J, can we use the phrase ill educated, instead of stupid? Poor education results in diminished understanding of common sense and of the world (there's the stupid)
John, can we use the word "indoctrinated" instead? Our grade schools and colleges have been indoctrinating students since the late 1960s. It worked out well for the Marxist-Muslim-democrat 'educators' and their communist handlers. What we are watching now is the slow, most likely inevitable, death of our republic.
DOUBLE AMEN, BradK. Only, it is not a theory, it is Biblical truth. Some 20yrs ago I tried to figure-out why liberals could not be reasoned with, and I came upon several scriptures akin to II Thessalonians 2:5-12. This essentially sez that those who have refused to worship the one true GOD in favor of false gods (self, pleasure, money, power, ...SELF), those who remain UNrepentant in their sin, they will be forfeited by God to believe the lie.
As Bonhoeffer quotes the Bible at the end of your great video: "The fear (respect) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".
A friend of mine commented that media did get more savvy regarding Trump as well. They pulled back on the hyper-fixation on all the crazy things he said and just kept hammering the negative narratives without giving him any credit for the legit good things he's done. I hate the press so much. They are true enemies of the people.
Perfect example was our forced extradition of Maduro. An indicted criminal is now in jail waiting for trial. VZ oil now back on the market. Tyrant removed from control of a country. Any other president would be praised to the stars for this. But not Trump. TDS is a serious mental health problem. For these people, Trump can do nothing right.
The worst problem is in the population that doesn't consume much MSM. Us old folks focus on the bias of the traditional media but that and the MSM are simply irrelevant to Millennials and Zoomers.
The youngins may not watch that much MSM directly, but don't underestimate its impact on the general culture and mood. So much of the visceral hate for Trump, white people (especially white males), America, capitalism, etc. is rooted in the 24x7 ranting of the MSM and their Hollywood comrades. Politics is downstream of culture and culture is driven largely by the media-entertainment complex.
Fixing healthcare would require repealing Obamacare and who's going to do that? The Left doesn't understand insurance - what insurance actually is, not what they say it means, which is "pay for all my stuff." Your car insurance doesn't cover routine maintenance and new tires. Health insurance shouldn't cover routine care. But Obamacare, and every expanding state rules before that, decided on the slow move to universal coverage, and that has skyrocketed care, consolidated doctors and hospitals, and removed any checks and balances in the system.
So the FIX is to go back to what insurance is supposed to be, and literally no one will do that because the 2/3 of the country that thinks it's magically "free" will rise up. We will end up with a system like the UK and Canada: a terrible NHS that rapes us on taxes for nothing, covers nothing, has huge long waiting lists, and then private doctor groups and hospitals for people who can afford it.
That's the political reality now that healthcare is a supposed "right" instead of a personal responsibility.
Don't believe me? Ask your doctor the "self pay" price. I've gotten 65% off a shoulder surgery, 45% off MRI/CT scans, and it averages 30% min across the board. That's because it cuts their admin costs to comply with insurance exponentially.
And this is yet another grand f&*kup by the GOP. They have been ranting about the evils of ObamaDon'tCare going on two decades, hinting that they will offer an alternative while delivering absolutely nothing, Nothing! (in my best Sgt. Shultz accent). The only minor tweak they ever managed was to eliminate the mandate.
ACA premiums have increased by double digits each year. Nothing about it is "affordable". The end game was of course to destroy the American healthcare system once and for all and force us to accept a socialized medicine regime, which they soft peddle as "Medicare for all (illegals)".
Since Johnson’s Great Society we are on the 4th generation of “government babies” who grow into adults who expect the “government” to pay for everything… no co pay- no even minimal monthly cost… and do not get me started on Earned Income Credit checks in March of each year. If you don’t work, the government sends you an EIC of anywhere from $6,000 to $1200 dollars as if you had “worked.” Have spent the past several years working with a non profit that provides financial counseling first if you come for help. No one wants to move off “benefits” and work. What would you work when your SNAP card gets $1000 added each month. (Real numbers, folks)
I personally don't believe these electiin results. Something strange is going on behind the scenes. In some states, the number of voters exceed the number of registered voters. Trump's behavior is interesting too. I don't trust anything we are being told.
Data Republican is making the opposite argument. She does not deny that there is fraud in places, but that the algorithmic graphs are not correct either. She is warning the GOP NOT to fall into the trap of trying to prove what right now isn't provable as the Left will use that to mount their attempt to take over the government.
Continued safe travels and safe thinking and writing about things important to be said .
My perspective is the RINO rot in the Republican Party was fueled by collective TDS . The President was their target. Whatever we need to do to tie his hands his remaining two years is necessary to maintain DC as the snake pit it is. Let's give the RINO class credit for fueling the fascist Democrats.
What I've been hiding in my mockery of the zealots is that we are broke. All the shiny promises to take care of the voters, to pay for childcare and healthcare, and snacks, are impossible because we owe trillions. Mamdani had this smack him in the face when he had to write a budget for NYC. https://worldofwebb.net/the-end-or-the-beginning/
Medicaid isn't health care, it's health insurance. It has been argued, probably correctly, that health insurance keeps people from going to the ER for routine issues and saves money. But you can go to the ER and get treatment. That is a different law. They will try to bill you but good luck getting blood out of a turnip. The problem with health care isn't Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, or employer plans. The problem is providers. There aren't enough of them and too many of the ones that do exist are crooks. A real fix on health care would be to break the cartels that restrict supply of doctors, nurses, various techs and various technologies. Republicans haven't done this and Democrats will probably make it worse.
I am still a little hopeful that there are some sane Dems who will not bow to the DSA. They have the numbers to get things done without them… but I’m no Pollyanna either. Healthcare is key. I pay over 1700 a month now because I’m retired but not yet 65. Two years till Medicare! Whoopee! I have hope that Rubio or DeSantis can pull out a win in 2028. A lot of republicans voted D this time and hope it’s the last time… so let’s hope Miller doesn’t screw this up too badly… I say Miller because not sure where Trumps head is right now. Don’t get too dejected Sasha and drive safe!
Do you mind sharing some generic details about your monthly healthcare costs - specifically what kind of plan? We are about to be in a similar situation as you next year - retired but not yet eligible for Medicare. We are considering a high-deductible plan, and the costs are roughly half what you mentioned...
Well I’m and Illinois resident so we have some of the highest rates and the only coverage I can find for an individual is BCBS. I’ve been paying 1500 a month but it’s going up in January… it’s a bronze plan. Deductible is still pretty high. I spent long time talking to my agent - who I trust and ultimately decided to bite the bullet and keep forking it over because I want a good plan and this covers me in AZ when I’m there for the winter. I just turned 63.
My daughter, 47, hardworking self employed can’t afford the annual premium of $28,000 for Obamacare. She doesn’t qualify for Medicare so she goes without insurance.
Love you, Sasha. But Mamdani, Abdulramennoodle Mo El Sayed, and Hasan Piker masculine? Really?
They're girly men who hide behind their islamism and anti-Semitism. The Dems simply got the vote out. Dems/commies/islamists got 64.9mln votes this election, down 8% from the Presidential election.
Republicans/Rinos, failed on the messaging. They got 49.33mln, down 34%., per popularvoteanalytics.org.
Gas near us, in NC, is less than $3/gal now. A gallon of milk is $2.69 (really. I was shocked.) eggs are $1.40 for a dozen. And bacon is sub $4 for whatever comes in one of those packages. Biden prices were multiples higher. Rents are highest in areas where dem policies are in effect, see NY, SF, LA, Seattle.
Agree. Where gas is high is likely due to state taxes anyway. Besides, we don't get our gas from the Hormuz Strait. AND, the price of gas is a minor problem compared with Iran having a nuclear bomb and being able to support terrorism all over the world. Ask France how it likes riots and having their commercial refrigerator systems shut down via hacking.
The Dems will make the same mistake both parties have made every time they achieve a big win and take over whatever branch is at stake: they will assume everyone suddenly agrees with them. They will over-reach, and they will not be able to hide who the are for very long. And then the squishy middle will come running back to the Republicans, who will have gotten rid of all their old dead weight by virtue of losing the last election.
Sasha, we are about the same age. In our lifetimes we have seen both parties get dealt a "fatal blow" at least twice.
"Inflation and gas prices drove voters to pick the guy they hated to fix those problems. But Trump could not and did not fix them. It seems so simple, right? I’m driving across the country now, and gas prices are high everywhere. People notice that every single day. How could Team Trump have missed one of the biggest reasons people voted for him?"
Trump's handling of the war, so far, has been abysmal. He should listen to Victor Davis Hanson and Gen. Jack Keane. We should have finished off Iran a long time ago. There is no way in the world can we strike a deal with Iran. The Supreme Leader is gloating and is demanding that we surrender.
VDH says bomb Pickaxe Mt and the rail lines and highways that head into China and Russia. And then we declare victory and leave. VDH says leave one carrier group there to handle the Strait of Hormuz. Let Bessent's economic pressure continue.
I hope the CIA has armed the opposition and that they can overthrow the IRGC and mullahs, but that's their problem.
The other part of this is that the Dems must fail in all their legislative and policy initiatives, and they must be seen to have failed. The only way people learn of this is Fox and social media.
It was always laughable that the people who caused the inflation said they will fix it.
The sleeper issue is electricity prices. The Dems pushed the Green New Deal. Trump terminated the federal income tax credits for wind and solar energy. Electricity from new wind and solar projects will now be much more expensive. The GOP needs to pin this on the Dems. The Dems want those wind and solar credits back and Trump needs to stop them.
Aside. The Dems constantly tried to pin Epstein on Trump. Rep. Comer issued his Committee report yesterday. Trump was cleared. And there are two Dems who are at risk and Comer didn't name them.
The interesting name to me was Ted Waitt of Gateway Computer fame. Ted and Norman started their company in Sioux City, Iowa. He was deposed by Comer's committee. He must have been some friend to Epstein. Just like Reid Hoffman.
Democrats have perfected the art of breaking things then blaming Republicans for having broken them and then proposing solutions that will only break things further. There may be a way back to sanity but I don't see it right now.
My son and I recently returned from a 7K miles road trip (from ID to VA & FL and back again) that overlapped with yours most of the time. The USA is grounded on beautiful landscapes and communities. Grievous to think what regressives hope to do to those who refuse to conform to their lies.
Americans have a great capacity to forget. This trait has both positive and negative ramifications. For the GOP to win elections, people like Tim Scott, Glenn Youngkin, Byron Donalds, Marco Rubio, Marsha Blackburn et al need to be elevated. Quality candidates are essential to countering Dem propaganda & winning elections.
It's not so much that the Democrats won but that Trump lost. Instead of focusing on us he manically pursued his legacy and personal wealth. All he had to do is tend to the economy and not get into stupid wars, but no. He betrayed us and paid the price.
The issues brought up here are legitimate, but this election was all about turnout. And the Dems turned out more ballots, MANY more, suspiciously more. Presidential-election-level turnout for a midterm election featuring people who didn't even campaign and spent no money.
It's becoming obvious that if you're not cheating, you're not winning. It's not a conspiracy to note statistical impossibilities.
I also think people in general have gotten more stupid.
Not stupid. Taught that emotional truth is stronger than facts. Syllogisms and evidence are suspect.
Short attention span is an epidemic. Social media perhaps to blame.
Social Media is the bane of society. It has destroyed society and is partly to blame.
J, can we use the phrase ill educated, instead of stupid? Poor education results in diminished understanding of common sense and of the world (there's the stupid)
The operative word is "poor". Quantity of education is negatively correlated with bad outcomes and has been since at least Weimar days.
John, can we use the word "indoctrinated" instead? Our grade schools and colleges have been indoctrinating students since the late 1960s. It worked out well for the Marxist-Muslim-democrat 'educators' and their communist handlers. What we are watching now is the slow, most likely inevitable, death of our republic.
Yes good point sir.
Ill-educated for sure
Why Intelligent People Become Stupid? Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theory. Worth 10 minutes of your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVrF3LqFtAo
DOUBLE AMEN, BradK. Only, it is not a theory, it is Biblical truth. Some 20yrs ago I tried to figure-out why liberals could not be reasoned with, and I came upon several scriptures akin to II Thessalonians 2:5-12. This essentially sez that those who have refused to worship the one true GOD in favor of false gods (self, pleasure, money, power, ...SELF), those who remain UNrepentant in their sin, they will be forfeited by God to believe the lie.
As Bonhoeffer quotes the Bible at the end of your great video: "The fear (respect) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".
For those who have ears to hear.....
A friend of mine commented that media did get more savvy regarding Trump as well. They pulled back on the hyper-fixation on all the crazy things he said and just kept hammering the negative narratives without giving him any credit for the legit good things he's done. I hate the press so much. They are true enemies of the people.
Perfect example was our forced extradition of Maduro. An indicted criminal is now in jail waiting for trial. VZ oil now back on the market. Tyrant removed from control of a country. Any other president would be praised to the stars for this. But not Trump. TDS is a serious mental health problem. For these people, Trump can do nothing right.
Agree. And now we have EDS, Elon Derangement Syndrome, or maybe ED for short! The Dems going after Elon for nothing is a real definition of insanity.
You can’t hate the MSM too much.
The worst problem is in the population that doesn't consume much MSM. Us old folks focus on the bias of the traditional media but that and the MSM are simply irrelevant to Millennials and Zoomers.
The youngins may not watch that much MSM directly, but don't underestimate its impact on the general culture and mood. So much of the visceral hate for Trump, white people (especially white males), America, capitalism, etc. is rooted in the 24x7 ranting of the MSM and their Hollywood comrades. Politics is downstream of culture and culture is driven largely by the media-entertainment complex.
That said, the root of all evil is Academia.
Ironically, just as young Americans were becoming LESS mature, 1970s, we lowered the voting age from 21-18.
Today, while the GOP is still in charge, they shud move it to 35yo!
correct, they consume tik-tok news, which is arguably far worse
Fixing healthcare would require repealing Obamacare and who's going to do that? The Left doesn't understand insurance - what insurance actually is, not what they say it means, which is "pay for all my stuff." Your car insurance doesn't cover routine maintenance and new tires. Health insurance shouldn't cover routine care. But Obamacare, and every expanding state rules before that, decided on the slow move to universal coverage, and that has skyrocketed care, consolidated doctors and hospitals, and removed any checks and balances in the system.
So the FIX is to go back to what insurance is supposed to be, and literally no one will do that because the 2/3 of the country that thinks it's magically "free" will rise up. We will end up with a system like the UK and Canada: a terrible NHS that rapes us on taxes for nothing, covers nothing, has huge long waiting lists, and then private doctor groups and hospitals for people who can afford it.
That's the political reality now that healthcare is a supposed "right" instead of a personal responsibility.
Don't believe me? Ask your doctor the "self pay" price. I've gotten 65% off a shoulder surgery, 45% off MRI/CT scans, and it averages 30% min across the board. That's because it cuts their admin costs to comply with insurance exponentially.
And Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare was sold as the cure for high insurance premiums. It did the opposite.
Because that was the plan all along. Remember that the ACA was architected by the insurance lobby, not the goverment.
And this is yet another grand f&*kup by the GOP. They have been ranting about the evils of ObamaDon'tCare going on two decades, hinting that they will offer an alternative while delivering absolutely nothing, Nothing! (in my best Sgt. Shultz accent). The only minor tweak they ever managed was to eliminate the mandate.
ACA premiums have increased by double digits each year. Nothing about it is "affordable". The end game was of course to destroy the American healthcare system once and for all and force us to accept a socialized medicine regime, which they soft peddle as "Medicare for all (illegals)".
Since Johnson’s Great Society we are on the 4th generation of “government babies” who grow into adults who expect the “government” to pay for everything… no co pay- no even minimal monthly cost… and do not get me started on Earned Income Credit checks in March of each year. If you don’t work, the government sends you an EIC of anywhere from $6,000 to $1200 dollars as if you had “worked.” Have spent the past several years working with a non profit that provides financial counseling first if you come for help. No one wants to move off “benefits” and work. What would you work when your SNAP card gets $1000 added each month. (Real numbers, folks)
I personally don't believe these electiin results. Something strange is going on behind the scenes. In some states, the number of voters exceed the number of registered voters. Trump's behavior is interesting too. I don't trust anything we are being told.
Massive algorithmic cheating. There's absolutely no way all of those red states went blue. Read Data Republican.
Data Republican is making the opposite argument. She does not deny that there is fraud in places, but that the algorithmic graphs are not correct either. She is warning the GOP NOT to fall into the trap of trying to prove what right now isn't provable as the Left will use that to mount their attempt to take over the government.
Evidence?
I agree
Totally agree. The numbers are too high. The 15% curve is mathematically impossible to achieve nationwide but somehow did. No way.
Continued safe travels and safe thinking and writing about things important to be said .
My perspective is the RINO rot in the Republican Party was fueled by collective TDS . The President was their target. Whatever we need to do to tie his hands his remaining two years is necessary to maintain DC as the snake pit it is. Let's give the RINO class credit for fueling the fascist Democrats.
What I've been hiding in my mockery of the zealots is that we are broke. All the shiny promises to take care of the voters, to pay for childcare and healthcare, and snacks, are impossible because we owe trillions. Mamdani had this smack him in the face when he had to write a budget for NYC. https://worldofwebb.net/the-end-or-the-beginning/
Medicaid isn't health care, it's health insurance. It has been argued, probably correctly, that health insurance keeps people from going to the ER for routine issues and saves money. But you can go to the ER and get treatment. That is a different law. They will try to bill you but good luck getting blood out of a turnip. The problem with health care isn't Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, or employer plans. The problem is providers. There aren't enough of them and too many of the ones that do exist are crooks. A real fix on health care would be to break the cartels that restrict supply of doctors, nurses, various techs and various technologies. Republicans haven't done this and Democrats will probably make it worse.
I am still a little hopeful that there are some sane Dems who will not bow to the DSA. They have the numbers to get things done without them… but I’m no Pollyanna either. Healthcare is key. I pay over 1700 a month now because I’m retired but not yet 65. Two years till Medicare! Whoopee! I have hope that Rubio or DeSantis can pull out a win in 2028. A lot of republicans voted D this time and hope it’s the last time… so let’s hope Miller doesn’t screw this up too badly… I say Miller because not sure where Trumps head is right now. Don’t get too dejected Sasha and drive safe!
Do you mind sharing some generic details about your monthly healthcare costs - specifically what kind of plan? We are about to be in a similar situation as you next year - retired but not yet eligible for Medicare. We are considering a high-deductible plan, and the costs are roughly half what you mentioned...
Well I’m and Illinois resident so we have some of the highest rates and the only coverage I can find for an individual is BCBS. I’ve been paying 1500 a month but it’s going up in January… it’s a bronze plan. Deductible is still pretty high. I spent long time talking to my agent - who I trust and ultimately decided to bite the bullet and keep forking it over because I want a good plan and this covers me in AZ when I’m there for the winter. I just turned 63.
My daughter, 47, hardworking self employed can’t afford the annual premium of $28,000 for Obamacare. She doesn’t qualify for Medicare so she goes without insurance.
Love you, Sasha. But Mamdani, Abdulramennoodle Mo El Sayed, and Hasan Piker masculine? Really?
They're girly men who hide behind their islamism and anti-Semitism. The Dems simply got the vote out. Dems/commies/islamists got 64.9mln votes this election, down 8% from the Presidential election.
Republicans/Rinos, failed on the messaging. They got 49.33mln, down 34%., per popularvoteanalytics.org.
Gas near us, in NC, is less than $3/gal now. A gallon of milk is $2.69 (really. I was shocked.) eggs are $1.40 for a dozen. And bacon is sub $4 for whatever comes in one of those packages. Biden prices were multiples higher. Rents are highest in areas where dem policies are in effect, see NY, SF, LA, Seattle.
Agree. Where gas is high is likely due to state taxes anyway. Besides, we don't get our gas from the Hormuz Strait. AND, the price of gas is a minor problem compared with Iran having a nuclear bomb and being able to support terrorism all over the world. Ask France how it likes riots and having their commercial refrigerator systems shut down via hacking.
The Dems will make the same mistake both parties have made every time they achieve a big win and take over whatever branch is at stake: they will assume everyone suddenly agrees with them. They will over-reach, and they will not be able to hide who the are for very long. And then the squishy middle will come running back to the Republicans, who will have gotten rid of all their old dead weight by virtue of losing the last election.
Sasha, we are about the same age. In our lifetimes we have seen both parties get dealt a "fatal blow" at least twice.
"Inflation and gas prices drove voters to pick the guy they hated to fix those problems. But Trump could not and did not fix them. It seems so simple, right? I’m driving across the country now, and gas prices are high everywhere. People notice that every single day. How could Team Trump have missed one of the biggest reasons people voted for him?"
Trump's handling of the war, so far, has been abysmal. He should listen to Victor Davis Hanson and Gen. Jack Keane. We should have finished off Iran a long time ago. There is no way in the world can we strike a deal with Iran. The Supreme Leader is gloating and is demanding that we surrender.
VDH says bomb Pickaxe Mt and the rail lines and highways that head into China and Russia. And then we declare victory and leave. VDH says leave one carrier group there to handle the Strait of Hormuz. Let Bessent's economic pressure continue.
I hope the CIA has armed the opposition and that they can overthrow the IRGC and mullahs, but that's their problem.
The other part of this is that the Dems must fail in all their legislative and policy initiatives, and they must be seen to have failed. The only way people learn of this is Fox and social media.
It was always laughable that the people who caused the inflation said they will fix it.
The sleeper issue is electricity prices. The Dems pushed the Green New Deal. Trump terminated the federal income tax credits for wind and solar energy. Electricity from new wind and solar projects will now be much more expensive. The GOP needs to pin this on the Dems. The Dems want those wind and solar credits back and Trump needs to stop them.
Aside. The Dems constantly tried to pin Epstein on Trump. Rep. Comer issued his Committee report yesterday. Trump was cleared. And there are two Dems who are at risk and Comer didn't name them.
The interesting name to me was Ted Waitt of Gateway Computer fame. Ted and Norman started their company in Sioux City, Iowa. He was deposed by Comer's committee. He must have been some friend to Epstein. Just like Reid Hoffman.
Democrats have perfected the art of breaking things then blaming Republicans for having broken them and then proposing solutions that will only break things further. There may be a way back to sanity but I don't see it right now.
KS yesterday, now CO. Safe travels.
My son and I recently returned from a 7K miles road trip (from ID to VA & FL and back again) that overlapped with yours most of the time. The USA is grounded on beautiful landscapes and communities. Grievous to think what regressives hope to do to those who refuse to conform to their lies.
Americans have a great capacity to forget. This trait has both positive and negative ramifications. For the GOP to win elections, people like Tim Scott, Glenn Youngkin, Byron Donalds, Marco Rubio, Marsha Blackburn et al need to be elevated. Quality candidates are essential to countering Dem propaganda & winning elections.
It's not so much that the Democrats won but that Trump lost. Instead of focusing on us he manically pursued his legacy and personal wealth. All he had to do is tend to the economy and not get into stupid wars, but no. He betrayed us and paid the price.
The issues brought up here are legitimate, but this election was all about turnout. And the Dems turned out more ballots, MANY more, suspiciously more. Presidential-election-level turnout for a midterm election featuring people who didn't even campaign and spent no money.
It's becoming obvious that if you're not cheating, you're not winning. It's not a conspiracy to note statistical impossibilities.