Letter 111:
September 1, 2024
Yup - it's already over for me - I have a choice between an asshole and an imbecile and I am voting for the one that is not an imbecile
Politically Homeless
September 11, 2024
To expand on my previous letter:
I grew up in NYC where the bad orange man was a larger than life character. In a town that was waaaay back on its heels, he put his money where his big mouth was and helped revitalize the place. When the city could not renovate Wolman Rink for years, he took the project over and got the job done in 6 months. Let’s face it - he is a New York City real estate developer - think about what that means… construction unions, big city politicians, tabloid media - and he handled them all pretty well, but they are not the “let me see what I can do for the good of mankind” crowd.
Would I like to drink a beer with him? Well, actually, probably - he is extremely funny. Does he say some shit? Sure - everybody does at one point or another. If I cataloged every imbecilic remark I ever heard from my friends as a character flaw I would have no friends and no fun. Worse, they might remember every imbecilic remark I ever said - and that would really be no fun.
Everyone needs to toughen up a bit. Focus instead on policies. What will they be? Are we going to take 100 years of energy infrastructure that works 100% of the time and replace it with 30 years of energy infrastructure that works 30% of the time? Wake up folks…. that is the duh of dumb - like, village idiot dumb.
But the world is ending. Really? Near as I can tell, the world has been “ending in 10 years” for my entire life, and I am almost 65. The catalog of world ending crises that have all come to nothing is heavier than white man’s guilt and twice as dense.
But of course it’s an easy sell for the carnival barkers we call our news media…
And it’s the crisis bait that Democrats live on.
We don’t have to love the guy…. He’s not our daddy, and we don’t want daddy - after all, we’ve got grandpa now and it ain’t working out so well…..
Politically Homeless
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