Friday, July 1, 2016

Sez Me.....Random Thoughts For The Week....

Be Careful What You Wish For......
There are a lot of Brits wanting a do-over right about now. #Regrexit is trending, and all week we keep hearing "I voted for BREXIT but I didn't think it would win, and I hope we can have another vote."   I understand a "protest" vote, but if you get enough stupid people together to protest, bad things happen.......

Who is the Wishy-Washy One?.....
Everybody thinks Hillary changes her stance, based on the popular winds.  But clearly Trump is the master of this.  He has no opinions of his own, no clear thought process to come to any clear and reasonable conclusion.  I honestly don't think he is capable of forming an argument on his own. His methodology is to gauge which way the masses are swaying, and then voice a statement that reflects what he has observed to be the favor of the majority.  BREXIT is a clear example....he had no opinion 2 weeks prior, when nobody could predict which way it would go, and then as soon as the vote came in, he was all for it!......

How's That Record So Far?.....
 Now that we are past the primaries, and almost to the conventions, let's take a look at what Trump based his whole candidacy on from the beginning;
  • Self Financing Campaign......Nope!
  • Complete and absolute Muslim ban.....Not so much any more.
  • Build a wall...Well, I think that's still a thing, though I haven't heard him talk about it these last couple of weeks.........
All In The Name Of Charity.....
So D.J.T. purchases an item from a charity to help out.  Cool.  Good on him.  BUT...he didn't spend his own money....he wrote a check from HIS CHARITY!!!!! the Donald J. Trump Foundation.  details here ..... http://wpo.st/L1pj1

Here's A Novel Idea.....
It would be really great to show our independence and show the world what America is all about by bucking the trend of these radical, nationalistic based votes, electing fascist politicians and causing havoc..... and actually vote with some common sense this year.....

Longest Game Ever......
The longest baseball game in history happened in 1984 between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox.  It was 8 hours and 6 minutes.......Another "game" recently broke a record for longest ever....It was the Congressional investigation on Benghazi. It went on longer than the 9/11 Commission; longer than the JFK Assassination Warren Commission; longer than the Commission on the Katrina Response, and longer than the Commission on Pearl Harbor.  for comparison, it lasted 200 days longer than the 9/11 Investigation, which released its report after 604 days....
What was the result? Well, Chris Steven's Sister recently said, " Don't blame Clinton for Benghazi,  If any entity had any culpability, it was Congress."  'nuff said?  I suspect not..........

Words Are Important.....
Words matter, and they reflect what the person who orates them, thinks.  taking that thought to conclusion, President Obama and presidential candidate Clinton, should use the words, "Radical Islam". It is disingenuous not to.  If only right wing demagogues speak to this, then we will elect only right wing demagogues.....

Say What?...
On that same note, that words matter, and reflect conceptual clarity. Let's look at another presidential candidate....One who uses words such as "Bigly". One of the "Four Horsemen" Sam Harris, famous neuroscientist  and philosopher, says...and I paraphrase....It isn't his bigotry, misogyny, or demagoguery, that bothers him. It is quite possible that he isn't actually a racist. But what isn't possible is that he is a brilliant and knowledgeable person. "There is simply too much evidence for the poverty of his thinking."
The core of this, is the vacuousness of his speech. Smart people don't talk the way he does.  When people speak, they are speaking what they think, out loud. "What you hear, is what they've got....He never manages to utter a single extemporaneous string of sentences that is deep, insightful or interesting.  It reveals something about him....".THERE IS NOTHING OF VALUE IN THAT HEAD OF HIS!!!!  He has no desire to seem coherent......He is "bigly" dumb.......

Tweets of The Week....


In Honor of Canada Day..... (I love a good dachshund photo)

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