As we approach the one-quarter mark in the 21st Century, it appears that the only real trend in American society is its growing ignorance.
We’re not becoming more considerate drivers, kinder to others, more athletic, or better parents. But, as shown here, we are capable of beliefs that have zero thinking behind them.
Unfortunately, the meme hear is incorrect. Yes, the flags on the left are flown almost exclusively by Trump supporters, but at least nine out of ten Americans who display the flag on the right also support the former president.
This is one of dozens of deeply disappointing aspects to current-day U.S. politics.
Whenever I see examples of government waste, I’m reminded of the fact that, if we were able to eliminate or at least reduce that waste, we could put music back in our public schools. What a fantastic investment that would be in the future of our communities.
Among other things, music helps in teaching math–at many different levels: counting, fractions, even exponents. I recall helping my son write an essay which we ultimately called “Me and You and the 12th Root of Two.” (As it turns out, 1 : 2^(1/12) is the ratio of the frequency of any two neighboring tones on a musical instrument.)
But more generally, children who study music perform better in school and have better social skills and empathy for others. Music education nurtures creativity and helps kids in expressing their emotions and managing anxiety.
We can do this.
The one constant to Trump’s campaign is the torrent of lies he spreads to the effect that the United States is failing as a nation, and that this is the result of gross mismanagement, incompetence, and corruption on the part of the Biden administration.
Now, if these lies did no real harm to the American people, I think most people would be content to write them off as part of the former president’s psychopathology as a human being. After all, he told more that 30,000 documented lies in four years in office; what’s another handful?
The problem resides in the fact that these falsehoods are far from benign little fibs; they have horrible consequences to real people, like:
• The folks in Springfield, OH who are dealing with the crap concerning the Haitian people’s eating their pets.
• (As shown at left) The people of Aurora, CO, who need to establish the truth, i.e., that their local government officials have not allowed Venezuelan gangs to overwhelm their city with violent crime.
• FEMA officials have not stolen or otherwise misused the national emergency funds that were allocated to them to repair the damage caused by the recent hurricanes.
Each of these stories is entirely fictitious, designed to help Trump at the expense of hard-working, honest civil servants.
From Engine Patrol:
It’s not completely clear where working class Americans are getting their information, but it’s obvious they’re being misled.
Wish this weren’t the case.
It’s a good bet that most progressives are connected, somehow in their lives, to Republicans who still support Trump. That said, as suggested in the meme here, that number is dwindling.
So many of the GOP faithful have simply seen enough–of the stupidity, the lies, the criminality, and most of all the threat to our democracy,
Re: the meme here, Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott writes:
BMW will go out of business if they give up on EVs and try to make fuel cell cars. If you think charging infrastructure isn’t ubiquitous enough yet, try finding a station that sells H2. But the real kicker is that it takes considerably more energy to acquire H2 than you would use by just charging a battery. Plus you can generate electricity on your roof to power your home and car. I’ve been doing exactly that for 22 years. The only way to get H2 is to buy it from an oil company.
Yes, Paul, completely correct. This is an example of the “fake news” we see all around us. As our educational standards continue to decline, we’re approaching a point at which Americans will believe anything and political actors like Donald Trump are able to transform our nation into a third-world country.
BMW has done an excellent job in the EV space, and has no plans to make any strategic changes in its drive-train platforms–and certainly not in the hydrogen space.
From BMW’s most recent report on the matter:
We already provide our customers with an extensive range of all-electric, battery-powered vehicles (BEV). In 2023, another high-volume model, the all-electric BMW i5 business sedan, went on sale. MINI presented the new all-electric MINI Cooper SE to the public during the year under report. The Rolls-Royce brand launched its first all-electric model, the Rolls-Royce Spectre, in 2023. In 2024, the BMW Group will have a BEV option in virtually all its main segments. There will be more than 15 fully-electric models across all BMW Group brands on the market this year.
What scares me most about Trump isn’t that he’s capable of fascistic thoughts like these. We’ve all seen him in action here, and this comes as no real surprise.
What’s most terrifying about our current-day politics is that, if he loses, Trump will want to bring out the military to hunt down all the “radical left lunatics” who beat him in a “rigged election,” and that he’ll be supported by tens of millions of heavily armed Americans.
I just ran across this bumper sticker, but I’m having trouble figuring out what it means. Here are a few suggestions.
The rules have changed in that:
1) Now someone, in this case a former president, can be indicted, tried and convicted of felony charges for crimes like business fraud, incitement of an insurrection, theft of classified government documents, and conspiracy to overthrow the United States federal government.
2) If one side loses, it can claim, without a shred of evidence, that the voting was rigged against them.
3) This country may be on the brink of ridding itself of the electoral college, which would eliminate the advantage that candidates have in states with a tiny population, like Wyoming, the Dakotas, etc.
I’m honestly struggling to understand this.
