Strange as it may seem, I do believe we're winning. "You must be joking", you say.
"Not hardly", says I.
"How can you say that?", you ask.
"Easy", says I.
First, of course, there's the chant, the dance sensation that's sweeping the nation. When was the last time a line just swept the country, young and old alike? Maybe, "U-S-A". This is the sort of thing that unites people. It's not a fad. Fads are manufactured. This has just come unbidden from the people.
Second, even the Fake News polls have Idiot not just underwater, but underground in approval. 38%? This guy was put in office by 80 million people, they say, and yet here he is, hated after only 8 months. His tough guy act seemed like it cowed the hecklers, but trying to push an unpopular (and dangerous) vaccine on the country by telling us he was losing his patience went over like a lead balloon.
Then there's all his policy disasters, A-stan, infrastructure, inflation, illegals, and Flu Manchu masks. Nothing is to the public's taste and the arrogance of the Deep State in trying to push this on a free people makes for a dangerous situation. Newsom may have had his recall in the bag, but throwing in the usual vote fraud just because he could tells people all the talk that '22 and '24 will make everything right is so much hot air.
There's going to be a march Saturday to protest the treatment of people arrested for the "insurrection", as the Ice Cream Queen calls it. Does anyone else think her way anymore, if they ever did? They're talking, but the people aren't listening, so anybody gets shot or thrown down a flight of stars after being beaten by one of the SA, like Rosanne Boyland, and it's on them this time.
Follow this with the country's contempt for Milley's unmistakable act of treason. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Marshall must be spinning. And all the other people who were supposed to protect us, judges, police, election officials, aren't. And we know it.
And we don't like it.
The real reason, however, that I think we're doing better than it seems is the people paying the freight, the boys in the Forbidden City, are sinking by the bow. The real estate crash long predicted looks like it's just around the corner. There's massive unemployment over there because the kids see no point in working. Countries, and companies, are getting out of there as fast as they can. Everybody's wondering if Three Gorges dam will survive. Evergrande, the biggest real estate firm in Red China, has the same kinds of problems Lehman Brothers had.
Only lots worse.
Without Red Chinese money, the whole thing collapses.
The irony here is the Chinese people may end up saving us.
And Trump is sending out those mean tweets again.
People are standing up to school boards and petty officials. This is how it starts.
Grass roots.
All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
7 comments:
We took our 5 year old granddaughter to her first MLB game a few weeks ago. We took the train which drops you off right @ Target Field. The rule is masks on the train. Less than half complied. These are Minnesotans, maybe the most compliant people in the country. This is a big tell.
Thanks, ed.
I'd have said more about Milley, but Troop said all there was to say.
Using Seven Days In May, with a couple of hardcore Lefties, one practically a Commie, pretending to be patriots as its stars, is delicious irony.
They know how to game elections now, I'm a pessimist as to the future, BTW I live in Cook County, when people mention honest election integrity I's like to kick them in the ass. My village of 16000 people is divided into 3 congressional districts, We are the tiny tales of districts that snake their way to Chicago democrats. You'd think any court would find this a violation of voting representation? Not a chance.
They may game them, but, as things get worse and there's no recourse, I think you'll see people doing a lot more than chanting.
As the cup of turmoil continues to fill, what started as a pinch to be endured is beginning to feel like a series of blows (physically, emotionally, and now financially) that are getting harder and harder to ignore or dismiss.
My friend in replenishment said the cost of shipping a container of goods from China has risen to an astounding $27,000 from the $4-5K per container pre-covid rates. And timely delivery depends on the ship getting a berth in port with enough workers to unload and ship to warehouse or store.
The prices for the large shipped items that take up space (like pellet stoves--now up $200 from last year) are skyrocketing, and it's no longer profitable to order large plastic items, as the costs for shipping those cannot be recouped. Better to start finding sources for those items closer to home, yet labor is at a premium. Finding workers to apply is one struggle, finding workers who'll consistently show up for work is another, much less be any good at it or worth the premium dollar currently being paid to keep stores, restaurants, businesses, and hotels staffed and running.
Accordingly, most of the tools, parts, and motors used by mechanical and electrical workers to build and maintain manufacturing facilities and warehouses are currently on a 10-week delay, with no arrival dates promised.
I've been holding this quote open for a while and have lost the source to attribute it to, but it states simply enough what's been happening. The facts on the ground are starting to pile up into messes that are hard to ignore.
the Biden administration’s most grievous strategic error: focusing on managing political perception instead of executing policy actions that address on-the-ground facts.
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