There’s a valuable message here.
Yes, I have to admit that I’m not happy that about one-third of American voters are not very bright, and prone to all manner of racist and xenophobic viewpoints–plus, I have to live among them.
But, all in all, it’s important to maintain an upbeat viewpoint, and some of the people are so far gone that it’s actually funny.
Anna Kaplan hopes to replace George Santos in Congress. She claims that he’s running again, and says, “I need your (campaign donations) to beat him at the ballot box.”
No, Anna, you don’t. Santos has no more political future than my gardener. And you know it.
We got rid of one liar; we don’t need another.
I’m afraid I have bad news: No donations are going to change the belief systems of tens of millions of hateful idiots.
Having said that, we are capable of electing people who believe in democracy and rule of law, and perhaps donations to their campaigns would be helpful.
That said, I have to think that’s already in the process of working itself out. Our country and the rest of the world is watching as Trump and his cronies are brought to justice for their attempts to overthrow the U.S. government, and it seems unlikely that anyone in the future will want to find himself on the receiving end of a treason indictment.
Most American consumers are at least somewhat concerned about the fuel economy that their cars provide, though, of course, many of these folks’ interest in the subject is rooted in how much they’re paying at the pump.
Personally, I have very low regard for those who simply don’t care about the environment in which the other 8 billion of us must live.
At this point, it’s hard to see a soft landing for the war in Israel, partially because all parties directly and indirectly associated with the conflict are led by people who are more in love with staying in power than they are motivated by a vision of peace for their people.
I just got off a Zoom call with some old friends who are very pro-Israel, and who are infuriated that the world narrative surrounding the conflict includes the notion that Israel has bullied the Palestinians, and is thus partially responsible for what is taking place there.
My position, though I didn’t even think about uttering a word of it during that call, is that this type of intractable situation is the only possible result that can derive from people living in close proximity to one another who have divergent viewpoints on God.
Imagine that human civilization didn’t evolve with religion at its core. Imagine that, instead of looking into the sky in search of an omnipotent being, we developed a way of thinking about things that was based on evidence rather than faith and the insane idea that the God of people A is better than the God of people B.
Of course, that didn’t happen, and now we face the inevitable result: Hamas, Israel, Palestine, Hezbollah, Iran, and Saudi Arabia –all with no end in sight.
Reader Scott McKie notes:
Face it — all Trump backers / voters are as morally and politically corrupt as he is.
And all Republican voters are as politically corrupt as the MAGA crowd — because, as they have continuously demonstrated: they will not, by choice, consider working politically with any Democrat, in sufficient numbers, to get anything done.
Not sure “corrupt” is the right word here, but you bring up an interesting point.
What will make the 2024 presidential election interesting, at least insofar as it appears now, is that virtually all voters who think of themselves as Republicans will vote for the GOP nominee, even if he’s a sociopath and convicted criminal.
My mother is an intelligent, well-educated woman who long ago realized that Donald Trump is one of the vilest people ever to walk the Earth. Will that deter her from voting for him?
No. Mom represents a significant cohort in our electorate that would cast her ballot for an affable dog before she’d vote for a Democrat.
This from ExxonMobil: What do you think? On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), how important are Low Carbon Solutions to you?
I wish the content of the meme here were anywhere close to being the case. According to recent surveys, little has changed in Americans’ viewpoint on Trump; he remains broadly unpopular with the public, but he is not without substantial support. 63% of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of the former president, while 35% view him favorably. A year ago, Trump’s rating stood at 60% unfavorable.
In all, about one-third of U.S. voters, which number about 160 million, believe that Trump is an honest and effective public servant, the only person who can make America great again.
Now, if the former president is found guilty on any of the 91 felony counts against him and sentenced to prison, could that change things? Unlikely.
This guy has broad appeal to people of low reasoning capacity.
“Declare independence from communist China.” I guess that makes sense until you ask yourself what it actually means.
Two of his other tenets:
God is real.
and
There are two genders.
He’s a great candidate for people who have trouble thinking.
Warren Buffett still buys oil and gas companies. His rationale, as he explains here by means of a comparison, is that he owns positions in Walmart, even though they sell cigarettes. In other words, he laughs off the moral aspect of investing, as so many billionaires do with such incredible panache.
Anyone who is empowering the fossil fuel industry in its resistance to decarbonize our energy and transportation sectors is either a) ignorant of the issues or b) indifferent to the quality of life that this planet can support, making him a total ass****.
Buffett doesn’t strike me as ignorant.
