Madness, Insanity & The World Wide Web

[anthony]

It seems that a lot of Dems are sickened by their actions too... currently supporting Trump for mostly common-sense. I love that Americans are starting to flip flop between parties, instead of this all-in attitude. Australians flip flop to who is going to help the country the most for the major issue/s at the time, and that is how voting should happen. Doesn't mean you don't get some stuff you don't like too, but the big stuff matters more. Vote for the change needed, not for a given party because you always have, or your family always have. That is crazy. I am shocked what is happening in the US right now. Trump is literally on TV saying something, then the Dems say that he said something completely different than what he actually said, which is there in record of him saying publicly.

Well... it seems they don't understand his trolling and baiting, tossing little grenades out there to see what happens. They take the bait near every time making it worse for themselves.

You can't lie to the people nowadays - too many cameras capturing the full context versus what legacy media got away with, showing just what they wanted to support their narrative. Youtube changed everything, let alone X and other sources. As above, all these clowns saying the same thing from the same script, which then people put together to demonstrate zero independence, zero democracy, but autocracy is very much in play from Democrats. There is a leader behind the scenes telling them all what to say and what to do, none of which was voted for or elected.

 

[LuckiLee]

He said he would be transparent and the man keeps his promises. As long as the other side of the isle doesn't fight him every step of the way like last time. All that did was make him smarter and more determined.

His campaign was almost identical to his first and second. Same goals. He knew the dems would do exactly this. Have temper tantrums and try to drag him through again. So he hit the ground running. Trying to follow through on his promises that we voted for. Like ALL politicians should do. Right!?!

*Secure border
*Legal immigration
*Peace in the Middle East
*End Ukraine war
*Energy efficient
*Stop the cartels bringing fentenyl
*Stop government corruption and theft of out tax dollars
*Advancement on merit not gender or race
*New trade agreements
*Advance the education system
*No tax on tips or overtime
*Clean up the fraud with health insurance/medicade/welfare/Social Security

Why would anyone be against any of those things? Make it make sense!!

 

[Friday]

I love that Americans are starting to flip flop between parties,

That’s always been how my family operates. Greedy we are. Wanting both strong domestic AND foreign policy. (Heaven forbid; healthcare, education, housing, food -communists!- AND international diplomacy&military?!?) Snort. Shrug. Washes hands. Vote for the individual & their voting record, not the party that buys their seat. Badass INDIVIDUALS are on both sides of the aisle. Vote for them.

Midliners, in a 2 party system, with no shadow govt., will always make up the minority vote. Sometimes? That’s tipping. Usually? It isn’t.

One needs a minimum of 3+ parties, to keep capitalism/nepotism at bay. We don’t have that. Probably never will. Cash plays. We’re too deep in to change, without Balkanizing, imo.

He said he would be transparent and the man keeps his promises. As long as the other side of the isle doesn't fight him every step of the way like last time. All that did was make him smarter and more determined.

Couldn’t disagree more. An ‘80’s slumlord & reality TV star, who literally called for a coup when he lost the last election. He’s Zaphod Beenlebrox, incarnate. All glitter-sparkle. Zero substance. Tragic effect. Albeit, politically useful. As a distraction. If he doesn’t get all of us killed, by accident, in the interim.

 

[anthony]

who literally called for a coup when he lost the last election

I wouldn't say that is true. The actual video of the speech does not support that. He said, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” That is not a coup.

There is evidence of tampering with the 2020 election. Nancy Pelosi should be in jail.

Now one can jump up and down, and many with Trump derangement syndrome do, have and still are... but if words matter, then the Dems recent statements about killing both Trump and Musk, literally inciting people to do that, actually saying to bring guns and violence to the streets of Washington, which is inciting a coup, then those people should be in jail already. But they are not. These are elected persons saying these things, all on Youtube for the world to see. If one side says something, they should be in jail, if the other says it, its ok and democratic. Not OK.

 

[Friday]

The actual video of the speech

We received HUNDREDS of alerts/alarms/tweets/instas/all platforms of social media & broadcast media that day, under his banner, with the same horrid alarm as Amber Alerts & Tsunami Warnings & “This is the emergency broadcast network, this is NOT a test”… calling on us to “take back” America, march on the capitol, storm the blah blah blah… so we shut off the entire notification system, and eventually just disconnected the WiFi.

KidFriday, who is a political junkie, had over 4,000 hits that day, but he actually FOLLOWS politics. (Shudder). So I suppose I should be grateful for the mere hundreds of official govt reaching out to its people, calling to burn the system down? At best I can manage irritation. That we were used in such a trust breaking way. To take the way the govt has to reach out to its people… and BREAK it??? For political gain???

But people DID heed the call to arms. Largely vets. The majority now serving tremendous prison sentences. HE didn’t pay for what people did in his name. The riot act was an English thing, although we have variants, we’re a country that is rather deliberately at odds with its cousins. We drive on the right side of the road, so it’s legal to run down people driving on the left. We -legally- do NOT go after principles in riots, as in the riot act, but ANYONE associated/charged in participating.

Now, I live in a liberal state, so maybe that was just targeted annoyance, so we’d unplug? But that’s too clever to take at face value without tinfoil headwear.

Again, I’m personally neither a democrat nor republican. I’ve voted both sides of the aisle and will continue to do so. Based on the merits of the candidate. OCCASIONALLY I even vote j the mayfly independent/third (garden, libertarian, etc.). In the Hilary Clinton v Trump, they were both bad options. Someone who had actually committed treason, and was reviled amongst her colleagues in State (but Jane Fonda is still alive and well and making movies, so hey!) vs a slumlord tv star. I’m back to Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy; which lizard do we choose?

President Trump? Is a slumlord. Fact, not pejorative. In the same way that genocidal war criminal, or serial killer, is not perjorative… but still just f*cking wrong. That’s not an uncommon path to presidency in our nation? There are a great number of war profiteers, carpet baggers, tycoons of various industry who rise to power. Without money & connections, no one really can, unless we’re at war on our own soil. But there’s a huge amount of difference if that money & connections are old-money, the evil of your ancestors & your connects are friends from school that cost more in a year to attend than most people make in a lifetime? They’re still REAL. Childhood pals. People you f*cked up with. Who know you at your worst, but still keep you on. And their drivers you shared a wink with. Old money is one thing. VERSUS? If you did it yourself. American bootstrap theology says doing it yourself is better. He did it, himself. And has continued to be true to himself. Sooooo authentic. (Roll eyes. Sorry. I kinda had to.) He was a SLUMLORD. In the 80’s. And? Hasn’t. Changed. An. Iota. Because psychopaths with narcissistic tendencies don’t change, as a rule. And now? He’s ruling. Again.

On the upside?

This is the VERY FIRST time I’m keen on term limits. So this is his last term. Theortically. Hopefully. Beeblebrox will be gone, soon. Or? The RuskoChinese war will follow.

LeSigh. It will probably follow.

That a fawning slumlord can predict the next world war? IS a bit tin hat.

Still where I’m at. The Middle East is a tinderbox, but that the Russians and Chinese are the new superpowers about to dogfight? Nuffin I can do about it.

 

[anthony]

We received HUNDREDS of alerts/alarms/tweets/instas/all platforms of social media & broadcast media that day, under his banner, with the same horrid alarm as Amber Alerts & Tsunami Warnings & “This is the emergency broadcast network, this is NOT a test”… calling on us to “take back” America, march on the capitol, storm the blah blah blah… so we shut off the entire notification system, and eventually just disconnected the WiFi.

I'm just gonna say the obvious - that is pretty easy stuff to manipulate, especially people in the know that want to cause harm, which is proven, did happen by others, not by Trump. There is no evidence that Trump did any such thing, to my knowledge, nor ordered such a thing. From what I have read, some of which I take with a grain of salt, other stuff has more substance, but still unknown, a lot of stuff was manipulated and aimed to cause harm. Based on what the Dems have just done this time, calling to arms to shoot Trump and Musk, it would not surprise me if they did do that last time too, which is what Trump has stated. Hard to properly evidence things when the FBI is destroying evidence, whistle-blowers have stated on the record.

Trump has issues, but not even close to what the Dems currently have.

 

[Muttly]

I am going to leave politics to the side and point out that I hear a lot of black/white thinking happening. Americans.... <statement>. Dems ... <statement>. Those are both vasts groups of people with a lot of variation.

As this is @anthony diary, he is welcome to talk about whatever he wants. I am wondering though, if this is benefitting you? This is a PTSD forum, is American politics a diversion from anything or is triggering you or are you just venting or something else?

 

[anthony]

I follow politics. Not black/white thinking, just views and opinions. I follow things going on globally, as they impact everyone, globally. The US has a lot of impact on other countries, for example, Trump drilling for more oil has already seen a global drop per barrel. Politics! Affect! Individual impact!

I would simply ask - are you a democrat and this is triggering you? Yes, this is my diary. Yes, I can talk about what I want in here. Politics benefits my knowledge and can affect my decisions. I am not the equivalent of a US Republican, I am more centred and take what is beneficial from all sides and throw the rest out. Right now, the Dems are a crumbling, useless, mess. Trump is hilarious. He is literally taking the micky out of the Dems, making them wild and making wild claims. It is funny to watch. These people should not be acting this way, yet they are.

 

[Muttly]

I follow politics. Not black/white thinking, just views and opinions.

Fair enough, I know some people enjoy politics. It may be your communication style that makes it seem like you are black/white thinking. You tend to speak in absolutes and fairly strong descriptive language. For example, I believe I've seen you say a couple of times, that Americans identify with a political party and seemed to suggest they blindly follow that party. To me, you've stated this very strongly without allowing for nuance. It's true for some Americans on each side of the political spectrum, but certainly not all. (I can provide sources if you are interested).

Obviously, I have no idea what is happening inside your head. If I am wrong, I'm wrong.

I would simply ask - are you a democrat and this is triggering you?

I tend to lean democrat but I've never wanted to identify specifically with any one party. It's not triggering me. If it was, I wouldn't be replying.

 

[anthony]

Dropped a friend from Seattle back to the airport this arvo... now back to regular daily life tasks.

 

[anthony]

Watching these activist Democrats destroying Tesla dealerships, targeting Tesla owners and their vehicles. What the f*ck is wrong with these people? How is this helping a parties political future? These people should all be locked up for a few years to adjust their attitude a bit, just like they did to the other side of the aisle. Literally Democrat activists targeting Democrat EV drivers. They wonder why more and more Dems are changing sides, temporarily or permanently, because they are not good people today, but an organisation of EVIL demanding EVIL from their people.

 

[LuckiLee]

I believe it's all the same people. BLM. Antifa. Pro Palestinian riots. Elon haters. People are starting raging forrest fires. It's anarchy and The president is trying to get a grip on things and has to fight every step of the way.

I'm right ON the Northern border and it's getting crazy. Arrested illegals with explosives in a motel about 3 miles away. I've never seen the Coast Guard so busy. They're bringing in more troops and gear daily.

Keep your head on a swivel.