The uneducated, whose ignorance on subjects like climate change prevents them from seeing that they are being lied to, and educated people of horrific character, who are thrilled that there are enough of these uneducated people to make Trump a viable candidate in yet a third consecutive presidential election cycle.
Is this a perfect storm of greed and stupidity that will take us on course to bake this planet?
Are you telling me that the “Patriots Network” creates and promotes memes based on quotes that they themselves acknowledge to be fake? I’m struggling to think of anything more stupid.
JD Vance was the smoother speaker, and I thought if you didn’t consider the substance of what was being said, you might conclude that he won the debate. I thought Walz played too nice with him and didn’t call him out for many things. The thing about Vance is that he lies with absolute confidence. There were many questions Vance just didn’t answer, pivoting instead to his talking points.
What amazes me is that what’s at stake here in another four years in which the Unites States could be led by a criminal sociopath. The situation, taken as a whole, couldn’t be any more dire. Yet no one’s even mentioning the elephant in the room.
I guess everyone wants our candidates to behave respectfully and not to use the “C” word (criminal). I don’t think I could refrain myself from saying something like, “Next month, some voters, and we’ll see how many, will go to the polls and cast their ballots for a man whom four separate grand juries, each manned by impartial Americans, handed down indictments including 91 felony counts, including Trump’s attempt to overthrow the U.S. government.
“Did Trump, as Mr. Vance asserts, ‘rescue Obamacare?’ Of course not. That couldn’t be a more obvious lie. In fact, he tried to kill it, with nothing to replace it with other than ‘a concept of a plan.’ But who cares, when we’re talking about electing a man who will soon go on trial for sedition and treason.”
The meme here reminds me of the late, great George Carlin, and his masterpiece explaining why he worships the sun, and not the traditional Judeo-Christian God:
Meat-eaters nowadays seem to have deep-seated emotional issues with vegans, for reasons that remain unclear. Why all this aggression against people who may have compassion for the welfare of other sentient beings. or may be concerned about their own health, or that of the planet as a whole?
I have to admit that some of these arguments are kind of funny, e.g., “Eat beef, because the (American) West wasn’t won on salads.”
But the meme here doesn’t impress me with any of that cleverness, if only because the life expectancy of the cave people of the paleolithic period was roughly 33 years. Our ancestors’ early deaths were principally the result of two things: infection and poor nourishment. Aren’t the burger-lovers happy to be part of the modern era of better nutrition, living longer, healthier lives?
I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve had this conversation with someone.
While it’s true that we can’t stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, we canestablish an energy policy that calls for phasing them out at the maximum feasible rate. We can also use our economic influence around the world to lead the way among other countries, especially those that are less affluent.
The gating factor, of course, is greed. Big Oil will be damned if it’s going to relinquish control of the world energy supply, and its capacity to make obscene levels of profit by baking the planet.
A reader notes: Kari Lake, a senator? Forget it. She is ruined after Fox News reveals crushing polls (now 14 points behind), which means she will get annihilated.
I’m not a political advisor, but it’s possible that she made a mistake by aligning herself with a common criminal like Mike Lindell, the MyPillow guy. Arizona is not unlike many other U.S. states: lots of well educated and affluent people in and around its cities: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Tempe, and the like. On top of that, there are artsy places like Sedona that remind one of Santa Barbara, CA where, try as you might, you really can’t find a Trump supporter.
OK, so does Lindell help or hurt a political figure in this state? Well, keep in mind his position on the 2020 presidential election, which is as follows:
Lindell: I have absolute proof that the election was stolen from Trump.
Journalists: Do you mind sharing that with us?
Lindell: I’d love to, but I can’t.
Might honesty have been a better course for Kari Lake? I don’t know, but again, you’re asking the wrong guy.