How many of you heard this one: “How much damage can he do in just 4 years?”
I mean, I certainly did when I was accused of Derangement Syndrome and “Hatred”. Some even used the term fearmongering to describe my concerns over this president.
And I have to admit that I was wrong … It has been even worse than I thought it was going to be.
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A lot has been made of the “hot mic” incident at the NATO summit last week. You know, the one where Trudeau was joking with Macron and Johnson about our president and his staff. Of course the president then took his ball and went home, after dissing the whole treaty organization and insulting Trudeau of course.
Yes, the whole world is laughing at us. Make no mistake.
But it’s worse than that. We’re not just a laughingstock. We’re a laughingstock with a nuclear arsenal and a madman at the controls. We are North Korea, basically.
But what really has me fuming is the week’s announcement of new work requirements for SNAP benefits. Set to take effect in April, the new regulations will likely result in something like 700,000 Americans losing SNAP benefits. Who are these Americans? Mostly children, the disabled, and the ones just barely getting by.
I am so over the top enraged at the GOP over their War on the Poor and by this latest move that I don’t know what to do. It has long been obvious that the GOP wants us desperate and indebted. And that those who just can’t keep up should just go ahead and die.
I’m reminded of a scene from the 1998 movie Eight Men Out by John Sayles about the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal to “fix” the World Series. Without going into too much detail, there comes a point where the outside conspirators are discussing how much to pay the players. Paraphrasing:
Question: Do you know how much you need to feed a draught horse in the morning to get a good day’s work out him?
Answer: Just enough so you get a good day’s work out of him.
And that, in a nutshell, is the greed of the modern day system.
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