I am reading a biography of Ronald Reagan (“Sleepwalking Through History” by Haynes Johnson). Donald Trump is pictured in the book and also described as a symbol of the Reagan years product of self-promoting greed, over-hyped success, and accumulation and flaunt of wealth. Inaugural balls and subsequent events gave the rich and famous ample opportunity…
Category: Stupidity
Civil Bankruptcy
I just finished watching the movie Snowpiercer(2014). Morally devoid and conceptually stupid. After having watched Frontline about ISIS earlier in the evening, with all the unnecessary snuff film footage, Snowpiercer was brutal. The basic plot, that you can wantonly kill people with all the latest first-person-shooter-game violence you can think of, for the sake of…
Farm Bill
The Farm Bill is mostly corporate welfare for large agri-businesses. The PR have been well facilitated by the media. The echo chamber repeats the fear of milk prices doubling, as if that we’re all we live on. The news reporting is incredibly shallow. Additionally, small farmers are interviewed on the impact of the lapse of…
A Divided House
Another in my favorite theme, “It’s the Stupidity, Stupid!”. This is a letter to the New York Times. The article published January 1, “Divided House Passes Tax Deal in End to Latest Fiscal Standoff”, summarizes well the political situation. What is at the root of this? “It’s the Stupidity, Stupid!” If Republicans really wanted to…
F-22 Corporate Welfare
A news program tonight reported that the F-22 costs $500 Million, EACH! The absurdity of this corporate welfare is so extreme that it is almost beyond comprehension. There is no amount of sensible argument that can justify such an unnecessary expenditure. This is not national defense, it is national disgrace.