Do People Really Want The 'Truth'?

 I would say prior to 2000....generally, if something came on via the radio, or TV....or was written in your local paper.....you felt it was 99-percent 'true'.  Even if it was marginally true.....you had some idea in your head that things told....ought to be true.

So, in the past twenty years....something changed.

I think if you went to people with x-story and just said....the central five facts....do you believe them totally?  You'd get this funny look and then the person would say something to 'balance' the situation.  They would avoid saying all five were facts or true.

Then you go to your 10-year old kid, and ask about something....involving five facts at school over something....asking him if they were valid?  He'd answer with 'well, some of this is just BS'.  

Then you'd go to your 'church-associate' and ask over something relating to five facts....having nothing to do with the Bible or some preacher-chatter, asking him if the story facts were valid?  He'd hesitate, and then answer that some parts are not fitting well.

Then you'd go to the neighbor and ask about some NCAA football stuff....involving five facts....asking if this were true?  He'd ask for a beer first, then launch into a 3-minute talk that facts aren't facts anymore.  He'd tell you.....you'd like to believe things, but can't bring yourself to believe much.

It's an odd evolution that we've wandered into, and can't seem to find a 'path' out.

Some things are going in a way to be like some WWE-wrestling scenario....where you think Joe Biden or the DeSantis-guy.....are like WWE-characters.  Hunter Biden's woes?  They might be just BS, or 50-percent true.  You just don't know.

My question.....where does this lead us now?  Can you trust the power company?  Can you trust 'Cindy' who does the Channel 19 weather?  Can you trust the Bud-Light management?  Can you trust that clerk at Piggly Wiggly who seems to be rather dim-witted?  

Who Are 'The Men North Of Richmond'?

 In recent days, with the Oliver Anthony tune.....folks have taken an interest who he refers to....when stating 'men north of Richmond'.

He's referring to lobbyists, Republicans and Democrats.  Anyone who got into greed and made wealth off their occupation.

If you came to DC twenty-five years ago being half-a-millionaire....you probably exceed 200-million today.  And if we analyzed your friends....they also got rich off your DC work.

So as much as conservative House/Senate members might say this is their 'tune'.....NO, it's really putting a number of these folks in the same status of blame.

Could Joe Biden Debate Vivek Ramaswamy In A Presidential Debate?

 No. 

If we reach October 2024, and Ramaswamy is the Republican candidate (not Trump or DeSantis).....the last thing on Earth that Biden could walk into....is a debate with Ramaswamy.  

Even if you used NPR or CNN people.....Ramaswamy is probably capable of taking Biden AND the moderator on at the same time.  

I'm not saying Ramaswamy is a great politician (he's not), but at debate skills.....there's probably fewer than five House/Senate members existing today that can debate at his level.

The fact that probably one-third of all Republicans in DC....won't saddle-up with the Ramaswamy agenda?  Yeah, that's a problem as well.  Finding people to be in his cabinet to be a problem?  Yeah, there's that issue as well.

But to imagine two debates (Biden versus Ramaswamy)....it just won't be entertaining to watch Biden bumble around and give confusing answers.  

I might even go and suggest that Biden won't agree to a single debate.  

Two Beers Per Week?

 President Biden's health 'expert' came out this week and said that there should be a limit of two beers per week.

He didn't say a law or sales limit should occur....just that you should only drink two beers a week.  Oddly, he didn't even say low-or-moderate alcohol content....just two beers.

I pondered over this.

I grew up in a dry county (rural north Alabama) and most people would readily say they drank zero beers, but behind a closed door....admit to driving to the state line and consuming four to eight beers over a four-hour period....every Saturday evening.

Wouldn't it have been more appropriate for the guy to suggest a McDonalds menu limit of 1,200 total calories?  Or perhaps.....suggest that only half-a-Coke-can per day would be more appropriate?  Or perhaps suggest no more than 3 pancakes with syrup per week?

How did beer come into a political discussion?  By accident or design?

It's just an odd conversation.  

What'll happen here?  Well....two beers could be in a regular containers....or in mega-containers (1-liter size).....so I'm guessing extra-large beer cans will be the outcome here.....24 ounces per can.  A full-liter can?  Well....that would be 33 ounces.  

America As A Car

I have a Audi A5, which has probably 300 different features built into it.  So far, four years into owning it....every single thing has worked.  One day, I expect a feature or two to develop issues, and troubles to start up.

America is like that advanced car....except it's already got issues.

You can't depend on the police, or some local prosecutor.

You can't lessen fire danger issues because of environmentalists

You have druggies on every street in major cities now.  

You have a higher chance of power-outage today....than in the 1970s.

From the general population....there is less trust in nurses and doctors today....than forty years ago.

Daily readership of newspapers?  It dropped by 50-percent since 2000.  Go ask people about the last time they read a Time or Newsweak.....a lot of people will tell you at least ten years ago.

Recruitment for the US military?  In severe decline.

Something is 'broke' here and the pieces/parts required....just won't fit like they did before.

People are skeptical of your intentions, your beliefs, or the general facts.  

It's a rough world developing.  

My Own Fire Experience

 Every year as a kid in rural Alabama....as you approached October.....you had a leaf raking experience over the yard, and you'd end up with enough leaves to fill thirty 'big' garbage bags.  They'd all be pushed to a corner in the yard (away from trees) and lit.  So for about 30 minutes.....you'd have this controlled fire situation.  

Somewhere around age 15....we had some neighbor to the farm who did this and allowed the yard fire to expand out into one of our fields.  It took about 20 minutes to realize what had happened, and then drive out to the field....with a light wind pushing it north....near a wooded area (not our property).

All of this happening about an hour before sundown.

My dad and I were out there....in the wooded area till about 9 PM....when the last of the field-and-woods fire had been put out.    You were tired, and all-smoked-up.

Generally, if you pay attention....do controlled fires, and downsize underbrush....the potential for a big fire lessens.  

I look at a lot of the Maui fire business, and it just seems like having a 'control' situation or downsizing underbrush....was never a priority.  It's like....they seemed to have higher  priorities in their strategy.  

Can Biden Or Newsom Reach Enough Votes Again?

 For the 2008 election (Obama/McCain)....there were a total of 129-million voters in the mix.

For the 2012 election (Obama/Romney)....there were a total of 126-million voters in the mix.

For the 2016 election (Clinton/Trump)....there were a total of 128-million voters in the mix.

For the 2020 election (Biden/Trump)....there were a total of 155.5-million voters in the mix.

(Note, I'm not counting the 3rd-party guys).

The question here....can you dig up 25-million extra voters....which in 2008/2012/2016.....was not possible.

Adding to this issue....if inflation is still a continuing problem (four years into Biden's period)....will working class Democrats really buy into the Biden or Newsom message?

Then you consider.....just on California woes of the past decade....is there anything really positive about Newsom....other than he looks really good in a thousand-dollar suit?

It's a sad thing to admit....but there's clearly not any dynamic 'star' as governor or senator....that the Democratic Party can drag out and really attract people....other than Biden or Newsom.

You need to find these 25-million extra people and somehow convince them to vote again, and I just don't see this possible.  

If Trump exceeds the 2020 numbers (he had 74.2-million votes)?  Well....that's another worry....that he might actually convince another 3-million voters (probably Hispanic and blacks), and suddenly.....the 25-million Biden extra votes really matter a lot.