Category: Self Examination

Looking beneath the surface to understand why we do what we do

Isn’t $150,000 Pocket Change For A Multi-billionaire? by Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist

by artsmuklermd, posted in MY NOVELS, Politics, Psychiatry, Self Examination, World events, a psychological view

In 24 hours Trump will be on trial for trying to bury a $150,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels so she’d keep quiet about their sexual-encounter. Instead of just personally giving her the money he called it a business expense.

Let’s assume that back then he was a multi-billionaire, maybe 2 billion? That’s 2,000,000 million dollars. That means that $150,000 is less than 1 thousandth of 1 percent of his net worth!

For most of us that would be like paying less than a dollar for silence.

Now he has to hear in graphic detail exactly what his penis looks like.

And this is the guy that half our country will vote for in November.

I’ve heard lots of stories in my career, but this one is way up there in the who-can-believe-such-crazy-shit stratosphere..

Thanks for reading.

If you want to get away from the weight of what our world is coming to, check out my novels. They’ll make you smile, and keep you on the edge of your seat. Honest heroes will make your day.

Art

#stormydaniels, #trumptrial, #hushmoney

No Means No, Right? by Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist

by artsmuklermd, posted in Politics, Psychiatry, Raising Children, Self Examination, World events, a psychological view

When your child runs out in a busy street, we emphatically say, no! That’s dangerous! A car can hit you. Don’t do that.

If it happens again, we don’t let go of our little one’s hand. We can’t allow someone we love to be injured, or worse.

If we love our country, we expect the justice system to do the same, to protect us. And most of the time they do. Dozens of people who attacked our capital are in prison.

If you threaten President Biden, and encourage your followers to rise up against him, you need to be stopped.

Why are our judges and even the attorney-general not stopping Trump? He’s attacking every fabric of our society. They know that if you say no, you must act on it. If you break the law there are consequences. If you don’t back up the law with reasonable action, people will continue to act out. In Los Angeles when the laws for how much you can steal without being put in prison was lowered, there was a rash of smash-and-grabs, until a special police force was set up.

Letting our ex-president threaten our society isn’t helping anyone. If anything it’s encouraging more and more outlandish anti-societal behavior. If the ex-leader of the free world can do it, why can’t we?

Judges, administrators, leaders, do your job. Free speech doesn’t mean continual lying and encouraging insurrection. Right?

Happy Reading, Art

#smash&grabs, #settinglimits, #raisingchildren, #protecting society