"The Future is Socialism - Or Nothing!
United
we stand divided we fall. --
ancient proverb
The truth shall set you free. --
Jesus
Deja Vu all over Again
Never give a sucker an even break. --W. C. Fields
New entries to the OED:
trirus
: n. trirus (scientific
name: Trumpus stupicanous)
is a very insidious and
pernicious viral
infection. It is the
greatest threat to public health
and safety currently in
America. It has no known
cure and a vaccine is
desperately needed. It
turns its victims into trombies.
trombie:
n. A trombie is an
otherwise normal, sensible,
intelligent person who trirus
has rendered brain-dead to all
things negative regarding
Trump: It's all fake news
and St. Donald can do no
wrong. "What, me worry?"
My fervent hopes that the
plague of Trumpism was on the
wane have been dashed.
Trirus runs rampant throughout
the land, and more swarms of
trombies swarm out of the
woodwork daily. Trump may
well pull off a Grover Cleveland
come November. God save
us, Lord have mercy, forgive
them Father for they know not
what they do.
Education: You Get What You Pay (or don't Pay) For
"You get what you pay for" is one of the great American half-truths (i.e. it's also a half-lie). The Truth: you always get what you pay for. The Lie: The implied what you pay for is quality. In reality you often pay for everything but quality (i.e. expensive salaries, commissions, advertizing, etc.).
Conversly, you also "don't get
what you don't pay for."
If you don't pay for efficient
effective education, you don't
get adults who can think
clearly, read critically, and
analyze facts logically.
Rather, you get adults who
believe in Santa Claus, the
Tooth Fairy, and Donald Trump.
You also get adults who don't
appreciate that cause and effect
don't necessarily happen
together. There is often a
time lag between the two.
Current administrations often
get blamed (and sometimes get
the credit) for things that
previous administrations
started.
Republican trombies (yes, I appreciate that I am being redundant) screamingly blame Biden for inflation. But--it was Trump who adamantly drove interest rates to near zero. (Hell, he even wanted negative interest rates.) What's the well known danger of driving interest rates to zero? Runaway inflation.
I also hold Trump responsible for the war in Ukraine. He made it obvious that he and Vlad were best buds. So who can blame Putin for thinking he could take back Ukraine (a nation of immense resources) and the US would do nothing? I'm sure Putin was shocked when, despite Russia's best efforts, Trump lost in 2020. But plans had already been made, and Putin couldn't abandon them without losing face. Bad Vlad, poor Ukraine.
Donald Trump, the "gift" that keeps on giving. We will be paying for Trump's legacy for a long time to come.
~~To Be Continued Next Year!~~
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