"Trees" (1913) . . . Tree (2019)

  I think that I shall never see

  A poem lovely as a tree.

  A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

  Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

  A tree that looks at God all day,

  And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

  A tree that may in summer wear,

  A nest of robins in her hair;

  Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

  Who intimately lives with rain.

  Poems are made by fools like me,

  But only God can make a tree.         - Joyce Kilmer

   48th Street, Sunnyside,  July 18, 2019:

NOW ON THE CARD: THE MAIN EVENT

Saikat ("The Psycho Cat") Chakrabarti 
                        vs.
        Gregory ("The Meek") Meeks

for the heavyweight title of who will control 
     the Democratic Party of Queens!!!

               Who's in charge here?

The Psycho Cat  vs  The Meek

Just Who Represents The Queens 14th CD?

Who?  Officially Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

So why is her Chief-of-Staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, mouthing off for her?  Referring to moderate members of Democratic groups in a Tweet last month as "New Southern Democrats" who are "hell bent to do black and brown people today what the old Southern Democrats did in the 40s."   He sure p.o.'d Pelosi and many of the old school Dems, no?

Who elected this guy Chakrabarti? Seemingly the puppet-master of Ocasio?   AOC's string-puller?  And he doesn't even live in Queens but is a carpetbagger from Greenwich Village in Manhattan!!!

Keep your eye on this cat.

"Outsider" Saikat Chakrabarti.

More info about him HERE.

American Flag Missing From Gay Pride Parade (June 2, 2019)

From the American Declaration of Independence:  "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

It seems to me that being gay can be construed as pursuing one's "Happiness", no?   It's therefore quite American.  So why wasn't even one American flag in evidence celebrating this fact this past Sunday (6/2) at the Pride parade in Jackson Heights?

Parade founder and current NYC Councilman Danny Dromm:  this glaring omission is a public relations failure.  Check out the following photos:  the gay rainbow flag and now even the pink, blue, and white-striped transgender flag were seen all over the place.   Even an Irish and Puerto Rican flag were seen prominently visible.   And the Columbian flag is also frequently seen on the transgender saloon floats.

So why was the Stars and Stripes missing?   Is it because of parade participants' shame or ignorance?   A supercilious attitude?  Or what?

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AOC . . . MIA?

  
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,  U.S. Representative for the New York 14th Congressional District, where were you Monday, Memorial Day?  Your constituents missed your presence in the Queens part of your district at the annual Woodside Catholic War Veterans' parade -  a traditional solemn remembrance of those local members of the armed forces who gave their lives to protect our country.  

Your predecessor, Joseph Crowley, can be seen in the following photos respectfully present at last year's annual occasion.   Why haven't you followed in his footsteps by attending this event?   Also, why was it that your colleague (also here depicted), in the neighboring 6th Congressional District, Representative Grace Meng, was able to attend the Maspeth Memorial Day parade in the area she represents the day before?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:  Where were you?  Perhaps making another promotional self-serving movie, blabbing on Twitter, rock 'n' rollin' with Riley?

PHOTO 1.  What a difference a year makes.  Top photo
shows then U.S. Representative for the NY 14th
Congressional District Joseph Crowley in discrete
attendance at the annual wreath-laying at one of the
3 war memorials in Woodside.   View shows Crowley
one month before losing a primary election to
newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on June 26, 2018.
Bottom photo shows the same scene on May 27, 2019,
but with Ocasio-Cortez not present.

PHOTO 2.  Former Representative Joseph Crowley watches non-
obtrusively the ceremonial proceedings from afar (2018).

PHOTO 3.  Former Representative Joseph Crowley (2018).

PHOTO 4.  Former Representative Joseph Crowley (2018).

PHOTO 5.  Where's "Waldo"?  Can she be found?   Check it out yourself.  
At the conclusion of the first of the parade wreath-layings,
 the spectators head for the parade line of march.
  AOC - aka Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - was not seen here
 nor at any of the other Woodside venues.

PHOTO 6.  Ocasio-Cortez's 14th Congressional District
abuts in Queens the 6th that is represented by
Congresswoman Grace Meng.   Meng is seen here
finding the time to proudly march in the previous
day's parade in her district in Maspeth.   Alexandria Ocasio-
Cortez, why were you not marching in the parade in
 Woodside in your district?

Mythology Update. (February 24, 2019)

Leda and the swan.

Alexandria and the dog.

EXCLUSIVE. Who's In Charge Here? (February 9, 2019)

During the 2019 Flushing Lunar New Year parade the New York City Police Department's ceremonial color guard carries 2 new additional flags:  that of communist China and free Korea.  Conspicuously absent: that of free Taiwan.   Note in the photos below, the prominent position of the communist flag next to that of the American.   Who decided this?

PHOTO 1.  Flags left to right:  American, communist Chinese,

free Korean,  NYC official,  NYPD.

PHOTO 2.  Communist Chinese and free Korean

flags not present during 2017 parade.

PHOTO 2.  Same above-mentioned flags not seen

during the 2018 parade.

PHOTO 3.  NYPD color guard at head of

the 2019 parade.

PHOTO 4.  Despite the large Taiwanese-American population of
Flushing, the flag of free Taiwan, the republic of China,
was missing in action. 

PHOTO 5.  A sea of communist Chinese flags and members 

of the NYPD on Main Street in Flushing.