Marilyn's Photos - May 9 2025 - Vulgar Language

 

One of the articles in the Globe and Mail today compares  the relationship between presidents and prime ministers.  It had a quote from Lyndon Johnson that was vulgar to me - Lyndon Johnson yelling at Lester Pearson to not come into his house and piss on his rug when Pearson suggested the bombing of Vietnam should be paused.  That was an example of a difficult relationship.  We have a difficult relationship now.  And it seems that quoting Trump or showing a video clip often comes with vulgar language.  Is this the new normal in the U.S in the Trump second term?  I guess the answer is yes.  Trump's first term brought  many articles on his vulgar language.  Most of the articles point to Lyndon Johnson as the most vulgar president in U.S. history.   Quoted expressions that demonstrated how vulgar he was are in the Nation Post article  HERE.  Its main theme was Trump's vulgarity in 2018.   Once I started to look, for Johnson's vulgar expressions, it is clear that they are not collected in  one place - they are scattered.  No one seems to want to gather them together for history.   I don't remember any of these expressions when I was young.  I would remember them as they are distinctively shocking.  Why didn't our newspapers have any of these in print?  Maybe newspapers thought they were protecting us.  Maybe they were protecting Lyndon Johnson. Maybe protecting themselves from lawsuits.  There is even "the story where Lyndon B. Johnson showed "jumbo" to a ..." group of journalists.  That was in response to questions about Vietnam.  Here's a "what if" scenario:  can history repeat itself on something like this? Little violets in the lawn.

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Nov 2 - Will Smith Oscar Arrives at Halloween

 

I was wondering about Will Smith and what's the impact of the slap after seven months.  I find out that this will likely be a forever repeated story.  How does it get interpreted on Halloween?  As a costume on "The View": 01/11/22 07:36 The child was dressed in an all-gold suit, gold mask and face paint to resemble an Academy award - and the outfit was completed with a red paint handprint across their face. Smith triggered a furious backlash when he slapped Rock for making a jibe about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the Oscars ceremony in March. Some who watched The View took issue with the joke, which was part of a segment featuring several children dressed in costumes to reflect hot topics of 2022. One said: 'Not a fan of that Oscar slap costume.' Another added: 'The Oscar Slap? Really? (rolls eyes).'  Celebrities seem to dress up as other celebrities and movie characters on Halloween.  It is a good thing there are stories to tell you who they are supposed to be.  You can scroll through them HERE. There's a lot of money spent on strange and vulgar Halloween costumes by U.S. celebrities.  So I guess the  "The View" is consistent with the times. Here's our picture of Peninsula Ridge in the fog earlier in the week.  And then what we can expect by the end of November.  What different scenarios! Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblog.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca