Everyone knows that the feds are already insolvent, with spending commitments eight times as much as their revenues. But if you can’t spend money you don’t have on war, what can you spend it on?
What's the possibility that Trump was placed in power to steer the USS Titanic right into the iceberg? Peter Theil, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Sam Altman etc are just waiting in the wings to establish their technocracy after the collapse. Welcome to your 15 minute city with UBI, digital currency, AI control of your medical records and Palentir spying on your every movement. I can see it now - Mr. Jones since you failed to report for your mRNA vaccine you will not be receiving your UBI this month. Or maybe the self checkout machine shouts out - You've already purchased your quota of red meat this month.
Why Trump? Imagine the howls from the MAGA supporters when Larry Ellison as the head of Stargate immediately talked about AI controlling not only of our medical records but providing us with our own personal mRNA vaccines if a Democrat were president. Ditto for Elon Musk talking about a cashless society with Universal Basic Income, robots, etc. Plus Theil is a mentor of JD Vance and donated millions to his Senate campaign. It's basically the same thing that was accomplished by putting Obama in office. Imagine the howls from the left if McCain had won and then bailed out the Banksters and dropped more bombs than Bush.
Sorry Bill, we all know that the US in heavy in debt. I don't see the connection between Carter's poor decision making and Trump's action in Iran. It looks like apples to oranges. The world in much more dangerous today than in Carter's time. At 79, I remember that history. Carter was as dumb as Biden!
Well, I understand the limits of space and time for Bill. BUT its vexing that day in and day out, he INTENTIONALLY butchers history in a faux academic elitist manner and to irk his subscribers and get click bait, and so forth....tedious tiresome and treacherous.
In 1953, under STRONG Soviet influence and infiltration, Iran "elected" in Stalinist style, a COMMUNIST. Alarm bells went off in Washington, having just licked its wounds from Trumans debacle in Korea, and with Vietnam now and all of IndoChina ready to fall into Communist sphere and Mao having been BOLSTERED by Stalin due to the Yalta Conference disaster and so Ike decided, yes IKE....Bills' erstwhile HERO (who suffered from heart disease but was also hidden BIPOLAR DISORDER with a VIOLENT temper and could curse WORSE than TRUMP and once threw a 9 IRON at CLOSE RANGE on Augusta National at John Foster Dulles, intending to KILL HIM, during an argument) to intervene in Iran....using the NEW CIA and others, including Teddy Roosevelts grandson, to "change the regime in a velvet coup" and reinstall the Pahlavi Throne and put the Shah on the THRONE...a brilliant and highly successful move, that paid HUGE dividends for DECADES (including putting the missiles Khrushchev demanded we take down from TURKEY and simply moved them to IRAN!) and The Shah was a great leader and kept the boiling cauldron of religious zealots under wraps, and deported Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini to France (of course, the feckless FRENCH again....BILLS SECOND HOME), and the Shah did business with BOEING, and all our VAST DEFENSE INDUSTRY, helping STABILIZE THE REGION. THEN CAME CARTER, A NICE MAN BUT CLUELESS WONDER AND FOOL IN A SUIT AND WHO GAVE AWAY PANAMA CANAL FOR 1.00 and LET CHINA RUN IT and WHO LOST EVERYTHING IN AFRICA AND ASIA HE TOUCHED AND LATIN AMERICA AS COMMUNISM ROMPED. Then allowed Khomeini BACK INTO IRAN and allowed the Shia to DETHRONE THE SHAH.....and MURDER THE SAVAK who kept them under wraps and control for decades, and PRESTO we got ourselves a MURDEROUS CORRUPT AND EVIL SATANIC REGIME OF EXTREMISTS EVEN THE SAUDIS HATED WITH A PASSION AND The Poor Shah was bouncing around awhile and suffering and finally in desperation was let into the USA (after Carter initially said NO) for treatment under HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS but the SHIA EXTREMISTS HIT US ANYWAY....LATER in 1983 in BEIRUT.
SO BILL GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. OR STOP DISCUSSING HISTORY YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AND ARE TOO LAZY TO RESEARCH OR YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY MUDDYING FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. GOT IT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
God Bless America. May the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY LOOK AFTER AND GUIDE OUR PRESIDENT..a very very tough job under ENORMOUS PRESSURE unlike Bonner who lives the life of Riley.....off subscriptions. Go figure.
He is Lord God Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth and He can bless whatever nations He chooses but we beseech Him to bless us Im American I seek Gods grace snd blessings always What you do is up to you I D C We are greatest nation on earth and founded on religious principles Dont like it? Too bad Take that up with God Happy Easter Octave
Thank you Mr G🙏 but it’s not Carter, Obama, Biden or Bills faults for who they are. As democrats, it’s just a common mental disorder that they all suffer and that is what makes them special.
Once again I am astounded by the seeming naivete of your commentary. As so often before, you make it sound like Trump is a reckless and in many cases flaling head of state. Au contraire! Trump continues to prove that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. He is the only one - perhaps since Regan - who has the courage to call things for they are. NATO, and the UN are organizations (among others) for which the US Provides the bulk of the funding only then to be continuously castigated by our "allies". Time to fish or cut bait. Spending the money Trump has requested is to compensate for the military is compensation for how Biden squandered our weapons, armaments & energy reserves without replenishment. Don't remember your ever protesting as loudly against those erronious actions.
Let's not pretend that NATO, the UN etc are a one-sided trade for the US.
The US provides security and in return gets control of munitions standards, dominance of defence markets, global basing and reach, and a system that favours its economy.
As a wise man (me) once said "be careful what you wish for". If NATO or UN members started paying more, they might want more in return, or worst case for the US, become rivals instead of allies.
What a jackass you are, Bill. 8 lives?? How many dead American Servicemen, in Lebanon in particular, has Iran been responsible for?? Failing to stop a death cult movement in it's infancy results in a lot of... wait for it... death!!!
You seem to imply Carter lost re-election because he chose instead to rescue the hostages. BS!!! He failed miserably, making him the weakest, worst "leader" in US history until Biden came along. Iran released the hostages on the day Reagan was sworn in, because they believed he would do something Carter was too wimpy to do. Too bad the Iranians didn't see that Trump is more like Reagan than most realize. One phone call to Nicolas would have helped them avoid devastation...
Or did Iran release the hostages when Reagan took office as part of a deal? There have been reports that representatives of the Reagan campaign met with Iranian officials reaching some type of deal if Iran delayed the release of the hostages until after the election. Perhaps Iran-Contra was part of that deal.
Iran-Contra was in Reagan's 2nd term. It did involve arms sales to Iran (via Israel) in exchange for hostage release, but that was American hostages held by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Bottom line remains - Reagan got them out and Carter didn't.
Sorry but maybe I've been affected by too much reading. I can't believe that a country of over 350 million citizens is reduced to choosing between such mediocrities as Bush-Kerry, Obama-McCain, Trump-Biden, Trump-Harris. Bill Hicks had a great skit in which the newly elected president has a meeting with the elite and shown a film assassination of JFK from a completely different angle.
Why Trump? He's easy to control, just massage his ego with adulation and fake awards. Plus, there are the Epstein blackmail operation files.
Believing in anything too much can also be a problem. Remember when a certain candidate said if you vote for the other guy you'll end up in a war with Iran. But I never rely on one source to come to a decision. For example, before even considering taking an mRNA vaccine for COVID I read and listened to several scientists who believed that the new vaccine would not stop transmission and was potentially dangerous. Then reports from Italy indicating the average age of those killed by the virus was 85 with multiple comorbidities. Finally I actually read through the Pfizer purchaser agreement which included in Section 5:5 that the purchaser (our esteemed government) acknowledges that the long term effects and efficacy are unknown! Needless to say I never got the shot but watched in amazement as the powers that be extolled the safety and efficacy of the shot.
I think you've been affected by reading too much main stream media (which have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be biased, incompetent and frankly, moronic. But you keep going to that empty well. Because if that's the best you can do, then your intellect is well aligned with all those you read too much.
Sorry to tell you this but I stopped believing in mainstream media way back in the 80s when Operation Mockingbird became known. But why attack my intellect instead of my viewpoints, e.g., If Trump/Biden, Trump/Harris, Obama/McCain, Bush/Kerry or Gore is the best we can do then it's not worth voting.
Or that Trump was the perfect choice to get the MAGA fanboys in board with Larry Ellison's Stargate and your own personal AI medical record control and mRNA vaccines. Or the Tech Bros (Theil, Musk, Altman, etc) move to a 1984 Technocracy with UBI, robots, body monitoring chips, etc.
This business about opening the Strait of Hormuz reminds me of the toll booth in Blazing Saddles. I keep waiting for Trump to say: “Somebody go get a shitload of dimes!”
Carter was an inept president, who upon getting the boot, spent the rest of his life meddling in other countries, presidents, and political causes to try and rehabilitate his pathetic term when he was president. Bill- your BS is so sophomoric.
Carter was a very, very naive person on the world stage whom, on his very best strategic day, could not carry Trump's shoes. Like many of our readers here, we were young and active during the failed Carter administration. We saw the hand wringing and pearl clutching. We saw the stupidity demonstrated by the super flawed attempt to rescue the hostages with cashing helicopters in the desert; oh the ignominy of it all. Bill, to mention Carter and Trump in the same sentence is a travesty, an oxymoron, as well as annachronistic.
Tom, I assume no one means to be a moron, and I would give Bonner a pass if he expressed his viewpoint in an intelligent and factual fashion. Unfortunately, too often he spews his venom on Trump using emotional arguments based on a distortion of the facts. He is also pretentious as he pretends to be a student of history by applying historical events that have absolutely nothing remotely to do with the current situation. If he sees, for example, that Napolean has failed at some battle, he applies it to Trump without explanation except to write that they are both "Big Men". He uses any loose connections to justify his arguments. He must think he is writing to a group of idiots, and from some of the responses on this page, in some cases he is. That's why I've taken a step back and have kept my comments to a minimum. I have utter contempt for him. He no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt. I hope to get to the point where I stop reading him altogether (recently, I have mostly scanned his articles), but I am drawn to reading him as one can be drawn to someone acting out in an insane asylum - what will he do or say next?
Well John I read Bill for the sport in it all. He is the quintessential elitist leftist, and like most of the legacy media, which I include Bill, they twist the truth, use half-baked analogies, and false historical references to support their political views. But John, as I have said in the past, I read Bill so that I may access your views as well many more perspectives, most of which I enjoy and learn from. So, John read on and comment so you can teach, learn and just enjoy the delicious rhetoric.
Tom, I understand. I am slowly extricating myself from Bonner and these replies because both are getting increasingly more unhinged. I haven't made a substantial comment in quite a while and some other good voices have left (e.g., Starboard Edge, Steve L, and others - my apologies to those I can't remember at the moment). It's up to you and a few others to carry the load if you care to.
I think there is some truth that Bonner has become somewhat of an elitist leftist, but I would argue he is more of a libertarian who hates Trump, the latter of which makes him seem leftist. His libertarianism, however, is of the clueless kind. He expects complete fidelity to the free market and limited government. He attacks Trump when that doesn't happen. I too want limited government and a free market within the context of individual rights and a foreign policy of self-interest, and a trade policy based on fair trade. Everything in context, a context that Bonner drops too often.
I've pointed out policies that the Trump administration has enacted that should please Bonner - like deregulation, growing and developing our energy resources (including nuclear), encouraging investments in our manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, etc. so we can be independent from adversaries like China, rejecting the global warming idiocy, working to eliminate fraud from government, etc. I could go on and on. One could argue that it's not perfect, but it is at least happening whereas the alternative (the Socialist Democrat Nihilist Progressive Horde) would result in total destruction of our economy. Bonner doesn't mention any of the positive policies Trump has enacted. His commentary is totally biased. I have nothing but contempt for him.
Very well stated John. You sound like an old warrior who needs to preserve his time, energy and thoughts for more productive and satisfying engagements. God bless
A failed president and then spent all his time trying to rectify it with his meddling in politics, other presidents, other countries as if he was important.
Once again, Bonner relieves himself on his readers. Some like it and ask for more! But today it seems he is getting more pushback than support. I think Bonner has become irrelevant and not worth more than a few sentences in response. But I do appreciate those that go into detail to show that Bill even gets his facts and interpretation of history wrong as well.
If we are discussing history maybe you would like to know that according to the Great Elon's Grok living conditions for the average Iranian vastly improved under Khomeini regime. Infant mortality decreased by 90%, life span increased by 22 years and illiteracy significantly decreased. This is not in support of Khomeini but a criticism of the Shah who amassed a nice fortune during his time as one of our favorite dictators. Since you mentioned history do you know of any dictators who weren't corrupt?
What's the possibility that Trump was placed in power to steer the USS Titanic right into the iceberg? Peter Theil, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Sam Altman etc are just waiting in the wings to establish their technocracy after the collapse. Welcome to your 15 minute city with UBI, digital currency, AI control of your medical records and Palentir spying on your every movement. I can see it now - Mr. Jones since you failed to report for your mRNA vaccine you will not be receiving your UBI this month. Or maybe the self checkout machine shouts out - You've already purchased your quota of red meat this month.
... you seem to believe the position of the president is some sort of clandestine "placement"?
If indeed it were some kind of positioning conspiracy...
Why would "they" choose Trump?
Why not a less controversial and more obliging figure?
Why Trump? Imagine the howls from the MAGA supporters when Larry Ellison as the head of Stargate immediately talked about AI controlling not only of our medical records but providing us with our own personal mRNA vaccines if a Democrat were president. Ditto for Elon Musk talking about a cashless society with Universal Basic Income, robots, etc. Plus Theil is a mentor of JD Vance and donated millions to his Senate campaign. It's basically the same thing that was accomplished by putting Obama in office. Imagine the howls from the left if McCain had won and then bailed out the Banksters and dropped more bombs than Bush.
...but you still imply the POTUS position is "fixed".
"Placed" into the Presidency by "them".
If it were indeed a "conspiracy", why choose a loose cannon.
Why not an obedient patsy?
If "they" can plant positions, why do "they" lose elections?
"They" never lose elections. The crime syndicate grinds on despite who is "elected".
It is the MONEY! Politicians love the money and once it is accepted they are owned. It is simpler and more straightforward than Epstein Island.
2030 is less than 4 years away so, as Chit would say: "back to it, then".
Sorry Bill, we all know that the US in heavy in debt. I don't see the connection between Carter's poor decision making and Trump's action in Iran. It looks like apples to oranges. The world in much more dangerous today than in Carter's time. At 79, I remember that history. Carter was as dumb as Biden!
Jim Marshall
From what i know of Trump and Carter, Carter was the only one of the two that had the misfortune to be honest.
Yup and yup
Well, I understand the limits of space and time for Bill. BUT its vexing that day in and day out, he INTENTIONALLY butchers history in a faux academic elitist manner and to irk his subscribers and get click bait, and so forth....tedious tiresome and treacherous.
In 1953, under STRONG Soviet influence and infiltration, Iran "elected" in Stalinist style, a COMMUNIST. Alarm bells went off in Washington, having just licked its wounds from Trumans debacle in Korea, and with Vietnam now and all of IndoChina ready to fall into Communist sphere and Mao having been BOLSTERED by Stalin due to the Yalta Conference disaster and so Ike decided, yes IKE....Bills' erstwhile HERO (who suffered from heart disease but was also hidden BIPOLAR DISORDER with a VIOLENT temper and could curse WORSE than TRUMP and once threw a 9 IRON at CLOSE RANGE on Augusta National at John Foster Dulles, intending to KILL HIM, during an argument) to intervene in Iran....using the NEW CIA and others, including Teddy Roosevelts grandson, to "change the regime in a velvet coup" and reinstall the Pahlavi Throne and put the Shah on the THRONE...a brilliant and highly successful move, that paid HUGE dividends for DECADES (including putting the missiles Khrushchev demanded we take down from TURKEY and simply moved them to IRAN!) and The Shah was a great leader and kept the boiling cauldron of religious zealots under wraps, and deported Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini to France (of course, the feckless FRENCH again....BILLS SECOND HOME), and the Shah did business with BOEING, and all our VAST DEFENSE INDUSTRY, helping STABILIZE THE REGION. THEN CAME CARTER, A NICE MAN BUT CLUELESS WONDER AND FOOL IN A SUIT AND WHO GAVE AWAY PANAMA CANAL FOR 1.00 and LET CHINA RUN IT and WHO LOST EVERYTHING IN AFRICA AND ASIA HE TOUCHED AND LATIN AMERICA AS COMMUNISM ROMPED. Then allowed Khomeini BACK INTO IRAN and allowed the Shia to DETHRONE THE SHAH.....and MURDER THE SAVAK who kept them under wraps and control for decades, and PRESTO we got ourselves a MURDEROUS CORRUPT AND EVIL SATANIC REGIME OF EXTREMISTS EVEN THE SAUDIS HATED WITH A PASSION AND The Poor Shah was bouncing around awhile and suffering and finally in desperation was let into the USA (after Carter initially said NO) for treatment under HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS but the SHIA EXTREMISTS HIT US ANYWAY....LATER in 1983 in BEIRUT.
SO BILL GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. OR STOP DISCUSSING HISTORY YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AND ARE TOO LAZY TO RESEARCH OR YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY MUDDYING FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. GOT IT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
God Bless America. May the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY LOOK AFTER AND GUIDE OUR PRESIDENT..a very very tough job under ENORMOUS PRESSURE unlike Bonner who lives the life of Riley.....off subscriptions. Go figure.
Why, in particular, should God bless America?
He is Lord God Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth and He can bless whatever nations He chooses but we beseech Him to bless us Im American I seek Gods grace snd blessings always What you do is up to you I D C We are greatest nation on earth and founded on religious principles Dont like it? Too bad Take that up with God Happy Easter Octave
One man's opinion. And I'm sure you know about opinions.
Happy Monday!
You probably also have a problem with saying thank you.
Thank you Mr G🙏 but it’s not Carter, Obama, Biden or Bills faults for who they are. As democrats, it’s just a common mental disorder that they all suffer and that is what makes them special.
Oh! Hell, and damnation, the great bloviator is back.
TDS that’s all I can comment.
Once again I am astounded by the seeming naivete of your commentary. As so often before, you make it sound like Trump is a reckless and in many cases flaling head of state. Au contraire! Trump continues to prove that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. He is the only one - perhaps since Regan - who has the courage to call things for they are. NATO, and the UN are organizations (among others) for which the US Provides the bulk of the funding only then to be continuously castigated by our "allies". Time to fish or cut bait. Spending the money Trump has requested is to compensate for the military is compensation for how Biden squandered our weapons, armaments & energy reserves without replenishment. Don't remember your ever protesting as loudly against those erronious actions.
Use spell check next entry. Please!
And how would correcting those two misspelled words make James' post more spot on than it already is?
Made no comment about content. No issue with it. You missed Presidents name. That's strike three! Degrades "erudition" that's all.
Let's not pretend that NATO, the UN etc are a one-sided trade for the US.
The US provides security and in return gets control of munitions standards, dominance of defence markets, global basing and reach, and a system that favours its economy.
As a wise man (me) once said "be careful what you wish for". If NATO or UN members started paying more, they might want more in return, or worst case for the US, become rivals instead of allies.
What a jackass you are, Bill. 8 lives?? How many dead American Servicemen, in Lebanon in particular, has Iran been responsible for?? Failing to stop a death cult movement in it's infancy results in a lot of... wait for it... death!!!
You seem to imply Carter lost re-election because he chose instead to rescue the hostages. BS!!! He failed miserably, making him the weakest, worst "leader" in US history until Biden came along. Iran released the hostages on the day Reagan was sworn in, because they believed he would do something Carter was too wimpy to do. Too bad the Iranians didn't see that Trump is more like Reagan than most realize. One phone call to Nicolas would have helped them avoid devastation...
Or did Iran release the hostages when Reagan took office as part of a deal? There have been reports that representatives of the Reagan campaign met with Iranian officials reaching some type of deal if Iran delayed the release of the hostages until after the election. Perhaps Iran-Contra was part of that deal.
Iran-Contra was in Reagan's 2nd term. It did involve arms sales to Iran (via Israel) in exchange for hostage release, but that was American hostages held by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Bottom line remains - Reagan got them out and Carter didn't.
Invoking Carter is the last straw. Happy landing on a chocolate bar, y'all. (attribution of the line: Sidney Clare, 1934). Best always. PM
Carter was a sucker... I mean "lollipop"...
Sorry but maybe I've been affected by too much reading. I can't believe that a country of over 350 million citizens is reduced to choosing between such mediocrities as Bush-Kerry, Obama-McCain, Trump-Biden, Trump-Harris. Bill Hicks had a great skit in which the newly elected president has a meeting with the elite and shown a film assassination of JFK from a completely different angle.
Why Trump? He's easy to control, just massage his ego with adulation and fake awards. Plus, there are the Epstein blackmail operation files.
"𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜"
Too much reading is rarely a problem, CA.
Believing too much in what you're reading usually is.
Believing in anything too much can also be a problem. Remember when a certain candidate said if you vote for the other guy you'll end up in a war with Iran. But I never rely on one source to come to a decision. For example, before even considering taking an mRNA vaccine for COVID I read and listened to several scientists who believed that the new vaccine would not stop transmission and was potentially dangerous. Then reports from Italy indicating the average age of those killed by the virus was 85 with multiple comorbidities. Finally I actually read through the Pfizer purchaser agreement which included in Section 5:5 that the purchaser (our esteemed government) acknowledges that the long term effects and efficacy are unknown! Needless to say I never got the shot but watched in amazement as the powers that be extolled the safety and efficacy of the shot.
I came to the same determination you did regarding the Covid vax. Thanks, but no thanks.
I think you've been affected by reading too much main stream media (which have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be biased, incompetent and frankly, moronic. But you keep going to that empty well. Because if that's the best you can do, then your intellect is well aligned with all those you read too much.
Sorry to tell you this but I stopped believing in mainstream media way back in the 80s when Operation Mockingbird became known. But why attack my intellect instead of my viewpoints, e.g., If Trump/Biden, Trump/Harris, Obama/McCain, Bush/Kerry or Gore is the best we can do then it's not worth voting.
Or that Trump was the perfect choice to get the MAGA fanboys in board with Larry Ellison's Stargate and your own personal AI medical record control and mRNA vaccines. Or the Tech Bros (Theil, Musk, Altman, etc) move to a 1984 Technocracy with UBI, robots, body monitoring chips, etc.
This business about opening the Strait of Hormuz reminds me of the toll booth in Blazing Saddles. I keep waiting for Trump to say: “Somebody go get a shitload of dimes!”
The way the "war" is going, I'm not sure that isn't the extent of his "Commander in Chief" advice.
Carter was an inept president, who upon getting the boot, spent the rest of his life meddling in other countries, presidents, and political causes to try and rehabilitate his pathetic term when he was president. Bill- your BS is so sophomoric.
Carter was a very, very naive person on the world stage whom, on his very best strategic day, could not carry Trump's shoes. Like many of our readers here, we were young and active during the failed Carter administration. We saw the hand wringing and pearl clutching. We saw the stupidity demonstrated by the super flawed attempt to rescue the hostages with cashing helicopters in the desert; oh the ignominy of it all. Bill, to mention Carter and Trump in the same sentence is a travesty, an oxymoron, as well as annachronistic.
Well, yes.... it is an oxymoron because Bonner is a moron.
He doesn't mean to be a moron but his elitist ideology puts him in bubble the likes of which resonates agreeable sounds only.
Tom, I assume no one means to be a moron, and I would give Bonner a pass if he expressed his viewpoint in an intelligent and factual fashion. Unfortunately, too often he spews his venom on Trump using emotional arguments based on a distortion of the facts. He is also pretentious as he pretends to be a student of history by applying historical events that have absolutely nothing remotely to do with the current situation. If he sees, for example, that Napolean has failed at some battle, he applies it to Trump without explanation except to write that they are both "Big Men". He uses any loose connections to justify his arguments. He must think he is writing to a group of idiots, and from some of the responses on this page, in some cases he is. That's why I've taken a step back and have kept my comments to a minimum. I have utter contempt for him. He no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt. I hope to get to the point where I stop reading him altogether (recently, I have mostly scanned his articles), but I am drawn to reading him as one can be drawn to someone acting out in an insane asylum - what will he do or say next?
Well John I read Bill for the sport in it all. He is the quintessential elitist leftist, and like most of the legacy media, which I include Bill, they twist the truth, use half-baked analogies, and false historical references to support their political views. But John, as I have said in the past, I read Bill so that I may access your views as well many more perspectives, most of which I enjoy and learn from. So, John read on and comment so you can teach, learn and just enjoy the delicious rhetoric.
Tom, I understand. I am slowly extricating myself from Bonner and these replies because both are getting increasingly more unhinged. I haven't made a substantial comment in quite a while and some other good voices have left (e.g., Starboard Edge, Steve L, and others - my apologies to those I can't remember at the moment). It's up to you and a few others to carry the load if you care to.
I think there is some truth that Bonner has become somewhat of an elitist leftist, but I would argue he is more of a libertarian who hates Trump, the latter of which makes him seem leftist. His libertarianism, however, is of the clueless kind. He expects complete fidelity to the free market and limited government. He attacks Trump when that doesn't happen. I too want limited government and a free market within the context of individual rights and a foreign policy of self-interest, and a trade policy based on fair trade. Everything in context, a context that Bonner drops too often.
I've pointed out policies that the Trump administration has enacted that should please Bonner - like deregulation, growing and developing our energy resources (including nuclear), encouraging investments in our manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, etc. so we can be independent from adversaries like China, rejecting the global warming idiocy, working to eliminate fraud from government, etc. I could go on and on. One could argue that it's not perfect, but it is at least happening whereas the alternative (the Socialist Democrat Nihilist Progressive Horde) would result in total destruction of our economy. Bonner doesn't mention any of the positive policies Trump has enacted. His commentary is totally biased. I have nothing but contempt for him.
Very well stated John. You sound like an old warrior who needs to preserve his time, energy and thoughts for more productive and satisfying engagements. God bless
A failed president and then spent all his time trying to rectify it with his meddling in politics, other presidents, other countries as if he was important.
Once again, Bonner relieves himself on his readers. Some like it and ask for more! But today it seems he is getting more pushback than support. I think Bonner has become irrelevant and not worth more than a few sentences in response. But I do appreciate those that go into detail to show that Bill even gets his facts and interpretation of history wrong as well.
I truly like it and wait for more…his history lessons are always interesting and informative
If we are discussing history maybe you would like to know that according to the Great Elon's Grok living conditions for the average Iranian vastly improved under Khomeini regime. Infant mortality decreased by 90%, life span increased by 22 years and illiteracy significantly decreased. This is not in support of Khomeini but a criticism of the Shah who amassed a nice fortune during his time as one of our favorite dictators. Since you mentioned history do you know of any dictators who weren't corrupt?
"War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it."
- George Orwell
And then there's this: https://mileswmathis.com/iran.pdf
Otherwise