He’s a terrible public speaker. He’s very narcissistic, no doubt. He’s a classic jerk. He’s a rich, frat boy asshole (most of our elected officials in DC are frat boy assholes). He will likely not be re-elected. Yet, almost every “news” article about him is less creative & more repetitive than the previous one. All quotes are partial snippets (Partial truth or selected facts is another way of LYING). “Let’s out lie him. That oughta hurt his feelings. Yeah! That’ll teach him.” And pitifully worse, the enlightened news media parrots the same, overly dramatized 5-6 partial quotes over & over as if they have new material or divined a better way to sell it. And they cluelessly & rarely ever complete or frame any of it with relevant context. They continue to state their personal assumptions based on personal bias or “micro-outrage”much more than ever approaching “whole truth.” They’re children In a schoolyard trying to oust or hurt a rival, mocking him by trying to act like him. Very intelligent play, kids!
He’s done (intentional or well meaning or not) some good things to include prison reform, calling China out for what that soulless regime actually do & have done for decades upon decades. Same for the always preening NATO and the bottomless pit of self serving cowards at the UN. And many more conservative judges!
But we’re continually treated to the same “anti-Trump” campaign like chatter from “news programs” that we expect to get 24-7 from the DNC script book. Why can’t we have a truly attractive candidate from either party? Why is that?
Why do our traditional (also historically trusted) sources of news & information consistently choose one side? The same side. Why aren’t they more balanced in providing ALL the facts and the WHOLE truth in every report or story they air or print? Why do they choose to report only selected facts “edited for content” aka narrative or worse they feverishly promote anecdotal, emotionally charged examples of bad people doing bad things to stir our fears, hatreds and jealousies instead of including how rare most of those incidents really are on the whole. Perfect divisive example is white cops killing unarmed blacks. It’s rare. Less than 10 a year among millions of encounters involving resisting arrest or verbal if not physical abuse of the arresting or an attending officer.
None of our historically trusted news sources tell us that part. So, on the surface (where most of us think & live) it seems like it happens every day everywhere. That is a big problem. It does NOTHING to help heal the divide, most of which is perception addiction and the above always limited information.But we deserve the brutal (whole) truth, right?
Whole truth is the answer that neither “side” or their handlers & funding want to address consistently or fully.
Makes me wanna vote for anyone but the Democrat candidate. If Biden and his enlightened team and our MSM have all the answers, why weren’t they shared with the previous administration? Do any of us seriously believe (with such a talented and gifted speaker) Obama’s administration spent 8 years trying to heal the division or to improve our infrastructure or to build international respect instead of buying it? They accomplished none of that. Seems they had more pressing goals.
Why can’t we have leaders in at all levels, who solve problems with long term (sustainable) solutions? Instead, we get a succession of point/counterpoint quicksand that empties our budgets nonstop. No pragmatic solutions, just more spending to keep failed processes on life support increasing more & more numbers of us beholden to government income or support.
Trump is certainly not the answer. But he should have been a long overdue wake up call for DC and for us citizens to finally recognize how incredibly inept, ineffective and comically inefficient OUR elected & appointed officials have been and continue to be. It’s not the system. It’s the people in power. Trump threw the BS flag too often, but where he threw it was almost always deserved. However, all we choose to see is a mean old man. We want Mr. Rogers. And that’s what we’re getting, another scripted role player to help us pretend everyone who smiles, likes us and wants to help us. Biden has been a stereotypical, “two-faced,” double talking, career politician for almost 50 years. But, he’s suddenly been graced with the knowledge of how to make things all better now? Wonder of wonders!
Shamefully, we the people would rather be told a comforting story than to know the whole truth. Yet, the Orange Piñata attempted to assuage our fears back in February by downplaying COVID, and now we claim we wanted the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the brutal truth all along. At least on this topic. We don’t want him to be brutally truthful about any other topic. That might hurt someone’s FEELINGS! It’s never been the message with us. It’s always been the messenger.
Our political system needs reform. Term limits. Campaign financing limits. Open books of financial data on EVERY official at every level (city, County, state & nation), not only what the IRS can or will provide A viable, more pragmatic, third party. Age limits on appointed officials. Required courses in public schools grade 1-12, complete & nonpartisan information on how our government systems work. Hello Civics.
Every tidbit of information or opinion we are exposed to today from the world of politics/marketing or news/entertainment should be taken with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of suspicion. Suspicion for who’s being influenced by whom or motivated by what. We’re all susceptible to influence peddling all the time. Be vigilant.
He’s done (intentional or well meaning or not) some good things to include prison reform, calling China out for what that soulless regime actually do & have done for decades upon decades. Same for the always preening NATO and the bottomless pit of self serving cowards at the UN. And many more conservative judges!
But we’re continually treated to the same “anti-Trump” campaign like chatter from “news programs” that we expect to get 24-7 from the DNC script book. Why can’t we have a truly attractive candidate from either party? Why is that?
Why do our traditional (also historically trusted) sources of news & information consistently choose one side? The same side. Why aren’t they more balanced in providing ALL the facts and the WHOLE truth in every report or story they air or print? Why do they choose to report only selected facts “edited for content” aka narrative or worse they feverishly promote anecdotal, emotionally charged examples of bad people doing bad things to stir our fears, hatreds and jealousies instead of including how rare most of those incidents really are on the whole. Perfect divisive example is white cops killing unarmed blacks. It’s rare. Less than 10 a year among millions of encounters involving resisting arrest or verbal if not physical abuse of the arresting or an attending officer.
None of our historically trusted news sources tell us that part. So, on the surface (where most of us think & live) it seems like it happens every day everywhere. That is a big problem. It does NOTHING to help heal the divide, most of which is perception addiction and the above always limited information.But we deserve the brutal (whole) truth, right?
Whole truth is the answer that neither “side” or their handlers & funding want to address consistently or fully.
Makes me wanna vote for anyone but the Democrat candidate. If Biden and his enlightened team and our MSM have all the answers, why weren’t they shared with the previous administration? Do any of us seriously believe (with such a talented and gifted speaker) Obama’s administration spent 8 years trying to heal the division or to improve our infrastructure or to build international respect instead of buying it? They accomplished none of that. Seems they had more pressing goals.
Why can’t we have leaders in at all levels, who solve problems with long term (sustainable) solutions? Instead, we get a succession of point/counterpoint quicksand that empties our budgets nonstop. No pragmatic solutions, just more spending to keep failed processes on life support increasing more & more numbers of us beholden to government income or support.
Trump is certainly not the answer. But he should have been a long overdue wake up call for DC and for us citizens to finally recognize how incredibly inept, ineffective and comically inefficient OUR elected & appointed officials have been and continue to be. It’s not the system. It’s the people in power. Trump threw the BS flag too often, but where he threw it was almost always deserved. However, all we choose to see is a mean old man. We want Mr. Rogers. And that’s what we’re getting, another scripted role player to help us pretend everyone who smiles, likes us and wants to help us. Biden has been a stereotypical, “two-faced,” double talking, career politician for almost 50 years. But, he’s suddenly been graced with the knowledge of how to make things all better now? Wonder of wonders!
Shamefully, we the people would rather be told a comforting story than to know the whole truth. Yet, the Orange Piñata attempted to assuage our fears back in February by downplaying COVID, and now we claim we wanted the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the brutal truth all along. At least on this topic. We don’t want him to be brutally truthful about any other topic. That might hurt someone’s FEELINGS! It’s never been the message with us. It’s always been the messenger.
Our political system needs reform. Term limits. Campaign financing limits. Open books of financial data on EVERY official at every level (city, County, state & nation), not only what the IRS can or will provide A viable, more pragmatic, third party. Age limits on appointed officials. Required courses in public schools grade 1-12, complete & nonpartisan information on how our government systems work. Hello Civics.
Every tidbit of information or opinion we are exposed to today from the world of politics/marketing or news/entertainment should be taken with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of suspicion. Suspicion for who’s being influenced by whom or motivated by what. We’re all susceptible to influence peddling all the time. Be vigilant.
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