ONE or More Reasons Not to Trust Hollywood

Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman - both of them Hollywood actresses - have become the latest fallen stars in the murky scandal plagued TV, Movie, and Music entertainment business.  Loughlin and her husband paid half a million dollars in a bribery scheme related to college admissions for the privileged and wealthy. Prosecutors have recordings of Loughlin agreeing to use what amounts to fake evidence in order to help her daughter obtain entry into USC. The evidence instead got her access to an indictment.

Felicity Huffman was also indicted in the same broad scandal.  The Desperate Housewives actress, married to actor William H. Macy, was a little luckier, though.  She didn't spend nearly that much to buy her child "unlimited time" on the SAT.  Her bank account only suffered $15,000 worth.

Both will now face criminal charges in a bribery, racketeering and wire fraud scandal.

ONE Personal Reason I Didn't Vote for Trump

I didn't vote for Donald Trump in the Republican primary or in the general election.  Although, as a long-time Republican, I certainly approved of some things Trump planned to do and some that many people expected he would do, I couldn't pull the lever or punch the button for Trump. Trump has always seemed to me to be immoral, loud-mouthed, exceedingly egotistical, brash, uncontrollable, etc.  I just couldn't vote for him because even if I could have overlooked one or two of these several liabilities I was afraid that Trump would eventually self-destruct and that he'd do so with too much collateral damage to - not only - the Republican Party, but also to the broader conservative movement.

Today's news brings word that his former lawyer will allege that Trump committed crimes while in office and that those crimes are related to the dumb payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. Can anyone say that the damage done by these allegations were worth getting Stormy Daniels to "stay quiet"?  Trump just has a sleaze factor that's through the roof.

I know good Christian people that voted for Trump and will probably vote for him again. I'm sorry, but I just can't do that.  And I won't vote for any known Democratic candidate either.  I won't sell my principles out to support candidates who don't share at least a fair part of my moral and social beliefs regardless of whether they offend my principles by being sleazy right wingers or by being socialist left wingers. Neither deserve my support, my vote, or my cooperation.

If neither party will supply a candidate I can support in good conscience, I will oppose them all in good conscience.