and Europe once had with the United States making Trump and America an international disgrace. It will be interesting to see if Germany aligns itself with Russia in the coming years, with the rest of Europe to follow. Trump is making America great again just like it was in the 1950s, Bel-Air and war. The only exception is the egomaniacal inexperienced narcissist has a Twitter account that he doesn’t know how to use professionally.

Climate Change. Trump did not stop there and then arrived in Sicily and told the G7 that he does not want to participate in the Paris Agreement that combats climate change even though 194 other countries participate. A fact is that the United States is 2^nd to China for carbon emissions and now has pulled out of an agreement to make the global environment cleaner. These types of actions are typical pompous and idiotic moves that we have been consistently shown by Trump from day one.

Pope. Prior to the G7 he met with the Pope and none of the communication between the two was released other than, ‘he is something’ and ‘I will not forget what you said.’ There were no top secret meetings with the Pope and the best they could come up were the two prior statements. The two statements are much shorter than his typical 140 character rants on Twitter.

Trump. What is wrong with the President? The answer is everything. His future failure in the President’s chair will forever change politics and no independent will ever be considered again. One person can ruin it for the rest and in the process take everything else down with him.

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1. Suicide is portrayed as a simple way out of stressful situations
2. The writers of the show excuse Hannah, the main character, from any fault to committing suicide as long as the blame upon others is vaguely justified
3. Mr Porter, the school counselor, is portrayed as being at fault even though he offered Hannah ample opportunities to press charges for rape
4. Hannah is portrayed as being weak so she does not have to address any of the issues she is confronted with during her daily activities outside or inside of school
5. Justin who comes from the abusive and drug addict family does not commit suicide but Hannah from the good family does take her life
6. Hannah when approached in an honest manner by Zach to date; she shrugs him off aggressively for no reason and that action is justified
7. Hannah is exploited by Tyler during the lesbian scene but Hannah never owns up to experiencing the lesbian experience. Again it is Courtney’s fault for not continuing the make out session or the relationship. Hannah does not get her way so she is hurt. There are plenty of LBGTQ people in high school that do not commit suicide.
8. Tyler may or may not shoot up the school at some point in the series. He is an aggressor but will be justified for his actions because of how his aggressions were rebuked by his fellow students.
9. The parents forgive and hug Hannah from losing the rent money but Hannah still feels overwhelmed because she was forgiven and has a loving family.
10. Hannah dialogues all 13 tapes before her suicide even though in a typical scenario that would be a therapeutic mental exercise. An individual would have had her or his burdens relieved after spending thirteen hours documenting every single situation in their lives. Journals are typically suggested by psychologists for people that are suffering from any mental issue. She went beyond a journal and actually recorded 13 hours of why she was hurt and could have resolved the issues with herself or a psychologist verbally.
11. The school is being sued for the suicide of a student when in fact the school has nothing to do with an individual’s choice. Suicide is the most decisive and personal decision any human being can make in their life. They know the results of their actions at the point of decision. They know there is no turning back and the outcome will be fatal. The writers lay blame again on something or someone else to justify Hannah’s suicide.
12. Hannah is voted as having the best ass in school but instead of taking that as a compliment she turns any positives into a negative.
13. Tony, the gay Spanish male, is the support for all of the students and has no inclination to commit suicide. He has a life that is harder than Hannah or any other student. He is a gay brown skinned teenager in a school of mostly whites with a dominant father. The other families including Hannah have supportive loving families. The only other exception is Justin who lives in a broken home with a drug addict mom and abusive drunk boyfriend. Neither Tony nor Justin have any inclination to commit suicide. giannifranco.com

Conclusion:

Each generation has their issues with teen suicide. When I was growing up suicide was trending as well. So much so that the movie Heathers was at the theaters and everyone wanted to watch it. The movie was about how cool suicide was and the goal was for each student to outdo the other to get more attention after their death.

I understand there are problems in any high school. I went to high school and it was not a fun time for me either. Yes, I was bullied. Yes, I was made fun of on numerous occasions. Yes, there was abuse. I will not elaborate on the abuse in this article. Yes, my home life was horrible. I didn’t even have real friends. Based on my life the writer would have had me commit suicide as an easy way out because everything around me was so bad. I obviously did not commit suicide and my life was worse than all of them except for the Justin and Tony.

Suicide is obviously a serious scenario for anyone that is directly affected by that action. The memories and devastation suicide causes to family and friends can last a long time, sometimes even a lifetime. 13 Reasons Why downplays the effects on family and friends and makes suicide acceptable as long as there is someone to blame. If that was the case then everyone should commit suicide whether in high school or adulthood. We all have problems and we all must deal with them but when you come from a great family with a great support structure there is no need to write a story that plays on the faults of others to justify suicide as an easy escape from life and its problems.

Furthermore, society blames those that commit suicide as being flawed and mentally ill or unstable. That humiliation is unfair to the individual that has passed away. Perhaps the person that committed suicide had more strength than most to escape this life that we all must endure every day. Perhaps that person was more intelligent than all of us because he or she knew the remainder of their life was not worth living. They made a conscientious decision to the end their lives whereas most of us are too afraid to even think about or just abuse drugs and alcohol as a method to a slow suicide. What is wrong is that we selfishly forgive them and selfishly blame them for leaving us. If they were actually our loved ones we would accept their choice and not be mad at them or blame them for their choice. People who commit suicide should be respected for doing something that most of us cannot accomplish. Sometimes the grass might be greener on the other side and everyone should not assume that everything in this world is as good as it seems. www.giannifranco.com