I sure hope you’re right with this sober-minded but optimistic post.
But I still am dumbfounded on a daily basis that nearly half the electorate is still blindly following this buffoonish grifter like Konrad Lorenz’s ducks.
Having spent 6 1/2 decades watching presidential candidates get derailed by utterly trivial BS -- think of Gary Hart …
I sure hope you’re right with this sober-minded but optimistic post.
But I still am dumbfounded on a daily basis that nearly half the electorate is still blindly following this buffoonish grifter like Konrad Lorenz’s ducks.
Having spent 6 1/2 decades watching presidential candidates get derailed by utterly trivial BS -- think of Gary Hart and his relatively tame philandering scandal, or Ed Muskie “crying“ when he got snow in his eyes, or Dukakis looking foolish driving a tank -- and then seeing on a near daily basis this vile creature committing political sins that would make Richard Nixon blanch, while his base grows ever more fervently devoted to him -- it just leaves one speechless with rage and incomprehension.
incomprehension? well, I'm beginning to comprehend a little better.
these guys (of all genders) have been around 4ever.
now, because of the technology we embraced as tightly as possible without spending twenty minutes trying to anticipate how that technology could hurt us, we are being hurt by it.
can anyone explain to me what the actual benefits are of this 24-hour news cycle? or who's hurt by the likes of Fox News?
in any event, Lucian, I sure hope you're right. but if the election were held next week, would we be ready for the fallout we're being promised on a daily basis? I honestly don't know. I THINK (and of course WANT to think) that TFF's pathetic excuse for a mind on his best day won't pass muster with the voting public, but...
I've been wondering what it could look like if (god forbid) TFF wins and immediately sends out all the armed forces to "keep order" by doing all kinds of illegal shit. what happens? do the armed forces just fall in behind the Commander-in-Chief? aren't soldiers supposed to disobey illegal orders? what if orders are given which are intended to subvert the Constitution, to which all who serve have taken an oath to protect?
I assume there are lots of people in the various services who are gaming this shit out...
do the armed forces just fall in behind the Commander-in-Chief? aren't soldiers supposed to disobey illegal orders? When I raised my right hand looking in the eyes of the commander and repeated his words, and took the aoth to"preserve and protect" that was the very questiion that crossed my mind.
I sure hope you’re right with this sober-minded but optimistic post.
But I still am dumbfounded on a daily basis that nearly half the electorate is still blindly following this buffoonish grifter like Konrad Lorenz’s ducks.
Having spent 6 1/2 decades watching presidential candidates get derailed by utterly trivial BS -- think of Gary Hart and his relatively tame philandering scandal, or Ed Muskie “crying“ when he got snow in his eyes, or Dukakis looking foolish driving a tank -- and then seeing on a near daily basis this vile creature committing political sins that would make Richard Nixon blanch, while his base grows ever more fervently devoted to him -- it just leaves one speechless with rage and incomprehension.
I think he's right. We have it within us. We have to act on our beliefs., be vocal, That will inspire others who are feeling defeated.
Read (Conservative, sane, decent) David French in the NY Times about Christian fundamentalists and their reverence for Deranged, Despicable Trump.
They don't seem to realize that Trump is the Golden Calf of our era, and that they're massively, monstrously failing the test.
rage, absolutely.
incomprehension? well, I'm beginning to comprehend a little better.
these guys (of all genders) have been around 4ever.
now, because of the technology we embraced as tightly as possible without spending twenty minutes trying to anticipate how that technology could hurt us, we are being hurt by it.
can anyone explain to me what the actual benefits are of this 24-hour news cycle? or who's hurt by the likes of Fox News?
in any event, Lucian, I sure hope you're right. but if the election were held next week, would we be ready for the fallout we're being promised on a daily basis? I honestly don't know. I THINK (and of course WANT to think) that TFF's pathetic excuse for a mind on his best day won't pass muster with the voting public, but...
I've been wondering what it could look like if (god forbid) TFF wins and immediately sends out all the armed forces to "keep order" by doing all kinds of illegal shit. what happens? do the armed forces just fall in behind the Commander-in-Chief? aren't soldiers supposed to disobey illegal orders? what if orders are given which are intended to subvert the Constitution, to which all who serve have taken an oath to protect?
I assume there are lots of people in the various services who are gaming this shit out...
do the armed forces just fall in behind the Commander-in-Chief? aren't soldiers supposed to disobey illegal orders? When I raised my right hand looking in the eyes of the commander and repeated his words, and took the aoth to"preserve and protect" that was the very questiion that crossed my mind.
As retired General Milley instructed the armed forces, " we are loyal to The Constitution. Not the president."
I don't know why this is being mentioned more often.
then, after about two minutes, I find myself glad not to be hearing about it...the whole old "loose lips..." thing.