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You’re assuming the chaos was inadvertent of course, but with Biden’s experience in foreign affairs one can never be sure. You’re correct on what must be done to get the survivors out. Step one is unfortunately to remove the top guy from his post. There seems to be no appetite for doing so.

I’m not all book learned on the Chemistry and such like this fine lady, but if she was willing to seek out opportunities for substantive personal growth, she might take a hankering to what brother Dale laid down. Getting close to one hundred years of relevance. Spoiler alert: I believe “The pitfalls of calling people dumb” is in Chapter 1.

I read somewhere he had a hook on his foot?

My goodness. It’s a rainbow world and we all have seats at the table.

Well, in the interest of full disclosure....I just don’t know if I believe it was even botched anymore. It defies logic and common sense that we could be there as protectors for 2 decades and screw this up so badly. I really don’t know who to trust anymore. About 20 years ago, I met a man from Afghanistan who was a doctor. I liked him right from the start—roughly my age, young family similar to mine , lived in the community. He spoke passionately about his country, loved it like we love ours. He was a practicing Muslim who spoke about the bastardization of his religion. He was my personal physician for a number of years. My favorite visit was when I had an infection in my finger, he looked at it, told me he had to drain it and said in a very Afghani-esque voice—“This will not be unpainful.”. I looked at him and said “Are you telling me it’s going to hurt?”, he replied “Yes” and he was correct. Anyway, we agree on the horror that is about to befall many decent people in Afghanistan.

You’re not just getting worked up, you’re losing control. Coming unglued. Shaking apart at the seams. One of the warning signs that you’re going down a rabbit hole of crazy is when you declare no one cares like you do. Celebrity stalkers say that sort of thing. On the border and kids in cages, perhaps VP Harris should consult with your boi Joe B. He was very adept at keeping kids in cages when he was VP for tye 8 year pull and keeping it in the downlow. He’s got another 40 years experience f*ing up the border, too. He can probably guide her towards keeping the kids in the cages and deep sixxing the news coverage on that sort of thing—works wonders to turn out the “independents” I’m told. You should consider stepping back for a while. With all your experience in the field, you could be an advocate and truly change hearts and minds. Seriously, do you think anyone trusts an old man breathlessly and wide-eyed yammering on about how “Trumpist don’t give a damn about the country and want their children to die”? That’s nutso kookoo as ol Blue Eyes used to say. I voted for Trump, cannot imagine voting for him if he runs again in 2024 (a lot of reasons, including watching Biden supporters like you explain away his obvious decline), got vaxxed, love my children, family and country.

Using this logic, wouldn’t true freedom of choice include an individual deciding whether or not they wanted to contribute the hard-earned fruits of their labor to school districts be they pro or anti mask mandate? Plenty of people on all sides upset with school boards. I don’t think the school districts would want that option available to consumers, do you?

I would have thought that, but Doc, unless I’m Bidening badly, he’s chastised other posters for even discussing Biden’s mental capacity while riffing on how it’s all about the normal effects of aging. Never mind that the normal effects of aging aren’t necessarily resume fillers on any job with high stress and absolute authority, but jeesh—getting upset because people point out the obvious?

I’m not sure if he’s willfully stubborn on this issue or simply in denial. Biden in recent years is the shell of the person he was even 5 years ago. Much was made of Trump bullying a painfully dithering Biden in the first debate, but that was Biden’s shtick his entire career—a lovable blustering bully who was full of $&**, knew he was, everyone else knew he was and stayed in his lane. There was a time when he could have mounted a substantial and sustained defense, but that time was long gone. Now, he’s out of his lane, he cannot hide behind others to carry the mental torch, he’s been exposed and his capacity to think clearly is diminishing by the hour. If I was a betting man, I’d say where his support of Biden is concerned, it’s tough to admit he was wrong. Pride goeth before the fall.

Well, I’m not so sure that the debt issue is off the table. Why run with that early when it can be used to buy off supporters later? It’s likely a little soon to run with it after he set Afghanistan ablaze, but watch for it in 2zed22. You could be correct on Wuhan btw, but the promise of easy money for the perpetually victimized...

Bill is part of the Maple Leaf menace and must be treated as such! I understood your perspective in the first post and assume Bill did as well. As for sense in customs, immigration policy and the like—we’re all being played by people who benefit obscenely with the ongoing crisis at the border. Personally speaking, I’m moving past that. Tens of millions of people voted for a guy who’s been a key architect of our national border strategy for decades, and is complicit in the victimization of countless people on both sides of the border in the process. Meanwhile, try securing an enhanced driver license to cross the border at the local DMV without the required 3 sets of ID and see how that goes.

The people who voted for Biden got exactly what they wanted. Be it his experience in trueishmaadacotyimpresdion, his friendship with Margaret Thatcher and Ho Chi Min, his past record on legislation, etc, he was their guy. My personal opinion was that for many, the allure of student loan forgiveness was too great a carrot to pass up and that carried the day.

When you have borders, somebody somewhere has to be kept out or the game is up. You’re the new undesirable, ya mutt ya. ps: I ordered three pizzas from La Hacienda and had them thrown out immediately.

Frankish, I think the biggest scam AT THE TIME was the scientific/political establishment looking the other way/encouraging/participating as tens of thousands of protestors from all walks of life gathered in cities across the country to stand, shoulder to shoulder/arm in arm, when the political/scientific community was warning the rest of us that two people from three different households traveling the NYS Thruway to meet another location would cause the virus to spread like wildfire and kill your loved ones (and that a 36” square plexiglass shield would keep you super-duper safe). It made no sense and contributed to the confusion and mistrust we see today with the political/scientific community. What say you? Btw, since we’re on the plexiglass divider thing—early on, there was a graphic that showed the impact of an individual coughing or sneezing in a grocery store and the amount of particulate spread. Of course, we saw in that animation snot bombs spreading over three or four aisles. Honestly, though I made them for my office and they remain in place still, I have viewed them as the equivalent of hiding under my desk back in grammar school if the big bomb came.

It’s gotta be “Trump’s April showers make blue states cower!”. It’s the only Tiberian thing that makes sense!

1950s America was absolutely a wonderful time, for some. It was also a time when information (also called the “truth”) was tightly controlled by a precious few conglomerates, working folks had little insight into the workings of the government and the elite, segregation was normal, the FBI and other intelligence agencies were up to all sorts of dirty tricks, individuals were routinely treated as second class citizens (or much worse) and the political landscape was populated with concepts like “McCarthyism”. Billy Joel sings “the good old days weren’t alway good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems”. He’s right. With progress comes growing pains. There are 50 things about that progress that irritate or sadden me, but there are many things we can be proud of as well. In the end, skepticism and the quest for more information is a good thing, even where the science is concerned. Trust, investigate, verify, proceed.

Look, it’s B-man and one of his crazy right wing websites—-The White House. 🙄

And let’s not forget James Madison, Chester Allen Arthur, F Scott Fitzgerald and the cast of Golden Girls living and dead (RIP). We also can’t forget Math Damon, Bart Starr, Milli and Vanilli, and the good sisters of Mt St Mary High School 1974-1986. Oh, and ain’t no way your people are getting off scottso-freeze—-Justin Bieber, Allen Thicke, Pierre Trudeau and any Mountie who ever wore those funny puffy pants. Complicit, all.

That’s not surprising. A true zealot finds comfort in the knowledge that their path is the only righteous way. On the other hand, I read your thoughts with keen interest and take from them what I can. In this case, it’s painfully clear to me that gaudy academic accomplishments aside, some people just cannot get past their own emotional limitations and thus cannot be trusted. One must always gauge the agenda of the people telling you what’s in your best interest. In this regard, you’re a poor man’s Anthony Faucci. Just do me a favor—when you and the other “independent” 🤣 fringers track me down and load me on the train to the infection zone formerly known as South Dakota, remind me of your emotional anguish over our loss of clarity on what it means to be an American.

This is sad. Your response to an observation that you unabashedly, routinely, and predictably go out of your way to defend and rationalize your support of Joe Biden is another “...Biden but but but...” screed? I’ll give you this, you’re very consistent in this regard. There is not a person even causally aware of the situation in Afghanistan that does not recognize the inherent historical difficulties in shepherding the American intervention in that country. Based on recent events, it’s even more perilous when the shepherd’s best days are long behind him and 2 days out of five he forgets what the sheep look like. Yes, Old Man, everything that pre-dated Biden’s ascension to the height of power happened before he got to the Oval Office. That’s always the case when a new president takes the helm. Perhaps you can pen a strongly worded letter to the victims in Afghanistan letting them know that while Biden screwed the pooch, there have been lots of pooch screwers over the years. It’ll mean the world to them.

And Stephanopolis looks uncomfortable with this old geez rambling on, not certain how to keep Biden on course for a soft landing. My favorite here was Biden speaking, saying nothing, stopping and saying “Let me out it a different way.” He never put it the first way!

Biden probably didn't start out thinking he was political royalty, but a few decades of having everyone around you kiss your a$$ and tell you how great you are seems to lead to that sort of thinking. He's never liked being questioned by the folks in steerage, he's famous for challenging people to IQ tests and donut pushup contests.

You made it in 17 words before the “but”, and the old expression about “everything that comes after but” applies here. You’ve been quite vocal in your confidence in Biden’s cognitive ability in spite of some obvious signs of decline. You’ve rationalized away his penchant for nuzzling ears, sniffing hair and taking substantial liberties with his hands when women victimized by such activity have stated loudly that it was wrong. You’ve carried his baggage on the “Joe Knows COVID” while he twitters about with a strategy best described as “We know it’s killing people but jeeesh, what can I do, I’m just a President” while personally espousing some rather dark thoughts on how you think your fellow citizens might be treated in this country that stands for freedom. When does it stop for you, sir? While it’s entirely fair to say Afghanistan is an incredibly complex situation, the facts here are clear—a man with nearly 50 years of leadership experience at the highest levels of our government, with decades of exposure to the finest military strategists, the intelligence community, historians and the like &$@#ed whatever progress was made in 7 months. 7 months. Of course, there were people who recognized that before Biden became a doddering old fool, he was a knucklehead of the highest order for most of that time. Proud, strong Democrat voters of the past rejected him as a serious candidate multiple times, and I’d think our parents and grandparents, mostly gone now, would look at the coronation of this simpleton and wonder “What on earth were they thinking?”. I do agree with you and @reddogblitz that the vacation is irrelevant, just as it is for every president. Sadly, I agree at some point he’ll want to send troops back in to Afghanistan because during his 50 year tenure, he’s supported the lather, rinse, repeat cycle just like a good establishment politician is prone to do.

I don’t worry much where someone else feels I should be placed on the political spectrum. I would describe myself as center right, though that sort of labeling limits conversation and dialogue in my opinion. Anyway, that’s largely irrelevant to my point.

The Gov, in my humble opinion, represents the very best of contrarian for the sake of contrarian posting on the internet today.