Obie Usategui

The Beginning of a Presidency

I have to be honest with you folks, when I first learned of Donald Trump’s announcement of his candidacy for President of the United States back on June 6, 2015, I, like many in the nation I presume, did not really take the guy for real at all.

The Aftermath of the Election

If you, like I, have been trying to keep abreast of the so-called presidential transition, you must have noticed that just about every other headline or front-page news, bar none, has something to do with the democrats’ incessant war to disavow the election of Donald Trump on November 8th, as our next president.

Thoughts on the Death of Dictator Fidel Castro

It was about 1:00 a.m., Saturday night, when my wife woke me up to tell me of the passing of Fidel Castro. As I was still half-sleep, and in lieu of the fact that, in our wishful ways, we, the Cuban-Americans in exile, had killed Castro many times over in the past, the “Cry Wolf” syndrome kicked-in as a ‘defense mechanism’ to spare me the emotional roller coaster, which had made us, time and time again, go from exhilarating highs to lugubrious downs as we realized we were always dealing with grapevine rumors, if only to be incredibly disappointed at the end.

Let Go…Please!

Hi friends. For a while there, I thought that Trump’s triumph would have me laying low as far having not much to say, politically speaking that is, as I thought, really, we were lacking talking points, other than perhaps, say, some trivial ‘transition-process’ issues, not quite as exhilarating as we had gotten used to, throughout the presidential campaign, especially at the tail-end of it, as all of you Neo-Marxists did take for granted that your corrupt candidate would win it all, did you not?

Lessons To Be Learned

Well, first, I want to congratulate every single one of you out there who voted for Donald Trump. I forgot the last time in my life where I felt so electrifying overjoyed – one which typically comes with something great happening albeit, something totally startling and unexpected such as was Donald Trump’s triumph on November 8th, 2016 – a date which shall go down in the annals of history as the day the United States of America was reborn.

My Last Plea

Unbeknownst to many Americans, October 28th, 2016, may very well go down in the history books as an unprecedented political milestone –one which may, in fact, change the course of history of this great land of ours, the United States of America. I refer, if you will, to the contentious announcement made on this date by James B. Comey, acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], on the re-opening of the earlier investigation conducted by this agency, regarding the alleged illegal use of her private server by aspiring presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, while in her role as Secretary of State, commonly referred to as the “e-mail” scandal.

Game Over

Yes, friends, anyone who has been following the presidential campaign over the past couple of weeks, even the most praetorian republicans amongst us, have to realize that the time has come fess-up to reality while understanding that candidate Donald Trump will never become the next president of this great land of ours. That is right, I said Trump will never be our next president, meaning Hillary Clinton will become the first woman ever to hold that office in the history of the nation.

The Great Debate

Once again, let me preface my comments and thoughts on the Hofstra presidential debate by making it very clear to you all that, I am, first and foremost a staunch republican, a tried-and-true conservative and a steadfast supporter of Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States of America.

I Hope I am Wrong

As you may or may not have noticed, during the past few months, I decided to take a brief political sabbatical, and managed to stay away from my passionate dissertations designed to kindle that American spirit which made this country the great nation it once was--a spirit which, I am sorry to say, has all but vanished amidst an incomprehensible wave of, again, unfathomable events.

2016 – The Battle for the Presidency

Over the past few weeks I have had many close friends gently ask me when was I going to do a write-up on my outlook of the forthcoming presidential elections.

What will it take?

I have for the past few weeks stayed quietly away, gently watching the Trump-Clinton feud coming of age as election time draws closer. Many Americans, I assure you, are not the slightest bit aware of the enormity of what is at stake in these elections and the ensuing consequences to the nation, depending on who we elect to be our next president.

2016--The Road Ahead

In case you've never heard of me, I am what you call your quintessential political aficionado, by definition: "a person who likes, and appreciates a usually fervently pursued interest in politics and / or political activities." I am an obsessive-compulsive blogger and have written hundreds of articles dealing in political issues and current events relative to some of the most controversial dogmatic matters confronting our nation in this 21st century--a century, bursting with world-wide turmoil, havoc, chaos and disorders; some of which may even be thought of as potentially catastrophic to mankind as we know it today.

The makings of our voting universe

If you are like me, a political enthusiast of sorts, you probably have not missed any of the political debates that have taken place in the last few weeks, just as you might have followed the overwhelming blitzkrieg of national polls with last-minute details on how candidates are doing in their presidential races.

A letter from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton

Dear Hillary: I hope by the time you receive this letter, you find yourself well and in good spirits amidst your grueling presidential campaign. I did not want to waste any time in responding to your inquiry regarding my intent to endorse you. In consideration to your request, however, there are issues, most of which, I deem crucial and in need of complete clarification before I can make any such commitments to you and your campaign.

Help Me, Please!

Help me please. Have you noticed anything that is terribly wrong with our nation of late? Do you not think that there is something eerily wrong with where we are as a nation, when [the] President of the United States, himself, chooses to outright downplay the role of Islamic terrorism in the world? Discard them as a "set-back"? Or...treat them [ISIS] as a "Junior Varsity" basketball team?

Paris--The Terrorist Prophecy

If I were not such as agnostic as I am when it comes to traditional superstitions, I would probably be just as unwary as to believing that the bloodbath that took place in Paris, France, was yet an impervious avowal to the renown Friday, the 13^th, a/k/a Black Friday cliché, that this day, is, in fact, as ill-fated as Western civilizations make it out to be.

The Presidential Cage Match

You know, as the sun set on Wednesday night, October 28th, I realized that my night was, potentially speaking, full of great things to watch on T.V., all of which had the makings of a very entertaining evening. A lot there to choose from, I should say. There was that first game of baseball’s World Series, between the N.Y. Mets and the Kansas City Royals; there was my long-awaited NBA opening night, with my beloved Miami Heat, playing the Charlotte Hornets; and last but not least, there was, what else but CNBC’s republican presidential debate on economics.

Hillary’s Three-Ring Circus

For most children born in the U.S. in the late 1900s, growing up came with a deep-seated tradition of going to the circus – a spectacle that has delighted the young and the old alike for many years. Starting in 1919, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus merged to become an integral part of our folklore. Little did owners James Anthony Bailey and P.T. Barnum realize back in the day that their extravaganza presentation, billed as ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, could just as well have been used to describe our own modern-day version of a spectacle, such as the one that was seen during Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi investigation conducted on Tuesday, October 22nd, by the Select Committee on Benghazi.

The Trump Phenomenon

As much as many of us may have missed it, there is, as far as I am concerned, a true nonpareil phenomenon taking place right before our very eyes in this running for the republican presidential candidacy deal, and I am not referring specifically to the uniquely crowded field of contenders, now in the hunt for the nomination.

Mankind's last call for survival

You know, throughout the last eight years, I have spent quite a bit of time writing articles about Barack Obama and his administration. I even went as far as writing a 400+ page book, regarding this obscure character we call the president of the United States of America. I christened my book with the title, ‘The Beginning of the End’, which tells you, but in a few words, precisely how I feel about this enigmatic individual and his administration