In a country the size of the US, ‘the people’ are far too remote from Washington to have any real influence on it. That’s why state governments tend to do less harm than the federales.
I find this hard to understand - "On the weekend, Americans were still reeling from the discovery that their President... the man with the nuclear codes... is senile. And as we guessed last month, the insiders are scurrying around to find a replacement."
How can anybody NOT have seen this before - especially the insiders. It can't be a "surprise" or a "shock" to anyone awake. And, if it is true - then America has become a Banana Republic and a third world sh*thole.
They had precisely the sweet deal they wanted when Biden was sworn in, and yes they knew then of his advancing senility, possibly dementia, before he was nominated in 2020. They were going to have a puppet who would agree with everything they told him to do, sign everything they put in front of him, no questions asked. The perfect front man, like a lightning rod in a storm, if the storm would come. It may finally have arrived. In the meantime whoever the real President was, likely someone in “sweats sitting in the basement”, could rule and ruin America with impunity, without a whit of accountability. But 4 years in the situation has certainly become a bit more difficult to manage, mainly with the public, and the handwriting is on the wall regarding the next 4 years. So we’re going to get a swap-out. This certainly had to have been an anticipated option, perhaps it was the plan all along.
As for the American people, many exemplified by my friends who watch MSNBC and listen to NPR to keep them informed, they were clueless as to Biden’s true condition until the debate. None of the outtakes and stumbling speeches and egregious senior moments had been aired on the major networks or discussed in print during Biden’s tenure to date. We who view and listen to alternate media have had a constant stream of Biden’s incapacity and unfitness during that the last 3+ years. They have had none of it. I stopped being amazed and chagrined regarding the entire breadth and scope of “How could they not know?”, a question which covers nearly everything under the sun in the world we find ourselves in. I have many left/liberal friends that I have known for decades. I know exactly how and why they don’t know. They live in an alternate reality, what Rod Serling called “the twilight zone.”
Yes Brien, we all have those leftist/liberal friends we have known for decades, and have seen the gradual decline in their mental health. Most were physically, emotionally or sexually abused as children, and their behaviors and beliefs are a consequence of such abuse. Others are the product of severe self inflicted trauma, such as heavy drug or alcohol abuse. Either way, liberalism is an evident mental disorder, and our current democrat party, and those who support it are the perfect example of this truth.
100% Brien, it seems amazing that so many "intelligent" people missed Biden's clear slide into senility for so long; despite it being absolutely obvious to anyone who's dealt with ageing relatives who have drawn the same short straw what was happening. You have to give it to the main stream press though - within minutes of the debate ending the narrative was changed, which has me now totally convinced it's a plan, because as I was watching him throughout the debate it seemed to me fairly normal by his standards of late. So I was probably more taken aback by the almost universal condemnation of his performance from the left wing pundits - they simply could not have not known, yet they all started singing from the same hymn sheet almost instantaneously. Coincidence? I don't think so. I really do wonder what rabbit is to be pulled of the hat now. Still, they managed to get Biden and Harris in there in the first place, so maybe it will be a case of reaping what you sow
I agree , they hope they could push his carcass over the finish line with a wind and control everything for another four years. As you said "pathetic." I am a small government person and boldly. We don't leave more laws, but given the examples about President out incompetency. Shouldn't it be a crime to hide that?
Geez! It’s a great day. I find myself liking every comment.
The capacity of people to avoid reality is mind boggling. Maybe, we all live in a “Truman” world. Actually, that is what the legacy press creates. Every weather event is a disaster of global warming. They even have me believing that January 6, was an insurrection.
Elvis has a heart attack on the can, and Woodrow Wilson has a stroke. Fortune turns on a dime or a trip to the john? All of us do it; every time henceforth creeps in the question: is THIS the one that gets me? Best always. PM
PM, I think the key there is the effort to evacuate--ie., "the push" that puts so much pressure on the vascular system. Lesson: eat plenty of fiber, and Metamucil daily. Lol
Another "aha" moment reading Bill Bonner. Not the Biden part. That, everyone could see for themselves. The bit about taxes.
"Taxes are something that ‘the people’ understand. And a politician who raised taxes risked his career. But after the feds switched to fake, credit-based money, the insiders could print money and borrow it themselves -- spending without having to raise taxes."
Absolutely brilliant observation.
That's why US politicians can promise the stars, and deliver their constituents deficits.
That's why US politicians can give money to programs that they never spoke about during their campaigns, but literally pulled out of their (gl)asses like rabbits once they are entrenched in the system.
That's why US politicians can promise tax reductions to the populace during their run ups to office. It won't matter. Because the government will simply print whatever funds they need at the end of the day to make up the difference.
And then pat themselves on the back for a great campaign strategy!
And that's why this entire experiment is doomed to failure.
No accountability.
No intention to EVER repay its debtors.
No intention to ever stop the printing press madness.
Until one fateful day, when a run on the banks, one bank at a time, brings the whole thing down.
Luke, Excellent summary. And you have to wonder if the Globalist Elite, who run the show from the shadows, want Pres. Trump to return, as well as the GOP running the Congress (with narrow margins in the House & Senate). The fed. govt.'s deficit has been pushed up to $1.9T for Y2024, continuing to pacify a majority of U.S. voters. Then can Pres. Trump and a GOP Congress substantially reduce that deficit (and anger millions of voters) or would they believe they have to match it to stay in power? If they did, $1.9T/yr. over four years, enticing the private sector to go more heavily into debt, and thus substantially push up inflation. This could bring the Dems back to power in 2029, and push it up even higher, like a poker game (see you and raise you) that spirals out of control.
I agree with so much of what Bill says. Where we seem to disagree is our attitude about a majority of the American people. Bill seems to think they are mostly responsible about money, but are regularly hoodwinked by folks running for office. I blame a majority of the American people for the financial mess, and believe this is simply reflected by elected officials. The debt drug is more additive than any other drug. It has become so easy for Americans to simply charge it; to push the problem down the road until the system explodes.
“World politics was to him a game of chess played on a hundred boards simultaneously. But he had no wish to be a player, still less a pawn, the head of a pawn, the base of a pawn. . . . His ambition was to be a mere spectator, to savor the game at ease in his pajamas and old-fashioned rocking chair in a book-lined room." Solzhenitsyn, In The First Circle. If you want to understand The US, human nature and the state of affairs… a must read, and excellent read, a prophetic read.
History records that the Apostle John, when he was an old man in Ephesus, had to be carried to the church by his disciples. At these meetings he was accustomed to say no more than, "Little children, love one another! After a time, the disciples wearied at always hearing the same words and they asked, "Master, why do you always say this?" "It is the Lord's command," was his reply. "And if this alone be done, it is enough!"
Joe’s ambition and declining capacity made him putty in the hands of handlers who have a different vision for Amerika. He has been exactly as the “Dr.” ordered.
As someone who lives across the bigger ditch and views only from afar, I am always drawn to read the comments following BeeBee's daily missive. You guys provide a fascinating insight to life in "Merica". As John Cadogan calls it. As is evident by the comments, almost all people who comment and presumably read the articles are conservative in nature. I fear that if the converted are the only ones who read the pieces then Substack truly is a gift only to itself.
How then, do we get the"young" to read these missives. Perhaps a daily reading by a BPR 'celebrity' on TikTok. At least then they wouldn't have to actually read it, they could just listen in their safe space and squeeze their favourite toy everytime they were "triggered".
Before the "young" can be converted, they first must fail. It is government's mission to prevent that failure, lest their constituency be converted. So, it becomes a race to see which fails first, the "young" or the government. In the meantime, we decline apace. Best always. PM
So I ask the proles: No matter what you think, what you want, or why you want it, why would Washington change anything for you?? And I beg of you, Please don't forget to vote!
BB: I’m still waiting for you full discloser on Trump. Yes, Biden had a bad night, but Trump didn’t do too well himself. Still tells his many lies. He’s not believable. He’s not our savior. Retribution will be Trump's calling card.
Trump was in full reveal: He didn't answer any question and what he did say was a distortion of the truth or illogical palaver. He continues to believe a tariff is a tax paid by the foreign exporter; not by the US importer.
Hate to burst your bubble Dorothy, but they both lied like bloody great flatfish- it's what politicians do. I don't like it but it doesn't matter what I like.
Biden did not simply have a bad night. He revealed to his supporters that he is not competent to run a hot dog stand let alone the presidency. Trump is a jackass but at least you can understand him when he talks. I’m t leaving the presidential portion of my ballot blank.
BTW please tell me the Utube video I saw the other day of people in a US City so messed up on a cocktail of horse tranquilizer and fentanyl they simply stood, bent over on the streets, was actually fake news?
And idiots ask me why I hold so much contempt towards the democratic cult of ignorance and evil. The above video is a common occurrence in most Democratic cities, and a major reason these most disgusting humans are constantly elected and re-elected in these cities and states. They are the criminal creators of this insanity, and the cause of America’s demise….
I watched the video, and, sadly, I wasn't shocked. Scenes such as this can be seen in any "large" city in the country. In fact, I've seen much worse than what is presented in this video. What we are seeing is the result of government vote-buying disguised as welfare programs. It's why we have $35 trillion in debt, and there's no coming back from it. Best always. PM
Shocked! No my brother Paul, just horribly sickened by this truth. Same for my adventure through the new Obama medical world we now endure. I’m not Shocked by the insanity and apathy of these practitioners, but horrified that this was Created by men and women whose only goal is power. Willing to sacrifice others and destroy their own country, just for their insatiable lust for power. The New Democrat. The Old Communist. The exact same pile of corrupt and evil shit 💩
Probably not fake, Merica is surely a crazy place!
And a solution for Biden if he had any wits at all. From the Supreme Court
"Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune," Sotomayor wrote.
You called it last month, Bill. Only reason to put him at the podium was to let him fail. Seems too late for a viable run by a different Dem. In his and his family’s selfish desire to hold power, they have perversely opened the door for the opponent to return to the Oval Office.
Seems like good old fashioned Hegelian Dialectic, or problem, reaction, solution. I’m sure you know this has been In the planning the day they stole the election and placed the puppet in power. Lots of interesting days ahead my friends, so be prepared and sit back and enjoy the newest Netflix Reality series…America’s End🤔
Not sure what to make of it. We need to reverse the relentless growth of the government. But doing so in a manner that creates chaos won’t be helpful. So the “how” becomes extremely important…and unintended consequences need to be considered.
I agree with him on immigration, I agree fiscally, agree justice has to be restored, the deep warfare state destroyed .There is not much that I don’t agree with. I don’t view it as chaos but cleansing the chaos. It is a fight for the very survival of America; a fight that must be won. I read Brooke’s pre Trump and thought he was rational. Now, I detest the man, if you want his idea of America, you got it. If you want the Washington, Lincoln or Both Roosevelt’s idea, you have to fight for it, no reservations.
I believe Douglas Adams parodied tge choice voters have on both sides of tge pond this year with Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Galaxy:
"The President in particular is very much a figurehead—he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. Very very few people realize that the President and the Government have virtually no power at all, and of these few people only six know whence ultimate power is wielded."
And even .ore prophetic for Biden:
"He tapped irritably at a control panel. Trillian quietly moved his hand before he tapped anything important. Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason he had had such a successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did."
I find this hard to understand - "On the weekend, Americans were still reeling from the discovery that their President... the man with the nuclear codes... is senile. And as we guessed last month, the insiders are scurrying around to find a replacement."
How can anybody NOT have seen this before - especially the insiders. It can't be a "surprise" or a "shock" to anyone awake. And, if it is true - then America has become a Banana Republic and a third world sh*thole.
They had precisely the sweet deal they wanted when Biden was sworn in, and yes they knew then of his advancing senility, possibly dementia, before he was nominated in 2020. They were going to have a puppet who would agree with everything they told him to do, sign everything they put in front of him, no questions asked. The perfect front man, like a lightning rod in a storm, if the storm would come. It may finally have arrived. In the meantime whoever the real President was, likely someone in “sweats sitting in the basement”, could rule and ruin America with impunity, without a whit of accountability. But 4 years in the situation has certainly become a bit more difficult to manage, mainly with the public, and the handwriting is on the wall regarding the next 4 years. So we’re going to get a swap-out. This certainly had to have been an anticipated option, perhaps it was the plan all along.
As for the American people, many exemplified by my friends who watch MSNBC and listen to NPR to keep them informed, they were clueless as to Biden’s true condition until the debate. None of the outtakes and stumbling speeches and egregious senior moments had been aired on the major networks or discussed in print during Biden’s tenure to date. We who view and listen to alternate media have had a constant stream of Biden’s incapacity and unfitness during that the last 3+ years. They have had none of it. I stopped being amazed and chagrined regarding the entire breadth and scope of “How could they not know?”, a question which covers nearly everything under the sun in the world we find ourselves in. I have many left/liberal friends that I have known for decades. I know exactly how and why they don’t know. They live in an alternate reality, what Rod Serling called “the twilight zone.”
Yes Brien, we all have those leftist/liberal friends we have known for decades, and have seen the gradual decline in their mental health. Most were physically, emotionally or sexually abused as children, and their behaviors and beliefs are a consequence of such abuse. Others are the product of severe self inflicted trauma, such as heavy drug or alcohol abuse. Either way, liberalism is an evident mental disorder, and our current democrat party, and those who support it are the perfect example of this truth.
100% Brien, it seems amazing that so many "intelligent" people missed Biden's clear slide into senility for so long; despite it being absolutely obvious to anyone who's dealt with ageing relatives who have drawn the same short straw what was happening. You have to give it to the main stream press though - within minutes of the debate ending the narrative was changed, which has me now totally convinced it's a plan, because as I was watching him throughout the debate it seemed to me fairly normal by his standards of late. So I was probably more taken aback by the almost universal condemnation of his performance from the left wing pundits - they simply could not have not known, yet they all started singing from the same hymn sheet almost instantaneously. Coincidence? I don't think so. I really do wonder what rabbit is to be pulled of the hat now. Still, they managed to get Biden and Harris in there in the first place, so maybe it will be a case of reaping what you sow
An Ol, I’ve heard that somewhere before 🤔
...what the voters had asked for had nothing to do with it.
"… Democracy only works on a small scale. “Beyond the herald’s cry,” as Aristotle put it, the elites take over.
Bill summarizes again, and again and again, of necessity in order to counteract the presstitutes' continuous howl of balderdash.
5 of Wooden's 8 rules for success are repetition.
Thank you, Bill.
None of this new. Hundreds of close advisors KNEW Biden was having issues with his “train of thought”.
My question is “why” did they think that he could be President for four more years.
Is the Democrat party so lacking in talented leadership that they had no choice.
And felt it more important than the United States of America. I.e. Retaining power was MORE important than the entire country?
Just pathetic!
I agree , they hope they could push his carcass over the finish line with a wind and control everything for another four years. As you said "pathetic." I am a small government person and boldly. We don't leave more laws, but given the examples about President out incompetency. Shouldn't it be a crime to hide that?
Yes, it should.
Just add it to the long, long list...
Geez! It’s a great day. I find myself liking every comment.
The capacity of people to avoid reality is mind boggling. Maybe, we all live in a “Truman” world. Actually, that is what the legacy press creates. Every weather event is a disaster of global warming. They even have me believing that January 6, was an insurrection.
😂😂😂😂😂
So, was Joan Quigley our Rasputin?
Elvis has a heart attack on the can, and Woodrow Wilson has a stroke. Fortune turns on a dime or a trip to the john? All of us do it; every time henceforth creeps in the question: is THIS the one that gets me? Best always. PM
PM, I think the key there is the effort to evacuate--ie., "the push" that puts so much pressure on the vascular system. Lesson: eat plenty of fiber, and Metamucil daily. Lol
"On the weekend, Americans were still reeling from the discovery that their President... the man with the nuclear codes... is senile."
Careful Bill. If he sues you for libel in NY, he is likely to win!
In NY, it wouldn’t matter what the truth of the situation is.
😂😂
Another "aha" moment reading Bill Bonner. Not the Biden part. That, everyone could see for themselves. The bit about taxes.
"Taxes are something that ‘the people’ understand. And a politician who raised taxes risked his career. But after the feds switched to fake, credit-based money, the insiders could print money and borrow it themselves -- spending without having to raise taxes."
Absolutely brilliant observation.
That's why US politicians can promise the stars, and deliver their constituents deficits.
That's why US politicians can give money to programs that they never spoke about during their campaigns, but literally pulled out of their (gl)asses like rabbits once they are entrenched in the system.
That's why US politicians can promise tax reductions to the populace during their run ups to office. It won't matter. Because the government will simply print whatever funds they need at the end of the day to make up the difference.
And then pat themselves on the back for a great campaign strategy!
And that's why this entire experiment is doomed to failure.
No accountability.
No intention to EVER repay its debtors.
No intention to ever stop the printing press madness.
Until one fateful day, when a run on the banks, one bank at a time, brings the whole thing down.
Luke, Excellent summary. And you have to wonder if the Globalist Elite, who run the show from the shadows, want Pres. Trump to return, as well as the GOP running the Congress (with narrow margins in the House & Senate). The fed. govt.'s deficit has been pushed up to $1.9T for Y2024, continuing to pacify a majority of U.S. voters. Then can Pres. Trump and a GOP Congress substantially reduce that deficit (and anger millions of voters) or would they believe they have to match it to stay in power? If they did, $1.9T/yr. over four years, enticing the private sector to go more heavily into debt, and thus substantially push up inflation. This could bring the Dems back to power in 2029, and push it up even higher, like a poker game (see you and raise you) that spirals out of control.
I agree with so much of what Bill says. Where we seem to disagree is our attitude about a majority of the American people. Bill seems to think they are mostly responsible about money, but are regularly hoodwinked by folks running for office. I blame a majority of the American people for the financial mess, and believe this is simply reflected by elected officials. The debt drug is more additive than any other drug. It has become so easy for Americans to simply charge it; to push the problem down the road until the system explodes.
“World politics was to him a game of chess played on a hundred boards simultaneously. But he had no wish to be a player, still less a pawn, the head of a pawn, the base of a pawn. . . . His ambition was to be a mere spectator, to savor the game at ease in his pajamas and old-fashioned rocking chair in a book-lined room." Solzhenitsyn, In The First Circle. If you want to understand The US, human nature and the state of affairs… a must read, and excellent read, a prophetic read.
“The ruthless always win.”
History records that the Apostle John, when he was an old man in Ephesus, had to be carried to the church by his disciples. At these meetings he was accustomed to say no more than, "Little children, love one another! After a time, the disciples wearied at always hearing the same words and they asked, "Master, why do you always say this?" "It is the Lord's command," was his reply. "And if this alone be done, it is enough!"
Have a blessed day all!
"Young John, who trimmed the flapping sail, homeless in Patmos died.
Peter, who hauled the teeming net, head-down was crucified."
From "They Cast Their Nets in Galilee" W.A. Percy 1924
Joe’s ambition and declining capacity made him putty in the hands of handlers who have a different vision for Amerika. He has been exactly as the “Dr.” ordered.
As someone who lives across the bigger ditch and views only from afar, I am always drawn to read the comments following BeeBee's daily missive. You guys provide a fascinating insight to life in "Merica". As John Cadogan calls it. As is evident by the comments, almost all people who comment and presumably read the articles are conservative in nature. I fear that if the converted are the only ones who read the pieces then Substack truly is a gift only to itself.
How then, do we get the"young" to read these missives. Perhaps a daily reading by a BPR 'celebrity' on TikTok. At least then they wouldn't have to actually read it, they could just listen in their safe space and squeeze their favourite toy everytime they were "triggered".
Straya
Before the "young" can be converted, they first must fail. It is government's mission to prevent that failure, lest their constituency be converted. So, it becomes a race to see which fails first, the "young" or the government. In the meantime, we decline apace. Best always. PM
So I ask the proles: No matter what you think, what you want, or why you want it, why would Washington change anything for you?? And I beg of you, Please don't forget to vote!
BB: I’m still waiting for you full discloser on Trump. Yes, Biden had a bad night, but Trump didn’t do too well himself. Still tells his many lies. He’s not believable. He’s not our savior. Retribution will be Trump's calling card.
Trump was in full reveal: He didn't answer any question and what he did say was a distortion of the truth or illogical palaver. He continues to believe a tariff is a tax paid by the foreign exporter; not by the US importer.
Hate to burst your bubble Dorothy, but they both lied like bloody great flatfish- it's what politicians do. I don't like it but it doesn't matter what I like.
Biden did not simply have a bad night. He revealed to his supporters that he is not competent to run a hot dog stand let alone the presidency. Trump is a jackass but at least you can understand him when he talks. I’m t leaving the presidential portion of my ballot blank.
TD: How sad!
What’s sad Dorothy is that neither candidate is worth voting for. If Trump wins I will be happy to see the left get what’s coming to them.
TD: And what would that be??
You tell me. You are the person who said retribution would be his calling card. What did you mean?
Touche. Best always. PM
TD: To get even with anyone that disagreed with him( Trump).
BTW please tell me the Utube video I saw the other day of people in a US City so messed up on a cocktail of horse tranquilizer and fentanyl they simply stood, bent over on the streets, was actually fake news?
Yes David, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5AeGKSDVdE&pp=ygUga2Vuc2luZ3RvbiBhdmUgcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhIGxpdmU%3D
And idiots ask me why I hold so much contempt towards the democratic cult of ignorance and evil. The above video is a common occurrence in most Democratic cities, and a major reason these most disgusting humans are constantly elected and re-elected in these cities and states. They are the criminal creators of this insanity, and the cause of America’s demise….
I watched the video, and, sadly, I wasn't shocked. Scenes such as this can be seen in any "large" city in the country. In fact, I've seen much worse than what is presented in this video. What we are seeing is the result of government vote-buying disguised as welfare programs. It's why we have $35 trillion in debt, and there's no coming back from it. Best always. PM
Shocked! No my brother Paul, just horribly sickened by this truth. Same for my adventure through the new Obama medical world we now endure. I’m not Shocked by the insanity and apathy of these practitioners, but horrified that this was Created by men and women whose only goal is power. Willing to sacrifice others and destroy their own country, just for their insatiable lust for power. The New Democrat. The Old Communist. The exact same pile of corrupt and evil shit 💩
So, so far to come back from this Steve. Ray Dalio thinks it will be sorted out soon, for better or worse. Take care mate...
Probably not fake, Merica is surely a crazy place!
And a solution for Biden if he had any wits at all. From the Supreme Court
"Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune," Sotomayor wrote.
Like I said, crazy place ha ha.
Maybe Sotomayor is the one who's crazy.
Hey David. I believe it’s Philadelphia.
Cheaper toilet paper means more people are not wiping their ass.
America ran out of toilet paper during the plandemic because so many were full of shit 💩 💩💩
You hit the Bullseye with that one! Double Whammy!
😂
Where you been? That’s what old socks are for.
You called it last month, Bill. Only reason to put him at the podium was to let him fail. Seems too late for a viable run by a different Dem. In his and his family’s selfish desire to hold power, they have perversely opened the door for the opponent to return to the Oval Office.
Seems like good old fashioned Hegelian Dialectic, or problem, reaction, solution. I’m sure you know this has been In the planning the day they stole the election and placed the puppet in power. Lots of interesting days ahead my friends, so be prepared and sit back and enjoy the newest Netflix Reality series…America’s End🤔
The donkey party goers never waver from a Cloward–Piven political strategy.
Spot on GF! Events are so much easier to comprehend through that perspective..
Just finished reading David Brooks fascinating interview with Steve Bannon in the NYT. We live in interesting times...buckle up.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/opinion/steve-bannon-trump.html
Agent 22
I read the interview, also some of the one sided comments.
It would be interesting to know your take.
Not sure what to make of it. We need to reverse the relentless growth of the government. But doing so in a manner that creates chaos won’t be helpful. So the “how” becomes extremely important…and unintended consequences need to be considered.
I agree with him on immigration, I agree fiscally, agree justice has to be restored, the deep warfare state destroyed .There is not much that I don’t agree with. I don’t view it as chaos but cleansing the chaos. It is a fight for the very survival of America; a fight that must be won. I read Brooke’s pre Trump and thought he was rational. Now, I detest the man, if you want his idea of America, you got it. If you want the Washington, Lincoln or Both Roosevelt’s idea, you have to fight for it, no reservations.
Steve that made me laugh out loud! I know I should not laugh, but this situation is beyond belief! I never ever ever thought I would see this.
I believe Douglas Adams parodied tge choice voters have on both sides of tge pond this year with Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Galaxy:
"The President in particular is very much a figurehead—he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. Very very few people realize that the President and the Government have virtually no power at all, and of these few people only six know whence ultimate power is wielded."
And even .ore prophetic for Biden:
"He tapped irritably at a control panel. Trillian quietly moved his hand before he tapped anything important. Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason he had had such a successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did."
Who needs the Greeks and Romans?