tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6318296390555972296..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Is Trump Making Us Stupid?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84880305657727325672020-01-12T15:28:31.543-08:002020-01-12T15:28:31.543-08:00The Donald doesn't make people stupid, but he ...The Donald doesn't make people stupid, but he says things and their inner stupidity just BURSTS out of them.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-30261362580357373892020-01-12T05:37:06.595-08:002020-01-12T05:37:06.595-08:00And I consider Willard Romney among the worst.And I consider Willard Romney among the worst.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59730151803521164042020-01-11T11:00:48.942-08:002020-01-11T11:00:48.942-08:00Brooksie: Gave up on that boy four years ago. Th...Brooksie: Gave up on that boy four years ago. The Dems, fifty years ago. The Never-Trumpers, see Brooksie above. Trump has the most magnificent bunch of haters around, (NOT loyal Republicans) and OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH how he burns their butts!!!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-55840405601381388292020-01-11T10:39:59.559-08:002020-01-11T10:39:59.559-08:00Nothing hurts a weak intellectual like Brooks more...Nothing hurts a weak intellectual like Brooks more than having to concede that the barbarian might have an edge on guys like him in the world, that the barbarian has a better read on power and incentives and can tell the difference between a hustler and a statesman. Brooks thinks that power responds to essays, and writing letters to the NYT. It doesn't.<br /><br />No matter, they say, we'll get back at him when we record history, then we'll take care of him. The value of the intelligensia has never been lower. UbuMaccabeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64331874723392649262020-01-11T08:54:42.000-08:002020-01-11T08:54:42.000-08:00Excellent post, Stuart.
Obama liked to say a lot ...Excellent post, Stuart.<br /><br />Obama liked to say a lot of nice and clever things, but he and his Administration actually governed like Chicago thugs.<br /><br />Trump can be rude, snide and caustic — which for some makes him quite gauche. At the same time, he and his Administration are governing exactly as he said they would. He is a man of his word, and that’s why it’s important that our POTUS is a businessman. You cannot run around lying to people and build a large, sprawling, successful business the way Trump did. And business success also places timely rewards on efficiency in a way that government does not.<br /><br />This is why Trump has a loyal following amongst his base — they don’t care about the window dressing. And that’s why the career politicians and bureaucrats hate him so much — he is disrupting their lives. Because DC bureaucrats have built high walls around them. And politicians make their living by lying to each other and the citizenry in order to protect their cushy livelihoods. Politics is not some “public service” profession — it’s a game, played with other peoples’ money.<br /><br />I have not watched a minute of television news since Election Night 2016. The reason is that I know what the NYC/DC people are going to say about him. Add the emotional wailing and daily catastrophizing, and yes — they begin to look and sound like idiots. Brooks and his ilk have been exposed for their smugness and impracticality. They have a lot fewer viewers/readers/listeners today, and they did it to themselves. Try as they might, they have no one else to blame us themselves. They have no credibility, and that is going to drive them crazy this year when they will not be able to persuade. The self-proclaimed emperors and empresses of media have no clothes. Too bad, so sad.<br /><br />And yes, Iran has now been exposed as a paper tiger. And none too soon — we’ve been waiting 40 years for this kind of bold action.<br /><br />That’s why I like President Trump.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-89699836172340732242020-01-11T07:51:37.343-08:002020-01-11T07:51:37.343-08:00It's good to remember that Bill Clinton and GW...It's good to remember that Bill Clinton and GWB faced a different strategic calculation when we were importing large quantities of crude oil. Trump is taking advantage of that strategic shift in a way that Obama didn't just ignore but actively tried to eliminate.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88540685229081453862020-01-11T06:35:07.015-08:002020-01-11T06:35:07.015-08:00In conversation with my wife this morning, I noted...In conversation with my wife this morning, I noted that Donald Trump has a near-superpower for peeling back the fraudulent veneers of his political enemies.<br /><br />For example, he has Progressives wishing for a recession, lionizing terrorists, fretting over too few deaths in an interrupted mass shooting, and freaking out when their clever ideas are more widely adopted (e.g., "sanctuary" cities/counties/etc.). It's bizarre.<br /><br />But the cherry on top is the WSJ article I read this morning. The Iranians now confess to destroying an airliner with a SAM. Not only did Trump kill the World's Most Literate Mass Murderer (according to a NYT "journalist"), he exposed the Iranian military as a carload of clowns who "mistakenly" shoot down commercial airliners from mobile SAM sites conveniently located near a major airport. And the Iranian attempt to hide the evidence was reminiscent of a Keystone Kops routine. This peels back the ridiculously false axiomatic veneer for the EU-nik Soft Power Narrative that animated President Lightworker O'Rama's tribute of shrink-wrapped pallets of cash delivered air express in the dead of night to a gaggle of certifiable loons in Tehran.<br /><br />This is worthy of what our devolved culture now calls a "graphic novel".trigger warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22997075155781827972020-01-11T04:24:27.910-08:002020-01-11T04:24:27.910-08:00"... we know these people were stupid to begi..."... we know these people were stupid to begin with. Trump has exposed their true colors, the depths of their ignorance."<br /><br />Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01339343160301118530noreply@blogger.com