Thursday 13 January 2022

'Brink of Danger' Essay

 I noticed last night a new poll.  It said that ONLY 33-percent of Americans approve of President Biden's job performance.  The fact that it's barely 365 days into the period?  Well....that would something discuss.

But here's the odd....a majority of Americans NOW believe that the nation's democracy is on the 'brink of danger'.

I sat for a while looking at the word....'brink' and 'danger'.

You could gather up a hundred friends and neighbors....asking them to define both words, and you'd get a hundred variations.

Around older military guys.....'brink of danger' is the most screwed scenario possible where nuke warfare occurs, and it just never happens.

If you asked some college kid....he'd say 'brink of danger' is where the Dodgers on a fantastic roll in early August....suddenly to have four pitchers caught in a transsexual five some in a hotel room.

If you asked some farmer....he'd say 'brink of danger' is where lightning has stuck a tree where a dozen cows are huddled around the tree while the storm rages.

So it's hard to say what the crowd meant by brink of danger.

Can Biden do anything much?  No.  Other than resigning and I doubt he has the capability to do that, and it'd just give you Harris as the replacement anyway.

CNN in this whole landscape?  They've pretty much watched the ship sink and have gathered around around in life jackets and a rubber boat.....to discuss the old days (back around 2000).  

Even bringing in Doctor Doom himself to scare up some new fresh people....just won't do much for the gut-feeling.  

The odds of the job performance getting down below 20-percent by 1 January 2023?  I'd now give it better than 50-percent chance.  

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